Your IT Coach

Jeff and Scott talk about Castlelearning, an exam prep tool that can help students get ready for their end of year exams. * Host Contact Info: Scott Nourse, @snourseman * Guest(s) Contact Info:  Jeffrey Fillipelli Filippelli, JFilippelli@buffaloschools.org * Castle Learning: https://castlelearning.com [https://castlelearning.com] Download the Script [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kC41uCFG-BP8brz2nySXz3A4vu0CuA4x/view?usp=sharing]

Host Michael Strangio interviews Clarence high school librarian  Andrew Johnston about how he is helping to reshape what it means to be a librarian in the 21st Century. You can contact Andy Johnston at AJohnston@clarenceschools.org and connect with Mike Strangio by email at mstrangio@buffaloschools,.org You can download this episode's transcript here. Please visit "Your IT Coach" at Anchor for other episodes and follow us on Twitter!

In this episode Rebecca Fast and Scott Nourse talk about how gaming and learning go hand in hand focusing on a group of gaming girls in BPS that went on to win a national competition using Minecraft. . Host Contact Info: Scott Nourse, @snourseman on Twitter Guest(s) Contact Info: Rebecca Fast, rfast@buffaloschools.org Links, references, etc. Bungie Marathon:  Marathon (video game) - Wikipedia MineCraft EDU:  Homepage | Minecraft: Education Edition Girls Who Game: https://youtu.be/0rLTyzm_SmU BPS Team Project: Fall 2020 Winning Project - https://youtu.be/IhSe8tltXzc BPS Team Project: Spring 2021 Project “Community of the Future”: BPS GWG - Community of the Future's Flipgrid Response 2016 UB MineCraft Build-a-thon Competition video:   https://youtu.be/cRumGojDgr8​​​​​​​ Marathon (video game) Marathon is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Bungie, and released in December 1994 for the Apple Macintosh. The game takes place several centuries into the future in outer space... en.wikipedia.org

Host Scott Nourse explores how Pamela Littere and Kevin Pezzino have utilized Microsoft's One Drive and Schoology to maximize efficiency in their Global Scholars program. Host Contact Info:  Scott Nourse, @snourseman on Twitter * Guest(s) Contact Info: * Pam Littere,   plittere@buffaloschools.org * Kevin Pezzino, kpezzino@buffaloschools.org Links, references, etc. * Schoology support page: Using the OneDrive Assignments App – Schoology Support [https://support.schoology.com/hc/en-us/articles/115010448487-Using-the-OneDrive-Assignments-App] * District Global Scholars Webpage: https://www.buffaloschools.org/Page/91158 [https://www.buffaloschools.org/Page/91158] * Global Scholars Webpage [https://www.globalcities.org/] * Video on installing OneDrive Assignments in Schoology [https://youtu.be/gLRXp9fdi8w] * Video on assigning OneDrive Assignments as a Teacher in Schoology [https://youtu.be/tOfEOLi0188]

Your host Keith Hughes takes the reigns in this episode showcasing five low tech ways to engage kids attention and facilitate powerful learning experiences. You can follow me on Twitter @Hiphughes [http://twitter.com/hiphughes] and visit my YouTube page, HipHughes History [http://youtube.com/hiphughes]. Have an idea for a future episode, want to be a guest or just leave us some feedback, then visit us on Anchor [http://anhor.fm/hip-hughes]! Old Dead Warren Cases - YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6nk2l5ZqjE] ODA: The Graduate School Edition [https://youtu.be/w9gGqSkTI04] Audio Rubric [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E0-9wJhEsiQ0r87sONcMT-bk9alDYB_HwvQRaZRqJ08/edit?usp=sharing] Adobe Spark for Education [https://www.adobe.com/education/express/]