The TeacherCast App Spotlight

Jeff sits down with Jon Roepke to discuss the 2015 line up of products from Belkin.  Learn why Teachers and Schools are using Belkin Products to redefine the traditional classroom today!  About Belkin While the majority of companies in the education hardware tech space focus on one particular area, Belkin looks at a classroom trying to integrate technology and asks the question – how could we make this easier for the teachers and students? Our solutions address collaboration (Table stage stands and stage app), protection (AirProtect Sleeve) and connectivity. For more on how our technology enables a next-gen learning environment, click here. Education is near and dear to the heart of Belkin's Founder and CEO Chet Pipkin.   Chet dedicates several hours of his day on EDU issues. Chet’s extensive nonprofit work revolves around youth, education, and closing the achievement gap. He is a founder of the DaVinci family of charter schools in Hawthorne, CA. The schools include a campus for STEM, Design, Communications, and a new model for K-8 education. He was also instrumental in planning Internet access to all California public schools as a member of the California Education Technology Task Force. Items Mentioned on Todays Show * Adapter Kit * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6dRDnvFkVs * Air Protect Always-On Sleeve for Chromebooks * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97EG4BFQBQU Belkin Education Hero Video * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsWXpft_fJw Links of interest * http://www.belkin.com/us/ * http://www.Twitter.com/Belkin About my Guest Jon Roepke, Director of Product Management for Belkin’s Education division, leads the creation and fulfillment of Belkin’s Education strategy and award winning product line focused on enabling seamless integration of technology to enhance the learning experience. Jon spends time partnering with schools to better understand the challenges they are facing and uses that knowledge to define and develop solutions for next-gen learning environments. In his role at Belkin, Jon is directly responsible for primary research, roadmap development, and solution delivery for K-12 and secondary education markets around the world.   Thank You For Your Podcast Reviews Are you enjoying Educational Podcasting Today or other shows on the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by commenting on iTunes today.  I enjoy reading and sharing your comments on the podcast each week. Ask Me Your Podcasting or WordPress Question Are you interested in starting your own podcast? Do you need help creating an awesome WordPress website?  I am available for 1:1 consulting.  Please visit my homepage and I will help you launch your personal brand today! Contact Me * Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: 

Jeff sits down with Sue Ann Towle to discuss the new Pearson Tell, a brand new interactive assessment experience for English Language Learners.  About Pearson Education Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, with 40,000 employees in more than 80 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives through learning. For more information about Pearson, visit http://www.pearson.com. Links of interest * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pearsonplc * Twitter: https://twitter.com/pearson * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PearsonEducation Sue Ann Towle, Director of Channel Management, Pearson As Director of Channel Management for Pearson, Towle is responsible for securing, fostering, and expanding relationships with product channel partners based on geography, focus, or market for nine Pearson assessment products. She proactively assesses, clarifies and validates partner needs on an ongoing basis and leads solution development efforts that best address end-user needs while coordinating necessary internal resources. In her role as product manager for WriteToLearn, a popular fully automated online literacy tool, Towle was focused on all aspects of sales, marketing and support for the product including product strategy and competitive and marketing analysis. She has conducted hundreds of product presentations at numerous ed tech conferences including ISTE, IRA, ASCD and NCTE. Thank You For Your Podcast Reviews Are you enjoying Educational Podcasting Today or other shows on the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by commenting on iTunes today.  I enjoy reading and sharing your comments on the podcast each week. Ask Me Your Podcasting or WordPress Question Are you interested in starting your own podcast? Do you need help creating an awesome WordPress website?  I am available for 1:1 consulting.  Please visit my homepage and I will help you launch your personal brand today! Contact Me * Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube * iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes Check Out More TeacherCast Programming * TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/tcp) * TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/appspotlight) * Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today) * The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com) View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast * Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | 

