Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset

Jake Miller

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The #EduDuctTape Podcast, hosted by Jake Miller, focuses on viewing #edtech as a tool used to meet goals, address learning standards, and solve problems in the classroom, much as duct tape is used as a tool that solves a plethora of problems in our lives. In each episode, Jake sits down with a different inspiring guest to share and discuss some awesome ideas for using tech in the classroom!

3 DAYS AGO

EDT113 5 Edu News Items including Updates from Canva, Edpuzzle, and Gemini in Google Classroom

This episode features 5 education updates including new features from Canva, Edpuzzle, and Google Classroom, a really cool new edtech tool, and my very favorite article ever written. #EduDuctTape Episode 113 Edu News I’ve Got My Peepers On: Canva and Affinity - canva.com/newsroom/news/affinity Edpuzzle adds Teacher Assist - support.edpuzzle.com/hc/en-us/sections/14355696963981-Teacher-Assist Grouper - grouper.school Gemini in Google Classroom - workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/09/gemini-education-tab-in-google-classroom.html?ck_subscriber_id=1727952374 Developing "Assessment Capable" Learners - ascd.org/el/articles/developing-assessment-capable-learners

14 min
DEC 2

EDT112 Dan Stitzel - AI Generated Review Games, BlueSky, and More!

Dan Stitzel joins me to explore ways to turn whole-class review games into engaging formative assessments by using generative AI to build custom question sets for Jeopardy, Quizizz, and beyond. We also dig into the latest AI features in Quizizz and discuss Gimkit, Blooket, and Quizlet. Plus, I share about Blue Sky, Canva Magic Studio, Google Forms’ new star rating, and MagicSchool’s Presentation Generator. #EduDuctTape Episode 112 Today's Sponsor - Short Answer - myshortanswer.com, code jakemillerwrites SoapBox Moment - “BlueSky is the New Adjacent Possible!” 1) Create your account - https://bsky.app 2) Follow me, @JakeMillerEdu. 3) Fill out the EduSky Form - tinyurl.com/EduSkyForm 4) Use the StarterPacks - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5yMDbXCShYEsEGSckmVlo9pHAnMB0_ldn5Joo81sOY/edit?resourcekey=&gid=1348428220#gid=1348428220 5) Check out the list of EduChats - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5yMDbXCShYEsEGSckmVlo9pHAnMB0_ldn5Joo81sOY/edit?resourcekey=&gid=1429248465#gid=1429248465 6) Post about the podcast on BlueSky with the hashtag #EduDuctTape, and I’ll add you to a dedicated listener list. Today’s Guest: Dan Stitzel has worked for the Streetsboro City Schools for 15 years as a classroom teacher, District Technology Coach, and now as the Director of Technology. Through these years, Dan has had the chance to present at the district, local, state, and national level on various tech integration tools and strategies. Dan's current tech obsessions are generative AI and Computer Science! Contact Info: Email - dnstitzel@gmail.com 2 Truths & 1 Lie Educational Duct Tape Question: What tool or strategy would you use to do a whole class review game with formative assessment included? Ask a generative AI tool to create a gamified set of questions for a specific standard or topic with point or monetary values that reflect the depth or challenge level of the specific question. Use that set of questions for a Jeopardy game, in a Google Form, or in another platform like Quizizz. If you have it organize the questions, answers, and point values correctly, you can easily turn them into a spreadsheet upload for Quizizz or Blooket. Quizizz - use AI features to generate questions from topics, uploaded documents, articles, etc or use the AI feature to change questions to being a “real-world scenario.” Gimkit - gimkit.com Quizlet Live - quizlet.com/live Kahoot - kahoot.com Quizlet - quizlet.com Blooket - blooket.com Save your generative AI prompts so that you can copy and paste them and continue refining them! Edu News I’ve Got My Peepers On: Canva Magic Studio - canva.com/newsroom/news/what-happened-at-canva-create-2024 Google Forms’ new star rating - workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/10/ask-responders-for-rating-in-google-forms.html MagicSchool’s Presentation Generator - youtu.be/omZx3vVnPig?si=3tmAOe8b0fNYCgsY

