Dr. Natasha Rachell - Engaging Instruction with Student Choice and EdTech Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset

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Soapbox Moment: “We Are Michael Jordan Playing Baseball” Contains a quote from this article by Michael Baumann from The Ringer Contains a quote from Terry Francona from Episode VII of The Last Dance Today’s Guest: Natasha Rachell Dr. Natasha Rachell is a former high school science teacher, serving as a Digital Learning Specialist. She is one of the authors of The Microsoft Infused Classroom & one of the creators of the Minecraft Good Trouble lessons & believes you can live in both Google & Microsoft! Natasha is passionate about exploring your "why" & teacher self-care.  Contact Info: Twitter: @apsitnatasha IG: @natashabrachell Website: www.natasharachell.com 2 Truths & 1 Lie Educational Duct Tape Question:  How can I develop engaging instruction? Meet students where they are Consider using Choice boards or Student choice Linda Darling-Hammond quote: “Providing students with multiple ways to demonstrate knowledge and skills increases engagement and learning, and provides teachers with more accurate understanding of students' knowledge and skills. Alfie Kohn Quote from alfiekohn.org/article/choices-children: “When second-graders in Pittsburgh were given some choice about their learning, including the chance to decide which tasks they would work on at any given moment, they tended to “complete more learning tasks in less time.” Flipgrid Discovery Library - blog.flipgrid.com/news/discovery Microsoft Sway - sway.office.com Students should be “Visualizing and verbalizing thinking” Wakelet Buncee - app.edu.buncee.com Mentimeter - 3 word response - word cloud Drive by Daniel Pink (autonomy, mastery, purpose) book, TED Talk Minecraft Good Trouble - Felisa Ford, Ken Shelton, social justice lessons, John Lewis, “good trouble” movement Education.minecraft.net - free Google teachers and students get free access to Microsoft Suite Celebration of the Adjacent Possible Jenny Ahlers’s Duct Tapers Facebook Group question Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers! Apple Podcast Reviews FlipGrid.com/EduDuctTape Speakpipe.com/EduDuctTape #EduDuctTape on social media Telling your friends & colleagues The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/ducttapers Stickers! Want to pass some out?  Want some for yourself? JakeMiller.net/SendMeStickers The JakeMillerTech Newsletter – Sign up! jakemiller.net/newsletter Upcoming Events Links: jakemiller.net/KSUCourse2020 https://cue.org/spring Your Homework: Find an educator who loves the Black Keys and tell them about the #EduDuctTape podcast!