Any educator who has been looking for ways to use AI tools like ChatGPT to help your productivity by assisting with prepping lessons, researching topics, & other time-consuming tasks, check out this infographic!   The post 7 AI Prompt-making Tips for Educators appeared first on Welcome to GotTechED ..read more

AI Tool Master List by The AI Teacher Podcast & GotTechED the Podcast Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force that is revolutionizing every industry, and the education sector is no exception. In recent years, there has been an unprecedented surge in the development of AI tools that can help educators in various aspects of their work, ranging from personalized learning to grading and data analysis. These tools have the potential to fundamentally transform the classroom experience and make it more efficient, effective, and engaging. As we move into an increasingly ..read more

My #1 passion in education is to help support teachers in producing learning experiences that allow students to become content creators.  As a tech coach my job is to provide a teacher with edtech options that will enhance student learning.  In this post, I will introduce 4 edtech tools that I am recommending that affords students the ability to create podcasts, infographics, logos, videos, etc. #1 Canva for Education Canva for Education is becoming a fixture edtech tool in a lot of k-12 schools.   Canva is a phenomenal tool that promotes content creation.  Canva is FR ..read more

Day 3 of the #12daysofedtech I love it when I learn about new Google Chrome Productivity Hacks!  For this blog entry, I am going to share 5 Google Chrome hacks that will help you save time and lighten your load.  These hacks are resources, websites, tips & tricks, etc. that falls under the umbrella of productivity. #1 Daily Routine Bookmark Bar Folder There are parts of your day that are the same each day.  Wouldn’t it be nice if you could shave off some of the time it takes to do these repetitious tasks?  Use a daily routine bookmark bar folder to help speed up daily p ..read more

Teachers Guide to Student Podcasting VERSION 2.0 Are you a teacher looking to try something new that your students will get excited about?  In this blog post, we share the Teacher’s Guide to Student Podcasting. The Teacher’s Guide to Podcasting provides you with: Step-by-step guidance on how to transform your classroom into a recording studio Tips on how to set up a podcast using equipment that you currently have access too Suggested edtech tools (apps and programs) that will support podcasting A student planning guide that helps students organize their podcasts to ensure a quality recor ..read more

June 2022 This year has been a  challenging year in education for a lot of us.  It seems teachers have been working full-time since March 2020 and have described the 2021-2022 school year as exhausting or as a “covid-hangover.”  I am hoping that this summer helps teachers rest, relax, reflect, and rejuvenate. Over the past 4 months, I have asked teachers at conferences what is one thing that they are excited about.  One common answer was to relax with a beverage, snacks, and read a book or listen to a podcast.  I couldn’t agree more with this statement.  Unfortuna ..read more

My Podcasting Thoughts Podcasting is becoming more popular in education.  If we take a look back to pre-pandemic, student-made podcasts and student podcasting networks were hard to find.  Now, as I search Google, I see more student podcasting endeavors showing up in my searches.   Often times, I try to figure out why, but in this case I think I have a pretty good idea.  I feel like there are several reasons that attribute to this trend, but I'll just point out three! Reason #1 Podcasts are becoming more popular! If we take a look the stats from the U.S. Podcasting In ..read more

5 Edtech Tools for the Blended Learning Classroom   Is Blended Learning a catchphrase that will be replaced or is it a term that will stick around as long as 21st Century Learning?  Personally, I have some insights on both Blended and 21st Century Learning.   In my opinion, Blended Learning is here to stay for the foreseeable future.  Blended Learning is a vague blanket term that encompasses many teaching strategies such as: Personalized Learning, Flipped Learning, Mastery-Based Learning, Station Rotation, Project-Based Learning, Remote or Distance Learning, etc.  ..read more

Student Choice Board Pyramid Student choice is becoming more popular in classrooms!  A great way to organize student choice is by creating a choice board.   Choice boards are a simple instructional strategy affords students the ability to choose how they want to demonstrate content understanding and content mastery.  Choice boards come in all shapes and sizes.  Some of the most popular choice boards come in the form of tic-tac-toe boards, learning menus, or "This or That" option boards! The Student Choice Board Pyramid provides students with multimedia activities that ..read more

Why I Mote... Before getting into the perks of this blog entry, I would like to tell you what Mote is and how this edtech tool can help increase engagement and interactions with your students.  Mote is a Google Chrome Extension that is phenomenal for providing feedback to your student within the Chrome environment.  To go even further, Mote allows a teacher to give feedback in the form of an audio recording.  I could go even further and tell you that Mote can translate your audio comments into multiple different languages, provide you with the opportunity to make canned commen ..read more