Summer Learning Ideas in a Lounge or Loo near you!

If kids are going to be on tech this summer - make it as ACTIVE as possible! Check out our latest editions of Learning in the Loo and Learning in the Lounge for ideas on how to engage students this summer - with or without tech.

 

October is CyberSecurity month!

 

🔐 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! 🔐

Every click, every login, every message matters. This month, we’ll share tips to keep our school community safe online.

Together, we can protect our data and privacy.

Applications closing soon for our Brisk Cohort!

 

REMINDER! If you want to experience the full power that is Brisk Teaching, be sure to complete your application (linked here) by the end of day on Monday, April 28th. EdTech will be in touch the first week of May!

Use Brisk Teaching on your analog (non-digital) resources with new image upload feature!

 

Students didn't submit digital work? Love a diagram from a text book that's not available online? No problem! Take a picture and upload it into Brisk. From there, you can leverage all the amazing things Brisk can do with an online resource. Check out this new feature via the Brisk Teaching Extension (linked here) today!

Microlearning courses on WeVideo!

 

As break approaches, you may be wanting to explore some professional learning that you can use in May to wrap up the school year. Why not try a 30 minute microlearning course from WeVideo? Linked here

Brisk Cohort Applications - Now open!

 

If you are interested in integrating more AI into your practice and those of your students, check your email for more details about our adoption of Brisk Teaching for ECSD. 

Complete your application (linked here) by end of day on Monday, April 28th!

❄️ Differentiation December - Learn 10x faster with AI! ❄️

 

AI isn't just for creation -

Use it as a thought partner, tutor, and to increase your own engagement with learning!

🎙️ November ECSD EdTech Podcast - Sayonara...for now. 🎙️

 

It's been a fun run! But it's time to press pause on the ECSD EdTech Podcast and channel our efforts into some self-paced courses for lane advancement. Thanks for listening - do not hesitate to check out our previous 10 episodes!

Listening Options

Spotify

Google Podcast

Google Drive link (Must be logged in to ECSD account)

🚽 🧻 Tissue 21 of Learning in the Loo - Available in a Loo or Lounge near you! 🚽 🧻

 

Available now in a lounge or loo near you!

Also available here for those tech-savvy types.

Tissue 21 is all about Nearpod!

🪄 ✨ Best Practices when using Generative AI 🪄 ✨

 

The world of Generative AI can be uncharted territory - but these 5 tips (from MagicSchoolAI) are great tips when using any kind of Generative AI!

🙌🏽 🎟️ 🎟️ WINNER! October Social Media Giveaway - Generative AI usage 🙌🏽 🎟️ 🎟️

 

🎉Congratulations to our October Giveaway Winners! 🎉

Just for sharing how they are using Generative AI in their professional practice, each commenter won a pair of movie tickets to the Riverwalk Theater.

Want to get in on the next giveaway? Check out our October ECSD EdTech Podcast! Simply listen to the 20-minute podcast on your way up or down valley, walking the dog, or doing the dishes. Then share the Easter Egg answer with our ECSD EdTech social media pages or by emailing martha.burgess@eagleschools.net with your answer.

✏️🖊️ GIVEAWAY! - Find the "Easter Egg" in our October 2023 Podcast on Fear ✏️🖊️

 

Have you checked out the October edition of our EdTech Podcast with the theme of Fear? Listen for an "Easter Egg" then message me with your answer via DM or email at martha.burgess@eagleschools.net for a chance to win a set of school supplies!

Listening Options

Spotify

Google Podcast

Google Drive link (Must be logged in to ECSD account)

The giveaway is open to ECSD employees only. Two winners will be chosen.

Opens October 27th and closes on November 12th. All submissions must be received by November 13th with a drawing on November 14th, 2023.

😌 Canva - Made easy! 😌

 

There is A LOT going on in Canva - but that doesn't mean you can't make beautiful presentations, posters, and newsletters! Make sure you have signed up for your Free Premium Educator account then check out this resource to reduce your options on templates to customize.

Click here, then Get Verified

Click here to access an easy-to-use Teacher Resource guide!

👩🏾‍🍳 Get cooking with Emoji Kitchen🧑🏽‍🍳

 

Ever wished you could combine two emojis? Now you can!

Search "Emoji Kitchen" in Google and get cooking! Emojis of your dreams.

🎤 ECSD EdTech Podcast - October 2023 - Fear 🎤

 

NEW! Enjoy this 22-minute Podcast reviewing

EdTech tools with the theme of Fear. 

Listen carefully for our DIGITAL EASTER EGG GIVEAWAY!

This giveaway is only open to ECSD employees. You should submit your answer by either emailing me, Martha Burgess at martha.burgess@eagleschools.net or private messaging the ECSD EdTech team on Instagram or Facebook with the correct answer by Sunday, November 12th. No commenting on the post or you give it away to others! For this giveaway, TWO lucky winners will get a school supply pack that includes pencils, pens, glue, highlighters, erasers, and more!

Entries are due by Sunday, November 12th and

a winner will be chosen the week of November 13th, 2023.

Currently available via Spotify and Google Podcasts. Please let us know if there are other platforms where you prefer to get your Podcasts and we can post there as well.

Listening Options

Spotify

Google Podcast

Google Drive link (Must be logged in to ECSD account)

Martha’s Musings

Book - Feel the Fear...and Do it Anyway! By Susan Jeffers

EdTech Tools

SAMR - Edutopia Article

Folder of Technology Integration Models - SAMR, TIM Model, Triple E Model

Email me, your host Martha Burgess, with questions, feedback, future episode ideas and/or

your answer to the digital easter egg to win one of two school supply packs!

martha.burgess@eagleschools.net

⬇ Drop Down Menus in Google Docs ⬆

 

Did you know you can quickly and easily create your own drop-down menus in Google Docs?

Click Insert --> Drop Down and you are on your way to creating grammar activities, Cloze reading, and more!

Check out the resources provided by Eric Curtis at Control Alt Achieve the link here!

💙 Climer Cards promoting a Sense of Belonging 💙

 

Ask your Teacher Leaders about Climer Cards! An awesome option for doing a check-in and fostering a sense of belonging in your classroom. Available physically or virtually.

Check them out in the link here by listening to our September podcast.

👩‍👧‍👦 💻 👨‍👦 Family Resources for Digital Citizenship Week 👩‍👧‍👦 💻 👨‍👦

 

Digital citizenship expands beyond the walls of our classrooms. We need the support of families to ensure safe and balanced technology use as well.

Check out these ready-to-print, bilingual resources from Common Sense Media and engage families in Digital Citizenship.

🧒🏽💻👦🏻 Nearpod Resources for Digital Citizenship Week October 16th - 20th, 2023 🧒🏽💻👦🏻

 

From templates to Time to Climb Games, interactive slide decks, and videos for ALL levels (K-12) look no further than Nearpod and its collection of ready-to-go Digital citizenship Lessons.

Just log in with your district credentials, click on Nearpod Library along the left side, and search Digital Citizenship at the top of the window.

🎟️ 🎟️ GIVEAWAY - Comment with how you use Generative AI for a chance to WIN 🎟️ 🎟️

 

In our September EdTech Connect email, we recommended you begin to explore what AI can do for you in your professional practice. Have you tried it out? Maybe Magic School, Class Companion, Goblin Tools, or good ol' ChatGPT?

Tell us about it in the comments for your chance to win TWO FREE TICKETS to a movie of your choosing at the Riverwalk in Edwards care of our friends over at Efec.

Two winners will be randomly selected. Dates for participation are October 13th - 31st, 2023. The winner will be announced on November 1st, 2023. Open only to ECSD employees.