Mindy and Gina are back with our final championship round of AI Madness. In this episode, Mindy and Gina take a deep dive into Brisk Teaching and School AI. Join them as they put these two AI tools against each other in completing similar tasks and reveal the good, the bad, and the truly amazing about both of these tools. Curious to know which tool…

In the spirit of March Madness and how much we love Iowa Women’s basketball on our team, we have taken the idea of bracket play into the AI world. In the last episode, we shared eight tools within the four categories of productivity and communication, lesson planning, scaffolding, and assessment and feedback. In this episode, we narrowed those eigh…

In the spirit of March Madness and how much we love Iowa Women’s basketball on our team, we have taken this idea of bracket play into the AI world and have come up with four different categories for AI tools. Within those four different categories, we have chosen two tools that we feel fall into that category to match against one another. To compar…

News and Updates: Google BardAI is now GeminiAI Google Doodle contest Seesaw has instructional templates: Seesaw Library=> Daily Routines => Instructional Templates Pear Deck adds additional tools with its new name, Pear Deck Learning: Pear Assessment, Pear Deck Tutor, and Pear Practice. Main Course: National Educational Technology Plan What it is:…

These are a few of our favorite Google Updates: Gifs and stickers in slides - Insert >> Image >> Gifs and Stickers (Gina) Customize notification settings in Google Docs - Tools >> Notification Settings Insert Emoji in Google Docs - Insert >> Emoji There are a few of our favorite new tools: GirlJams Revision History - Extension to see how long you h…

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 …

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 seriesBy Grant Wood AEA

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 Learn…

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…

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 …

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…

Mindy Cairney and Gina Rogers chat with Bridget Castelluccio and Corey Rogers about all things Computer Science at GWAEA. State of Iowa CS Report CS PD Week (June 12th - 16th) Interest Survey Secondary Computer Science Endorsement (Grant Funded) Interest Form Iowa Statewide AEA Supports for CS GWAEA CS PD and Events GWAEA CS Website…

Our theme for today’s episode is Start, Stop, Keep. Gina and I have been using this prompt with teachers for quite a few years now–the frame is What will you start doing? What will you stop doing? What will you keep doing? We asked our team to think about this as a New Year's resolution with a technology focus and they’ve sent us some nuggets that …

In this episode of The Ed Tech Takeout, Mindy Cairney is joined by Amber Bridge, Beth Swantz, and Gina Rogers to discuss the Transformative Classrooms Tool that they developed. The conversation focuses on the throughline of collaboration and discourse and what that looks like in all three tenets of the Transformative Classrooms Tool. Resources: The…

In case you missed it, the Edtech Takeout will look a bit different moving forward….at the end of last season, we said goodbye to Jonathan Wylie as he moved to a different position in the agency. However, the team felt strongly that the podcast needed to continue on. Our plan is to record shorter episodes in more bite-sized chunks. This episode is …

Well, here we are. This is our last episode before our summer hiatus and we wanted to take a few minutes of your time to talk about what The Edtech Take Out will look like when we come back in August. So, we hope you enjoy this episode and stick with us as we get ready to embark on a new adventure. You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy…

The end of the school year is approaching. Are you ready? If not, we can help! We have some tips on how to best wrap up your school year by giving you some best practice advice for the apps and services you have been using all year. Here are the links for some of the things we talked about: News and follow-up: Use new table templates and dropdown c…

We're back, and so is ITEC - Iowa's premier edtech conference! Mindy and I were in attendance, as were the rest of the team, so in this episode, we are going to reveal some of our takeaways from this always popular conference. Here are the links for some of the things we talked about: News and followup: iOS version of ExpeditionsPro Apple introduce…

We have been wanting to have an episode like this for a long time, but we have never been able to find a good guest to talk to. All that changed when Katie Wardrobe (@MusicTechTchr) agreed to come on the show and talk about the intersection of music and edtech. Whether you teach music or not, this was a really fun conversation with great ideas for …

In this episode, we decided to try something a little different. We invited Micheal Cohen (aka @TheTechRabbi) to join us to talk about the implication of NFTs for students and educators. If you haven't heard of NFTs or web3 before, you're not alone but that's one of the main reasons why we decided to have this conversation. It will make you think d…

