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Karen Jackson - Sandy Bansal
Sandy Bansal and Karen Jackson are both seasoned educators, Google Innovators, Trainers, and EdTech enthusiasts! We have many years of teaching and training experience between us and we love to chat! Both of us are mothers, wives, and finding our way in this crazy COVID-19 time. We want to talk about solutions and encourage you to join our chats. We have different perspectives, cultures, and opinions. Like all educators, we may not always agree, but we sure enjoy chatting! We are always looking for guests! Guest form link: http://bit.ly/3hNAyLT Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chatwsk1/support
Join us for a chat with our friend Nici Foote!
https://twitter.com/feetetweet,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolafoote/
*I’m “creating” a business where providing a space for people to be safe, to grow and to thrive is at the centre of my why. It’s work in progress and I’m starting up.
We will be chatting about lots of things, but here are a few topics that might interest our listeners. How COVID and divorce forced me to get uncomfortable.
Dealing with a new job change and starting my own business.
Lessons I’ve learnt about myself when flying the business plane solo.
Advice for women who want to move out of their current role into something new.
Check out Creativity in Learning here: https://beacons.ai/sayhello
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Welcome back Anissa!
We are so happy to chat today about Language revitalisation using technology and/or Digital Storytelling - maintaining cultural stories and songlines using various forms of tech. This episode will blow your minds. Anissa always brings joy and we love to share her stories.
You can check out her social media posts here:
@Nyssa76Jones, @IndigeniseEDU, @GEG_Canberra
Here are some links and resources that we discuss:
Indigital - Aboriginal owned technology business using AR/VR to keep language and culture alive
See Questacon video.
Digital Storytelling - Gen S Stories - My Story My Voice and Presenting Elders. Specifically watch “Learning and Sharing My Culture” by Ronnie Jordan
Weaving and Doll Making - Ronnie Jordan
Brungle Aboriginal Mission - article (20 July 2017).
Photos - awaiting permission from Elders to share (cultural protocols)
Brungle Primary School website
Aboriginal Tent Embassy video and Facebook website
Thank you so much for joining us.
Respectfully,
Karen and Sandy
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Hello listeners!
Today we will chat with John Woodward, of Texas, about teaching using digital learning. As we finish up this year, what are some lessons we learned and what helped our educators teach and our students have a successful year?
Here are John's social media posts and a link to his podcast:
Twitter: @johnewoodward
Instagram: @johnwoodwarddlc
Anchor Podcast page: https://anchor.fm/tisddl/
Temple ISD Twitter account: @DigitalTISD
As always, we will discuss anything and everything ed tech on both sides of the pond! Thank you for joining us and sharing the podcast with your friends.
Best,
Sandy and Karen
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Welcome listeners!
Today we present an encouraging conversation with Dr. John Spencer, creator and author. He speaks about the importance of allowing students to explore their ideas, and learn how to learn. John has authored two books with A.J. Juliani:
- Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student
- Empower, What Happens when Students Own their Learning
You can find more information about problem based learning (PBL) on his website: https://spencerauthor.com/
Finally, you can see his social media posts on Twitter, etc. @spencerideas
As always, we appreciate a share and a subscribe.
Regards,
Sandy and Karen
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Welcome Joe Sanfelippo!
This chat was a lot of fun because of the realistic, helpful attitude and humor that Joe brings to the party. Thank you for sharing about your book, Lead from Where you are.
The book is divided into three parts examining the Why, the What, and the How of leadership. Plus, there are action questions at the end of each chapter to help us reflect and put our leadership skills into practice. I loved this book - he even talked about his little nephew Patrick. Most. adorable.
It is important to recognize, acknowledge, and extend the good things that happen in your school environment.
Some quotes from the text we discuss:
"Pick a starting and ending point." (to your day) Do not wear yourself out.
"Start and end your day with joy." This helps the family you go home to; as well as it allows you to end your day on a positive note.
There is much more to learn, but Sandy and I hope you enjoy the discussion so far.
Best Regards,
Sandy and Karen
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Edpuzzle Notes for podcast
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwpe8fAmBPvrPRG0u5I3NeYgaIc3AHe46G-M5Ov2R3g/edit
How to sign up.
School account which is integrated with Canvas
Search for content
Discover,- Search bar -
YouTube tab
You can also filter videos by your subject area
My School tab, which allows teachers to collaborate
Community - which includes other teachers in your subject area
Most exciting is that you can upload your own videos!
Demonstration: I invited Sandy to my class.
Share her screen. I assign the 1 minute box shadow video.
Show screen shot
She answers the questions while showing screen so people see what happens on the student side.
Live mode! (show in teacher account)
What do we like about it? Accountability, real-time updates, and I can use my own videos.
Pricing: https://edpuzzle.com/pricing
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Hello listeners!
Do I have time for this?
Why are badges and certifications useful?
