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Aug 15, 2022 • 31min

223: Being Efficient with our Technology and Time

Show Notes: Check out our new series of courses on being efficient with Google Workspace. Our Guest: Dr. Monica Burns Dr. Monica Burns is a curriculum and edtech consultant, author, and founder of ClassTechTips.com. She works with schools, districts, and organizations to provide actionable and engaging professional development. Monica started her blog in 2012 to help make edtech easier for fellow educators and launched the Easy EdTech Podcast to support educators who want to simplify and streamline technology integration.” https://classtechtips.com https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-questions-help-you-make-edtech-decisions https://classtechtips.com/2022/07/26/educators-save-time-173/ https://www.edutopia.org/blog/tech-tips-for-parent-newsletters-monica-burns
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Aug 8, 2022 • 18min

Bounce Episode: Coaching for Metacognition

Bounce Episode for our podcast community. This is the audio recording of our free flash webinar that was delievered on August 3rd, 2022. You can find the video recording on YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and our Facebook page.  Coaching for Metacognition: Try out our micro-menus that help you have engaging coaching conversations with scholars and peers that boost a culture where we are more mindful of our mindset, emotional literacy, and self-awareness. Link to the slide deck here Explore the free guide on this topic here
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Aug 8, 2022 • 34min

222: Challenges School Leaders Face

Show Sponsor: https://libsyn.com/ Use the code: friend and get your first month of podcast hosting free!   On this episode of the podcast Tricia talks with Janet Avery, superintendent and founder #IDedchat Co-Founder #edcampidaho . They talk about common challenges school leaders face as well as the importance of networking and soft skills.   Connect with Janet: https://twitter.com/averyteachhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/janet-avery-14147333/   Explore the free resource discussed on this episode: https://www.shiftingschools.com/free-pdfs   Twitter #IDedchat - Twitter Search / Twitter The latest Tweets on #IDedchat. Read what people are saying and join the conversation.   Twitter #edcampidaho - Twitter Search / Twitter The latest Tweets on #edcampidaho. Read what people are saying and join the conversation.   Twitter Janet Avery, EdS (@averyteach) / Twitter Superintendent #PSD285; Former Curriculum Director, MS Principal, and English Teacher; Mom; Wife; Golfer. Love my PLN! Founder #IDedchat Co-Founder #edcampidaho   Shifting Schools Resource Library — Shifting Schools Shifting School's Resource Library - a collection of FREE Guides (pdfs) - enter your email to download one or all of them!
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Aug 1, 2022 • 45min

221: How Would You Like It To Be?

The Port Townsend School District Website for the 2022 Salish Coast Elementary Children's Film Festival   This year the Library/STEM program at Salish Coast Elementary hosted the 2022 SC Children's Film Festival! It was created by our K-5 citizen-scientists as a "Call to Action for the Future of the Salish Coast Ecosystem" and our students are excited to share their voices to tell their stories to ask our community: "What Will You Do to Help?"   https://sites.google.com/ptschools.org/sc-childrens-film-festival-22/home   Novel Effect is a Seattle-based company that created a fantastic free app that follows along as you read aloud books and uses voice recognition software to respond at just the right moment with music, sounds, and character voices to help make storytime magic.  They also have premium plans with educator discounts.   https://noveleffect.com/educators/ WeVideo is an easy to use, chromebook compatible, cloud-based editing platform that allows teachers and students to work collaboratively on creating gifs, videos, podcasts, and more. https://www.wevideo.com/education The Stop Motion Pro Studio app allows students to use the iPads to take photos of their original artwork and then, through software applications, put them together in a sequence to create movement in their animated films.   https://www.cateater.com/   Contact Denise: deniseaedan {at] gmail [dot] com
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Jul 25, 2022 • 52min

220: Master Asker of Questions

Show Sponsor: https://libsyn.com/ Use the code: friend and get your first month of podcast hosting free! Guest: Tiffani Bova Tiffani Bova is the global growth evangelist at Salesforce and the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book GROWTH IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business. Bova has been named to the latest Thinkers50’s list of the world’s top management thinkers and is a welcomed guest on Bloomberg, BNN, Cheddar, MSNBC, and Yahoo Finance, among others Connect with Tiffani https://twitter.com/Tiffani_Bova https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanibova/ Listen to her podcast https://www.tiffanibova.com/whats-next-podcast/ Explore her website https://www.tiffanibova.com/
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Jul 18, 2022 • 32min

219: The Values Map

Guest: Nathalie Nahai A favoured speaker, consultant and facilitator to Fortune 500 companies, Nathalie has lectured at some of the world’s most prestigious institutions (from Cambridge and UCL universities, to Lund and Hult business schools), and her experience as a skilled communicator has seen her present at SXSW, host the Guardian Changing Media Summit and hold main stage interviews at the Web Summit.” Connect with Nathalie: https://www.nathalienahai.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathalienahai/ https://twitter.com/NathalieNahai Learn more about her work: https://www.nathalienahai.com/the-hive-podcast/ https://www.businessunusualthebook.com/ https://www.nathalienahai.com/press/ The interview referenced https://www.nirandfar.com/nathalie-nahai-interview/ The Values Map https://thevaluesmap.com/ 
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Jul 11, 2022 • 32min

218: 3 Podcasting Tips for Teachers and Students

Book time to chat with Jeff Utecht Getting Started with Podcasting Pathway Joe Casabona Joe started his career almost 20 years ago as a freelance web developer before realizing his true passion, which is sharing his years of knowledge about making websites, podcasting, and course development to help podcasters of any size make money.  https://casabona.org https://podcastliftoff.com https://twitter.com/jcasabona Castos.com Buzzsprout.com
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Jul 4, 2022 • 43min

217: More than a Logo

Guest: Iain FishUpper School Principal at IS Luxembourg. Always learning and doing my best to keep it all in perspective. Follow Iain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IainFish5 Global Issues Conference 2022 https://www.globalissuesnetwork.eu/gin-conference-2022 More about GIN https://globalissuesnetwork.org/
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Jun 27, 2022 • 46min

216: Should Cell Phones be Allowed in Class?

This week we Tricia Friedman and I chat with Tyler Rablin about his recent tweets and articles about how he is shifting his mindset to the use of cell phones in his classroom.  Guest: Tyler Rablin ELA teacher, writer, and assessment/edtech consultant. Follow Tyler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mr_Rablin Subscribe to Tyler’s Blog: https://teacher-totter.blogspot.com/ Tyler’s recent post in EdSurge: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-06-06-the-case-for-making-classrooms-phone-free Subscribe to our newsletter for more: www.shiftingschools.com
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Jun 20, 2022 • 29min

215: Your Network Starts with You

This week Tricia and I chat with Dori Clark, writer, speaker, author on life and learning. We chat about learning, passions, networking and giving yourself a summer project to keep your fire burning. Follow Dorie Clark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dorieclark Watch her TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dorie_clark_the_real_reason_you_feel_so_busy_and_what_to_do_about_it Get a Sneak Peak at her latest book: https://dorieclark.com/thelonggame/ Learn more about her books: https://dorieclark.com/books/

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