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GotTechED the Podcast 

Episode #116: 24 EdTech Fueled Lesson Openers

Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 116 called “24 Edtech-Fueled Lesson Openers” In this episode, we’ll share 24 ideas for lesson hooks that will be sure to capture your students’ attention. We’ll also recommend some edtech tools that will bring these ideas to the next level. This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.

Segment 1: Updates

Segment 2: Lesson Openers 5:00

1. EdTech Show and Tell 5:30 cough
2. Chemistry example
3. Start with motion
4. The Standup Game from Sarah Wessling - everyone stands up, you get to sit if you chose to share something
5. Find the mistake and mark it on Edji
6. Show a video
7. Movie trailers
8. Classhook
9. Provoke opinions, make it topical
10. PBS News Hour Classroom
11. The Juice - Daily news matches reading level, supports diving into current events
12. https://idebate.org/
13. Google Earth Field Trip
14. 50 Amazing Finds on Google Earth
15. Explain the graph
16. Turners Graph of the Week
17. Nytimes whats going on in this graph?
18. Survey using Google Forms and show the results
19. Try a real-life version by having students use colored sticky-notes to create a bar graph on the board
20. Poll everywhere
21. Feely Bags and...