Say Yes! When you add these types of certifications to your PLN (Personal Learning Network) you have access to people who are using the tools in their practice, just like you. Most are willing to answer questions and assist you when you need it.
Often there are trainings and webinars available for these programs as well.
Frequently, when there are updates to the program, the ambassadors and educators are the first to know.
Join us,
Sandy and Karen
https://bit.ly/TeacherCerts
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Edpuzzle Notes for podcast
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwpe8fAmBPvrPRG0u5I3NeYgaIc3AHe46G-M5Ov2R3g/edit
How to sign up.
School account which is integrated with Canvas
Search for content
Discover,- Search bar -
YouTube tab
You can also filter videos by your subject area
My School tab, which allows teachers to collaborate
Community - which includes other teachers in your subject area
Most exciting is that you can upload your own videos!
Demonstration: I invited Sandy to my class.
Share her screen. I assign the 1 minute box shadow video.
Show screen shot
She answers the questions while showing screen so people see what happens on the student side.
Live mode! (show in teacher account)
What do we like about it? Accountability, real-time updates, and I can use my own videos.
Pricing: https://edpuzzle.com/pricing
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Welcome to this episode of Chat with Sandy and Karen.
It is a new year, with new challenges facing education - all stakeholders. Today we chat about what are some things that help, and what are the things that surprised us about teaching in the time of COVID-19.
Were we ready? The virus came on the scene in 2019, now in 2022 are we more prepared or merely aware of more challenges?
We would love to hear from you on social media @chatwSK1. What are your experiences and thoughts?
We appreciate you!
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Hello Listeners,
Sandy and I would like to thank every one of you for your contributions and encouragement this year. This week we both have recorded a message for you. We hope you are able to have a restful break and return to your work refreshed and full of inspiration.
Best to you and your loved ones,
Sandy and Karen
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Let's get chill, listeners.
Mel is an Australian Mathematics teacher teaching IB MYP & DP Mathematics in Cali, Colombia. Previously, she taught in Taiwan (for 5 years) and Australia. Mel is a GlobalGEG Leader, and an ambassador for a few things. She enjoys tennis, traveling, exploring and connecting :)
Let's chat about growth, challenges, and living internationally. Welcome @fungooli to our podcast, we look forward to hearing you!
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Hello listeners! Today Sandy and I will be talking about what it is like to move to another country to live. Here are some of our questions:
What is it like to move to another country?
What new culture have you experienced?
What American culture have you discovered here, or implemented?
How have you experienced the cold and darkness?
What advice would you give yourself now if you had to take time back 1 year?
Would you / could you move to another country following this?
Any experiences of your journey you would like to share with our listeners?
Perhaps the listeners have some comments or experience you would like to share. Please do!
Thank you for listening and sharing the channel.
Sandy and Karen
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We had an interesting chat about new teacher preparations, substitute teacher experience, and teaching digitally. Our teacher friend Emil first visited back in episode 24. He has since become a good friend and trusted colleague at Amerikanska Gymnasiet here in Sweden.
We thought you would enjoy this flash from the past because the content is certainly relevant for many of us who are teaching face-to-face and digitally.
Thank you for listening and sharing the podcast,
Sandy and Karen
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Hello there!
Join us as we chat with Fonz about sparking creativity. Part of being an educator is appreciating the creativity and professionals around us. We had such a good time chatting with him, we wanted to share it with you again.
Here is where you can keep up to date with his latest challenges and projects:
My EdTechLife https://twitter.com/MyEdTechLife
Twitter https://twitter.com/TechTeacher1381
Wakelet https://wakelet.com/@TechTeacher1381
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/techteacher1381/
YouTube www.youtube.com/TechTeacher1381www.myedtech.life
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/amendoza1381/
Thank you for your time and we appreciate your return each week! Feel free to share with other likeminded folks.
Best to you, Sandy and Karen
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Thank you for watching, we appreciate you!
We welcome Mr. G, (Carlos Garza) to chat with us about the Applied Digital Skills curriculum. He has recently become certified as an Applied Digital Skills Ambassador. This free curriculum contains flexible, practical, online courses to train students and teachers for the skills of tomorrow.
If you have enjoyed this session, please answer this survey so Mr.G can continually improve.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfS_osCs5jRgF9ueD4uLEL7IejLssPsorEHhumtA3P2T1Yq8w/viewform
We have created a sample lesson for you to try by following these steps:
1.Go to "g.co/AppliedDigitalSkills
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Click "Sign In". (You may have to create a gmail account.)
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Click “I am a student".
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Choose "Join a class".
Here is your class code. p9q2fg
To follow Carlos on social media, use @eduGOOGdroid
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It is close to the end of the month of October, a chill is in the air, and educators are realizing what a challenge this year has been. Sometimes we go through a few spooky situations. Sandy and I hope you will enjoy this episode we are bringing back from last year, October 2020. Here's to a productive fall, and a well-deserved break very soon.
