Month: October 2018

REPLAY: Social Media Dos and Don’ts for Educators

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https://pinecast.com/listen/44567b31-f802-438d-b71e-edd9004caeaf.mp3If you are looking to enhance your classroom experience for your students through social media, here are some quick dos and don’ts in that practice: Dos Do use separate personal and professional social media accounts. Putting a boundary between school and personal life is good for your career and less stress on you. Do make sure you … Continue reading “REPLAY: Social Media Dos and Don’ts for Educators”

The 4 C’s Learning Menu w/Kasey Bell

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https://pinecast.com/listen/fc44cc04-6887-44f4-a7a6-37062e64e51f.mp3Today’s EdTech Shorts features Kasey Bell (Twitter, Website) sharing her 4 C’s Learning Menu. This is a tremendous tool for helping your students share their learning while exploring the 4 C’s (Creativity, Communication, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking). You can quickly access the 4 C’s Learning Menu at http://shakeup.link/4cmenu. Give Kasey a follow on Twitter, check … Continue reading “The 4 C’s Learning Menu w/Kasey Bell”

Tips for Making Great Instructional Videos

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https://pinecast.com/listen/42673260-0ce1-4f9b-b88a-21b6c1fd6723.mp3Recently on the House of #EdTech Episode 119, friend of the show Chris Nesi (Twitter) shared his list of tips for making great instructional videos. I wanted to quickly share those with you on this episode of EdTech Shorts. Chris’ lists is: Forget the headset Keep it short Prepare well and then wing it Position … Continue reading “Tips for Making Great Instructional Videos”

Random Student Selection Tools

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https://pinecast.com/listen/d10f66ab-717f-4013-b14c-bc691bc20b6e.mp3Previously on EdTech Shorts we looked at Google’s student selection tool in the Classroom App on Android. On this episode we’re going to look at some other random student selection tools. Richard Byrne at Free Technology For Teachers recently shared a few random selection tools in his post about the update by Google to include … Continue reading “Random Student Selection Tools”

Student Selector in Google Classroom (Android App)

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https://pinecast.com/listen/92468d14-3088-45a6-845d-a03b72bb8956.mp3Google has made a new tool available in their Classroom Android App to make it easier for you to randomly select students from your roster and keep track of the students you have, or have not, called upon in class. It is really easy to use. To get started you open you class, tap on … Continue reading “Student Selector in Google Classroom (Android App)”

#EdCampNSV

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https://pinecast.com/listen/d2714ffb-6d86-48f0-a802-751f0d0ba5f2.mp3#EdCampNSV On September 22, 2018 #EdCampNSV was hosted at Johnson-Williams Middle School in Berryville, VA. Following up the event, I was able to sit down with four other educators at the event and reflect a bit on the things we experienced during the day. The four educators joining me for this discussion are Patrick Hausammann … Continue reading “#EdCampNSV”