It is difficult to make a blanket statement about whether or not artificial intelligence (AI) is bad for students to use. The potential impact of AI on students will depend on several factors, including how it is used and the specific context in which it is used. AI in the Balance. AI can enhance students' learning experience significantly. For exa…

The actual practice of a fully funded esports program will include a curriculum for different classes, not just CTE courses. This episode will cover getting started for those with many limitations. Funding will be an essential aspect as your esports program grows. This is how we started the program in a limited environment. First, without administr…

One common misconception is that video games are for boys. My daughters participated in a previous district tournament at 6 and 8 in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Squad Strike 3v3. My eight-year-old daughter took third place in the Elementary Tier. My students took first place in the Secondary Tier, led by a female team captain who is also the club pr…

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Before examining some studies, we need to dispel some misconceptions about esports. Moral Panic is a fear of a new cultural change that exceeds the threat posed to people—the 19th century vilified reading, specifically novels, that were once thought to corrupt the reader. Similarly, other media went through moral panic during its respective timelin…

Video Games are misunderstood but are great for education. Primary, secondary, and district administrators should understand the importance of an esports program in a school environment.

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Dr. Bonnie Shaver-Troup Bonnie is the founder of LEXEND and the creator of the LEXEND fonts. She has a particular interest in reading performance, typography, perception, cognition, and the visual field. ACEd Topic Visit Lexend — Change the way the world reads. The tool is Lexend fonts. The purpose is to improve an individual's reading experience, …

FamilyBookform is an education technology product for Social Emotional Learning Projects. Children complete story collecting projects to create books and complete curriculum aligned SEL Projects. Ambassador code is: 6KFM6P Carey created FamilyBookform as a writing & communication tool for students to easily collect personal oral stories, family his…

Bruce Reicher Hawthorne, NJ USA Upper Saddle River Schools/ Cavallini Middle School Technology Teacher Computer Apps Teacher (Digital Leadership, Python Coding and Video Production) Google Level 1 and 2, Ambassador for Wakelet, WeVideo, Codesters and Brainpop Board Of Education Member for the Hawthorne Board of Education Since 2013. @breicher Googl…

Kim Mattina Hi, my name is Kim Mattina, and I am a Google Certified Trainer and Educator, a Gold Product Expert for the Google for Education team, and the host of my own show, The Suite Talk. I am from New Jersey and I am a middle school technology teacher in southern New Jersey. ACEd Topic Visit my website, www.thesuitetalk.com and click on the Ja…

Alfonso Mendoza Jr. Edinburg, Texas Instructional Software Specialist for Sharyland ISD. Share Captain for GEG-SOUTX ACEd Topic Stay Healthy Visit COVID-19 Tips Google Here is some advice from the experts at the Child Mind Institute. Don't be afraid to discuss the coronavirus. Most children will have already heard about the virus or ... Hankerchief…

Kristina Holzweiss 2015 School Library Journal and Scholastic School Librarian of the Year, author of Scholastic makerspace books and co-author of Hacking School Libraries Location (Long Island, NY, USA) Syosset High School Job Title: Educational Technology Enrichment Specialist Subject or Department: Innovation Lab, Library, News Production (comin…

STEM Summit 2020 In this episode, I attended the STEM Summit hosted by ESC Region One. This allowed me to have some fun conversations with some who attended. This is what they had to say: Conversations I'm going to start first with Gus Perez and would like to introduce yourself. Sure. So, my name is Gustavo Perez. I am a stem specialist for the ori…

Apps of the Year Android: Live Transcribe Chrome: ColorZilla Visit 📱 Aced Apps Aced Check out ACEd Tech apps of Previous Years Google Updates Visit Propose a new meeting time or add a note to Calendar invites from Gmail G Suite Updates Blog Update (December 12, 2019): We've adjusted the rollout for this feature for Scheduled domains - rollout will …

Stadia - Games, without a console or downloads - Google Store Google Play Stadia with Premiere Edition. Get access to Stadia at launch, three free months of Stadia Pro and play in up to 4K on your TV with Chromecast Ultra. Visit Stadia - One place for all the ways we play Google 1 Code needed to access Stadia will be sent upon shipment of your Prem…

Episode 26http://aced.tech/26Talking with AttendeesHow to leave a recorded lessonAaron AlvaradoCTE InstructorSHARYLAND ISDMOS in Word, Google Level 1https://sphs.sharylandisd.org/faculty/AaronAlvaradoNotesUsing Screencastify3PR: Pause, Perform, Play, ReviewUsing PodcastsEquipment for podcastingDon't Ditch That TechMatt MillerAuthor Ditch That Textb…

