The Ed Tech Coach's Corner
By Matthew Ketchum
The Ed Tech Coach's CornerDec 10, 2018
Top 5 Tech Tools to Try Out in Your Classroom
We explore the Top 5 Tech Tools to Try Out in Your Classroom with Amber Youngman, High School English Teacher and School Site Technology Coach. Amber shares her five current favorite tools including:
- Flipgrid: https://flipgrid.com/ - student voice in video and audio - listen @4min55sec mark
- Padlet: https://padlet.com/ online collaborative board - listen @14min38sec mark
- Classcraft: https://www.classcraft.com/ - behavioral management tool - listen @27min38sec mark
- Kialo EDU: https://www.kialo-edu.com/login - discourse and discussion tool - listen @35min45sec mark
- Canva: https://www.canva.com/ - design and desktop publishing tool for teachers - listen @42min mark
Follow Amber on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TeachingandTea and Matthew at https://twitter.com/mattedtechcoach
Additional resources on the Top 5 Tech Tools:
- Flipgrid: How to use Flipgrid in your Subject Area
- Padlet: 32 Interesting Ways to Use Padlet
- Classcraft: Getting started with Classcraft
- Kialo EDU: Getting started with Kialo
- Canva: Step-by-step guide to designing from scratch
Creative Communicator
Greg Havens, 6th Grade Teacher at an Elementary School, shares how he is using video projects in the classroom to empower his students to develop their skills as creative communicators.
The Pineapple Chart
Find out about this exciting personalized professional development model called the Pineapple Chart. We join School Site Coaches at Modesto High and Downey High School to find out how they are implementing this concept for teachers to learn valuable skills from their fellow colleagues by informally observing them in their classrooms.
Student Data Privacy
Join us for an in-depth discussion on this important topic of Student Data Privacy with Libbi Garrett who is the Resource Program Specialist at CETPA and the California Student Privacy Alliance (CSPA). We will talk about why this is important, what are the laws, how we as educators can do a better job protecting our students data, and what resources are available to us including the website for CSPA at www.studentdataprivacy.net