Jeff sits down with Vikram to discuss why Edusight is simply the best standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student achievement. About Edusight Edusight is a standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student learning with grades, notes, photos, and audio/video comments. Use Edusight on the web to manage assessment, grading, and standards seamlessly (includes Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and state standards). Edusight Notes for iOS lets you capture learning evidence in the classroom as it happens – quickly take a note or record a video of students as they learn, tag standards, and instantly add it to their portfolios! All of this evidence comes together in beautiful, easy-to-digest student portfolios that can be shared with students, parents, and administrators in real time so everyone is engaged in improving student learning. Why Edusight? Edusight is used by over 140 schools and districts across North America, including schools in New York, Chicago, California, and Ontario. Edusight is available for individual teachers for free – always. For schools and districts who wish to manage Edusight at an organizational level, we offer premium subscriptions which include features like SIS integration, reporting modules, teacher collaboration, and administrator dashboards. Educator Feedback “The best designed gradebook I have ever encountered.” – Mike R., Instructional Leader at a top Canadian private school “What used to take me 2 weeks to learn takes me 15 minutes with Edusight!” – Maria A., kindergarten teacher, Brooklyn public school “Edusight is SO MUCH EASIER TO USE than my last gradebook.” – Stacy I., high school teacher, Palo Alto charter school Current Features standards-based or traditional gradebook iOS apps (iPad / iPhone) to document notes, photos, audio and video standards tagging for all evidence of learning simple student portfolio student / parent web access analytics and data visualization for teachers, students, and parents Edmodo Single Sign On and roster sync shared data across school accounts, allowing teachers to collaborate when working with the same students across classes (premium feature) administrator analytics (premium feature) Integrations with other systems – e.g., SIS / LMS integration (premium feature) Upcoming: Google Classroom integration Links of Interest Web: https://edusight.co Twitter: @edusight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edusight Email: hello@edusight.co YouTube Walkthroughs: http://bit.ly/1J1tYaI Customer Testimonial: https://vimeo.com/123037422 Additional Information Launched September, 2014 As of July, 2015 – 2000+ teachers, 10% weekly growth Vision: to help everyone in K-12 education make better decisions with data Imagine K12 Fall 2014 cohort Based in Toronto, Canada, with customers across North America Official vendor for NYC Department of Education and Chicago Public Schools

Jeff sits down with Scott Welch, Vice President of Sales from Edsby to discuss how teachers, students AND parents are using Edsby in their schools.  Edsby is a robust, cloud-based, mobile learning management system that incorporates social learning, course planning, assessment management, and much more into a simple, easy to use package for the entire school community. About Edsby Edsby is a modern, cloud-based learning management system (LMS) for K-12 school districts that uses latest web and mobile technologies to connect teachers, students and parents in exciting new ways. Among its tightly integrated features social learning, school news, group collaboration, assessment management, timetables and calendars, course planning, report cards, attendance and more. Edsby transforms how students, teachers, parents and administrators engage. Students and parents can check grades, attendance, homework and more from a web browser, tablet or mobile phone. Edsby also provides a rich experience for teachers and administrators, who can manage curriculum in Edsby and assess student progress. Unlike other LMSes, Edsby is designed specifically for K12. To make rollouts quick and to minimize ongoing administration, it integrates tightly with existing student information (SIS) and authentication systems, leveraging data and security policies that already exist. And it allows for the deep customization required district-by-district, even while being cloud-based. Links of interest * Company website: http://edsby.com * Twitter: https://twitter.com/edsby * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edsby * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edsby * Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/edsby About Scott H.E. Scott Welch – Vice President of Sales, Edsby Scott Welch has a co-op degree in math from the University of Waterloo, which he graduated from in 1986. He worked at Nortel as a co-op student in 1984, when he became the only co-op student ever transferred from Canada to the Nortel lab in Silicon Valley. He joined full-time in 1986, becoming part of the team building Meridian Mail. Along with two partners, he left Nortel in 1989 to start SoftArc Inc. Serving as CEO until 1999, Scott provided product management and business leadership as SoftArc grew from 3 to over 100 employees and became Centrinity. Scott played a key role in Investor Relations and was instrumental in completing two successful secondary public offerings, including a $25 million self-syndicated offering. After the acquisition of Centrinity by Open Text, Scott continued his role as Chief Evangelist for FirstClass. Scott has extensive experience in the public eye, having appeared at over 500 user groups, trade shows, investor conferences and industry symposiums. With the same founding team from FirstClass, Scott started Edsby. At Edsby, Scott serves as a connection between customers and the engineering and design groups, which he believes is crucial for the long-term success of any software company.     Thank You For Your Podcast Reviews Are you enjoying Educational Podcasting Today or other shows on the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by commenting on iTunes today.  I enjoy reading and sharing your comments on the podcast each week. Ask Me Your Podcasting or WordPress Question Are you interested in starting your own podcast?

