Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown. This is Episode 193 called Check This Edtech Out. In this episode, we’ll share some edtech tools that we would use to create a specific activity for a specific purpose in our classroom. This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.

1. Classroom Environment Prep
2. Ideas
3. Posters
4. Rules
5. Edtech
6. Canva
7. Digital Websites
8. Do Nows/Q of the Day/Exit Tickets
9. Ideas
10. Graph Friday
11. What’s in a Picture
12. Assessment Prep
13. Team Building
14. Connections
15. Edtech
16. Canva Sheets
17. Graph of the Day Website
18. Quizizz
19. Classhook.com
20. Course Long Gamification
21. Ideas
22. Survivor
23. Leaderboards
24. Edtech
25. Canva Sites
26. Google Sites
27. Flippity.net
28. goosechase.com
29. Activity Website
30. Ideas
31. Case Study

Edtech Throwdown

Episode 192: Awesome Edtech for the Summer

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown. This is Episode 192 called Awesome Edtech for the Summer. Every year when school ends we publish an episode where Guise and I share what we’ll be reading, listening to, and exploring over the summer break. 192 is that episode and this is another you don’t want to miss, check it out.

Summer plans

Nick

Podcasts

1. Science Vs: here are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Science Vs is the show from Spotify Studios that finds out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. We do the hard work of sifting through all the science so you don't have to and cover everything from 5G and ADHD, to Fluoride and Fasting Diets.
2. Mr. Barton Maths: How do you make a podcast about math? By coming at it from a human-first perspective and examining why so many students (and teachers) have an instinctual adverse reaction to the subject. Host Craig Barton is a former math educator and founder of diagnostic educational software company Eedi, so he has a fair bit of personal experience in the subject matter. U.S. listeners should note that Barton is based in the U.K.; while some of the references to the British education system may not resonate, the sentiment behind the content certainly will.

Books

1. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Greene
2. Teachers and Machines: The Classroom of Technology Since 1920

Grab Bag

1. Fully explore Canva Code. What is it good at, what is it not.
2. Nanolearning Unit Development: This is a good website that covers the differences between nano and micro and how to do implement them

Guise

Podcasts

1. Steph and Joe on the Go

Edtech Throwdown

Episode 191: 10 Canva Code Ideas for Teachers

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown. This is Episode 191 called 10 Canva Code Ideas for Teachers. In this episode we’ll introduce, explain and analyze one of the features in Canva AI called Canva Code. We’ll also share 10 ways that teachers can use it to help spark your creativity when it comes to this exciting new feature. This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.

What is it? Canva’s AI writes code for you to create specific games/apps/simulations/etc that function in Canva. When you’ve got the code just right by prompting and then adjusting with other prompts, you can publish it as a Canva website for easy sharing.

What do you do with the code? The code produced can be copy-pasted to other places OR just published directly in Canva as a Canva website.

Downsides:

1. Initial teacher response is often “why do i need to write code”?
2. It can take some time to get the code right to produce what you want
3. Does it exist somewhere else? For example, why make a quizzes app in Canva?
4. The prompt has a character limit, so you’ll have to adjust it as you go.
5. For example, start with a prompt that describes only the function of the app. Then adjust it afterwards related to design. Then again for differentiation, etc.

Why Use it: (what makes it worth the time)

1. TREMENDOUS capability for teachers to make things that don’t exist anywhere else online
2. Can ask it to add specific differentiations into any game/app created for whatever students you have
3. Skip labor intensive prep for physical games

Nicks 5

1. Interactive Periodic Table
2. Virtual Lab about Color Theory (Art Lesson)
3. Geometry Shape Explorer
4. Interactive Poem Creator
5. Interactive Classroom Timer

Guises’ 5

1. Interactive Worksheets
2. Escape Room Puzzles
3. Leaderboards
4. Classroom...