This week we have a great interview with Page DeLozier from TalkingPoints, an excellent edtech service that offers free communication and translation services for teachers and parents. We also have some Wordle news and the usual helping of Tech Nuggets! Here are some links for what we talked about... News & follow-up: Originality reports are now av…

In this, the first episode of 2022, we thought we would look back at some of the most interesting education research from 2021, courtesy of the fine folks at Edutopia. Here are some links for what we talked about... News & follow-up: Animated Drawings by Meta AI Research (Beware!) Twitter is rolling out automatic captions for videos - The Verge Don…

In this landmark episode, we are dispensing with the usual format and just piling on as many tech nuggets as we can fit into one episode. No news, no main course, just lots of tech nuggets! Let's dig in! 😋 Here are the links for all the tech nuggets: Radio Garden Hark Emoji Maker Adobe Creative Cloud Express Google’s Santa Tracker Template Preview …

For our 99th episode, we return to one of our favorite topics - student engagement! We have the ideas, resources, and tools you need to keep your students invested in your content. We also have some Googley updates and the usual smattering of tech nuggets! Here are some links for what we talked about... News & follow-up: the universal @ menu Chrome…

In this episode, we are joined by Corey Rogers (@corey_rogers) and Bridget Castelluccio (@B_Castelluccio) to talk about the new K-12 Computer Science requirements for Iowa schools! There is a lot to talk about but these are the people in the know so we made sure to get them on the podcast to share their knowledge and expertise. Here are some links …

This week, our catch of the day is Jamboard - Google's collaborative online whiteboard. We have tips, tricks, and templates to help you get the most out of this popular tool. We also have some news and your usual helping of delicious tech nuggets. Here are some links for what we talked about... News & follow-up: Live translated captions in Google M…

Hold on tight because we are sailing into the uncharted waters of Esports in schools this week. Thankfully, we have an expert at the helm, Jesse Lubinsky from Ready Learner One, who is going to navigate us safely through these stormy seas! Here are some links for what we talked about... News & follow-up: Screencastify’s new FREE features! CommonLit…

Our guests for this episode are Lynn Kleinmeyer and...uh...Jonathan Wylie? Don't worry! All will be revealed as we dive headfirst into the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines and show you why you need them in your classroom. Here are some links for what we talked about... News & follow-up: Flipgrid Live Events Spreading Screencastify (SW…

For this special episode, we are joined by Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr from MakeMathMoments.com. We also have Janet Greene, one of our GWAEA Math Consultants, as a guest co-host. It's a great conversation and includes all kinds of great nuggets that truly transcend math and just make for really good instructional practices. We hope you enjoy it! Here a…

It's time to talk about Teachers Pay Teachers. We have made comments about it in the past, but we decided to get it all out in the open and just have an honest conversation about it. Be sure to stick around for the tech nuggets! Here are some links for what we talked about... News & follow-up: Mote for Docs How to create digital stickers using Icon…

In this episode, we are fortunate to be joined by Joe Dale, a foreign language and technology consultant, who talks to us about the intersection between technology and modern foreign languages. Here's what we talked about... News & followup: Pixlr EDU free for students and educators Public permissions for Flipgrid have changed. New layout and featu…

This week we are joined by Carissa Cabrera to help us celebrate Earth Day and explore some of the ways that we can use technology to help bring awareness to these issues in the classroom. Here's what we talked about... News & Followup: Miro Education accounts Try TickTick Whiteboard.chat has handwriting recognition in 50 languages IconsMania #WCCS2…

In this episode we talk to one of our favorite #edtech people, the Google Guru himself, Mr. Eric Curts (@ericcurts)! Get a sneak peek at his sessions for the ITEC Spring Conference, and stick around as Eric joins us for Tech Nuggets! Show notes and links for everything discussed in the show can be found at: dlgwaea.org/podcast/90 You can follow Jon…

In this episode we talk to someone we have wanted to have as a guest for a long time, the fabulous Jen Giffen (@VirtualGiff)! Get a sneak peek at her sessions for the ITEC Spring Conference, and stick around as Jen joins us for Tech Nuggets! Show notes and links for everything discussed in the show can be found at: dlgwaea.org/podcast/89 You can fo…

On this episode we are joined by Annie Nash from the Google Education Team in Chicago. She walks us through everything you need to know about the latest updates for Google Workspace for Education and tells us what's it's like to work on the education team at Google. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did! Show notes and links for ever…

