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Two teachers talking about Technology Integration, giving ideas, troubleshooting, talking about why we need tech in classrooms. This was a great way to get PD out to our teachers and we thought we should share it with everyone. Here it is.
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Two teachers from Bassett Unified School District in La Puente, California, talking about Technology Integration, giving ideas, troubleshooting, talking about SAMR and why we need tech in classrooms. This was a great way to get PD out to our teachers and we thought we should share it with everyone. Here it is. Visit our district page here: www.bassettusd.org and our resources at www.tomtalksabout.com 

May 16, 2017

Episode 43

Tynker webinar and news

  • options and news from tynker, and how we plan to use it in the new classroom
    • Blue Ribbon Educator with Tynker
    • Summer Enrichment for our students, make it affordable and accessible for our demographics

SGVCUE Innovation Celebration 2017 

  • Ann Kozma Keynote
    • Day of tech fun and learning , all for a low price- better prices for team
    • Over 80+ sessions and workshops for educators of all levels

Star Wars Fidget Spinners http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1962118

May 9, 2017

Hosting options for student projects

  • When we first started two years ago, we were showing teachers and students how to use creation type apps. Which was great until they wanted to show their creations to an authentic audience outside the classroom. In the past, we have had to show our teachers how to first download their content from the app and then how to upload to a hosting site like Youtube ,Vimeo, their own teacher site or we even showed them how to make our district LMS public for sharing. Then they had to embed that content from the host onto their own site.
  • Displaying student projects has now been made a lot easier and straight forward for teachers thanks in part to companies who create these apps and have started to host the content for free. YEAH!
  • These app creator have stepped up they game and invested in the server space need to make using their apps a lot friendly and more sharable for the end user.
  • And by doing so the companies have also removed some of the challenges of sharing content by creating custom URLs and QR codes for teachers and students to use to view or share their creation outside of the app.
  • In some cases, these companies have condensed or completely removed many of these steps.
    • For example Adobe Voice, Pages and Post https://spark.adobe.com/about/video
    • PicCollage https://pic-collage.com/
    • Thinglink https://www.thinglink.com/
    • Padlet https://padlet.com/
    • EdPuzzle https://edpuzzle.com/
    • Microsoft Office365 apps like Sway and OneDrive
    • Google Apps GAFE
    • Dropbox
  • Failing to plan is planning to fail-adapted Ben Franklin Link to article: Inc. Article
  • What is the 5 Hour Rule? Take 5 hours a week to into deliberate learning.
    • What Franklin did
      • Got up an hour early to read and write
      • Setting personal growth goals and tracking them
      • creating a club for "like-minded aspiring artisans and tradesman who hoped to improve themselves while they improved their community"
      • Turning ideas in to experiments
      • Having morning and evening reflection questions
    • We can all find an hour. Somewhere, especially over summer break.
    • Can an hour a weekday improve my teaching and learning that much?
      • Oprah and Bill Gates and Warren Buffett think so.
    • Core concept: Empty space, creating slack. This gives us breathing room, thinking time, creativity, contemplation, and planning.
      • 1. Plan your learning
      • 2. Deliberately practice (lesson plans, play with tech, practice a skill)
      • 3. Ruminate: thinking is hard work. set aside some distraction free time to let your mind work it's magic. "Shower Moments"
      • 4. Set aside time for learning- I read at least an hour a day to help me learn and grow. There are so many resources out there, and with twitter, the content grows quickly. Use time to sort through and filter all that info.
      • 5. Solve problems as they arise- great time for springing into action to solve problems and smooth the way later on.
      • 6. Do small experiments with big potential payoffs- new lesson delivery ideas, new
Apr 25, 2017

Episode 41- Finishing Well and Summer PD oppotunities

  • How do you stay motivated during the last month of school, how to avoid throwing in the towel?
    • 1. Stay Focused
    • 2. Relationships Still Come First
    • 3. Grow Yourself
    • 4. Check Your Goals
    • 5. Celebrate
  • Summer PD opportunities
    • CUE- offers several choices for PD over summer, from Rockstar camps and LDI/BOLD/Leading Edge Certification. All the details are on their site. check out cue.org for details.
    • District Symposiums and PDs- great way to help out with team building and lesson planning.
    • Edcamp- www.edcamp.org Another great, free format way to get some great inspiration for next year!
      • EdCamp Conejo (thousand Oaks) May 4
      • EdCamp Santa Maria-May 13
      • EdCamp Natomas-May 13
      • EdCamp Salinas May 20
      • EdCamp Voice (voxer) July 7
      • EdCamp Fairfield FSUSD-August 5
      • EdCamp EduMatch (online) August 5
  • @CaseyNeistat Vlog recommendation-online bullying of creators of YouTube videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iQ8BGw13So&t=312s&spfreload=10 Season Three Episode #20 published April 24, 2017
Apr 19, 2017

Episode 40- Springing into the Summer! Things to do and learn over summer break!