One of the hottest devices being showcased this year at the ISTE conference was Swivl.  Swivl is a complete video solution that provides presenters the ability to capture video during their lessons and create self-directed learning experiences for their students. About Swivl Video is a powerful tool but simply watching a video is a passive experience. Swivl not only makes it easy for teachers, students and administrators to capture video to share with others, we provide features to make video an interactive experience. * Teacher Growth and Reflection – Improve performance through video observations and self-reflection, coaching and evaluation. * Self-Directed Learning – Encourage student-ownership of learning by allowing students to create, share, and reflect individually and in small groups. * Productivity and Effectiveness – Keep students engaged and informed through video playlists aligned to support materials with online note-taking and time-stamped discussions. Links of interest * www.Swivl.com * @GoSwivl About our Guest Scott Caulfield is the Director of Channels & Sales at Swivl. Prior to that, he worked at Promethean as an Education Consultant for 9 years. If you are a member of Promethean Planet, you may recognize Scott’s voice and quick wit as he developed and produced the ActivTips. Scott Caulfield is a former teacher at Twin Creeks Middle School in Spring ISD, Texas.  He was founder of the School Newspaper (The Echo), Head Basketball Coach and Technology Integration Mentor.  He was named 2005 Teacher of the Year Runner-Up and Intel Teach to the Future Master Teacher. Scott lives in Indianapolis with his wife and their 2 year old son, James. Follow Scott on Twitter @EdTechScott. Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Please contact to become a guest on the show * Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * YouTube: 

Jeff sits down with Jon Phillips, Managing Director, Strategy of Worldwide Education at Dell Education to discuss their global strategy for educational professional development. In todays episode, we discuss Dell’s  Teaching and Learning Academy and how teachers can have access to a robust learning network to help them in their classrooms. About Dell Education Dell Inc. is committed to helping students develop the knowledge and skills they need to learn and succeed in an increasingly digital world and a globally competitive workforce. As a top provider of technology and services to schools, Dell listens to and works with students, educators, administrators, parents and community members around the world to deliver innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more in and out of the classroom. Learn more about Dell in Education at www.dell.com. Follow us on Twitter @DellEDU. Links of interest * Dell Education | @DellEDU * Jon Phillip’s Twitter | @2scale About Guest Jon Phillips is Managing Director, Strategy of Worldwide Education at Dell. In this role, he leads the global strategy for Dell’s education services and solutions. Working as part of Dell’s team of education experts, he helps to create technology solutions specifically designed to personalize learning for students and to increase efficiency in schools and universities around the world. He also leads operations management, product development and go-to-market strategies across the education business. Prior to Dell, Phillips worked at McMillan Publishing, a division of Pearson Education and Course Technology a Cengage Learning educational technology group. He is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience successfully helping organizations with business strategy and operational execution. Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Please contact to become a guest on the show * Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube * iTunes: http://...

Jeff sits down with the creators of a great musical app called iCanConduct to learn how it can be used, not only in elementary music classes, but also in upper advanced music classes to teach pulse, rhythm, and beat patterns to your inspiring musicians.   About Beans In My Ears BeansInMyEars was founded by a team of software developers, teachers, professional musicians, and parents with over 35 years of combined experience. We feel that the proliferation of iPhone, Android and other mobile devices provides a unique opportunity to create fun, exciting, and educational applications that do more than occupy your child's time. Links of interest * Website: http://www.beansinmyears.com * Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/beansinmyears * Twitter:  https://twitter.com/BeansInMyEars * Video Demo: http://youtu.be/OlcGJ42GD3U * Music Video:  https://youtu.be/1c5zO2FQVWA  About My Guests Kyle and Paul have been making music together since they were preteens.  Their passions and careers have veered in and out of technology and science.  Kyle is currently working at an internet technology firm and Paul is a key account manager at a science technology company.  Life has taken them across the United States and back, but music has always kept them connected.  It made sense when they found themselves married and with kids on the way that they would use that connection to create something musical and kid friendly.  iCanConduct was born on one of Paul’s visit’s to meet Kyle’s son, when the two decided it was time for them to  stop talking and start programming.  Lori, who will be joining Kyle for the podcast, is Kyle’s wife, mother of 2 young kiddos, and a former NYC public school teacher.  She brings to the dynamic duo the perspective of someone who has logged a whole lot of hours with the 6 and under set. Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Please contact to become a guest on the show * Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * YouTube: 

Jeff sits down with Renaud Boisjoly to discuss how Studyo is being used worldwide by teachers and students to organize and manage their daily schedules. Links of interest Web: www.studyo.co Twitter: @StudyoCo Facebook: facebook.com/studyoco Email: info@studyo.co YouTube Toturials: http://bit.ly/studyotutorials