This week we are joined by Mike Taylor, (@tmiket), to talk about learning design, content curation, and what workplace training looks like when it is done well. There are a LOT of new Google updates to talk about, and our usual helping of tech nuggets are ready to serve. Show notes and links for everything discussed in the show can be found at: dlg…

It's 2021, the pandemic is still here, so in this episode we are taking a look at the pros and cons of virtual conferences. Have you attended one? Have you presented at one? We have some thoughts. We also have some tech nuggets and some useful news and followup. Show notes and links for everything discussed in the show can be found at: dlgwaea.org/…

For our last episode of 2020 we brought the whole team together to share some of our favorite tech nuggets of the year. There is something for everyone in this episode, so let's get started! Show notes and links for everything discussed in the show can be found at: dlgwaea.org/podcast/85 You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCair…

Our friend, colleague, and all-round great human being, Corey Rogers, joins us again as a guest co-host to talk about this year's Hour of Code. What does that look like in a pandemic, and what are the best resources for you to take advantage of? Corey has the answers! Show notes and links for everything discussed in the show can be found at: dlgwae…

We're back with MORE tips from your favorite Google Workspace apps. This time we are talking Docs, Sheets, Forms, Keep and YouTube. Feel free to reach out and let us know your favorite tips for these apps! Show notes and links for everything discussed in the show can be found at: dlgwaea.org/podcast/83 You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and M…

Join us for a Google-themed episode where we share some of our favorite tips from our favorite Google Workspace apps. Gmail, Calendar, Slides, Drive and Classroom are on the docket today, but so are tech nuggets and a look at the new integrated Gmail. Show notes and links for everything discussed in the show can be found at: dlgwaea.org/podcast/82 …

In this exciting episode of the Edtech Take Out we discuss Google's rebranding of G Suite, and dive head first into the Pear Deck orchard to help get you up and running with this great interactive presentation tool. We also have a great tip about how to attend FETC for free this year! Show notes and links for everything discussed in the show can be…

Corey Rogers (@corey_rogers) joins us this week for a feature packed episode that dives into the sometimes mysterious world of asynchronous learning. Everyone does that a little bit differently, so what could, (or should), that look like? We also have Google Drive updates, Zoom updates, and iPad updates to talk about, as well as the usual big box o…

In this episode we talk to our friend and colleague Beth Swantz about playlists and how they can be used to enhance learning in face to face or virtual learning environments. Are playlists the missing piece in your instructional strategy toolbox? Show notes and links for everything discussed in the show can be found at: dlgwaea.org/podcast/79 You c…

On this episode we are lucky to be joined by Marshall Escamilla from the Tumble Science Podcast for Kids. We talk about science, teaching, podcasts and podcourses. It's a great conversation and one you won't want to miss! We also have a ton of Google and Seesaw updates to share and a tasty selection of tech nuggets! Show notes and links for everyth…

In this episode, we put Zoom and Meet head to head in a battle for the best online video conferencing tool! Spoiler alert: there is no loser, but only if you set up your meetings properly so that they are secure and your participants stay engaged in the learning. We have ideas to help with that regardless of which tool you prefer. Show notes and li…

I love it when a plan comes together, don't you? This week we talk about some of the ideas the Grant Wood Digital Learning Team put together to help schools transition to online learning environments. Our continuous learning plan was specifically designed to help educators take the steps they need to establish a fully functional online classroom. I…

This episode is going to be a little different from our normal routine, simply because these are not normal times. To try and prevent the spread of COVID-19, schools in Iowa are closed for a four-week period, and so is Grant Wood AEA. In this episode we got the whole team together to talk about the challenges of working from home while parenting an…

In this episode we tackle student engagement. Are digital devices a distraction? Are there ways that we can get students to be more absorbed their learning? Well, we might not have all the answers, but we do have some suggestions that you can try in your classroom. We also have some nuggets, more nuggets than we normally do, so get that dipping sau…

This week's episode is brought to you courtesy of Stella Pollard, an Edtech Take Out listener who wanted to hear an episode about using Makey Makey in the classroom, so we asked our resident expert, Amber Bridge, to join us again and share some of the things she has seen as a Makey Makey Ambassador! Show notes and links for everything discussed in …