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Podcast Notes October 16, 2021
Dealing with stress, what stress?
Educators are stressed, that is not news. We are stressed over things we cannot control, like perhaps our students are broken, and our hearts break. We seem to have more responsibilities at school, we are teaching online, offline, worried about COVID, worried about our families...
Perhaps we have too many courses to manage, or we want to do more and cannot. Perhaps we are not as healthy as we know we should be, we eat too much chocolate. Perhaps we feel guilty because we spend so much time with these strangers’ children and not enough time with our own… the list goes on.
We’re not here to solve all educator problems, or even claim to be experts. But I found some suggestions that may help deal with the day-to-day worries and stresses. These are small one day at a time ideas.
Resources:
5 Simple Activities to Help Teachers De-Stress and Boost Their Resilience
https://www.wiley.com/learn/jossey-bass/5-simple-activities-to-help-teachers-de-stress.html
- Three good things
- The Zen of Coloring
- Create a Joy Collage
- Start a new habit
- Write morning messages
Sandy, what are some ways that you have found that help you destress?
Go for a walk!
Listen to music, podcasts, or any other audio while you walk. If you have a pet, include daily walks as part of your de-stress routine. Talk to your dog, just get away for 5-10 minutes or longer if you need it. Taking this time is worth it and it will calm your nerves.
Focus on what you can control.
There are many things that happen in life that we can do nothing about, but we let their existence stress us out. Do your best to control what you can, and if there is something else that you cannot, then let it go for the time being. Do what you can, keep yourself healthy, and try to focus on the things you can do something about.
Have a little bit of chocolate.
A small bite of something that makes you happy will do just that. Remember to keep everything in moderation, but allow yourself a small treat, you have earned it! Just don’t go crazy on the amount. :)
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Hello listeners!
Learning languages is such an adventure! Today we are talking with Francesca about learning languages Italian, French, and Swedish. What is it like to learn a language as an adult?
Thank you for joining us for season 2. Sandy and I are very happy to share this time with you and our special guests.
Enjoy the listen and please share it with others.
Sandy and Karen
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Sandy and I have so enjoyed chatting with our guests during our first season of the podcast. We can't wait to see who will sit in with us in season 2. Thank you to all our guests, you have made our lives richer and given us knowledge to grow on.
We are planning several series and special days for you as we start the 2021-2022 school year.
The links below are all the guests we have had so far - so you don't have to scroll through the list!
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Hello all!
This week we are chatting with our fellow Google Educator and Trainer Afzal Mohammed. He speaks to us from Kerala, India, where he teaches teachers how to use technology in their courses. He has wonderful stories to tell! Here are some of his own words:
"I am from Trivandrum in Kerala, a state in the southernmost tip of Indian peninsula. I am an computer engineer and have an MBA in IT. Started my career as an ‘IBM Mainframe’ programmer in 2004. Stumbled into EdTech in 2007 as my new job involved developing an ERP for schools. I found myself spending more time with educators and school leaders educating them about the potential of IT. Soon I became a trainer of IT for teachers and started giving consulting to Schools on ICT. Have trained more than a 1000 teachers on ICT.
As a hobby I am a Google mapper/ Google Trusted 360 Photographer/ Google Local guide Level 8. Also contribute to Wikipedia, OpenStreet Maps like crowdsourcing projects."
You can find Afzal in social media here:
Tech In Teach (@techinteach) / Twitter
Tech in Teach - Home | Facebook
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Welcome to today's chat!
Fonz is so full of life and positivity, he wants to share all the edtech encouragement he has. Here is a bit of his information:
"I am a Google Innovator, Podcaster, Instructional Technologist, EdTech Enthusiast that is fueled by caffeine! My mission is to inspire as many people to amplify creativity and share my passion for learning with them. What has helped me become successful up until now are three simple words, improvise, adapt, and overcome." Ask me about why I started podcasting, it turned into my innovator project and I am now on a creative journey to create one new thing every day. Here are the social media links where you can find information about his projects:
https://twitter.com/MyEdTechLife https://twitter.com/TechTeacher1381 https://twitter.com/TechTeacher1381 https://www.instagram.com/techteacher1381/ www.youtube.com/TechTeacher1381www.myedtech.life
Thank you for your time, we appreciate your return each week! Feel free to share with other likeminded folks.
Best to you,
Sandy and Karen
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Have a wonderful idea... working on your project... half way done and then, BOOM - the project has gone another direction? Carlos will be talking about the benefits and limitations of pivoting your project without any intentions!
Follow Carlos on his social media accounts at: ACEd.Tech
Twitter, LinkedIn, & TikTok: @eduGOOGdroid
I am Mr.G, I’m a Google for Education certified Trainer & Innovator. An exciting development from the last time I was here is that I started working on my Masters of Educational Technology. Instead of Mr.G, I’m looking forward to earning the title of Master G.