Jeff sits down with Jack West to discuss why Hapara is the perfect tool for any school district wishing to properly and effectively manage their GAfE environment.  About Hapara Hapara is a Māori word for dawn or daybreak. Teacher Dashboard was first conceptualized by a pioneering group of educators and developers working together to serve an under privileged population of students in Auckland, New Zealand. The tools were built in a collaborative fashion to solve the knowledge management challenges teachers face when going all in with Google Apps. The Hapara team has grown significantly since the inception and now has team members in New Zealand, California, Boulder, Colorado and Washington DC. Hapara’s exclusive focus on K12 education solutions for Google Apps has won the team several awards including the New York City Gap App Challenge Best Administrative App, the Texas Association of School Administrators iZone Award, and a Gates Foundation Literacy Challenge Prize. Links of interest * http://www.Hapara.com * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hapara/242919002543124 * https://twitter.com/hapara_team * https://plus.google.com/u/0/105010971601195484607/posts Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation  Please contact to become a guest on the show * Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube * iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast * Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) * TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity

Jeff sits down with Brad Ermiling to discuss his work at the Pearson Research and Innovation Network. About Pearson Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, with 40,000 employees in more than 80 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives through learning. For more information about Pearson, visithttp://www.pearson.com. Links of interest * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pearsonplc * Twitter: https://twitter.com/pearson * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PearsonEducation About Guest Brad Ermeling, Ed.D. | Principal Research Scientist Pearson Research & Innovation Network Bradley Ermeling spent seven years working as an educator in Japan developing first-hand knowledge and expertise with Japanese Lesson Study and has published numerous articles on developing and supporting systems for collaborative inquiry and continuous learning. Dr. Ermeling was a recipient of the 2010 Best Research Award from Learning Forward, along with Ron Gallimore, Claude Goldenberg and Bill Saunders for their published studies on instructional improvement through learning teams. He is currently conducting qualitative studies on blended and virtual assistance models to guide school and instructional improvement efforts and is also investigating methods for measuring and facilitating teacher reflective practice. Prior to his research career, Dr. Ermeling taught high school English and special education for 11 years and holds teaching credentials in both Japan and the United States. He also holds a government issued certificate for Japanese language proficiency. He earned his doctorate from UCLA in Educational Leadership and his bachelor’s degree in English literature from Concordia University, Irvine. Follow him on Twitter @BradErmeling Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show * Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * YouTube: 

Jeff sits down with Ami Shah to discuss how Peekapak is able to help promote child development in grades PK-2.  About Peekapak Peekapak aims to improve learning outcomes in early childhood by enabling teachers and parents to work as partners in a student’s education. Through Peekapak’s platform, teachers are provided digital access to Peekapak’s character development curriculum and extended home activities for families to reinforce the learning in the home. The platform will also track student progress so that both teachers and parents are able to get a complete view of how a student is developing in the class and at home. Peekapak is currently in private beta and is looking to partner with educators to test and pilot their program. Links of Interest * twitter.com/peekapak * facebook.com/peekapak About our Guest Ami Shsh is the CEO & Co-founder of Peekapak, a recent graduate of the Imagine K12 Edtech Accelerator program based in Silicon Valley. Ami is passionate about improving youth education, and has previously taught in Vietnam.  She has extensive marketing experience from roles at Procter & Gamble, and most recently, as Director of Retail Marketing at a consumer products start-ups. She has a MBA from INSEAD. You can connect with Ami on twitter: amishahdotca or on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amishahdotca Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv   Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show * Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube * iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast * Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal)

Jeff sits down with Aaron Sherman to discuss the brand new Photos for Class and learn how students can have access to millions of creative commons photos for their projects.  About Photos for Class Storyboard That is the global leader in digital storytelling.  Teachers love the flexibility and breadth of storyboards that can be created from traditional storyboards, T-Charts, Spider Maps, Frayer Models, and Timelines.  Give it a try and see why users have created over 750,000 storyboards from Macbeth, to verb conjugation to the American Revolution. Links of interest * http://www.photosforclass.com * Photos for Class Citation Guide * Top Searched For Photos * @StoryboardThat * http://www.StoryboardThat.com Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show * Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube * iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast * Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) * TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Invite TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference * Jeff Bradbury 

