The IT Teachers’ Podcast

Season 3 Episode 1: Back At I.T. Again!

In Season 3️⃣ Episode 1️⃣:  Back At I.T. Again, Alicia and Haley chat - I.T.- Up and discuss how the year is going so far, remind all listeners about Digital Citizenship Week, and give some helpful pointers about getting your Student Learning Objectives / GOALS ready to rock using some Tech Tools. 😊 We're so glad to be back for season three and we're so glad you're here with us! 💥 👀 Check us out:  The IT Teachers dot Com [http://theitteachers.com] 🎶 by Hartzmann: Paradise Island 🔗 Links we Promised: 🔗 ✅ Common Sense dot Org: Digital Citizenship Week Lesson Plans! 2022 [https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship-week] ✅ [https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship-week]  Harvard Graduate School of Education: Project Zero  [http://pz.harvard.edu/thinking-routines] ✅ [https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship-week] CASEL [https://casel.org/] ✅ [https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship-week] The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived by Admiral William H. McRaven (U.S. Navy Retired) [https://www.amazon.com/Hero-Code-Lessons-Learned-Lives/dp/1538719967/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NVRNFKWNOG0J&keywords=the+hero+code+by+admiral+mcraven&qid=1665463677&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjkxIiwicXNhIjoiMS4zNiIsInFzcCI6IjEuNDUifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=the+hero+code%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1]

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Summer 🌞 2022🌞 Episode 4: 🌴🌴FINAL SUMMER EPISODE🌴🌴

🎙 In Summer 🌞 2022🌞 Episode 4: 🌴🌴FINAL SUMMER EPISODE🌴🌴, Alicia and Haley talk about the upcoming 2022-2023 school year. 🎙 🥳 Happy Birthday to Haley's Mom! 🥳  💪 You've got this! Do not be Overwhelmed!  💪 * * Take it one day at a time Balance your tech with your non tech * Balance tech usage * Keep track of your new students and their individual needs * Help our your support staff (shortages with paraprofessionals) 😊 Enjoy Every Minute! 😊 * * Make your classroom an open learning community * Encourage questions * Be organized and ready for questions consider a FAQ 💻 Use:  Parlay Ideas [https://parlayideas.com/], Nearpod [https://nearpod.com/], Flip  💻 [https://info.flip.com/] Remember the importance of good digital citizenship and the dangers of oversharing online!    Good Luck and Have a Great 2022-2023 School Year!     We Need YOU to Share your stories! We want to hear your favorite teaching story.  It doesn't have to be tech based!  We would love to share your story with others!  Email us:  Theiteachers@gmail.com [Theiteachers@gmail.com]   Today's Special Guest:  Roxy 🐶  ----more---- 📚 Summer Reading Books that Make us Think: 📚 The Every [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688435/the-every-by-dave-eggers/]- Dave Eggers  The 57 Bus [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33155325-the-57-bus?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10]- Dashka Slater The Hero Code [https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/admiral-william-h-mcraven/the-hero-code/9781538719978/]- Admiral William H. McRaven ----more---- 💻Find us on the World Wide Web [http://theitteachers.com/] Contact the IT TEACHERS!  theitteachers@gmail.com [theitteachers@gmail.com] 💙 Follow the IT TEACHERS on TWITTER! @TheITTeachers [https://twitter.com/TheITTeachers] 📖 Follow the IT Teachers on Facebook! @TheITTeachers [http://m.facebook.com/TheITTeachers/] ----more---- 🎵 by Infraction: Uppbeat