STUDENT’s Project (2nd Place): https://tinyurl.com/tyca21
What prompted your pivot?
A pivot in life and in innovation. I enjoy being a teacher. However, I think I can have a better impact in students’ lives by becoming an educational technologist. Similarly, in my innovator academy, I had a great idea. I just didn’t know how to bring it to completion. That doesn’t mean that I gave up on that idea, but I had another issue that came up. Teachers wanted to format text in google forms. So, I brought this idea up to Andrew Caffrey, who approved it. So, I pivoted in my innovator project. And I have finished.
You created something called G RTF. Tell us about that.
It is a chrome extension that allows you to emphasize text where text is not allowed to be formatted but unicode text is allowed. With any new system, unicode is usually allowed. There may be some old systems which may not work, but for the purpose of my project, it works great.
How does it work?
Let me show you on twitter... (@eduGOOGdroid)
However, that is not the only way. My original intent was for education. But, anywhere where there is simple text and unicode is allowed, this will work. Let me create a Google Form and show you…
What prompted you to create this?
How might we help educators emphasize key points in Google Forms so students can better understand the instructions? By using a Chrome Extension that converts simple text to rich text, educators can create better instructions.
Originally, I thought about using it for Google Classroom. However, that update came. Google Forms, however, still has that problem.
How has this impacted teachers you know?
It is still a work in progress, however, the goal is for teachers to be able to properly explain
How can others get involved in this?
Let’s go to the chrome web store...
Please add the links to any resources here.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/g-rtf-plain-to-rich-text/mogceicjmeopokfnobebnoepladkifdn
Thank you, Carlos! Best of luck to you in your educational and innovative pursuits! We are so thankful to have you on our podcast.
Best wishes,
Sandy and Karen
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Hello listeners,
Don't you just love it when a former student comes back and visits? Teachers love this. This week, we are looking forward to chatting with Tanya Bott, one of Karen's students when she taught elementary students. We will chat about Tanya's job with NASA and girls in Technology. Tanya was such a delight. She is a wonderful role model for young women who want to pursue a career in science - any kind of science. You never know where your studies might lead you.
Her Instagram connection is: @tanyabpaine
We were so excited to chat with Tanya about science and what it is like to work at NASA. Here are some of the things she shared with us:
- I’m from the central Texas area (Temple, to be exact). I spent my entire childhood there and after graduating high school moved to College Station to attend Texas A&M. I majored in Biomedical Sciences, which is essentially are a set of sciences applying portions of natural science or formal science (or both) to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health efforts.
- I loved studying the sciences, and I think a lot of that carried over from my natural interest in science ever since I was a young girl. I chose my major because when I first got to college, my goal was to go into medicine. Fast forward a couple years, I’m in my late junior year of college and I started to explore other fields and jobs that weren’t necessarily medicine, but where I could still use my degree and immerse myself in the scientific community. A few months post-college graduation, I stumbled upon a job opening within the Human Health and Performance Directorate at NASA supporting the Health and Medical Technical Authority, applied, and the rest is history.
- Despite the global pandemic impacting so many fields and industries, it’s been all gas and no brakes for human spaceflight. I’d love to share a little bit about my experience in the aerospace industry, not only as a woman but as someone who entered this world with a somewhat non-traditional background that one would expect from your typical NASA/Boeing/SpaceX/etc employee.
- As I mentioned, I was a BIMS major at Texas A&M so when I initially stumbled upon this job, I didn’t think I had a chance to work at NASA. Now, having been here for around 2 ½ years, I can honestly say that the work my team does is perhaps some of the most impactful at NASA, and it’s a huge honor.
- HH&P Vision and Mission: The Human Health and Performance Directorate (HH&P) at NASA is an organization primarily focused on humans living, working, and thriving in space, on the moon, and eventually Mars. Our mission is to lead the global spaceflight community in protecting astronaut health and ensuring human mission performance.
- We cover a number of areas of expertise, such as radiation, lighting, toxicology, microbiology, acoustics, astronaut strength/conditioning/rehab, anthropometry and biomechanics, and much more.
What are the current projects you’re working on?
- I want to encourage people who might not feel a pull towards engineering to not count yourself out! NASA, and aerospace in general, needs people with a variety of skills and backgrounds. In fact I’d even expand that to say that the broader science and technology community needs representation from women. I think about people like Marie Curie who contributed so much to finding the early treatments for cancer, Katherine Johnson who played a pivotal role in getting man to the moon, Rosalind Franklin who was the first to discover the double helix structure of DNA, just to name a few and I’m blown away by the magnitude of impact they made on the world.
We hope you enjoy this discussion. Thank you for listening and for spreading the word about today's chat.
Onward!
Sandy and Karen
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Hello friends!
Come and hear our chat with Anissa. NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Digital Storytelling Project → this is the major focus.