54 min
OCT 24

EDT111 Amy Storer, Jamboard Alternatives, FigJam, Padlet Sandbox

Amy Storer joins me to explore creative tools to replace Google Jamboard, including FigJam from Figma and Padlet Sandbox, as well as the more robust Figma for Edu. We also dive into digital calming rooms and I share about Canva’s Magic Media for generating custom visuals and Padlet’s new auto-captioning feature for videos and audio that enhances accessibility for all learners. #EduDuctTape Episode 111 Today's Sponsor - VIZOR - vizor.cloud/jake SoapBox Moment - “Walking Toddlers, Driving Teenagers, and AI Integrating Teachers” Gayle Smerdon, PhD’s LinkedIn Post - linkedin.com/pulse/effortful-effortless-stages-how-we-learn-gayle-smerdon-phd Jen Sincero - You Are a Badass - a.co/d/01e4NLb Link to the SoapBox Moment on YouTube - Today’s Guest: Amy Storer - Amy, a Lead Learning Guide at friEdTech, is a Google & Microsoft Certified Educator and Trainer whom is known for her exceptional teaching skills, meaningful use of tech in education & her love of connected classrooms. She inspires & pushes others to explore avenues outside traditional teaching methods, making learning engaging & “sticky”. Contact Info: @techamys (X, IG, TikTok), amys@fried.tech, friedtechnology.com 2 Truths & 1 Lie Educational Duct Tape Question: What tool or strategy would you use to replace Google Jamboard? never-ending canvas whiteboard, build sections like frames, mimics one-stop shop Timers, youtube videos, google docs, dice, spinners, connect four, images, links, audio Widgets (we) - Polaroid, Voice Memo and plugins (me) Digital calming room Templates Free for teachers or students, contact figjam team, accounts are required, though there’s a 24-hour version that doesn’t require login, Microsoft or google SSO FigJam (from Figma) - figma.com/figjam Students have access to Figma for Edu - figma.com/education Padlet Sandbox - padlet.com/site/sandbox Amy’s sister Dyann Wilson: dwilson@willisisd.org, @techcarewilson Wakelet Calming Rooms (click Calming Room on the left) - wakelet.com/@techCAREWilson#5fvPPNPm8C2vdggEXvoMPJ7510cbf0 Google Side Digital Calming Room - sites.google.com/willisisd.org/bms-calming-corner FigJam Digital Calming room - figma.com/board/sGdIqFJObOhRs3EnNk6lUa/duplicate Edu News I’ve Got My Peepers On: Canva Magic Media - canva.com/ai-image-generator Padlet Captioned Videos - padlet.blog/auto-captions-for-video-uploads

54 min
SEP 17

EDT110 - Dan Fitzpatrick - "The AI Educator" - Using AI for Efficiency - MagicSchool, SchoolAI, Diffit, Brisk, Gamma.app, ChatGPT, and Large Language Models

Dan Fitzpatrick, the author of the bestselling book The AI Classroom joins Jake to discuss frontier AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini, as well as some special educational AI tools including MagicSchool, SchoolAI, Diffit, Brisk, and Gamma.app. Dan also shares PREPARED Framework for generative AI and Jake shares about the CIA Coaching Model (Control, Influence, Accept & Adapt). Plus, updates from Canva and Padlet. #EduDuctTape Episode 110 Today’s Sponsor - VIZOR - vizor.cloud/jake SoapBox Moment - Dr. Strange and the CIA The Critically Reflective Practitioner by Sue Thompson, Neil Thompson - a.co/d/gDn997W Today’s Guest: Dan Fitzpatrick Bio: Dan wrote the bestselling book "The AI Classroom." He has helped countless educators worldwide navigate AI. Dan’s purpose is simple: to help keep educational systems relevant, so that all learners are prepared for success in a rapidly changing world. He also writes weekly for Forbes on educational transformation for educators, parents and entrepreneurs. Contact Info: theaieducator.io, X - @theaieducatorx 2 Truths & 1 Lie Educational Duct Tape Question: What tool or strategy would you use to . . . complete "teacher tasks" more efficiently? “Don’t think of AI as a technical tool.” Start with a “Frontier AI Tool” like ChatGPT 3 Pillars that educators bring to discussions with AI: Knowledge of your subject, knowledge of pedagogy, knowledge of your students Steve Jobs - “Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do.” MagicSchool - magicschool.ai SchoolAI - schoolai.com Diffit - creating differentiated resources - web.diffit.me Brisk - briskteaching.com - works with Google products “Outsource your doing, not your thinking.” Gamma.app - creating presentations Aieducator.tools PREPARED Framework to help focus the generative AI - Propose, Role, Explicit Instructions (general instructions, subject knowledge, pedagogy, knowledge of students), Presentation, Ask, Rate, Emotions, Diversity) Edu News that I've got my eye on: Canva's UI Upgrade - canva.com/newsroom/news/what-happened-at-canva-create-2024 Canva Courses- canva.com/newsroom/news/what-happened-at-canva-create-2024 Padlet - Video Comments - padlet.blog/add-videos-to-comments Share! - EduDuctTape.com/Padlet or EduDuctTape.com/SpeakPipe