Summer 🌞 2022🌞 Episode 3: ⛱Easing into the 2022-2023 School Year 📚

In Summer 🌞 2022🌞 Episode 3:⛱ Easing into the 2022-2023 School Year: 🎙Alicia and Haley discuss some new ideas about how to get ready for the next school year.  Whether you'll be teaching in your first year or your 25th year, you'll be sure to get some refreshing inspiration to make this the best year yet! 🪞 👀 Reflecting and Setting Goals:  What do you want to do for the upcoming year? 👩‍💻 Reminders: * * ✅ There are a lot of great programs out there, however, you must make sure that your district approves of the application or programs you use with your students.  It’s important to maintain student data privacy from third parties.  Ask your district what is approved for student use. *   * 🗣 Collaborate!  Your Grade Level Partners and or Department Members will be a big help with this especially when planning for productive vertical alignment.  What areas were students struggling (as a whole) in the year before and what do they typically need in the year after they will have you?   *   * 💻Take Google for Education [https://skillshop.exceedlms.com/student/path/61209-fundamentals-training] Refresher Course/s  * John Sowash [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpcfKsnmUxM]- YouTube Tutorials, Tips and Tricks *   * 💻 Check out the Google for Education Teacher Center [https://skillshop.exceedlms.com/student/catalog/list?category_ids=3940-teacher-center]   * 💻 Use Google’s Back to School 2022 [https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/en/backtoschool]to find new ideas   * 💻 Use Google’s Templates [https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/ed_tech_email_template_parents_and_guardians.pdf]to introduce families to the applications you’ll be using in the classroom.  This is a great way to get parents involved early on.      * 💻 Use Tech to Blend the learning in your classroom.  Remember that Technology is  a great way to enhance learning, but should never take the focus away from learning the content. Learning First!   📧 Email Questions! 📧 * 📈Google Forms [http://google.com/forms] 📈 [http://google.com/forms] * Gathering Student information * Gathering Benchmark Student Data  * Creating a Strategy for Tracking Student Learning ----more---- 💻Find us on the World Wide Web [http://theitteachers.com/] Contact the IT TEACHERS!  theitteachers@gmail.com [theitteachers@gmail.com] 💙 Follow the IT TEACHERS on TWITTER! @TheITTeachers [https://twitter.com/TheITTeachers] 📖 Follow the IT Teachers on Facebook! @TheITTeachers [http://m.facebook.com/TheITTeachers/] ----more---- 🎵 by Infraction: Uppbeat

Summer 🌞 2022🌞 Episode 2:⛱ Summer Reading 📚 With Very Special Guests‼️

In the Summer Season Episode 2:  Alicia and Haley talk with TESOL Specialist, Themi, Reading and Language Arts Consultant, Angie, and Reading Specialist, Kim, and hear their philosophies, perspectives, tips, and tricks about... SUMMER READING!   📍 Major Topics Include: ☀️ Encouraging the use of technology students are familiar with such as phones to take notes ☀️ Philosophy: It's better to read something than nothing at all ☀️ Parental involvement ☀️ Calendar for reading/ setting up a schedule for reading ☀️ Giving students strategies for breaking down the reading and setting goals ☀️ Modeling good reading strategies during the school year to get students ready for independent reading during the summer ☀️ Make it a fun: have a reading "night out" ☀️ Visit the public library ☀️ Many public libraries have reading challenges or activities to engage students  ☀️ Parents:  don't worry so much about what peaks your child's reading interests as long as their reading and its holding their attention (and it's appropriate!) ☀️ Change how we feel about listening to books- best listen and follow along better to know the book .. audio apps:  hear the story local library : library card free apps: ☀️ Encourage all ESL parents to have students read even if it is in their native language: reading and enjoyment is always paramount ☀️ Let the students guide the reading choices and make suggestions for their peers ☀️ Consider a more holistic approach to assessment/ expectations ☀️ Reading graphic novels COUNTS! ☀️ Is summer reading a sign of a bigger, systemic problem? ☀️ Consider: What's the most important outcome? Hopefully that students see themselves in the literature and are able to make connections 💻 Technology Resources: ✅ Overdrive, Hoopla, Libby, Sora ✅ ESL students: * Glossaries from Steinhardt [https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/language-rbern/resources] NYU school of EDU * Key terms for subject matters * Multiple languages: free resources * Built in dictionary for content language * Textcompactor.com [https://www.textcompactor.com/] * Takes dense text and lessens density * Google Translate [https://translate.google.com/] * Translate for multi copies for native languages * Might not be 100 % accurate (use with caution) * Esl-bits.net [https://esl-bits.net/] * Different texts * Change lexicon * Students can listen or view: video, speeches, stories, etc. listening comprehension 💻Find us on the World Wide Web [http://theitteachers.com/] Contact the IT TEACHERS!  theitteachers@gmail.com [theitteachers@gmail.com] 💙 Follow the IT TEACHERS on TWITTER! @TheITTeachers [https://twitter.com/TheITTeachers] 📖 Follow the IT Teachers on Facebook! @TheITTeachers [http://m.facebook.com/TheITTeachers/] ----more---- 🎵 by Infraction: Uppbeat