The EdTech Take Out On the Road: John Speer

In this episode, Mindy and Gina interview their new teammate Shalyn Huber. 
 
News:
Kahnmingo is coming to Canvas: Kahnmingo is an AI tutor that was developed by Kahn Academy. 
Seesaw - Computer Science Activities and English Language Explorers: Newcomers
Teach AI Toolkit
Catch up with the team from ITEC: bit.ly/DLGWAEAitec2023
 
Nuggets:
Reader Mode in Chrome
Text FX with Google: Suite of tools to support figurative language generation. 
Twee - AI aid for teachers who use text and much more. Generate reading questions. Generate dialogue around topics. 
Searching Tabs in Chrome with @Tabs in Omnibar, search tabs with carrot
Ghostwrite: ChatGPT Email Assistant 
Office Hours for Seesaw
 
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Mindy and Gina explore some Jamboard replacement tools.
Figjam
Get verified as a Figjam educator
Eric Curts Figjam for Schools Webinar.
Miro
Miro education templates
Miro for Teachers (Video)
Canva Whiteboard
Getting started with Canva Whiteboard video series

In this episode, we are jumping back into Universal Design for Learning or UDL and brought our resident experts Lynn Kleinmeyer and Bridget Castelluccio in to share more about this topic. We’ve talked about UDL in the past, but it is such an important topic, we wanted to bring it back to the forefront again.
6 Myths about Universal Design for Learning - UDL
UDL in the ESSA
MTSS: What Is a Multi-Tiered System of Supports? | Understood
Lesson Planning with UDL
CAST UDL Guidelines
Katie Novak’s website
Zooming in on MTSS (Katie Novak) - learning session at GWAEA
GWAEA “Foundations of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)” microcredential
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Welcome back to the Edtech Takeout–this is episode 114. This episode is a fan favorite – News and Nuggets! 
A little fun fact: This week we reached our 100,000th download!
 
News and Updates:
Canva: Magic Draw, Magic Eraser, Magic Write
What’s New Wednesday Webinar - April (Canva) 
Newsela: Moving to Newsela Lite, access to four articles at a time with five different reading levels, teacher can access student quiz scorers and writing prompts
Seesaw: Add frames (in drawing template) and student responses snap into the frame so no sizing is necessary, Present to Class
5 Chromebook Updates for Students and Teachers
Voting Chip in Google Docs - watch for this in the coming months!

Tech Nuggets:
Mindy: 
How to Differentiate Texts Using ChatGPT
Convert Your Doc in Canva into a Slide Deck in One Click  (convert button)  Example  made from this
The Juice: delivers five articles a day to grades 5-12 students. Followed by vocabulary and comprehension checks, each student is assigned a specific reading level by the teacher. Teacher dashboard that shares data. 30-day free trial
Gina: 
#FilterTheNoise - News Literacy Course/Resources - Jonathan Ketchell
Deep Fakes - Can You Spot Them? MIT Test yourself. Research project.
Sutori for Playlist
Like Wakelet with built-in polls and checks for understanding
Pricing - 30 days all features free, free level, and $120 for a single teacher for a year. Department/Grade level pricing. 
Sutori Video
Beth:
Genially - Nice alternative to Thinglink
Teachflix - Teacher currated video repository
Canva - Vertical videos with background removal example
Remove background in Canva video - tutorial
 
The GWAEA Corner Booth:
Student Engagement Through Classroom Discussion
One-day Workshop for Instructional Coaches
May 5, 2023 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at GWAEA in CR 6th Street
Course number 205152
 
Tenets of Transformative Classrooms (Online)
Online course for teachers, instructional coaches, administrators
Section 315455: Starts June 19th - Ends October 6th
Section 315456: Starts August 1st - Ends November 30th
 
GWAEA Professional Learning Institute
June 26 - June 30, 2023
Find more information here.
 
Iowa AEA’s CS PD Week
June 12 - June 16, 2023
Find more information here.
 
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Join Mindy, Gina, and Corey for a conversation with AI education expert Charlotte Dungan from AI Edu. 
Show Notes:
MarI/O - watch AI learn to play Mario. This is a great example of machine learning.
ChatGPT - Generative AI that creates written content.
Content Detector AI - Detector that used AI to recognize AI-generated content.
Kahnmingo AI Tutor - Kahn Academy AI tutor
AI Edu - Resource for educators interested in teaching more about AI. Includes AI snapshots mentioned by Corey. These are great bell ringers or discussion starters around the topic of AI.

News and Updates:
Include Captions with a Google Meet Recording
Padlet has added a slideshow (Tony Vincent)
Bing AKA Sydney
The Online Search Wars - The Daily 2.15.23
The Online Search Wars Got Scary. Fast. - The Daily 2.17.23
AI - Chat GPT for positive use in the classroom
Create & Edit a Timeline View - Google Docs Editors Help
Table Templates in Google Docs
 
Tech Nuggets:
Mindy: 
Take the background out of your iPhone pictures (iOS16)
Force captions on in YouTube: Thanks, Amber!  ?cc_load_policy=1 (embed code comes after video ‘name’)
The Achievery: Has Learning Units, essential questions, standards, grade level, video clips, and lesson plans. Thanks, Lynn!
Eduprotocols in Google Slides from @MrsGearhart
 
Gina: 
ScreenPal for video feedback in any textbox
Curipod - AI-powered lessons
Iorad - great for creating tutorials 
Slides Timer - Chrome extension for a timer in Google Slides
Cloze Reading Assignment with Drop Downs in Google Docs - via Eric Curts
 
Stacy: 
Conker - topic and grade level and will give multiple choice quiz that can go into a Google form or PDF
QR code - Canva Apps
Checkboxes in docs- can add to tasks 
About spaces and group conversations - Google Chat Help
 
The GWAEA Corner Booth:
 
Computer Science Pedagogy & Best Practices: Principles 7-12
PreK-12 teachers join us for a six-week virtual course exploring six of twelve pedagogical principles from Hello World's "The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy."
When: March 22 - April 19, 2023, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom
GWAEA & CSTA Iowa CS Pedagogy & Best Practices Course 2
Course #204370
Section # 313928