The EdTech Take Out

Amber Bridge and Jason Marshall join Mindy and Jonathan for a special makerspace edition. Learn more about the Think Make Innovate YouTube show, our upcoming makerspace conference and a host of great people to follow online for #makered inspiration. Even the tech nuggets have a makerspace flavor so be sure to stay tuned for those. You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on iTunes or Google Play Music. Until next time...  

Follow Up: #classroomclips for edu examples of Apple Clips app The Mevo camera now broadcasts to YouTube Live & Periscope, as well as Facebook Live 15 Ways to Use Flipgrid in your Classroom by Karly Moura I’m going back to paper AND staying digital By Matt Miller Use Parrot drones with Swift Playgrounds - bit.ly/swift_drone New menu items: Apple makes iWork and iLife apps free for all devices Find and insert free pictures with the Pixabay Google Docs Add-on May 2, Microsoft is having an EDU event centered around Windows Cloud devices Wunderlist is being retired and will be replaced by Microsoft To-Do - boo! :( Main Course: #FormativeTech with Monica Burns ClassTechTips.com #FormativeTech Meaningful, Sustainable, and Scalable Formative Assessment With Technology Tech Nuggets! Tackk via Richard Byrne 20 Ways to Use Tackk in the Classroom The Tackk EDU Blog iCivics free lesson plans and games for learning civics https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/ Auto Draw from Google Jonathan's Catch of the Day

In this episode Mindy and Jonathan talk about the new iPad and a few other Apple anouncements that are pretinent to educators. They talk coding in the classroom with Samatha Dahlby (@dahlbys) from NewBo Co. and roundup the episode with some fresh tech nuggets and top podcast picks! Followup: The New $299 iPad for Schools New Menu Items Clips - A New Video App from Apple Apple acquires Workflow app Apple Classroom 2.0 adds new features Google now lets you add students without gSuite Education Accounts Hour of Code Org Developing New, Free CS Course Main Course: Coding With Samantha CS Fundamentals CS Discoveries Computer Science Discoveries ​CoderDojo Squishy Circuits Snap Circuits Little Bits

In this episode, Mindy and Jonathan are joined by tech coaches and instructional coaches from local schools to discuss life as an educational coach. New tech nuggets are included in this episode, and so are Jonathan's podcast picks.   Followup CoSpaces adds camera and export, iOS creation Video options for YouTube videos in Slides, just like for Drive Videos Spiral Clip - another great addition to the Spiral suite of formative assessment tools EngageNY Math Curriculum   New Menu Items Symbaloo Learning Paths Sideways writing in spreadsheets Google Keep is integrated into Docs and is now a core service of gSuiteEdu New iPads coming soon...?   Main Course: Coaching Conversations A BIG thank you to Anna, Andrea, Jeff, Andrew and Frank for taking the time to talk to us on this special episode of the Edtech Take Out. Follow these guys on Twitter if you want to learn more or continue the coaching conversation. Anna Upah (@AnnaUpah) Andrea Townsley (@townsleyaj) Jeff Vaughn (@JeffSixth) Andrew Fenstermaker (@a_fenstermaker) Frank Slabaugh (@FrankSlabaugh)   Tech Nuggets

In this episode, Mindy and Jonathan recap on the results of their iPad Challenge and spend some time talking to Josh Allen to talk about open educational resources. New tech nuggets are included in this episode, and so are Jonathan's podcast picks. Followup Toontastic 3D works on SOME Chromebooks Keyboard shortcuts for the iPad   New Menu Items Add video to Google Slides YouTube Live Coming to Mobile Devices Soon Enhanced Google Expeditions Book Creator is Coming to the Web Scan QR Codes with Chrome for iOS Version 4 of Flipboard now available   Main Course: Open Educational Resources (OER) GoOpen website What GoOpen looks like for Josh Allen's District EngageNY Math Curriculum Georgia Math Standards & Curriculum OER Commons Amazon Inspire CK-12 textbooks

In this episode, Mindy and Jonathan predict the edtech trends that they think are going to make a big impact in classrooms this year. They talk about whether we still need a desktop operating system, and make plans for an iPad challenge. A box of six tech nuggets are also included at no extra cost!   Hot Topic: Do We Still Need Desktop Operating Systems? Stop Using a Laptop in 2017; It’s Time to Use a Tablet Tim Cook does 80% of his work on an iPad The Gear You Need to Make Your iPad Your Only Computer   Main Course: Our Top Edtech Trends for 2017 Virtual Reality Online Learning Makerspaces Learning Spaces Open Educational Resources Blended Learning   Tech Nuggets Pineapple Charts Toontastic 3D Knight Lab Projects ReadWorks Digital   Jonathan's Podcast Pick The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast   You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on iTunes or Google Play Music.   Until next time...

Join Mindy and Jonathan as they take an extended look at 12 of their favorite tech nuggets from 2016. How many of these top tools have you tried in your classroom? We would love to know. Email the show, or send a voice memo to podcast@gwaea.org, and see show notes with all the links from this episode at www.dlgwaea.org/podcast. You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. If you enjoy the show please leave us a review on iTunes or Google Play Music. We would very much appreciate that! Until next time...

Mindy and Jonathan get by with a little help from their friends in a special holiday edition of the podcast. They interview their colleagues on what they think is truly worth paying for in the world of edtech products and services. Hear what they have to say, as well as what Mindy and Jonathan want from Santa, in this fun roundup of our favorite tech tools.   Email the show, or send a voice memo to podcast@gwaea.org, and see show notes with all the links from this episode at www.dlgwaea.org/podcast. You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. If you enjoy the show and would like to leave us a review on iTunes or Google Play, we would very much appreciate that!

In this episode, Mindy and Jonathan review a number of online sites that are aimed at helping improve classroom communication with parents. Remind, Class Dojo, Fresh Grade, Bloomz and more were discussed. The new Google Sites is here and there is some new follow up for Skype & YouTube. This week's spicy tech nuggets include asessment apps, a book, and an educational YouTube channel for elementary kids. Email the show, or send a voice memo to podcast@gwaea.org, and see show notes with all the links from this episode at www.dlgwaea.org/podcast. You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. If you enjoy the show and would like to leave us a review on iTunes or Google Play, we would very much appreciate that!