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Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
Release Date: 03/24/2021
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
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In this episode, I share with the loyal Duct Taper listeners some news about the current and future status of the show. Plus, a little peek into life in my household. Find the show notes online at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-73 Want to reach out? 📧 JakeMillerTech [at] gmail [dot] com 📲 @JakeMillerTech Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers! Apple Podcast Reviews #EduDuctTape on social media Telling your friends & colleagues The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - Stickers! Want to pass some out? Want some for yourself? The JakeMillerTech...
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Al Thomas, the Edu Copilot, joins the podcast to talk about visual storytelling. We discuss multiple apps including Adobe Creative Cloud Express, Canva, Adobe Premiere Rush, Adobe Capture, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Apple Clips, DaVinci Resolve, and Final Cut. #EduDuctTape S04-E72 Find the show notes online at Today’s Sponsor: The Toddle TIES Inquiry Educators Summit! - TIES is back for its third and largest edition yet. Designed to be a festival of learning like no other, TIES 2022 will feature 100+ phenomenal thinkers and doers across 10+ unique session formats. Whether you want to...
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In this bonus episode, I chat with Batsheva Frankel about some great tech tools and we have lots of laughs! Show Notes available at Check out the Overthrowing Education Podcast at Check out this episode as well as the show notes at This episode is featured with the permission of Batsheva Frankel, host of the Overthrowing Education Podcast. Audio Endorsements for Jake’s Book - Submit your book endorsement on Flipgrid or Speakpipe! Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers! Apple Podcast Reviews #EduDuctTape on social media Telling your...
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Podcast host, high school teacher, podcast producer, university professor, and podcast network founder Chris Nesi joins the show to talk all about podcasting in the classroom. We cover a podcasting mindset, different types of podcasting, tools for micro-podcasting, tools for recording, editing, and hosting and, of course, a few microphone recommendations. Find the show notes online at Today’s Sponsor: The Toddle TIES Inquiry Educators Summit! - TIES is back for its third and largest edition yet. Designed to be a festival of learning like no other, TIES 2022 will feature 100+ phenomenal...
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Stephanie Howell joins me to share what she’s learned in her experience designing student choice activities. She also shares some great Google Slides design tips. Find the show notes online at Soapbox Moment: “Is EdTech Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader?” Today’s Guest: Stephanie Howell Bio: Stephanie is the CEO of , a Google for Education Partner, a founder of , and the EdTech Lead for Pickerington Local Schools. She is key to the embedding and implementation of EdTech tools across her schools and organizations. She has a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction. Twitter - GoldEDU...
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In this bonus episode, I chat with Adam Cobb and Ashley Pursley about podcasting, the adjacent possible, Teachers Pay Teachers, professional development through collaboration and sharing, and dogfooding. Show Notes available at Check out the a5iTalks Podcast at Check out this episode as well as the show notes at . This episode is featured with the permission of Adam Cobb, Ashley Pursley, Danae Acker, and Erin Darnell, hosts of the a5iTalks Podcast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio Endorsements for Jake’s...
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Nyree Clark joins the show to share a set of observable practices that we could see a culturally responsive practitioner using in their classroom. Also, Jake talks about LMSs and shares how to use pivot tables in Google Sheets to select the highest test score for each student Find the show notes online at Soapbox Moment: THROWBACK - “What I learned from a beard and glasses” Original episode: Today’s Guest: Nyree Clark - Nyree is an EdTech Curriculum Program Specialist for the Colton Joint Unified School District. She is a founding co-member of and was appointed to the...
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Dr. Will Deyamport joins the show to talk about effectively building your curriculum in your learning management system (LMS) and a collection of compelling reasons that Schoology might be the LMS for you. Also, Jake answers a listener’s question about design thinking games. #EduDuctTape S04-E68 Find the show notes online at Soapbox Moment: Functional Before Fancy Today’s Guest: Dr. Will Deyamport - As seen on Forbes.com and Schoology, Dr. Will, as he is better known, is a District Instructional Technologist specializing in assisting educators in going digital. In this role, he delivers...
