The TeacherCast App Spotlight show

The TeacherCast App Spotlight

Summary: Join host Jeff Bradbury from the TeacherCast Educational Network as he interviews educational technology companies to help educators understand how best to use edtech in the classroom. For more information, please visit http://www.TeacherCast.net

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Podcasts:

 eClicker | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:29

Jeff sits down with the creators of Swackett, a popular Weather App for mobile and desktop platforms.

 Teachers Assistant Pro | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:37

Jeff sits down with app developer Alex Silverman from the big nerd ranch to talk about eClicker for the MAC and IOS.

 See Touch Learn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:28

Jeff sits down with app developer Alex Silverman from the big nerd ranch to talk about eClicker for the MAC and IOS.

 Planbook | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:31

Jeff sits down with app developer Alex Silverman from the big nerd ranch to talk about eClicker for the MAC and IOS.

 Phrase Expander | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:51

Jeff sits down with app developer Alex Silverman from the big nerd ranch to talk about eClicker for the MAC and IOS.

 Pear Note | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:26

Jeff sits down with app developer Alex Silverman from the big nerd ranch to talk about eClicker for the MAC and IOS.

 OfficeHaven | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:39

Jeff sits down with app developer Alex Silverman from the big nerd ranch to talk about eClicker for the MAC and IOS.

 Scholastic (@Scholastic) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:36

Jeff sits down with Aliza Aufrichtig from Flocabulary to discuss how rap can be combined with current events to help boost student test scores.

 Flocabulary (@Flocabulary) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:44

Jeff sits down with Aliza Aufrichtig from Flocabulary to discuss how rap can be combined with current events to help boost student test scores.

 Podcast: Learn how the @Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge helps students set World Records! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:37

Jeff sits down with Sylvia Ibarra and Frank Loose from Scholastic to learn how your students can set a world record in reading this summer! About Scholastic Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology and related services and children's media. Scholastic creates quality books and ebooks, print and technology-based learning materials and programs, magazines, multi-media and other products that help children learn both at school and at home. The Company distributes its products and services worldwide through a variety of channels, including school-based book clubs and book fairs, retail stores, schools, libraries, on-air, and online at www.scholastic.com. Links of Interest * www.scholastic.com/summer * @Scholastic * @ScholasticTeach * #SummerReading * Summer Reading Challenge YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL00F0FF03B168F773 Featured Guests Sylvia Ibarra has served as the principal at Jackson Elementary School in McAllen, TX for the past three years.  She has 24 years of experience as an educator.  During her 24 years in education, she has held various positions throughout her career including teacher, counselor, central office administrator and campus administrator.  She firmly believes that all students can learn and is passionate to help every child reach his/her full potential.  She works diligently every day to ensure that student learning is a priority and to create opportunities for student success.   Ms. Ibarra is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in educational leadership at Northcentral University in Arizona.  Ms. Ibarra’s educationalgoal is to continue to grow professionally and impact teacher and student learning in a positive way. Frank Loose is a Marketing Manager for the Elementary School category at Scholastic Book Fairs. Since 2009, he has been focused on the issue of summer reading and developing tools to motivate kids to read more during the summer months. He received a B.F.A. from the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts. He has two sons attending college.

 Learn why @Flocabulary is the perfect combination of hip-hop and current events for your students! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:44

Jeff sits down with Aliza Aufrichtig from Flocabulary to discuss how rap can be combined with current events to help boost student test scores. About Flocabulary Flocabulary is an online learning platform that delivers educational hip-hop songs and videos to students in grades K-12. Founded in 2004, Flocabulary is now used in over 15,000 schools and reaches a weekly audience of 5 million students. Our mission is to motivate kids and help them reach their full academic potential, not only by raising test scores but by fostering a love of learning in every child. Featured Links * Flocabulary Homepage * Twitter * Facebook * YouTube Videos Featured Guests Aliza Aufrichtig is the Product Director at Flocabulary. As a high school English teacher in San Francisco, Aliza became fascinated with figuring out the most exciting and effective way to teach any given subject to her students. Now, Aliza's goal is to make learning as fun as possible for students by making engagement as easy as possible for the thousands of teachers who use Flocabulary every day. Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show * Host: Jeff Bradbury@TeacherCast * Email: info@teachercast-net.jeffreybradbury.com * Voice Mail: www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * YouTube: www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube * iTunes: www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes Watch LIVE: www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting ScheduleTeacherCast Broadcasting Community: www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Hire TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!  Contact Jeff Today! Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows * TeacherCast Podcast * TeacherCast App Spotlight * The TechEducator Podcast

