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Edtech Throwdown

Episode 165: Edtech Resources for the Summer

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown  This is episode 165 called “Edtech Resources for the Summer”.  In this episode, we’ll talk about the resources that we’ll be exploring while on this year’s summer vacation! This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!

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Narrative:  Summer time talk

Segment 2:

Guise’s Books

AI for Educators: Learning Strategies, Teacher Efficiencies, and a Vision for an Artificial Intelligence Future by Matt Miller

• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
• In the U.S. Marines during mealtime, Sinek explains, it’s common for the highest ranking officers to fix their plates last. This not only ensures everyone on the team is fed, but sends an important message: Leaders look after their people first. But Sinek’s people-first approach is only one component of a larger narrative that includes segments on creating a safe environment within your organization—he refers to this as the “Circle of Safety”—and the surprising impacts of what he calls “selfless chemicals” like serotonin and oxytocin on leadership style.

Nick’s Books

• Storytelling With Purpose: Digital Projects to Ignite Student Curiosity by Michael Hernandez:  The book:
• Shows how to create uncheatable assessments through student-created story projects
• Helps educators create meaningful learning experiences by integrating edtech tools and storytelling into their curriculum.
• Shows how storytelling can help students activate higher-level thinking to conduct research, process ideas and information, and share the synthesis of these ideas with an audience.
• Illustrates how digital storytelling can help develop a mindset of collaboration, mental agility and resilience.
• Presents student examples, teacher case studies and sample lessons to demonstrate how to integrate student stories into curriculum in authentic ways.
• Offers flexibility, through sample projects that vary in degree of difficulty, so teachers can choose the best option based on their resources and unique situation.
• Schoolishness: Alienated Education and the Quest for Authentic, Joyful Learning by Susan D. Blum (Author) 
• In Schoolishness, Susan D. Blum continues her journey as an anthropologist and educator. The author defines "schoolishness" as educational practices that emphasize packaged "learning," unimaginative teaching, uniformity, constant evaluation by others, arbitrary forms, predetermined time, and artificial boundaries, resulting in personal and educational alienation, dependence, and dread.  Drawing on critical, progressive, and feminist pedagogy in conversation with the anthropology of learning, and building on the insights of her two previous books Blum proposes less-schoolish ways of learning in ten dimensions, to lessen the mismatch between learning in school and learning in the wild. She asks, if learning is our human "superpower," why is it so difficult to accomplish in school? In every chapter Blum compares the fake learning of schoolishness with successful examples of authentic learning, including in her own courses, which she scrutinizes critically.

Professional Development

1. Quizizz AI
2. Magic School AI
3. Kahoot Certified
4. Canva Design School
5. TextHelp Academy
6. Updated Book Creator Certified Author course
7. EdPuzzle Certifications
8. Screencastify University
9. Nearpod Certified Educator
10. Diffit Certified Educator

Guise’s Podcasts

1. Optimalist Podcast with Sara Candela
2. One of my favorite recent episodes came from the Optimalist Podcast with host Sara Candela. The episode I checked out was with my podcast buddy Bryon Carpenter called "Online Education and Building Tenacious Classrooms." This episode delivered in many ways but I will just mention two in this blog. First, I was introduced to a new podcast with a host who is a great conversationalist. I know Bryon and Sara was able to dig a little deeper and get Bryon to open up a side to him that was very relatable to me. When I listen to podcasts, I am looking for relatability and this episode was very relatable. Second, the segment called "The Joy of Teaching and Witnessing Students' Growth" was pure gold. I laughed a lot and I was able to reflect on my practice to realize that there are many ways to get enjoyment from teaching kids. One of these ways is by witnessing student growth and appreciating the collective efforts that go into this!
3. Tech Tools For Teachers Podcast by Shanna Martin
4. Those of you who listen to our podcast (EdtechThrowdown.com) know that I have three boys who are 8, 6, and 4. My oldest loves exploring and studying weather. At the time, I was looking for ways to keep his curiosity churning. I came across Shanna Martin's podcast Tech Tools For Teachers and her episode called "Fun Ways to Teach Kids About Weather." In this episode, Shanna introduces two websites focused on weather calledWeather Wiz Kids andSnowCrystals.com. This episode afforded me the resources needed to provide my son with some enrichment to further explore his

Nick’s Podcasts

1. Stuff They Don’t Want you to Know: A podcast for conspiracy realists, but really it’s about critical thinking.

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