1h 16m
AUG 9

EDT109 - Academic Honesty in the Age of AI (Duct Taper Voices)

In today's episode of #EduDuctTape, 6 listeners join Jake to share their thoughts on AI and Academic Honesty in the age of AI. We discuss schools prohibiting AI and tools including MagicSchool, TextBlaze, and Google Arts & Culture. Plus, new updates are coming to Canva! Thanks to today's guests: Bryon Carpenter - @BryonCar @FreshAirAtFive Isaac Marquez - @iMarquezEDU Eric Guise - @guisegotteched @edtechthrowdown Nicholas Marohl - @nicholasmarohl (instagram) @mr.marohl (tiktok) Cindy Vicki Huepel - @33huepel EduDuctTape.com/Padlet EduDuctTape.com/SpeakPipe

30 min
AUG 1

EDT108 Molly Klodor, Academic Honesty in the Age of Ubiquitous AI

Molly Klodor joins the show to talk about encouraging and ensuring academic honesty in an educational ecosystem that includes AI. We’ll talk about MagicSchool, Google Arts & Culture, Google Applied Digital Skills Lessons, aiEDU, Code.org, SchoolAI, Brisk, DraftBack, TurnItIn, AI detectors, and more! And you’re not going to want to miss the strategies for implementation that she suggests for different grade levels. #EduDuctTape Episode 108 Today's Sponsor - VIZOR - vizor.cloud/jake Share With the Duct Tapers! Padlet - EduDuctTape.com/Padlet SpeakPipe - EduDuctTape.com/SpeakPipe SoapBox Moment - “Great Presidents & Lizard Brains” Think Again, by Adam Grant - https://adamgrant.net/book/think-again/ Link to the SoapBox Moment on YouTube - youtube.com/watch?v=glRYTwA9tLA Today’s Guest: Molly Klodor Bio: Molly Klodor is the Instructional Technology Coach at Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School District in Ohio. She is a Google Champion, former English teacher, and an advocate for using technology to enhance student learning. You can find her at @MrsKlodor on Instagram, Threads, or LinkedIn. 2 Truths & 1 Lie Educational Duct Tape Question: What tool or strategy would you use to . . . ensure academic honesty in the age of ubiquitous AI? “Students have cheated and will continue to cheat in different ways as new technologies evolve and emerge. So we don't want to do everything we do just to prevent cheating because then we're going to be stymying our own opportunity to innovate and try new things. We don't want the fact that students will cheat to limit us from educational innovation.” Stanford study (ed.stanford.edu/news/what-do-ai-chatbots-really-mean-students-and-cheating) Ken Shelton - “Am I sacrificing long term benefits for short term gain?” Root causes of cheating - Learners are risk averse because of grading Performance vs. mastery orientation Strategies: 1) Design AI resistant assignments Ask AI to create Ask AI for AI-proof assignments MagicSchool - AI resistant assignment suggester (freemium) - magicschool.ai/tools/ai-resistant-assignment-suggestions 2) Have students use Ai in the assignment Google Arts & Culture - artsandculture.google.com Google Quick, Draw - quickdraw.withgoogle.com Google Say What you See - artsandculture.google.com/experiment/say-what-you-see/jwG3m7wQShZngw?hl=en Google Applied Digital Skills Lesson - applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/en/coding aiEDU - aiedu.org Code.org - code.org * Ask your tech coach person to help! Magic School - Magic Student (freemium) - magicschool.ai/magicstudent SchoolAI - freemium - 75 users per day - good for 3rd grade up - schoolai.com Use station rotation model to minimize amount of users ChatGPT 18+, 13+ with parent approval - chatgpt.com AI Detectors - unreliable, disproportionately flag non-native English speakers and neurodivergent learners “GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers” - Cornell, arxiv.org/abs/2304.02819 “AI-Detectors Biased Against Non-Native English Writers” - Stanford, hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-detectors-biased-against-non-native-english-writers Be your own AI Detector: Use Google Docs Version History Or use a Google Chrome Extension like Brisk or Draftback briskteaching.com chromewebstore.google.com/detail/draftback/nnajoiemfpldioamchanognpjmocgkbg?hl=en-US Ask yourself, “Does this sound like what this student (or a student) would write?” Look for the words (vocabulary) that you used (or did not use) in class. Have a discussion with the learner! Have language in your syllabus and in assignment directions about how they can or cannot use AI Matt Miller graphic - ditch.link/ai TurnItIn - plagiarizing and ai detecting tool TurnItIn’s White Paper - go.turnitin.com/l/45292/2023-11-21/cl3clv/45292/170057442751hShVzB/TII_AI_HE_AIWritingDetectionModel_Whitepaper_US_0923.pdf The other TurnItIn info Jake referenced - x.com/mrsparkstweets/status/1746

