Edtech Throwdown

Episode 194: Tech That Teaches: Hardware We Actually Love

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown. This is Episode 194 called Tech That Teaches: Hardware We Actually Love. In this episode, we will go over the hardware that allows our classrooms and offices to run smoothly and efficiently. Save time, headaches, and hopefully some money! This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.

Who doesn’t like gadgets?

Nick’s Gadgets

• Workstation Set-Up: Use a USB splitter connected to an external monitor. That splitter has all my “stuff” to facilitate quick connection. Connect my laptop to the monitor and then I’m also auto-connected to all my gadgets. I use the Anker Hub 4 Ports and love it, but there are many options that are all pretty good.
• Second monitor! Dell 27 inch Monitor, P2725H Full HD 1080p Computer Monitor. If you haven’t started using a second monitor, get on it!
• Wacom Tablet - I like this better than a touch screen stylus because it feels more like writing on a piece of paper. When I use the stylus, I find that it my hand accidentally clicks things on the screen, zooming in by mistake,...

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown. This is Episode 193 called Check This Edtech Out. In this episode, we’ll share some edtech tools that we would use to create a specific activity for a specific purpose in our classroom. This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.

1. Classroom Environment Prep
2. Ideas
3. Posters
4. Rules
5. Edtech
6. Canva
7. Digital Websites
8. Do Nows/Q of the Day/Exit Tickets
9. Ideas
10. Graph Friday
11. What’s in a Picture
12. Assessment Prep
13. Team Building
14. Connections
15. Edtech
16. Canva Sheets
17. Graph of the Day Website
18. Quizizz
19. Classhook.com
20. Course Long Gamification
21. Ideas
22. Survivor
23. Leaderboards
24. Edtech
25. Canva Sites
26. Google Sites
27. Flippity.net
28. goosechase.com
29. Activity Website
30. Ideas
31. Case Study

Edtech Throwdown

Episode 192: Awesome Edtech for the Summer

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown. This is Episode 192 called Awesome Edtech for the Summer. Every year when school ends we publish an episode where Guise and I share what we’ll be reading, listening to, and exploring over the summer break. 192 is that episode and this is another you don’t want to miss, check it out.

Summer plans

Nick

Podcasts

1. Science Vs: here are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Science Vs is the show from Spotify Studios that finds out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. We do the hard work of sifting through all the science so you don't have to and cover everything from 5G and ADHD, to Fluoride and Fasting Diets.
2. Mr. Barton Maths: How do you make a podcast about math? By coming at it from a human-first perspective and examining why so many students (and teachers) have an instinctual adverse reaction to the subject. Host Craig Barton is a former math educator and founder of diagnostic educational software company Eedi, so he has a fair bit of personal experience in the subject matter. U.S. listeners should note that Barton is based in the U.K.; while some of the references to the British education system may not resonate, the sentiment behind the content certainly will.

Books

1. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Greene
2. Teachers and Machines: The Classroom of Technology Since 1920

Grab Bag

1. Fully explore Canva Code. What is it good at, what is it not.
2. Nanolearning Unit Development: This is a good website that covers the differences between nano and micro and how to do implement them

Guise

Podcasts

1. Steph and Joe on the Go