20 Tech Minutes For Teachers Podcast

In this episode, Andrew meets up with Andrew Fenstermaker from Iowa City Community School District to talk through how 21st century technology has impacted student learning in his district.

Join Kelly and Andrew as they talk through three great K-12 apps that can enhance student learning. Kelly will explain Socrative, a great assessment tool for students of all ages that gives instant feedback. Andrew will take you through two apps, Moose Math and Shadow Puppet Edu, that are great for helping students work at their own pace and practice explaining their thinking. https://www.socrative.com/ http://www.duckduckmoose.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shadow-puppet-edu/id888504640?mt=8

In this episode, we dive into various ways to use Sutori and NewseumED in the classroom. Stacey talks us through how teachers and students can use Sutori’s timeline platform to show understanding, direct student exploration, and so much more. Kelly provides us ways to be a more informed researcher with NewseumED, the same museum in Washington D.C., but with new ways teachers and students can use their online platform for resources, classes, and lessons in the classroom.

Listen to Kelly and Sandy discuss the many uses of a Hyperdocs in your classroom, and then hear about a great web tool called Flipquiz (random name and group generator as a bonus!).

Nicki and Kelly discuss how to use two awesome tools that have been around for years, yet are not always at the top of the fun tech list. Kelly talks about how any teacher instructing any subject could use QR Codes in the classroom, library, etc. Nicki speaks about how user-friendly and helpful the Remind app and website can be for students, teachers, and parents.

Join Gina and Kelly as they explain the benefits of using Be Internet Awesome and Playposit in the classroom. Gina goes in-depth about Be Internet Awesome, a free Google Digital Citizen tool while Kelly discusses how to either flip your classroom or change up how you show videos in class.

Have you seen the latest updates from SMART? Check out this week’s episode to hear Stacey talk about SMART Learning Suite Online! Then, listen to Sandy discuss Screencastify and share unique ideas to use the extension with students.

Kelly and Sandy discuss two sides of PearDeck! Learn how to create engaging, interactive slide presentations with Kelly, and then listen to Sandy explain the fun vocabulary game you can play with students in the Vocabulary Factory.

Join Andrew and Sandy as they discuss two virtual reality resources from Google! Sandy discusses the benefits of using Google Expeditions in the classroom, and Andrew teaches us how to make our own virtual reality experiences with Tour Creator.

Kelly proves that she is a Social Studies teacher through-and-through with this week’s episode, where she tells Sandy all about themedalofhonor.com, a site devoted to sharing the stories of US Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Then, Sandy talks about the benefits of a free educator account with Epic, a library of ebooks, audiobooks, and more!