- NAIDOC Week 4 – 11 July 2021 - https://www.naidoc.org.au/ aka. National Aborigines Day Observance Committee (timeline: https://www.naidoc.org.au/sites/default/files/files/NAIDOCHistoryTimeline.pdf)
- The beautiful art in the thumbnail is the poster chosen for NAIDOC Week: it can be found here: Poster for 2021 theme “Heal Country” https://www.naidoc.org.au/sites/default/files/styles/poster_thumbnail/public/photo-gallery-items/naidoc-2021-poster.jpg?itok=OtiTjS-u
- More information about festivals here: Cooee Festival - https://www.facebook.com/CooeeFestival/
- First Australians - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7_1avVKDwc&list=PLRANZ3DScGr6uMnZ70ur5zlnlXGQT0SVe
Anissa's social media contacts can be found here: @Nyssa76Jones @IndigeniseEDU @GEG_Canberra
IndigeniseEDU website: https://bit.ly/IndigeniseEDU
We appreciate your visits and your Shares!
Best,
Sandy and Karen
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Greetings, listeners!
Meet our friend, Jeremie.
Jeremie is all about community. He has a background in community service and organizing as well as teaching media creation to kids and business at the university level in China. He is a master at encouragement and corralling creative educators @WeVideo. Yes, he can answer any questions about the WeVideo Creator Community and the upcoming summit! https://www.wevideo.com/wccs21 The Community Summit is a wonderful few days of presentations and moments of fellowship for educators and video-heads alike. The best part about it is all of the content is free. You are welcome to listen in and learn about Jeremie's experience in the classroom and how it led him to WeVideo.
Jeremie's social media contacts are: @jeremieg21 @wevideo
Thank you again for listening, please share this podcast with your friends and check out the WeVideo Creator Community Summit '21. #WCCS21
Regards,
Sandy and Karen
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Creating content with meaning is hard when the curriculum changes. Jacqueline has helped educators to identify some examples. Join us for a discussion of the process of writing a book during a pandemic, while working out all the details of life. We've asked Jackie to come back and chat about her new book and learning/teaching during a pandemic.
How do we keep the golden lessons we learned from the past?
Also, check our Jacquelyn's book, Student-Centered Learning by Design. (ISBN-13: 978-1440877537)
Welcome Jackie!
@MsJWhiting (twitter) @jacqueylnwhiting (Instagram)
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We had a lovely chat with Emma Cottier this morning. (@EmmaCottier (Twitter) @princessemmapie (Instagram))
Tell us about yourself, Emma!
I am a Google Innovator that works full time in a middle school setting, in addition to being a consultant for The Cobblestone Collective- a Canadian company that provides engaging and hands-on learning experiences in a virtual environment.
One of my current projects: C is for Create is a collection of projects from my middle school students over the last few years that demonstrate creative ways of showing one’s thinking, but also providing design techniques and tips at the same time. http://bit.ly/cisforcreate
The second item is called “Skip the Google Slide Design” and this features more than fifty ready to use Google Slide templates for students of all ages. https://lnkd.in/g-e3Zvr
Feel free to share the Google Slide digital love and share these two resource links any way you like! I have also included one of my favourite Google Draw pieces for your enjoyment or resources! It works great to inspire students as to the creative possibilities of Google Draw or it can even be downloaded as .jpeg and printed as an 8” x 10” print to be framed for your wall!
https://lnkd.in/gKRFhX6
#creativity #SWE17 #googleedu #GoogleEI
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Welcome to the chat!
Danielle is a seasoned educator who is multi-talented and full of life. She has many certifications which include:
I've got Google Innovator and Trainer certs, I'm a National Writing Project Teacher Consultant, and a Schoology Champion. I teach 8th grade English at Presbyterian School of Houston where I'm also the Dean of 8th grade.
You can reach her on social media at @msfilas
When we recorded this episode on May 22, 2021, the school year was ending soon, so we chatted about what the experience of concurrent (virtual and F2F) teaching was like. She collects quotes from her students, here is an example. "It seems like this year one day lasted a month, and each month passed by like a few seconds".
Thank you for sharing your wisdom, humor and joy with us Danielle.
Sandy and Karen
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Hello there!
Sandy and I decided to create a series of podcasts that describe the components of Google Workspace for Education. The episodes will not be long, but we wanted to include pertinent ways that we use Drive in our practice. If you are a pro at all the Googley goodness, you probably won't see anything new here, but we hope you enjoy a thoughtful discussion of what we use in Google Drive.
If you want to see a video of this exact discussion, hop on over to our YouTube channel (It will be Episode 31, just like here):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSExtxVAE9QXKm5-eJw7xQ
Topics we discuss:
Settings in Drive
Techniques for organizing the Drive
The joys of the "Right Click" (or Control" key on a Mac)
Some of the Apps available within the Google Drive
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David is an educator based in Spain, he loves educating students, podcasting, hyperdocs, and exploring local cuisines. We had such an interesting time, please join us and invite others.
