TCAPSLoop Podcast

TCAPSLoop 5.14 Routines

Episode 5.15
Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! My guest today is perpetually dealing with white-out conditions, it’s the TechNollerGist, David Noller!  
 
TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen
“Trust is built with consistency” - Lincoln Chafee
 
The Agenda:
Teachers and learners need things to be available in the same way in expected patterns and in repeated contexts. Technology-mediated experiences allow us to pursue any number of opportunities online, but it is how we start those procedures and what we do with them that can build or destroy consistency and learning. 
 
Establishing routines: how to introduce learning, how to pursue the activity, what to do when you're finished, helps learners "place" the activity in a learning mindset as opposed to "another thing to do."
 
If a teacher uses warm-ups or exit tickets, establish those routines around the technology-mediated learning experiences, too. 
 
Where are assignments located? Keep it consistent, even if it's unique for you.
 
Tech Tool of the Week:
Join the Wordl Hive!
Create your own custom Wordl at: mywordle.me 
Create Wordle's of different lengths at: hellowordl.net 
 
In closing, you can find us on Twitter @TCAPSLoop and @TechNollerGist. 
 
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TCAPSLoop Episode 5.13 Student Podcasts

Episode 5.14
Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining me on todays podcast is Stephi Luyt and the Traverse City Central High School student hosts of the "Decisively Useful" podcast, Tuesday Talks with Team 1711, Lauren and Gwen? 
 
Moment of Zen:
“You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.”
 
The Agenda:
We ask Lauren and Gwen the hard hitting questions regarding their adventures in podcasting, being on the marketing side of a FIRST Robotics team, and much more!
 
Thanks for listening and inspiring!
 

TCAPSLoop Episode 5.12 Bookwalk

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
 
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TCAPSLoop Episode 5.11 Dataweaver

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
 
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TCAPSLoop Episode 5.10 ISTE Standard 1.3: Knowledge Constructor

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 Teaching Books

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 Hour of Code

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 Getting to Know: Ginger Smith

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 Collaboration and Credit Recovery

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 What‘s New Google?

 
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
 
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