My EdTech Life

Remote Learning is a term that is now part of our daily vocabulary as educators. On this show we speak to Stephanie Lyons from Merge EDU about their amazing augmented reality learning platform. Merge EDU has many great lessons built into the platform that can help students learn visually and kinesthetically. Students will have the opportunity to hold objects in their hand that they may never get to experience seeing or touching, because Merge can bring the world to them. Merge PresentationMerge Remote Learning Wakelet--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/supportSupport the show

James Davis from Wakelet joined us for a great chat about the origins of Wakelet, the educational impact, the partnerships and what is to come. James answered the following questions during out wonderful conversation. Question 1: What was the vision of Wakelet when it first started?Question 2: Was this platform geared for educators to begin with?Question 3: Let’s Talk about the 5C’s How Does Wakelet help in Communication Critical Thinking Creativity Collaboration Curation Question 4: Let’s Talk about Wakelet’s Community event that just happened. What are your personal takeaways from this eventQuestion 5: We know that the Wakelet Community is a tight community that is always willing to give feedback to help. What are some of the great things that Wakelet is working on to improve the platform?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/supportSupport the show

In this show we interviewed James Varlack and Instructional Technology Specialist who with the help of his lovely wife moderate the #RGVEduChat.  If you are interested in starting a Twitter Chat, this episode is definitely one that is worth listening too. James speaks with us about the preparation that goes behind the scenes to offer us an amazing Twitter chat on Sunday evenings. James also shares with us his personal experiences and growth through participating in Twitter chats and let's us know where he sees the #RGVEduChat chat growing into. This is a worthwhile episode with various gems shared by James. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/supportSupport the show

In this episode we welcome Jaime Donally, mother, author, educator and ARVRinEDU leader on how to leverage the power of Augmented and Virtual Reality to engage learners. We discuss some of the barriers that ARVR can have to fully immerse itself in a school curriculum and how we can get it into the hands of our students. Jaime also shares some ARVR options on how teachers with limited budgets can use to incorporate the use of ARVR into their teaching. We also talked about the wonderful #ARVRinEDU Twitter community and their willingness to help anybody that would like to learn more about ARVR. You can subscribe to Jaime's website www.arvrinedu.com to find some amazing resources to get you started on your journey. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/supportSupport the show

Welcome To My EdTech Life! In this show we interview Omar and Fely Lopez and get insight as to their experience in providing Teacher PD during this time of social distancing. We talk about what type of training has worked the best for the teachers in our area and the social and emotional state of our teachers and student body. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/supportSupport the show

In this episode we interview Dr. Rene Corbeil Ed.D from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley regarding remote learning and the changing education landscape. Here is the link to your YouTube Stream.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/supportSupport the show