Find out more about him at his social media sites:
Twitter @dhotler
www.HyperDocs.co/teachersgiveteachers
We appreciate you David,
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Hello and thank you for listening today! Jessica Reed is a special education teacher in Georgia, who has been teaching for 12 years. Jessica’s undergraduate degree is in Elementary Education from the University of Kentucky. She has a Masters of Arts in Collaborative Teaching (6-12) from the University of Alabama. She received her ED.S. in Instructional Technology from Kennesaw State University. Jessica is a certified Google for Education Trainer and a Google Innovator (#NYC19).
Jessica is married to Robby and they have one daughter, Elizabeth (3). Jessica is an avid UKY alumni who loves to present at conferences and make connections with teachers from all over the world to discuss how collaboration can be effective in the classroom.
We are excited to bring you our chat with Ms. Jessica Reed! You can find more information on her website: https://sites.google.com/view/spedtechteacher/
Twitter: @kygirlinalabama
Welcome, Jessica!
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Come and chat with us! Meet John Okewole, Google Innovator and TeachAthon founder from Lagos, Nigeria.
Vision+Initiative+Patience+Respect+Persistence+Courage+Faith=TransformingLeader
#Commonwealth #Scholar | #GoogleEI #SWE17 | #MIEExpert |#BAM4Scratch #teachc24
Find him on social media here: https://twitter.com/dbeloved
Here is the TeachAthon webpage: https://www.teachathonetwork.com/cove...
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Time flies when you are having fun, right? For Sandy and Karen the best part about hosting a podcast is meeting new people, laughing and learning from others who are passionate about technology and education.
This is just the first edition of our podcast celebration - the first 6 months of clips and highlights and lessons learned.
With educators, there is always a reason to celebrate. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane.
Regards,
Sandy and Karen
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We are excited to bring your our chat with Ben Moore, educator in the UK. Secondary School ICT / Computer Science Teacher, World's Youngest Google ET, Global & GEG UK Leader
Follow Ben on social media at: @TrainingwithBM for Twitter & Instagram
www.youtube.com/c/TrainingwithBM
for YouTube
Sandy and I welcome Ben Moore and chat about what it's like to come back to school (missing the kids!), certifications, badges, and travel. His words of inspiration? "If you are going to dream, dream big. Go for it, you never know where it will take you". Also, Dominos v. Pizza Hut, what's your preference?
Welcome to our chat! Thank you for subscribing and sharing if you enjoy the chat, we appreciate your support.
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Daren is a Learning Technologies Lead for 2 secondary academies and a lead innovator for the Academies Enterprise Trust incorporating 58 schools across the UK. Daren has been teaching for 22 years and has over 10 years experience as a senior leader prior to his current role. As a Google Certified Trainer, Coach and Innovator #VIA20 he is also co-leader of GEG UK and Global GEG.
He is also an ambassador for a number of edtech companies including Mote, Wevideo and Wakelet as well as a Bookcreator certified author.
Daren is also the founder and director of www.myedtechbuddy.co.uk - interactive, self-paced, edtech PD for school staff and since launch in October has awarded over 650 badges.
Daren also hosts his own podcast anchor.fm/myedtechbuddies and is soon to host the Schools Show every Tuesday on @WeAreJoyFM
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Emil is a newly qualified teacher (Fall 2020). He has a unique perspective of starting a teaching career in the middle of a pandemic. Join us for a chat with this charming young man!
Enjoy,
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Today we are chatting with Eric Curts: educator, author (Recently published the “Control Alt Achieve” book - https://www.amazon.com/Control-Alt-Ac... ), and grandpa!
There is so much to talk about, why don't you join us?
You can find information about Eric here:
Website - https://www.controlaltachieve.com/
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/ericcurts
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ericcurts
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/ericcurts
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ericcurts/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericcurts/
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This week Sandy and Karen chat with an awesome woman to complete our International Women's Month emphasis. Dr. Hines is an educator first, but also a scholar. We chat this week about how we can encourage girls to explore math, as well as some of our favorite tools we use for teaching online and face-to-face. She loves to use technology to promote a new culture of learning.
Here is some more information about Jasara Hines, PhD.
Dr. Hines is a 17 year veteran educator, Google certified trainer and coach. She is the teacher and program coordinator at Thornwood high school in the south suburbs of Chicago. Proud UCF graduate. Ph.D. in Texts and Technology. Currently teaching English at Thornwood High School, as well as, AVID and AP Coordinator. You can find her on social media at: Twitter: @HinesJasara; Insta: dr.jazzie_est_1980 Some of today's content is about Jasara's favorite tools to use to teach remotely:
Mote Wakelet https://wakelet.com/wake/tjp-ClhrcbJEQ_gAfRSi_
Peardeck https://www.peardeck.com/join
Flipgrid http://flipgrid.com/
Edpuzzle https://edpuzzle.com/
Google slides https://www.google.com/slides/about/
AVID https://www.avid.org/what-avid-is
Welcome to our chat. Grab a cuppa, relax, and thank you for spending your time with us today.
