TCAPSLoop Podcast

Episode 5.12 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! My first guest is refusing to succumb to temptation or bitterness, it’s Danelle Brostrom and though she often experiences finite disappointment, she never loses infinite hope, it’s Stephi Luyt!      Moment of Zen This weeks Moment of Zen is not an occasional act, it is a permanent attitude.   “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”   The Agenda Stephi joins us on the pod today to discuss putting together a Bookwalk for Martin Luther King Day and how our school district and community are partnering to encourage students to embrace the spirit of service and offer opportunities for involvement to our children.    Tech Tool of the Week:  Google Arts and Culture Blob Opera Google MyMaps   Thanks for listening and inspiring!

Episode 5.11 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining me after using all her multi-versal edtech abilities to bend one hour of code into a full week, it’s Danelle Brostrom and streaming in from an undisclosed location outside the Matrix, pulling all the TCAPS strings, it’s Sophie Legault-Bradly!   Moment of Zen   The first step to expanding your reality is to discard the tendency to exclude things from possibility - E. E. Cummings   The Agenda Not since we had Thomas Paolacci on the pod have we had someone behind the scenes who is this essential to maintaining a school district. Sophie is TCAPS' Database Manager, think switchboard operator but with millions of connections to maintain at all times. She kindly lets us know how she makes the digital spaghetti that feeds the staff and students of our school district.     Tech Tool of the Week:  Screencastify   Thanks for listening and inspiring!

Episode 5.10 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining me from a construction site…in your mind, it’s the Technollergist, David Noller and Danelle Brostrom. After the holidays many schools begin Research Project season. With that in mind we revisit the ISTE Standard 1.3 - Knowledge Constructor, and it's importance in gathering and curating reliable information for student work.    Moment of Zen   The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. - Ralph W. Sockman   The Agenda   "We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge."   ISTE Standard #1.3: Knowledge Constructor, which has to do with how students research, determine credible sources to use, collect information and draw conclusions, and share that with others.    Standard #1.3: Knowledge Constructor, which has to do with how students research, determine credible sources to use, collect information and draw conclusions, and share that with others   1.3.a Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.   1.3.b Students evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources.   1.3.c  Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.   1.3.d Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions. Tech Tool of the Week  CommonSense.org list of Most Reliable and Credible Sources TCAPS Library Information Databases MEL.org    Thanks for listening and inspiring!

Episode 5.9 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining me from TCAPSLoops' North Pole Office is our own well-read, gift giving EdTech elves, Danelle Brostrom and Stephie Luyt!   Moment of Zen “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” –Mother Theresa The Agenda   Teaching Books 3 Minute Video Introduction for Teaching Books   Gift Guide METS Group - Kerry Guiliano created this STEM gift guide for kids Purdue Engineering Gift Guide One resource that I didn't mention, but definitely should have: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/  Tech Tool of the Week:  Teaching Books Name Game   Thank you for listening and inspiring.  

Episode 5.8 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Virtually packed into this pods Google Meet like digital sardines is Danelle, David and TCAPS Seneschal of STEM, our Constable of Coding, it’s Heidi Skodack. All here to herald the arrival of this years Hour of Code.   TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen: You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within. Bob Nelson   The Agenda: What is the Hour of Code? What skills are kids developing when they code? Why should a teacher run one of these in the classroom? Talk about the theme for 2021 and some of the NEW activities.   Advice for a teacher who hasn’t done an hour of code but wants to try it.  Share our site for teachers: https://bit.ly/tcapscodes What is #CSforgood   Tech Tool of the Week: GoOpenMichigan: Northwestern Lower Michigan STEM Career Profiles   Thanks for listening and inspiring. 

Episode 5.7 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Though autumn is her favorite time of the year because all the leaves turn from green to maize however after last weekend she may be feeling blue it’s Stephi Luyt! Joining us on this, "Getting to Know You," is possibly the most important guest we’ve ever had…because she’s my boss,it's TCAPS' Executive Director of Communications, Ginger Smith!       TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. - George Bernard Shaw   Tech Tool of the Week Teaching Books Bar code scanning for adding to your booklists.   Thanks for listening and inspiring.

Episode 5.6 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast! I’m joined by TCAPS own Mentat, the Technollorgist, David Noller and special guest Mitch Heethuis, who directed TCAPS Credit Recovery Program this past summer. Mitch shares his insights on specially designed teacher created courses created on BrightspaceD2L, used for credit recovery.    Moment of Zen "The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience." - Frank Herbert, 'Dune'.   The Agenda What was the goal when you started planning for last summer’s credit recovery courses? How did the COVID pandemic affect student success and/or participation in the summer courses? Who worked to develop these courses?  How effective were these courses?  Did you see a higher percentage of recovery in students in TCAPS built courses compared to other courses? Vice versa?  Can you talk about the variety of courses? Which courses were more difficult to implement with a technology-mediated experience? Did students prefer these over other available courses? (Edgenuity, etc.) How would you view the success of the summer? What needs to be different or be repeated? What important insights did you gain from last summer’s experience? Thanks for listening and inspiring.  

  Episode 5.5 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining the pod today is the ever effervescent,  Danelle Brostrom to discuss some of the newest Google Apps for Education updates!    TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh   The Agenda Google Chat & Spaces Google Calendar Time Insights Google Calendar Agenda Google Meet Auto Exposure Google Sites Custom Themes Google Docs watermark and clickable checklists Coolsymbol.com Google Drive for Desktop Google Forms Settings Coming Soon! GMail Avatars Google Profiles Productivity Tip: Unsubscribe in GMail! Tech Tool of the Week: Digital Citizenship Week: News Literacy Project   Follow us on Twitter @tcapsloop @brostromda Thanks for listening and inspiring!  

  Episode 5.4 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! I’m cautiously optimistic that I won’t regret inviting our guest the TechNollergist, David Noller on this weeks show.      TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen “I think 99 times and I find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.”  - Albert Einstein   The Agenda I'd like to introduce you to a new member of the TCAPSLoop topic list: MICIP, Michigan Integrated Continuous Improvement Process. David shares some his early thoughts on the new process and how EdTech can help in the adoption of the MICIP Mindset.   Follow us on Twitter @tcapsloop @brostromda @ stephieluyt @ technollergist   Thanks for listening and inspiring!  

    Episode 5.3 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! The episode guest list includes a proud Wolverine, Stephie Luyt and joining us finally, an alum of the Library of Alexandria, HicksBo@tcaps.net, Mr. Bob Hicks!      Moment of Zen “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. " - Izaak Walton     It was an honor to accompany Mr. Hicks for a short portion of his TCAPS journey and it's truly our pleasure to have him on the pod before he draw's this journey to its close. We are blessed to have him share his 30+ years of EdTech wisdom on the Pod.   And again, we'd like to apologize for the poor audio, we have our best people on it...well maybe not our best.  Follow Us On Twitter: @tcapsloop @stephieluyt Subscribe to the Podcast on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Tune In, Downcast, Overcast, the Google Play Store, Spotify or wherever else you get your ear candy!  Thanks for listening and inspiring!