  • Phone Interview with Kyle Anderson @andersonedtech
    • andersonedtech.net (website & blog)
    • Silver State Tech Innovator Symposium - April 22
    • Silver State Tech Innovator Symposium - May 20
    • CUE-NV Silver State Technology Conference - Attendee
    • CUE-NV Silver State Technology Conference - Presenter
    • Book recommendations
      • The One Thing- Gary Sullivan
        • Topic of #connectedtl and #Cuechat on 4/18. The surprisingly simple truth of extraordinary results
      • Leaders Eat Last- Simon Sinek
        • Great book on how to lead, for teacher leaders and admin. Easy read filled with surprisingly relevant anecdotes and stories.
      • Crucial Conversations- Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzer
        • Strategies and tools for talking when the stakes are high. Includes how to prepare for high stakes conversations, how to make it safe to talk about almost anything, transforming unpleasant emotions into power dialogue, and how to be persuasive, not abrasive. Great read and indispensable for leaders and coaches.
      • The Growth Mindset Coach- Annie Brock and Heather Hundley
        • Teachers month by month handbook for empowering students to achieve. Great read for coaches and teachers. Broken down monthly to help you grow and gradually incorporate growth mindset into your students. Pick it up over summer and be ready to start implementing when school starts!
      • The Sketchnote Handbook & Workbook by Mike Rohde
        • Great gateway into sketchnoting. Explains the Why and How, with some awesome examples and even a workbook to help you get started with ideas and uses for this great new tool. Good for anyone who wants to go deeper with learning and note taking. It has really made me more attentive and focused at even the most boring sit-and-get meetings.
      • The Doodle Revolution- Sunni Brown
        • More about doodle theory and how doodling created better thinkers. It covers doodles and infodoodles, and there is practice space and classroom applications as well. Fun and quick read.
    • Google Chrome Browser Extensions
      • Turn Off The Lights JR Ginex @gochemonline Tustin Unified saw it on CUE 17 youtube channel
      • ly Unleash the power of the link
      • OneNote Web Clipper-saves anything on the web to OneNote It allows you to organize and edit them.
      • Point is a quick way to share and discuss what you find online Point allows you to send and discuss webpages with others. from CUERockStar Vista last summer Sara Boucher @msgeekyteach

 

Apr 10, 2017

TTTP039- K-2 Can Too! With Ann Kozma!

 National robotics week - https://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/

 The One Thing- http://amzn.to/2nyni4z topic of #connectedtl and #cuechat on April 18th 7pm PST

Noise level app- www.bouncyballs.org

Nomorobo- Robo Call blocker. www.nomorobo.com stop annoying cell phone and home sales calls.

Teachthought.com Article on Using the SAMR model as framework for Education 3.0 www.teachthought.com  

K-2 Can Too! Conference- https://sites.google.com/site/k2cantooevent/home @annkozma723 

Thanks Ann for Coming on the Show!

Apr 4, 2017

On the show: Tom and Mike go over their cue experience, we talk about sessions we attended, resources that were shared, our experience as first time CUE presenters, and we finish with the Manic Minutes from the conference. Thanks for listening! 

MarkerSpace Nuts and Bolts- resources https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/130uLxbTD61ZdjKC205oBdAT4NkJR2J2aAP1rVouDo40/edit#slide=id.g1659c39d0c_0_170

Ryan O'Donnell Sharing is Caring-     http://creativeedtech.com/

 Rich Dixon, Cate Tolnai, Brandi Miller-Digital Badging- http://sched.co/9Hde  https://padlet.com/PDLN/CUE

Cue photo Goodness http://www.tomtalksabout.com/cue-goodness/

Benson Kwok presentation http://sched.co/9HjI 

Podcast Workflow Video http://www.tomtalksabout.com/cue17/ 

Mar 24, 2017

CUE17 interviews, part Deux! With some Manic Minutes from @techyNana, @DrAdamsCVUSD, @edtechtv, and @mflynch
Interviews with BUSD Specialists Marlo and Belinda, talking about their CUE experience! Leave a review and like us on twitter @tosastalkintech

Mar 20, 2017

TTT smashes our time at #CUE17! Interviews from @jcorippo, @bribriggs, @annkozma723 and @teachusingtech. Comments and reviews always welcome! go Check out Palbo's Blog!

Mar 13, 2017

This episode is pure promotion, from our 3 Sessions we are participating in at #CUE17 to some great work our high school girls are doing. Make sure to check us out at bit.ly/tttbusd and go visit the Girls Build LA project page (www.olyscrushinit.weebly.com, insta: olysschrusinit twitter: @Olyscrushinit) and give them some love! See you At #CUE17 ! 

Mar 7, 2017
  • Episode 34 "Cue Jitters"
    • Going to a conference- how do you prepare?
    • Prep Before:
      • Business Cards, make sure you bring them
      • Something to take notes with, your choice analog/digital
      • Chargers for electronic devices
      • Twitter handle- if you don't have one make one. You miss half the conference without one.
      • Comfy shoes and walking clothes
    • Tools for going as a team?
      • Meet before and decide on sessions.
        • does it benefit you to split up to cluster into sessions?
        • decide on a tool for communicating while at the conference
          • text message, voxer, phone calls, emails
        • Debrief each day and review the next day's offerings
      • How can we continue to collaborate while in different sessions?
        • Google slides
        • OneNote
        • Sketchnoting
        • Take photos
    • Etiquette for attending-
      • Be active in your sessions, if you a have questions, ask.
      • get the link or the handouts. Bookmark them in a folder so you can keep organized (or use google keep!)
      • If you have a question that requires more than a one or two sentence answer, better to ask after the session, or by email/DM
  • Documenting your journey
    • Notes/handouts
    • Photos
    • Twitter handles and qr codes.
    • Online resources
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