Cheers!
Sandy and Karen
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Welcome Shama, Anna, Yvonne, and Tracy.
In today's chat, our friends join us again for a discussion about the things that keep us going. Thank you for joining us as we celebrate International Women's Month. We are all located on several different continents, but share some of the same challenges and experiences.
Grab a cuppa and join us,
Sandy and Karen
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We continue to celebrate women in technology this month. Today we chat with our lovely friend, Miko Wagstaff. Miko is an educator from Georgia in the US. She is a former engineer, she has a wonderful energy and positive attitude that encourages everyone she meets. We can say that because both Sandy and Karen have known Miko since 2017, when we were at the Google Innovator Academy together.
Here is some information from Miko's Twitter account:
@MikoWagstaff Ed Tech Specialist for Kennesaw State Univ. iTeach | Google Trainer & Innovator #SWE17
| MIE Trainer & Expert | DLP Coaching Alumni #DLPCoaching
| Math Teacher
Website https://iteach.kennesaw.edu/ On social media @KSUiTeach
We would love for you to join us in our chat this week. Grab a cuppa and relax.
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Hello all,
Sandy and I have declared it International Women's Month. Each episode in March, we will be focusing on some excellent women who inspire us .
This week, Sandy and Karen chat with May Jue. May is the Manager of all of the Google Certified Trainers. She has a great story and is so approachable! We love working with her and are thrilled she is having a chat with us. In celebration of International Women's Month, Here's May!
Note: In the beginning of the episode, Sandy and I talk a little about what the GCT program is, and what is required to apply. All links follow this description. If you want to jump straight to our chat with May, skip to the 14ish minute mark. We appreciate you!
Link to the GCT program:
https://edu.google.com/intl/en_ca/teacher-center/programs/certified-trainer/?modal_active=none
#GoogleEDU #womenleaders #internationalwomensday2021 #googleforeducation
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Special note: There's still time to check out the https://edcampcardigancamp.weebly.com/ Today, February 20, 12:00 AM (Midnight) to 11:00 PM EST.
Ok, when you are finished with the #Edcampcardigan, come on back and listen to the podcast! Today we spoke with Kristina about how libraries are changing and the cool tech tools available out there now. Kristina is skilled and an ambassador in so many apps and tech tools! Check out her badges. Find her social media posts on Twitter @lieberrian
Find Kristina's book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hacking-School-Libraries-Incorporate-Community/dp/1948212064
Thank you for joining us and thanks for sharing our podcast with others.
Regards,
Sandy and Karen
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This week Sandy and Karen chat with Anissa Jones. Anissa is passionate about culture , education, and sharing her rich Aboriginal heritage. She has taught educators, students, and prisoners using authentic indigenous methods with great success.
Check out her website for resources:
IndigeniseEDU website: https://bit.ly/IndigeniseEDU - it is a database of teacher lessons.
Anissa is a mother of 3, grandmother of 1, Boorooberongal Darug woman who has been teaching for nearly 20 years. She currently teaches the Diploma of Aboriginal Studies at TAFE NSW (Vocational Education) and she trains teachers in both G'Suite and First Nations Education across the eastern states of Australia. Additionally, she is a Google Certified Innovator with #SEA19 and had Karen as a mentor for the 2019-2020 year.
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Today we chat with Mr. Luis Pertuz, our friend from Barranquilla, Colombia! Education is always on our agenda for discussion, but with Luis, there are lots of topics! Luis is a Technology Integrator at Colegio Marymount in Barranquilla, Colombia, Google Certified Innovator and Trainer. All around Geek and Co-Founder of GlobalGEG, (and a lover of Sunday afternoon BBQ).
You are welcome to join us, and we appreciate your time.
You can find Luis on social media here:
@pertuzluisfer
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Today, join us for a chat with some parents at all levels of pandemic learning. How are parents doing? Are they coping with the technology and working from home? Enjoy our dose of reality, meet the parents!
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Come listen to a chat with Jacquelyn Whiting! Here's an introduction:
Google Certified Innovator
Co-author of News Literacy: the keys to combating fake news
New book coming out in the next couple of months: Student-Centered Learning by Design
Information Literacy editor and webinar host for School Library Connection
I also share how I identify: I am a white, cisgender female; she/her are my preferred pronouns. I am straight, and a parent, and partner. And dog-mom :)
Connect with Jacquelyn on social media:
Twitter: @MsJWhiting
Insta: @jacqueylnwhiting
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Today Sandy and Karen chat with Ms. Stephanie Howell, of Pickerington School District. She has a heart for education and students with special needs, as well as seeing teachers succeed in their goals. She discusses the Google Certified Coach curriculum and much more!
