Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset

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EDT111 Amy Storer, Jamboard Alternatives, FigJam, Padlet Sandbox Oct 24, 2024

Show notes

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

EDT110 - Dan Fitzpatrick - "The AI Educator" - Using AI for Efficiency - MagicSchool, SchoolAI, Diffit, Brisk, Gamma.app, ChatGPT, and Large Language Models Sep 17, 2024

Show notes

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

EDT109 - Academic Honesty in the Age of AI (Duct Taper Voices) Aug 09, 2024

Show notes

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

EDT108 Molly Klodor, Academic Honesty in the Age of Ubiquitous AI Aug 01, 2024

Show notes

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/1746970908642668729
EdTech News that I've got my eye on:
- Padlet - Automated Moderation with Safety Net - https://x.com/padlet/status/1815526922346254735
- Padlet - Talk for Me - https://x.com/padlet/status/1816260636663505339
- Padlet Sandbox - https://x.com/padlet/status/1813610019948302741
- Padlet Gradebok - https://x.com/padlet/status/1816894401362514208

EDT107 Be Like the Buffalo Jul 25, 2024

Show notes

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

An #EduDuctTape Soapbox + The EdTech News Brief Apr 11, 2022

Show notes

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

The Future of the #EduDuctTape Podcast Mar 09, 2022

Show notes

In this episode, I share with the loyal Duct Taper listeners some news about the current and future status of the show. Plus, a little peek into life in my household.

Find the show notes online at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-73

Want to reach out? 📧 JakeMillerTech [at] gmail [dot] com 📲 @JakeMillerTech

Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers!

Apple Podcast Reviews
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Telling your friends & colleagues
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Al Thomas - Visual Storytelling in the Classroom Feb 18, 2022

Show notes

Al Thomas, the Edu Copilot, joins the podcast to talk about visual storytelling. We discuss multiple apps including Adobe Creative Cloud Express, Canva, Adobe Premiere Rush, Adobe Capture, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Apple Clips, DaVinci Resolve, and Final Cut.

#EduDuctTape S04-E72

Find the show notes online at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-72

Today's Sponsor: The Toddle TIES Inquiry Educators Summit! - TIES is back for its third and largest edition yet. Designed to be a festival of learning like no other, TIES 2022 will feature 100+ phenomenal thinkers and doers across 10+ unique session formats. Whether you want to attend TIES 2022 solo, or save big by attending as a group, there are tons of ways you can join us! As listeners of the Educational Duct Tape Podcast, the first 100 of you who get your TIES 2022 pass can get 20% off on your pass! Simply use TIES2022EDT at checkout. So head to www.toddleapp.com/ties today and save big on your pass now!
Soapbox Moment: EdTechdle (EdTech Wordle)
Today's Guest: Al Thomas

Bio: Al Thomas is an educational leader with a passion for creativity. He has more than 20 years in the field of education as a teacher, principal, district-level director, and consultant. He believes that if we are to prepare students for future success, we must equip them with creative problem-solving skills that harness their talents and abilities.
Contact Info: educopilot.com, @educopilot on Instagram and Twitter

2 Truths & 1 Lie
Educational Duct Tape Question: How can I engage my students in visual storytelling?

Sidney Poitier's The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography - https://www.amazon.com/Measure-Man-Spiritual-Autobiography-Oprahs/dp/0061357901
"Steps" Activity

Students take x number of steps and then take a photo
Have students add these photos into a Google Slides deck and then write reflectively on classmates' photos.
Have students edit images into a slideshow or other creation in.

Adobe Creative Cloud Express - adobe.com/express
Canva - canva.edu
"We want to give them guardrails, but we don't need to give them a map for every element. Let them be uncomfortable in that messy portion of being creative."
Reduce the cognitive load
Zoom out slowly on a student's picture and discuss what you see or have students write a story about it.
Randomly select different images and asks students to write a story about them.
WheelOfNames.com
"16 Questions, 1 Photo" - Come up with 16 questions to ask about this photo
"One Minute Documentaries"
Adobe Premiere Rush - adobe.com/products/premiere-rush.html - use with higher elementary and up
Adobe Creative Cloud Express - adobe.com/express - use with any age
Apple Clips - apple.com/clips
Adobe Capture App - adobe.com/products/capture.html
DaVinci Resolve - blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Adobe Premiere - adobe.com/products/premiere.html
Final Cut - apps.apple.com/us/app/final-cut-pro/id424389933
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom
Al's Creativity App Database - educopilot.com/creativity-app-database
Ask your students what other tools they use!
Make sure you listen for the giveaway at the end of the interview!
100cameras - 100cameras.org

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BONUS: Overthrowing Education Feb 07, 2022

Show notes

In this bonus episode, I chat with Batsheva Frankel about some great tech tools and we have lots of laughs!