G Sweet Ideas Google for Educations Updates The first major announcement. Google Stadia will be available November 19th. $130 pre order Founder’s Edition 3 mo Stadio Pro + 3 mo buddy pass Chromecast Ultra Night Blue exclusive controller Founder’s badge Sold Out $130 Premiere Edition No buddy pass Non-exclusive controller (Clearly White) No mention …

Guest Star Jennifer Scott Bakersfield, California Compton Jr. High, Bakersfield City School District Classroom teacher English, history, yearbook Slidesyearbook.com, @JenTechnology Jennifer@SlidesYearbook.com Google Innovator with #MEX16, Google Innovator Coach #MEX18, and Google Innovator Mentor with #BRZ17, #MEX18 #LON19. Jennifer is competing th…

G Suite Ideas Visit All classes moving to Google Classroom with the Classwork Page in September G Suite Updates Blog Last year, we introduced a new version of Classroom that provides additional features, including a Classwork page to help teachers better organize assignments. Newly created classes automatically include this Classwork page, with the…

Misbah Gedal Head of Partnership Wakelet.com @MisbahGedal ACEd Topic Wakelet Quick history Jamil Khalil Curation for students Digital Storytelling Curation for teachers Share resources From social media Curation for administrators & other educators Newsletters Curation in the business world E Pluribus Unum From many links, share one Ambassador Prog…

G Suite Ideas Visit Inbox by Gmail shutting down at the end of March 2019 G Suite Updates Blog Inbox by Gmail has been a great place to experiment with new ideas like snoozing emails to later, as well as try the latest AI-powered experiences like Smart Reply, Nudges and high-priority notifications to help you stay productive. Visit Create and inser…

Kimberly Franklin Long Beach, CA Montebello Unified School District Teacher, Tech Mentor Author: “Max and The Mouse” Elementary 4th/5th Grade https://sites.google.com/view/max-and-the-mouse/home Google Certified Educator Level 1 & 2 https://www.instagram.com/p/BoYHQ5vHv1i/ ACEd Topic Topic Main Ideas QR Codes are very easy to generate or “make” - a…

G Sweet Ideas What are the Google April Fools for 2019? Say: "Hey Google, April Fools" Gboard Spoon Google Files Screen Cleaner Google Maps Snake Game Google Tulip Not Cover In This Episode Google Calendar Playgame This only works on Gmail accounts and not G Suite https://calendar.google.com/?playagame…

Luis Pertuz Colegio Marymount in Barranquilla Colombia Technology Coach Teacher and Integrator IT Twitter: @pertuzluisfer Google Certified Trainer Masters Degrees: Global Entrepreneurship Educational Management ACEd Topic Organizing Docs Mail Merge Google Sheets Add-on Docs Slides Sheet Ninja (pulling data from different sources) to Autocrat Certif…

ACEd Topic What is a Podcast? Downloaded Audio Files Categories Stories, Instruction, News, Music, anything RSS Podcatcher Apple Google RadioPublic https://radiopublic.com/ Podcast VS Blog VS Video Channel Anytime, Anywhere Limitations: Partially Audio Only Pedagogy Student: Checking for understanding or giving them a voice. Teacher: Alternative to…

Jennifer Scott Compton Jr. High School in Bakersfield, CA Classroom Teacher English, History Yearbook SlidesYearbook.com Twitter: @JenTechnology 19 years in the classroom, Google Innovator with #Mex16 Google Innovator Coach with #Mex18 Ad Break SlidesYearbook.com RadioPublic.com ACEd Topic Topic Yearbooks are too expensive Cut out the middlemen (ye…

G Sweet Ideas Google for Educations Updates Just like Google Classroom, the new Material Design will be available for most Drive services. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/01/material-design-for-google-docs-sheets.html The new Google Contacts will now be the default on stage 3. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/11/timeline-to-move-…

Emmanuel Pacheco Juarez-Lincoln High School English Teacher Department Head ACEd Topic Newsela An online database full of thousands of articles taken and adapted for the Washington Post and the New York Times for students By adapted I mean that they are broken down into 5 different lexile levels for our students This helps to adjust and differentia…

G Sweet Ideas Google for Educations Updates Chart elements will have unique colors. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/01/assign-unique-colors-to-chart-elements.html Now we can embed Google Drawings in docs https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/01/embed-google-drawings-in-google-docs.html Phone Text messages from Google Calendar is going…