 Podcast: Learn why Planbook is the perfect app for your lesson planning | @TeacherCast App Spotlight | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:31

Jeff sits down with Jeff Hellman from Hellmansoft to discuss their great app Planbook. App Review: Planbook is a lesson planning application.  It is designed to completely replace your paper plan book with an intuitive easy to use application that gives educators everything they need to keep organized and present their lesson plans to both their administrators and students flawlessly. Simply put, by using Planbook, I have been more productive as a teacher, and most important, I have felt much more organized as I prepare for each day. Planbook is a versatile application that works both on Windows, the Mac and on the iPad.  Planbook is simple enough to use that I was able to start using it and have all of my lesson information synced between my Mac and iPad in no time. You begin by setting up your school year.  You can then add your classes and tell Planbook how many days you teach each class.  This is the perfect app for both K-12 teachers who teach every day, teachers on a rotation schedule, and college professors who teach every other day. At that point, Planbook gives us a blank document for us to fill up.  You can either type your plans directly into Planbook or copy them from a text file. By default, Planbook sets up columns for our Daily Lesson and Homework. Using the three Custom tabs, I set these to “Materials Needed Before Class” (so I know what to bring with me) and “Technology Needed for Class” (so I know what I equipment I need setup). The inspector is very simple to use as well.  Planbook allows us to group our lessons into Units and add Metadata to each lesson, and each unit.  We can adjust the start and end times for our classes.  The inspector also allows us to keep track of any attachments we may need with our lessons such as handouts, or homework assignments.  The Standards button comes in very handy when needing to keep track of our national and state standards. Planbook Enables You To: 1. Enter lesson plans using a schedule that matches what you teach 2. Easily create assignments and attach your classroom documents to lessons 3. Create printed (or PDF) reports using the parameters you want 4. Track State, National and Local standards 5. Sync your lesson information, including handouts, to a free online planbook 6. Publish HTML files of your lessons to a MobileMe iDisk, FTP Server of local folder Even though my school has a dedicated service where we are required to submit weekly lesson plans, I still use Planbook in my daily schedule.  The integration between my Mac and iPad is simply fantastic and I couldn’t be happier. Included with your purchase of Planbook is an online service called PlanbookConnect.  All you have to do is sign up for a free account and let Planbook do the rest. It will gather all of your information in your Planbook and post it to a simple, easy on the eye online version of the software where your students and their families can view a monthly calendar and have access to any files you wish to share.  I used this feature with my classes, and linked PlanbookConnect to my website.  My students enjoyed how easy it was to download my homework assignments and handouts.  Because I linked all of my files on Planbook, I didn’t have to repost them anywhere else for my students. I simply connected everything to Planbook Connect and it uploaded all of the files for me. Planbook was created by a Jeff Hellman, a teacher.  Because of this the application is completely in tune with what we as teachers need.  I have chosen to put the Planbook app on the front page of my iPad because I use it everyday when preparing for class.  This app is one that I would recommend to any teacher. Planbook on the Mac Planbook Touch on the iPad

 Wandoo Planet (@WandooPlanet) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:35

Jeff sits down with Lindsey Hill and Robert Cullin from EvancedSolutions to discuss how students and teachers can create the future of educational gaming using Wandoo Planet

 Dragon Dictate (@DragonTweets) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:24

Jeff sits down with Peter Mahoney to discuss why Dragon Dictate is the worlds leader in speech recognition.

 MasteryConnect (@MasteryConnect) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:35

Jeff sits down with Trenton Goble from Mastery Connect to discuss how teachers are using MasteryConnect to collect and share educational resources.

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