Show Notes available at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-bonus-010

Check out the Overthrowing Education Podcast at overthrowingeducation.com

Check out this episode as well as the show notes at overthrowingeducation.com/episodes/episode-59-jake-miller-growing-your-edtech-integration-mindset

This episode is featured with the permission of Batsheva Frankel, host of the Overthrowing Education Podcast.

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Chris Nesi - Podcasting in the Classroom Jan 19, 2022

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Podcast host, high school teacher, podcast producer, university professor, and podcast network founder Chris Nesi joins the show to talk all about podcasting in the classroom. We cover a podcasting mindset, different types of podcasting, tools for micro-podcasting, tools for recording, editing, and hosting and, of course, a few microphone recommendations.

Find the show notes online at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-71

Today's Sponsor: The Toddle TIES Inquiry Educators Summit! - TIES is back for its third and largest edition yet. Designed to be a festival of learning like no other, TIES 2022 will feature 100+ phenomenal thinkers and doers across 10+ unique session formats. Whether you want to attend TIES 2022 solo, or save big by attending as a group, there are tons of ways you can join us! As listeners of the Educational Duct Tape Podcast, the first 100 of you who get your TIES 2022 pass can get 20% off on your pass! Simply use TIES2022EDT at checkout. So head to www.toddleapp.com/ties today and save big on your pass now!
Soapbox Moment: Throwback: "We Are Michael Jordan Playing Baseball"
- Originally aired in this episode - jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-55
- Contains a quote from this article by Michael Baumann from The Ringer - theringer.com/nba/2020/5/12/21255513/michael-jordan-baseball-the-last-dance
- Contains a quote from Terry Francona from Episode VII of The Last Dance - netflix.com/title/80203144
- Video version available here - youtube.com/watch?v=qAEPzlOA358
Today's Guest: Chris Nesi
- Bio: Chris is a HS social studies teacher and Univ. professor who has inspired students & teachers at all levels. Technology & its role in education are his professional passion. Chris hosts a number of podcasts including the House of #EdTech, PodcastPD, Chase for 28, & Knock Knock Who's There? He's also the founder of the Education Podcast Network.
- Contact Info: Twitter - @mrnesi & @houseofedtech, Instagram - @houseofedtech, chrisnesi.com
- The Pod Journal - http://thepodjournal.com
2 Truths & 1 Lie
- Chris' Rachael Ray Show Appearance - youtube.com/watch?v=orw5Kx54TaU
Educational Duct Tape Question: How can we get students started with podcasting?
- "Podcasting Mindset" - It doesn't have to be about the tech!
- Students have passions. Podcasting or speaking about their passions and giving them opportunities to share what they know about content.
- The goal isn't about launching on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Schools & classrooms are the safe space for them to fail and learn.
- There are alternate mediums for podcasts - Slides with audio, PDFs, etc. Just need to use the right tool at the right time.
- Micro-podcasting examples: Mote in Google Slides, Flipgrid mic only mode, audio files in padlet, etc — Focus on content creation!
- How to get students interested or exposed to listening to podcasts?
- - Encourage student to Google "what you're interested in" podcast
  - Teachers can find amazing podcasts related to content. Even ones with students as hosts.
- The Pod Journal - https://www.amazon.com/Pod-Journal-Podcast-Planning/dp/B08XCP299D
- Podcasting record & editing options:
- - TwistedWave - twistedwave.com
  - Audacity - audacityteam.org
  - SoundTrap EDU (Not free) - soundtrap.com/edu
  - GarageBand (Mac only)
- Publishing Resources - Decide your path first
- - Anchor (careful with age restrictions) - anchor.fm
  - Google Site, Seesaw, LMS - anywhere you can share audio files!
  - Libsyn - libsyn.com
  - SoundTrap EDU has an option too
- Equipment isn't THAT important. Built in equipment is okay. Great content trumps quality. However, If you're going to invest:
- - Samsung Q2U - amazon.com/Samson-Handheld-Microphone-Recording-Podcasting/dp/B001R747SG?th=1
  - Audio Technica ATR2100X - amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR2100x-USB-Cardioid-Microphone-ATR/dp/B07ZPBFVKK?th=1
Celebration of the Adjacent Possible
- Today's Tweeps: @Conti_jen, @WalsdorfJeff, @GuiseGotTechEd + @WeGotTechED, @SEANJFAHEY, @BryonCar, @MrsBAtBRE, @drmcclard, @RMayben9
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