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Jeni Long and Sallee Clark join to talk about fun projects that students can do to demonstrate their learning. The Microsoft Teams Playbook authors share about Canva for Edu, Buncee, Book Creator, Wakelet, and PowerPoint. Also, Jake answers listener questions about word clouds, Jamboard, and Seesaw. Find the show notes online at Soapbox Moment: A Throwback!!! “Adjacent Possible” Sound effect - “Popcorn Dream.wav” by breyenkatz - Original Episode - Today’s Guest: Jeni Long Sallee Clark (su-lee) Bio: Jeni Long & Sallee Clark are global speakers, EdTech consultants,...
info_outlineControl Alt Achieve author Eric Curts joins me to talk about creative projects with Docs, Slides, and Sheets including Stop Motion Animation, Choose Your Own Adventure Activities, Emoji Learning Activities, Rebus Stories, Blackout Poetry, and Pixel Art! We also touch on Canva for Education, Adobe Spark for Education, Google Forms headers, flashcard makers like Quizlet and Flippity.net, and more!
Show notes are also available at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-56
- Soapbox Moment: “Quack Quack”
- Today’s Guest: Eric Curts
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- Eric has been in education for 29 years, and is currently a tech coach in northeast Ohio and a Google for Education Trainer and Innovator. He shares all his edtech resources through his blog at ControlAltAchieve.com and is the author of the book "Control Alt Achieve: Rebooting Your Classroom with Creative Google Projects".
- controlaltachieve.com
- Twitter - @ericcurts
- YouTube - EricCurts
- Facebook - EricCurts
- 2 Truths & 1 Lie
- #EduDuctTape Question: How can I have my students show comprehension (or thinking) with visuals?
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- Screwdriver Analogy - A screwdriver can be used for other things!
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- Same mindsets with edtech tools - What familiar tools are already available that can solve your problems?
- Google Slides
- From Eric’s Blog
- Choose Your Own Adventure:
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- Branching can be done elsewhere Docs, Forms, etc.
- In Slides, link to other slides.
- In Docs, use headings
- IDEA for Educators - Use Choose Your Own Adventure as differentiation or self-grading activity
- From Eric’s blog - How to Create Self-Grading Quizzes in Google Classroom
- Google Docs
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- Insert Emojis - Tools > Special Characters
- From Eric’s blog - 5 Emoji Learning Activities with Google Docs
- Rebus Stories
- From Eric’s Blog - Blackout Poetry
- Google Sheets
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- Not just for data, create Pixel Art!
- From Eric’s blog - Pixel Art Activities for any Subject with Google Sheets
- Other Creation Tools for Educators
- From Eric’s blog - Play the "Royal Game of Ur" with Google Slides and Drawings
- In summary - If your goal is... enriching learning experiences and peaking into students’ heads with visuals; finding new ways to tap into understanding- Google Slides and Drawings are very capable and a fantastic option!
- Check out Eric’s book - Control Alt Achieve: Rebooting Your Classroom with Creative Google Projects
- GEGOhio - https://sites.google.com/view/geg-ohio/home
- Celebration of the Adjacent Possible
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- Carmen Tatum, Speakpipe - creating a “genius hour” Google Classroom with enrichment activities. Her students’ favorite was creating Google Forms header images!
- Cory Colby - @EffectualEdu - flashcards question
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- Quizlet - images are in the paid version
- Google Slides flashcards
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- Slides Randomizer Add-On
- Pear Deck flashcard factory
- Amy Storer - Adobe Spark flashcard maker
- @MrsWambold - Google Sheets Add-On, Desmos card sort
- Darcie Priester, @mspriester_ITRT and @edtechsara67 and @wvnomads - flippity.net
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- Free, build in Google Sheets, use flippitynet to publish
- can add images if they’re online, can embed videos, audio, and equatio
- @wilmotjason - Canva flashcards
- @PNWBOCES_EdTech - wordwall.net
- Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers!
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- Apple Podcast Reviews
- FlipGrid.com/EduDuctTape
- Speakpipe.com/EduDuctTape
- #EduDuctTape on social media
- Telling your friends & colleagues
- The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/ducttapers
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