Stephanie's social media contacts are:
Twitter - @mrshowell24
Instagram - @mrshowell24
Website - mrshowell24.com
As one of its founders, you can also find her actively involved with the Global GEG at https://www.globalgeg.org/
Thank you for joining us, please spread the word about our podcast. We appreciate you!
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This week, Sandy and Karen are chatting with Mr. Carlos Garza (@Mr.G#ACEdTech). Carlos is a technology teacher located in South Texas, @LaJoyaISD. He is a family man who happens to love technology. He is a Google Certified Educator, Trainer, and Innovator (VIA20) - among his many other accomplishments. He loves to see students succeed in their own game of life. He is currently working on an interesting educational project that uses games and badging - both IRL and virtually to help students learn about adulthood!
Welcome, Carlos!
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Sandy and Karen are working through the Google Certified Coach Curriculum, here is a chat about how it is going, and what is included. What is a coaching cycle? We will keep you posted in our forward progress! In the mean time, if you are an educator and would like to work through this together, here is how to get started:
https://edu.google.com/teacher-center/programs/certified-coach/?modal_active=none
Onward and upward, educators!
Here are some other resources:
@ECOpenChat (on Twitter)
Audio Learners? Have a webpage read to you with this Chrome Extension we mentioned in the podcast.
Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader, found on the Chrome Web Store, http://bit.ly/39k7h7E
Cheers,
Sandy and Karen
(We are not receiving any compensation from what we mention in this episode.)
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Bruce is a long-time educator, media teacher, and co-author of Scripted https://www.scriptededucators.com/ He shares his story of remote teaching and producing a student-led newscast during these challenging times. In essence, "Start with what you have." Welcome, Bruce! @breicher
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This episode was pre-recorded on December 5th.
Grab a beverage of choice and listen as Sandy (in Sweden) and Karen ( in the US) discuss current tropics in education and "whatnot".
We appreciate you and your support as we continue with our podcasts. We hope you are able to celebrate your holiday in some fashion with those you love.
Regards,
Sandy and Karen
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Join us today for a sweet discussion about Santa Claus with two young women, Jessa and Savannah! We will chat about how Christmas is celebrated in the UK, US, and Sweden!
Here is the link we mentioned in today's chat: https://nanowrimo.org/ This is a great site for helping writers get started.
Remember, Santa won't come to your house and bring gifts unless you believe. Merry Christmas y'all!
Cheers,
Sandy and Karen
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New episode from Chat with Sandy and Karen! Episode 7 - Meet Emmy, she's an educator from Belgium, an administrator, teacher, Google Innovator, and good friend.
We will chat about how schools are faring throughout these pandemic days. Winter holidays are happening soon in North America, we can't wait!
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This week Sandy and Karen chat about several topics, such as:
*Shopping Survey Results: https://twitter.com/ChatwSK1/status/1328222608337334274?s=20
*How does Amazon work in Europe? How is that different than in the US?
- Thanksgiving shopping - how has shopping changed in a pandemic?
Thank you so much for listening! Please subscribe and share - you can also comment on the episodes.
Sandy and Karen
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Thank you for joining us today!
Wakelet Challenges - Sending Links vs using Canvas, and even a Diwali discussion. Happy Diwali!
Become a Wakelet Ambassador! Educators sign up here: https://learn.wakelet.com/
Chat with Sandy and Karen, where nothing is scripted, and you never know what we will be chatting about!
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Next week we will talk about Thanksgiving and shopping!
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You don't have to be perfect! Regard everything as practice and you will experience a whole lot less stress and more productivity. If everything is practice, then it is all a learning experience. You will get better and more productive.
Next, Sandy is going to set up her Wakelet Space to use in her coding classroom. See how it goes next week!
Thank you for joining us for our chat!
Sandy and Karen
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Since this is October 31, 2020 when we recorded this episode, Sandy and I thought we should talk about the scary aspects of teaching. Everyone always talks about the fun and fulfilling parts, but there are some serious and scary parts, too. Don't worry, there will also be several chuckles and light hearted moments - just like life! We hope you enjoy this episode. Sandy and Karen
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Episode 2: We're looking forward to chatting with Filomena Pizzulli, an educator from Italy. She is Project Manager of a State committee to bring Social Emotional Learning (SEL) to all of Italy! We look forward to learning about her story. We look forward to hearing from you in the Chat and Comments below!
Twitter: @profpizzulli
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Next week, Episode 3, we chat about the spoooooookiest moments in teaching!
Thank you for listening!
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In this episode, Sandy and Karen discuss some ways to get your high school students interested in the work. Specifically, coding students who are somewhat experienced. We have some ideas to share about this real-life situation. We hope you enjoy and share the podcast. We will be meeting every week for a short episode to talk about subjects including education, learning, technology, and girls in STEM.
Thank you for joining us!
Sandy and Karen
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