My Tech Toolbelt

www.mytechtoolbelt.com @mytechtoolbelt  #MyTechToolbelt You can listen to our podcast on: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Spotify or listen here Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Formative, formerly Go Formative, was created to track student growth in a live setting. Both teachers and students are able to receive feedback quickly but can also track student growth over time. Find Formative here: https://goformative.com/ Email: hello@gofromative.com Twitter: @goformative Formative on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goformative Are you looking for help on how to get started with Formative and/or seeking implementation ideas, we encourage you to visit their community (Formative Community). Co-Founder: Craig Jones Craig Jones talks to us about how and why he created Formative and how it transforms teaching, by tracking student growth to a new level. Free yourself to teach while Form

www.mytechtoolbelt.com @mytechtoolbelt  #MyTechToolbelt You can listen to our podcast on: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Spotify or listen here Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. BOLD, which is the Premier Blended and Online Lesson Design Symposium on the West Coast, and is hosted by CUE.  This event was held in May 2018 on a Saturday and Sunday. "CUE’s second BOLD Symposium will take teachers, administrators, and district leaders on a deep dive into the world of blended and online lesson design. With a focus on the symbiotic relationship of learning environment design, digital learning systems, and rethinking traditional lesson design as the essential components to launching a 1:1 learning environment, this event will challenge all educators to meet and lead their students in the 21st century." ~CUE website Design Thinking with Laura Spencer @LSpencerEdD CUE BOLD website Madeline

www.mytechtoolbelt.com @mytechtoolbelt  #MyTechToolbelt You can listen to our podcast on: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Spotify or listen here Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Flipgrid is a video response app that gives all students a voice. It allows even the shy students the chance to response and not have to stand in front of the class to give a report or tell what they know about a topic. Find Flipgrid here: https://info.flipgrid.com/ Our Guest:  Laura McComb Contact Laura on Twitter: @lbmccomb Laura McComb loves teaching 3rd grade math, science, and social studies! She have been teaching 3rd grade for 12 1/2 years at Lynn Fanning Elementary School in Meridianville, AL. Laura received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Alabama in Management Information Systems, then received her Masters degree in Elementary Education from Alabama A&M University.

www.mytechtoolbelt.com @mytechtoolbelt  #MyTechToolbelt You can listen to our podcast on: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Spotify or listen here Jon Corippo  #BigName (our hashtag name for him) Contact Jon: jcorippo@cue.org     Twitter: @jcorippo #CUE18  #WEARECUE  #CUEChat Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Jon’s new book! The EduProtocol Field Guide https://amzn.to/2GQRWzP Jon Corippo was recently named the Executive Director for CUE, leading CUE throughout California and Nevada. Jon keynotes, leads and designs Professional Learning experiences all over the country. Jon's core PL skills are focused on 1:1 deployment, Common Core, Project Based Learning, social media skills and Lesson Design. Jon is the creator of the CUE Rock Star Camp Series, The CUE Rock Star Admin Camp Series and planner for the CUE Super Symposium and JET Review Program. Under Jon's Leadership, and with his C

www.mytechtoolbelt.com @mytechtoolbelt  #MyTechToolbelt You can listen to our podcast on: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Spotify or listen here CUE 18 Wrap Up #CUE18  #WeAreCUE Shannon and Brenda had a great time at the CUE 18 Conference in Palm Springs California. They discuss how they prepared, who they met, what they learned, and a preview of who they interviewed for their next episode. Stay tuned! CUE, formerly, Computer-Using Educators, is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1978. CUE's goal is to inspire innovative learners in all disciplines from preschool through college. With an active current membership of thousands of educational professionals, CUE supports many regional affiliates and Learning Networks. CUE Conferences are California’s premier educational technology events. CUE is the largest organization of its type in the west and one of the largest in the United States. We were able to interview Dave Lee (@AODaveLee), one of the co-hosts of “The Waves of Tech” Podcast, on the vendo

www.mytechtoolbelt.com @mytechtoolbelt  #MyTechToolbelt You can listen to our podcast on: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Spotify or listen here Zoe Bader, a Go Noodle Ambassador, comes to the My Tech Toolbelt podcast and tells us why she loves Go Noodle. www.gonoodle.com Zoe Bader is a 3rd - 5th grade Reading & Religion teacher at San Miguel Catholic school in the Watts area of Los Angeles. Zoe received her Masters in Education at Loyola Marymount University, as a member of the PLACE (Partners in LA Catholic Education) Corps. Zoe calls herself the "Non-Tech Techie". When she began tech integration in her classroom she was nervous, but today she successfully integrates technology daily, using the rotational blended learning model. Zoe is a GoNoodle Ambassador, and a member of their new Event Squad. She travels around Los Angeles leading Professional developments on the importance of brain breaks, and kinesthetic learning. She is also a Flipgrid certified educator. She believes that all students should be

www.mytechtoolbelt.com @mytechtoolbelt  #MyTechToolbelt You can listen to our podcast on: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Spotify or listen here The My Tech Toolbelt Podcast, hosted by Shannon Tabaldo and Brenda Argano, is an Ed Tech podcast where we highlight teachers using education technology in Innovating, Engaging and Inspiring ways. Don't forget to subscribe to our show! Today we talk to Mary McCormick, a Junior High School Science teacher in Northern California. She is using an app called Touchcast to allow students to create "Smart Videos". Mary explains her process for a week long project on Earthquakes. TouchCast - https://www.touchcast.com/ Mary McCormick bio: Ms. Mary McCormick is currently working towards her Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) through Santa Clara University's ExCEL Program and will be graduating this June, 2018. At that time, she will also have completed her third year of teaching as a middle school science teacher in Santa Clara, CA. Ms. McCormick has also worked with other teach

www.mytechtoolbelt.com @mytechtoolbelt  #MyTechToolbelt You can listen to our podcast on: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Spotify or listen here Welcome to the My Tech Toolbelt Podcast. We are your hosts, Shannon Tabaldo and Brenda Argano. We would like to introduce you to the My Tech Toolbelt Podcast, where we highlight teachers that are using education technology (EdTech) in their classrooms in innovative, engaging and inspirational ways. We also tell you a bit about ourselves and how we started on this podcast journey. This is the episode where you get to know Brenda & Shannon and why we started the My Tech Toolbelt podcast. This podcast is a labor of love and there are many folks who support us in this. Friends and family that help us with the equipment, the editing, the scheduling, the childcare, etc. and without them this would not be possible. We hope you like listening to this first conversation we recorded for you! Thanks for joining us! www.mytechtoolbelt.com If you enjoyed listening to this po