1h 4m
JUL 25

EDT107 Be Like the Buffalo

Today's Sponsor - VIZOR - vizor.cloud/jake Rory Vaden Article - https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2015/01/23/buffalo-face-lifes-storms/22187351/ Padlet - EduDuctTape.com/Padlet SpeakPipe - EduDuctTape.com/SpeakPipe Link to the SoapBox Moment on YouTube - youtu.be/z6CCZHKAmAg

21 min
04/11/2022

An #EduDuctTape Soapbox + The EdTech News Brief

Check out the EdTech News Brief! Online - sites.libsyn.com/409508 On Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-edtech-news-brief/id1618041718 On Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/7G7vjwnMr1KpZ15SL0FEB0?si=df02fbb421ee42ce On Amazon Podcasts - music.amazon.com/podcasts/147b1ab4-78bc-4f50-ae14-b3fe7d569aab/the-edtech-news-brief

23 min

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Teaser Episode

Welcome to episode 0 of the educational duct tape podcast! This is the teaser episode. In this one, I briefly introduce my weird, goofy metaphor that can help you make decisions about what educational technologies to use in your classroom to enhance the learning opportunities that you present for your students. I briefly mention topics that will be covered on the first 3 episodes including #EduGIFs, global learning opportunities, helping students practice speeches, distance learning, virtual field trips, feedback and peer feedback as well as Camtasia, FlipGrid, Skype, PeerGrade, Screencastify, Google Docs, Hangouts and more. Thank you so much for tuning in and please subscribe and we'll see you all soon for episode 1! EduDuctTape.com - #EduDuctTape Jake Miller - @JakeMillerTech - JakeMiller.net

12/24/2018

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101 Ratings

Great educational & motivational podcast :)

03/25/2021

Cindy Moorman

Jake does an excellent job of being supportive of all educators through his philosophy of educational duct tape tools. He’s also a bright spot my day when he infuses humor and motivational, uplifting messages in his podcast! I enjoy learning more about ed tech, but this year especially I enjoy the pep talks too. Thank you Jake!!
Great content every time

12/24/2020

guisee

Jake provides listeners with great guests, theory and practice, edtech tools, and humor. He connects everything together through a centralized theme which is a metaphor called educational ducttape.
Invaluable Resource!

11/14/2020

mompoloik

This is one of a handful of podcasts I never miss. I love Jake's format, and his topics are always relevant and informative.
Top notch - past pods worth a listen- Super Valuable

09/25/2020

Jated bubbsy

You are a treasure- Jake is authentic... you laugh, you can be exhausted, you admit when you don't know about a tool, and you explain when you find value in a tool. You give us all the options ... I especially appreciated when you said you couldn't do the twitter because it was too much. We are feeling the too much!! Thank you for providing us with so much useful information. I wish I could give you more stars...