Omar Lopez Teacher - Irene Garcia Middle School - La Joya ISD 8th grade Science Previously taught 7th and 8th grade ELA as well Avid Sketchnoter Graphic Recorder Twitter: @OmarLopez0207 ACEd Topic Visual Thinking = Thinking Visually Hope to spark or reaffirm interest in thinking visually. Goal of educators: find the best way to help students learn …

Lindsay Foster Burleson Independent School District Learning Technologies Coach Learning Technologies Department Twitter: @BSGSCSFoster Website: bisdlearntech.com BA in Elementary Education M Ed in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in Technology Integration ACEd Topic Topic Assists with labeling files Drive Topics in Google Classroom Assist…

Story Speaker Built by Mike Lacher & Nicole He Experiment for Google Home A simple way to build interactive stories without coding G Sweet Ideas Google for Educations Updates It’s easier to find info on managed mobile devices and reset their passwords. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/10/insight-google-managed-devices.html https://gsuiteup…

Sarah Ostorga Juarez Lincoln high school, la joya isd Science Teacher and campus pr rep Cal lab/ science dept. sarahostorga.blogspot.com (Electronic Portfolio- has everything) B.S. in Biology Minor in Chemistry & Minor in Psychology/ pending graduation this dec 2018 M.S. in Educational Technology with a certificate in Electronic Learning and a cert…

Nancy Penchev Organization Scheck Hillel Community School in North Miami Beach, Florida I LAB instructor and Instructional Technology Coordinator for the lower school Technology and Project based learning based on what students are learning in their Social Studies class for grades K-5, grades 3 and 4 also come for a coding course www.nancypenchev.c…

Minerva Garza Palmira Mendiola Elementary at La Joya ISD 4th Grade Dual Language All Subjects minnie@cmgarza.com @MinnieEDU Google Certified Educator DonorsChoose Ambassador ACEd Topic Topic http://MrsG.fyi/DonorsChoose History-In 2000, Charles Best, a teacher at a Bronx public high school Little House on the Prairie Charles thought about all the m…

Christopher J. Nesi New Brunswick High School, New Brunswick, NJ Teacher Social Studies chrisnesi.com Twitter @mrnesi Instagram @houseofedtech (and Twitter) BA History, MA Curriculum & Intsruction Host of House of #EdTech and PodcastPD Podcasts Founder of Education Podcast Network Named a 2018 top-100 EdTech Influencer by EdTech Digest. Podcasting …

Efren Rodriguez Chemistry and Computer Science Teacher Science Dept Port Isabel High School, Point Isabel ISD RGVSA Board Member @EfrenR Chaper Leader GEG-SOUTX GCE Level 2 Raspberry Pi Certified Educator Raspberry Pi Why R.Pi $35 Computer Over 7 Programming Languages PiTop Kickstarter PiCademy RGVSA Whole Drive is an SD Card Same R. Pi Different S…

Alfonso Mendoza District Instructional Software Specialist @TechTeacher1381 Degree in Business Administration from UTPA. 12 years in education. Taught high school and elementary. Google Meet Use phones Remote Meetings Remote Professional Development Share info Remote Classes Home-bound Students Join the call Generic Hangouts: 25 G Suite Meet: 50 Mo…

Fely Garcia Lopez 8th Grade Reading and Language Arts Teacher Irene M. Garcia Middle School in La Joya Independent School District Master of Education in Educational Technology and Leadership 10+ Years Teaching Experience Apple Distinguished Educator Seesaw Ambassador Flipgrid Ambassador TeachnologyTools.wordpress.com @FelyTeachnology Facebook: Tec…

Marisol H. Salinas Edinburg CISD - Norma Linda Trevino Elementary 2nd Grade Teacher Technology Ambassador at ECISD, Seesaw Ambassador, Class Dojo Mentor Twitter: @MSalinas2nd Johana Resendez Edinburg CISD - Norma Linda Trevino Elementary 5th Grade Teacher Technology Ambassador at ECISD, Seesaw Ambassador, Class Dojo Mentor Tech integration for elem…

Ana Maria Perez 🤓 Librarian La Joya ISD - Juarez-Lincoln High School ELA/SS Teacher for 12 years Librarian for 7 years Campus Technologist #EdTech Presenter Google Certified Educator - L1 Twitter: @AnaMPerez1 Email: a.flores2@ljisd.com Open eBooks Started with Michelle Obama & three Non-Profits Fund eBooks for Low SES, Military, and Special Needs C…

ACEd.Tech The podcast where we learn from educators about Educational Technology with some emphasis on Google and Android. Let’s learn together! http://aced.techBy Mr.G @eduGOOGdroid