The TechEducator Podcast

How can we bring Character Education to the Social and Emotional Classroom?

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we take a break from tech and discuss how educators and parents can address a students social and emotional status.  

Can you use Scratch Based Coding to Teach Social Studies?

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we take a look at creative things you can do in your Social Studies classroom that bring Creativity, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Communication to your students.  These examples can be adapted to students of all grade levels and many of them involve coding and programming skills… something you don’t usually associate with the humanities classrooms.  

In this episode, you will learn how Microsoft OneNote can be used to help you organize not only your classroom but just about every part of your daily activities.

In this episode, you will learn how Microsoft OneNote can be used to help you organize not only your classroom but just about every part of your daily activities. 

The Hour of Code: 3 Student Driven Activities for your School in 2017

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we take a look at three ways you can prepare your students for this years HOUR of CODE.   Why are Coding and Programming skills important?   Teaching students computer science skills not only can help provide important non-linear thinking skills into a student's vocabulary, but it is becoming more and more essential for students to be able to use logical thinking when planning projects and other daily activities.   After listening to this podcast, we hope you take a moment to think about and try out these three simple activities that can be implemented by teachers of all subjects and age levels.  If you do have a chance to try any of these, please stop by soon and leave us a comment below sharing your story.

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we welcome Frank and Shannon from the Microsoft Education team on the program and Rob Dixon from Nebraska to discuss how Microsoft Education is being implemented in school districts worldwide to meet the needs of districts, teachers, classrooms, and most importantly ... students.

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we welcome Frank and Shannon from the Microsoft Education team on the program and Rob Dixon from Nebraska to discuss how Microsoft Education is being implemented in school districts worldwide to meet the needs of districts, teachers, classrooms, and most importantly ... students.

This past week, Google Slides released some pretty amazing updates that are certainly going to be helpful for both teachers and tech coaches.  On this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we take a look at these new features and how they can be used in your classroom.

This past week, Google Slides released some pretty amazing updates that are certainly going to be helpful for both teachers and tech coaches.  On this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we take a look at these new features and how they can be used in your classroom.

Does Your School Have The Best Devices For Your Students?

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, Jeff and Sam discuss the differences between iPads, Surface Tablets, and Chromebooks to determine what is it exactly that makes a school district put it's educational philosophy and future into a specific brand of products.

On this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we reflect on a recent workshop that I attended that focused on best practices for providing professional development sessions to adults.