Unpacking Education & Tech Talk For Teachers

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Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship Dec 27, 2022

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In this episode, Betty Gessesse from Amazon shares an overview of the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship and program. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Fun Holiday Brain Breaks Dec 20, 2022

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In this episode, we explore four digital tools and strategies that you can use to provide your students with holiday-related brain breaks. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Sharing Holiday Traditions Dec 13, 2022

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Explore ways that you can celebrate and honor the holiday traditions of all your students by empowering them to share their stories. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Beginning and Sustaining a Career in Education (Kathy Koszegi) Dec 07, 2022

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Being a new teacher is challenging, even in the best circumstances. Our guest, Kathy Koszegi, not only began her teaching career during a pandemic but also taught her first year in a remote school before transitioning to a face-to-face learning environment during her second year as a teacher.
In this episode, we hear about Kathy’s unique experience and discuss how we can support new teachers and help them to remain in the profession long term. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Ways to Capture and Annotate Digital Images Dec 06, 2022

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Explore several ways to capture and annotate digital images as well as two ideas for integrating this process into your classroom. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Computer Science Education Week and the Importance of Computational Thinking, with Kiki Prottsman Nov 30, 2022

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Kiki Prottsman joins us to unpack computational thinking and practical ways that teachers can recognize Computer Science Education Week in their classrooms and with their students. She provides insights and practical strategies that you can use to introduce computer science to your students and help them develop lifelong problem-solving skills.

CSEdWeek 2022 is celebrated during the week of December 5–11. It’s an opportunity to highlight the importance of computer science education in our K–12 schools and to provide students with opportunities to experience and explore coding and develop computational thinking skills. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

CS Ed Week and Computational Thinking Nov 29, 2022

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Review the four elements of computational thinking and ways that you can use these in your classroom during Computer Science Education Week. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Taking Notes While Watching Videos Nov 22, 2022

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Discover three online note-taking tools as well as three integration ideas for using these with video in your classroom. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

The Power of Empowering Students, with Dr. John Spencer (Part 2) Nov 16, 2022

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We finish our conversation about empowering students with Dr. John Spencer by discussing a few more sections of the book, Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning. We then expand our conversation to design thinking and the importance of creativity by digging into his previous book, LAUNCH: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student.

Dr. Spencer talks about the value of using the LAUNCH process to stimulate creativity and develop problem-solving skills. He says, “In a world of artificial intelligence, and automation, and all these trends that we’re seeing, creativity becomes, I think, the most essential skill.”

If you missed our initial episode with Dr. Spencer, be sure to go back and listen to the beginning of this insightful conversation about empowering students. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more and access additional, free resources.

Marking Up Digital Text Nov 15, 2022

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Review five strategies for marking up digital text as well as five digital annotation tools that your students can begin using today. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.