Jeff sits down with Carl and Zack from Seesaw to discuss how students are creating digital portfolios in grades K-3 using their iPads and digital creativity. About Seesaw Seesaw is a student-driven digital portfolio that empowers students as young as 5 to showcase what they are learning at school. Seesaw seamlessly organizes students’ digital and physical work in one place, making it easy for teachers to refer back to for assessment or parent-teacher conferences. Seesaw also facilitates parent communication with real-time notifications, giving parents a glimpse of their child’s day and an opportunity to support learning at home. Links of interest Seesaw website: http://web.seesaw.me/ Seesaw Teacher Resource Center: http://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us Seesaw Twitter: https://twitter.com/seesawedu About our Guests Carl Sjogreen is the co-founder of Seesaw.  Previously Carl led product teams for Google (where he built Google Calendar) and Facebook (where he led the mobile product team).  Carl has had a passion for teaching his entire life, tutoring in middle and high school, serving as a teaching assistant for 4 different Computer Science classes while an undergraduate at Harvard, and as a Computer Science lecturer at Harvard Extension school.  Carl’s two kids, Lily (6) and Charlie (4) were Seesaw’s first beta testers. Zack Linson works with East Noble School Corporation in NE Indiana, which has been recognized by the Department of Education as a Future Ready district, 1 of 100 in the country. Zack’s job is to help teachers create lessons that are engaging, rigorous, relevant, and prepare students for a successful future. He writes here and tweets at @zlinen and here’s a picture of him out back at his house. Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv  Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a show guest * Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: 

Jeff sits down with Ron Drabkin and Ann Francis to discuss how OpenEd is revolutionizing the way educators provide creative lesson plans to their students using the OpenEd platform on their desktop and mobile devices. About OpenEd OpenEd.io is the largest K-12 educational resource library, offering more than a million free assessments, homework assignments, videos, games and lesson plans for every Common Core Math, Language Arts, Literacy and Next Generation Science standard. OpenEd makes it easy for teachers to find and assign resources by providing pre-built lesson plans (list of videos, assessments and homework) for every grade and subject. Teachers can modify these lesson plans or create their own. The vast majority of OpenEd Resources are free. Common Core Quest, OpenEd’s free app, is available for Apple, Android and Chrome. It allows students to take quizzes to demonstrate mastery of Common Core Math and English Language Arts skills and earn badges for each category. When students don’t achieve mastery, the app recommends videos and games to learn the precise microconcepts they are struggling with. The net result is universal personalized learning for each student. Common Core Quest is used by students, parents and tutors outside of the formal classroom. OpenEd’s awards include the 2014 “Best in Show” award for the assessment tool from ISTE, 2014 Trendsetter award for the Open Source Catalog from EdTech Digest, and the 2014 Awards of Excellence from Tech & Learning. Links of interest * @OpenEdio * https://www.facebook.com/OpenEdio * https://www.pinterest.com/OpenEdio/ * https://www.youtube.com/user/OpenEdIo About our Guests Ann Francis, Special-Education Teacher, Buffalo Prairie Middle School, Buffalo, Missouri A special-education teacher for 9 years, Ann teaches reading, writing, social studies and social skills for students in grades 5-8. In this small, rural Missouri school of 600 students – in a district of 1,700 – technology is limited, and few of her students have Internet access at home. She is a technology buff and an avid user of OpenEd resources – and has been using them since OpenEd’s inception. She holds a master’s degree in special education from the University of Phoenix and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Wayland University. Ron Drabkin, Vice President of Marketing, OpenEd Ron has held VP Marketing and Business Development positions including JRG Software, where he was co-founder, and JustAnswer.com. After many years in high tech, he transitioned to education by working with educators to start up a new innovative public high school called Design Tech High School. He has degrees from Duke University and the University of California-Berkeley. Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.

Jeff sits down with Brittany Oler to discuss how Kids Email is helping teachers and parents create safe and secure email addresses for students ages 5-13. About Company KidsEmail.org was established in 2009. The concept and idea was written and designed to be a part of the solution to protect children and families online. KidsEmail.org was designed to compliment their Internet Safety product called My Kids Browser. My Kids Browser is an internet browser that allows kids to go to only websites that you choose. Links of interest * Website: www.kidsemail.org * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KidsEmail.org * Twitter: https://twitter.com/kidsemail * Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/112369875076902375218/+KidsemailOrg * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialKidsEmail About our Guest Brittany Oler is the Marketing Director of Kids Email. Located in Eastern Idaho, she runs Kids Email in a small farming town. She is married with two children, and four dogs. She works hard to provide a safe e-mail service for kids, and helps educate parents on tools to help keep their children safe from online threats like cyberbullying and strangers. Brittany has worked for Kids Email for nearly 3 years and has helped in providing sensational growth to the company. Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video |