Teacher Tech Talk: Recent Episodes
Tom Varnum
Welcome to Teacher Tech Talk, where (oddly enough) teachers talk about technology. Your host is Tom Varnum, Digital Learning Specialist for the Tyngsborough (MA) Public Schools. Find show notes on my blog: http://pages.tyngsboroughps.org/varnum/
My guest is Kevin Redman, English teacher at Tyngsborough High School. We discuss the ups and downs of using the concurrent learning model during the COVID pandemic. If you have any questions or comments, send me an email at thomas.varnum@tyngsboroughps.org.
I speak with Tim Daoust, media teacher at Tyngsborough Middle and High Schools, about how he used Project Based Learning during the remote education time period.
THS English teacher Kevin Redman joins us to discuss the "new normal" of remote learning.
This is the second part of my conversation with Dave Messina, the coach of the ESports team at Tyngsborough High School. We discussed the development of the new ESports team at Tyngsborough High School. For more information, check out the ESports page from the Massachusetts School Administrators Association.
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I spoke with Dave Messina, a technology teacher for the Tyngsborough Public Schools, about the developing Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS) Curriculum being developed in our district.
For information about the DLCS standards, click here.
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Dr. John Brown from the University of Massachusetts Lowell joins me to discuss training tomorrow's teachers to use today's technology. Check out the full show notes on my blog Mr. Varnum's Digital Classroom.
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My guest is Katie Leahy, an ELA/Social Studies teacher at Tyngsborough Middle School. We talk about here professional development adventures over the summer and how she has implemented them so far this year.
Here are the links we discussed during the show:
Adobe Spark
Tour Creator
Google Jamboard
Kahoot
Quizlet Live
Pear Deck Flashcard Factory
Flipgrid
Screencastify
Screencast-O-Matic
Loom
Doctopus
Goobric
DoInk
Grammarly
Rocket Reader
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My guest is Kristen Muraca, a science and technology teacher at Tyngsborough Elementary School. For the show notes please visit my blog.
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My guest is Ann Marie Roy, a media studies teacher in the Tyngsborough Public School District. We discuss some of the new technology used in her video production class, how to balance technology and content and her use of Google Classroom and Pear Deck. For the show notes, please go to my blog: Mr. Varnum's Digital Classroom.
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My guest this week is Dave Messina, a technology teacher in the Tyngsborough Public Schools. Check out the show notes page here.
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My guest this week is Kate Ramsay the art teacher at Tyngsborough High School. We discuss how both students and teachers can use technology in the art classroom. Check out the show notes on my blog: http://pages.tyngsboroughps.org/varnum/2019/03/08/show-notes-teacher-tech-talk-episode-109-technology-in-the-art-classroom/
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My guest this week is Sarah Silva, a Spanish and Portuguese teacher at Tyngsborough High School. We discuss both the positives and negatives of technology in the World Language classroom. Check out the show notes on my blog: https://pages.tyngsboroughps.org/varnum.
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Join me and Jason Lewis, 5th grade teacher at Tyngsborough Elementary School, as we discuss how he has used Skype and Google Hangouts in the classroom. For show notes, please visit my blog.
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This week's episode focuses on flipping your classroom. My guest is Staci Alleca, a math teacher at Tyngsborough High School. For show notes go to https://pages.tyngsboroughps.org/varnum.
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This episode focuses on using tech in the Special Ed classroom. Our guest is Beth Craig (@TMSCraig), a Special Ed teacher at Tyngsborough Middle School. Check out the show notes page on my blog at https://pages.tyngsboroughps.org/varnum.
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This episode is part two of the conversation I had with Alan Silvidi, English Department Chair for Revere High School in Revere, Ohio. We are discussing the role of technology in the English Language Arts classroom. In episode 103, we talked about how technology has changed the way students write and how teachers provide feedback. In this episode, we'll talk more about how technology enables students to express themselves in ways that go beyond the written word and the use of technology in the higher ed classroom.
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We talk technology in the high school English Language Arts classroom with Alan Silvidi, the chair of the English department at Revere High School, Revere, OH.
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Our theme this week is getting more teachers to feel comfortable using technology. Chris Pollet, Principal of Tyngsborough Middle School, gives us some administrative perspective on the topic. Check out the show notes at pages.tyngsboroughps.org/varnum
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Join me as we talk tech with teachers. Our first guest is Tyngsborough High English teacher James Robson. Notes: http://pages.tyngsboroughps.org/varnum/2018/11/26/check-out-my-new-podcast-teacher-tech-talk/
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