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GotTechED Epi 10 Summer PD

GotTechED Episode 10 Resources for the Summer

Welcome to GotTechED the Podcast! In this episode, Guise and Nick talk about upcoming summer professional development opportunities.  They talk about edtech resources that they want to check out.  They will also give you a list of books, podcasts, and websites that can help you get ideas to try for next school year!

Technology Projects to Explore this Summer

Podcasts to Guise and Nick will Catch Up on Over the Summer

  1. @jeffbradburyTeachercast Podcast https://www.teachercast.net/
  2. Stuff You Should Know Podcast https://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts

Edtech Tools to Investigate

  1. Thinglink 360 – https://www.thinglink.com/
  2. Video Questions Editor for YouTube https://9to5google.com/2012/09/21/youtube-launches-interactive-quiz-feature-with-video-questions-editor-beta/
  3. Google Keep https://keep.google.com/

Books to Read

  1. Smart but Scattered, Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
    Intelligent students struggling in schools who need support with executive functioning – fundamental habits of getting organized, controlling emotions and impulses http://www.smartbutscatteredkids.com/
  2. Teaching with your Mouth Shut by Donald Finkel
    Get out from behind the lecture stand
    Mostly for middle and high school teachers

Educational Groups (PLN)

  1. Technology Teacher Tribe
  2. Hacking Project Based Learning
  3. Teaching with Tech
  4. Smashboard EDU

PD Opportunities for the Summer

  1. TeachMeet NJ Aug. 9th, Toms River South, NJ

Music Credits:

  1. The Degs: Shotgun http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Degs/
  2. @bensounds https://www.bensound.com/
  3. @lakeyinspired

Social Media:

  1. Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
  2. Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
  3. GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

Other Relatable GotTechED Episodes:

  1. Teacher Creativity, EdTech Round-table, and PD Badge System
  2. PLC’s vs. PLN’s, Teacher Conventions vs. Edcamps, and Education Statistics
  3. Quarter 1 Grading Tips, Pop Culture Lessons, and Being Thankful!
  4. The Art of Questioning, Preservice Teachers, & Leadership Characteristics

Other ways to follow GotTechED

  1. Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gotteched/id1358366637?mt=2
  2. Google Podcasts  https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Indeizidhz4h37mawfylwdgco4y
  3. Stitcher  https://www.stitcher.com/search?q=gotteched
  4. YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIQwu39Tkow3kduRQAH85w?view_as=subscriber
  5. Twitter   https://twitter.com/WeGotTechED
  6. Facebook    https://www.facebook.com/WeGotTechED/

About the author, Eric

Eric Guise is a media specialist and technology coach with more than a decade of experience as a teacher.

Eric was named the 2016 Biology Teacher of Year by the New Jersey Biology Teachers Association and is currently pursuing an EdD in Leadership in Digital Transformation in Educational Technology.

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