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APlusEdTech
This is a place for discussing some of the emerging technologies and how they can be used in education.
In this episode, I talk to my friend Jennifer Chang Wathall about concept-based mathmatics, her book based on her concept-based mathematics framework, and her professional learning structure. Jennifer is an independent educational consultant with over 25 years experience. She travels around the world to work with teachers. Catch up with her at http://www.jenniferwathall.com or on Twitter @JenniferWathall.
In this episode I speak with Stacey Lovedall about using and creating virtual reality with students.
In this episode, Tavia Clark discusses ways teachers can utilize their librarians for planning and co-teaching. We also discuss social media, her young adult literature twitter group, and the importance of growing a love of reading using books students choose themselves.
In this episode, I talk with Greg Garner where we discuss compuer science, hour of code, and computational thinking.
In this episode, we talk to Victor Small. Victor is an educator from California and an advocate for Restorative Justice.
In this episode, I talk to Brad Shreffler about his school's student tech support program. Brad is also a fellow podcaster. You can find him on The Planning Period Podcast.
In this episode, we talk to Julie Smith the author of Master the Media about teaching media literacy in our schools.
In this episode, we talk to Julie Smith the author of Master the Media about teaching media literacy in our schools.
In this episode, I talk with Marsha Sirkin about creating a positive school and classroom culture.
In this episode, We take a cursory look at the new North Carolina Digital Learning Competencies and discuss what they mean for teachers in the state. Resources, including links to the competencies, can be found at aplusedtech.com
In this episode, I was able to discuss how Tara Linney and thr rest of her school’s coaching team was able to create opprotunitys for students to be more creative during their technology time.
In this episode, I go over some takeaways from the ISTE ignite session that took place July 25, 2017.
Preparing For ISTE With Kyle Hamstra And Twitter in The Classroom In this episode we will be speaking with Kyle Hamstra about his presentations at ISTE and how to integrate Twitter into the classroom. This kicks off a series of podcasts and live streams coming from ISTE. Stay tuned to both Twitter and Periscope for the latest updates from ISTE. Twitter: @aplusedtech website: www.aplusedtech.com Kyle’s Presentations: ISTE Ignite 1 in 3: From Dewey Decimals To Your Hashtags Follow Kyle On Twitter: @KyleHamstra
In this episode, we will look at ways to get PD that is flexible to your available time and personal needs. We also talk to Sara Thomas who is an organizer for EdCamp Voxer which begins July 7th.
Teaching Internet Safety to Students In this episode, we revisit some recent internet safety issue and talk about the new curriculum released by Google that is designed to promote internet safety and digital citizenship.
The month of May was full of news about security issues. In this episode, we discuss these news stories and what teachers can take away from them to help themselves and their students become more aware of how to keep themselves safer on the internet. www.aplusedtech.com
In this episode we talk about staying motivated through the end of the school year with #Lastbell. My guest, Jennifer Hogan is a veteran educator who helped to establish the last bell hashtag on social media where educators can come together to share motivational thoughts and end of the year activities that will help them keep teaching till the last bell rings.