Sps Digital Learning Hour

This week Mike and Suzanne discuss the purpose of E-Portfolios, a debate on how algorithms and computer science plays into creating personalized learning, and our interview of the week with staff from Boland Elementary!This week's links:https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/03/22/what-will-digital-portfolios-mean-for-college-bound-students/http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/03/29/curriculum-playlists-a-take-on-personalized-learning.htmlhttp://www.readworks.org/books/aad --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spsdigitallearninghour/message

This week Suzanne and Mike talk about the latest updates to Brightspace, one of Mike's favorite projects from when he was a teacher and the profound impact it had on his students. We also discussed what Blended Learning looks like even in a Kindergarten Classroom and our interview with Amanda Gonzalez from Sci-Tech about her time in the district using technology.Articles:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4-W01baS7Ihttps://www.edutopia.org/blog/national-novel-writing-month-laura-bradleyhttps://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3565http://educatorinnovator.org/nanowrimo-an-eduawesome-project-for-your-bestyearever/https://www.parentmap.com/article/writing-a-novel-in-a-month-nanowrimo-for-kids http://nanoteacher.weebly.com/https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/8-best-sellers-started-during-national-novel-writing-month/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spsdigitallearninghour/message

This week Suzanne and Mike take a deep dive into Design Thinking, Suzanne presents us with a top 10 EdTech podcasts, Mike gets a little too excited about one of the Podcasts. Plus we interviewed a couple of teachers from IOE about their experience at the Tech Symposium and how they have applied the things they learned into their classroom. Articles:http://www.fusionyearbooks.com/blog/educational-podcasts/http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/01/how-design-thinking-became-a-buzzword-at-school/512150/?utm_source=ebPlus an extra site dedicated to Design Thinking for Educatorshttps://designthinkingforeducators.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spsdigitallearninghour/message

For this week's episode we venture off our path and do a brief recap of the last six weeks, since we have only been available for two weeks. We encourage our listeners to go back and check out the prior 6 podcasts. We will be back next week with a regularly scheduled podcast. Leave us a review on Spreaker or Itunes and we will see you next week! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spsdigitallearninghour/message

This week Mike and Suzanne dive into some of the underpinnings of modern learning, a study comparing ebooks and tactical books, and an interview with Wendi DeForest.Links from the Show:http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/11/09/do-digital-natives-prefer-paper-books-to.htmlhttps://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/04/26/the-essential-underpinnings-of-shifting-to-modern-learning/https://modernlearners.com/welcome-to-educating-modern-learners/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/07/18/how-can-schools-prioritize-for-the-best-ways-kids-learn/https://modernlearners.com/10Principleshttp://modernlearners.com/pam-moran/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/tag/design-thinking/https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/modernlearners/Modern+Learners+10+Principles+for+Schools+of+Modern+Learning+whitepaper.pdfhttps://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/21/what-would-be-a-radically-different-vision-of-school/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/02/26/five-guidelines-to-make-school-innovation-successful/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/ --- Send i

In this week's episode, we discuss Girls in Technolgy, Ted Tech Talks (say that one five times fast!), and our interview of the week with Principal Mark McCann.This Week's Hot Takes:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-08/are-girls-learning-the-computer-skills-they-need/8334388http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2016/05/naep_engineering_test_embargoe.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/04/26/researchers-explain-how-stereotypes-keep-girls-out-of-computer-science-classes/?utm_term=.2959998decbfhttp://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech028.shtmlhttp://www.kajeet.net/extracurricular/top-10-ted-talks-for-ed-tech?utm_campaign=Ed%3A%20Blog%20Posts&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=50450768&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Ju-P2VDtZfGBFr_RMipXEmxP8elHMjOsH05EHA3E6engWnKWRlUCNzp0T6NyMdaAARQozoQ0NNqRuGGV0bMJrzJnf0udlbhofDHNKTVpvYUDjqfc&_hsmi=50450768 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spsdigitallearninghour/message

In this week's episode we discussed 21st Century Skills that all students and people really need, How to have a safe classroom for Introverts and our interview this week was with Sean Fitzgerald Systems Engineer from OITAIntrovert Article: https://marshallmemo.com/issue.php?I=1dcf1b7f32d745269dde38f47c849044#One21st Century Skills: https://www.edutopia.org/article/skills-colleges-employers-looking-for-john-mccarthyhttp://burning-glass.com/the-top-10-soft-skills-employers-look-for-most/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spsdigitallearninghour/message

This week we dive into the SAMR model and talk with Erin O'Brien, Sara Wright & Katie Barthelette about their presentation at the Imagine - WeLearn Together ... Technology Symposium and using technology in the classroom.SAMR Articles: http://www.emergingedtech.com/2015/04/examples-of-transforming-lessons-through-samr/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/introduction-to-the-samr-modelhttps://www.commonsense.org/education/blog/samr-and-blooms-taxonomy-assembling-the-puzzlehttps://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/blooms-digital-taxonomy?utm_source=Edu_Newsletter_2017_03_28&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly#https://www.usnews.com/news/college-of-tomorrow/articles/2015/09/01/teachers-colleges-struggle-to-blend-technology-into-teacher-training-lesson-planshttp://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/04/03/10-ways-to-reach-samrs-redefinition-level/https://www.edutopia.org/blog/technology-and-teaching-finding-balance-andrew-marcinek --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spsdigi

In this episode, we talk more about the Growth Mindset, students critiquing each other and a great interview with Denise Cardona and her students.Mindset Shiftshttp://trustedk12.com/whats-next-education-3-big-mindset-shifts/Students Critiquing Each Otherhttps://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/01/10/how-students-critiquing-one-anothers-work-raises-the-quality-bar/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spsdigitallearninghour/message

Welcome to our inaugural podcast featuring Mike Thomas & Suzanne Zarges. In this episode, you'll hear about the Growth Mindset and your hear an interview we had with Digital Learning Analyst Brendan Reed discussion this year MCAS's.Growth Mindsethttps://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/12/16/carol-dweck-explains-the-false-growth-mindset-that-worries-her/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/11/16/growth-mindset-clearing-up-some-common-confusions/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLeUvZvuvAs --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spsdigitallearninghour/message