Tcapsloop Podcast Network

Episode 5.24 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining this three ring circus; she’s not too MACUL for school, it’s Danelle Brostrom! The Bass Baron of the Bari Sax, it’s the TechNollerGist, David Noller! and she’s having to add another wing to her house to hold all her kiddos, well deserved, end of year awards, it’s Stephi Luyt!      TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ― Marcel Proust   Thank you for another great year of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. We just finished our 5th year of this silliness and I’m grateful for the shared wisdom, thoughtfulness and friendship. Contrary to popular belief, educators rarely take the summer off. I know we all take the idea of being Lifelong learners pretty seriously so the question posed for today’s episode is what are your learning goals for the summer?   Tech Tool of the Week:  GET OUTSIDE!   In closing, you can find us on Twit

Episode 5.23 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Today's pod features Stephi Luyt and Andy Schuck from the Traverse Area District Library discussing local Public Library Summer Reading Programs!     TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.” - Diane Duane   The Agenda TADL's Summer Program Offerings Public School and Public Library partnerships A look behind the Stacks? What does a Librarian actually do.   Tech Tool of the Week: Learn some fun new facts and activities at DKFindOut.com Join the TADL Summer Library Challenge!   In closing, you can find us on Twitter @TCAPSLoop, and @stephieluyt   Rate, Review and Subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Audible, TuneIn, Pocket casts, Downcast, Overcast, or wherever else you get your ear candy.    Thanks for listening and inspiring!    

Episode 5.22 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining the pod today your summer tour guide of this EdTech paradise, Danelle Brostrom!        TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." - Albert Einstein   The Agenda Not much to add to this weeks agenda but encouraging the Loopheads to go to: Wiredtc.net and sign up for this years amazing EdTech Conference in beautiful Traverse City.  If that didn't satiate your need for summer professional development check out:  https://sites.google.com/tcapsstudent.net/edtech/summer-learning - for more amazing opportunities.   Tech Tool of the Week: Elevate and highlight Sarah Wood - EdTech Consultant from Kent ISD.   I love her themed rooms - Star Wars, Womens History Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and it’s awesome that she freely shares awesome content with Michigan educators!  Thank you Sarah!   Twitter - Sarah Wood (@myedtechworld) / Twitter  Website - myed

Episode 5.21 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining the pod today is a model of uncommon sense, the TechNollerGist, David Noller and balancing the scales of law and chaos, the ever pragmatic, Danelle Brostrom!        TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen “Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.” - Stewart Brand, Writer   The Agenda Our friends at Common Sense Media recently released "The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens, 2021." We discuss how it was framed by the pandemic, what some of the key points are, and whether the findings mirror what we are seeing from our own students.    Tech Tool of the Week: TeachDigCit.com Digital Citizenship Curricular Framework for PK-12 Leveling Skills and Concepts for Student Success   In closing, you can find us on Twitter @TCAPSLoop, @brostromda, and @technollergist    Rate, Review and Subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Sti

Episode 5.20 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Traverse City Area Public Schools Elementary Library Coordinator, Stephie Luyt and Middle School Librarian, Melissa Baumann join me for this weeks pod!         TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. ― Groucho Marx   It was so great to have Melissa join us on the pod as she shared some great ideas for promoting literacy within her school including a book March Madness Bracket, a Netflix style "trending" board and much more.   Tech Tool of the Week: Name Drop, include a recording of your correct name pronunciation in your email signature.   In closing, you can find us on Twitter @TCAPSLoop and @stephieluyt.    Rate, Review and Subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Audible, TuneIn, Pocket casts, Downcast, Overcast, or wherever else you get your ear candy.    Thanks for listening

Episode 5.19: Making Good Edtech Choices I'm joined on the pod by a legendary coach that won’t lose her last game to their arch-rival, It’s Danelle Brostrom! And also joining the pod is the Sultan of Seesaw, the Scion of Spiceworks, the Pontiff of Powerschool, Mr. Evan O'Branovic!          TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen “Life is a web of intersections and choices. Your 1st choice is to recognize an intersection. Your 2nd choice is to be grateful for it.” ― Ryan Lilly   In today's pod we discuss common mistakes educators make when selecting classroom technology? Below are some questions to ask before going rogue and purchasing and implementing new classroom technologies: 1. What is your learning goal? 2. What’s your teaching and learning philosophy? 3. What’s your context?  Check out the EdSurge Product Index for more guidance on appropriate classroom technology   Tech Tool of the Week: Awesome PBS resources for learning more about our amazing great lakes. https://www.greatlakesnow.org/   In closing, you can find u

Episode 5.19 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Like Tom Holland, her Career Exploration is Uncharted, It’s Danelle Brostrom joining me on the pod along with the STEM Career Sherpa of Northwest Michigan, It’s Shelly VanderMuelen.         TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen: “If You Aim At Nothing, You Hit Nothing.” ― Zig Ziglar   The Agenda: What does the STEM Career Sherpa do?   Support counselors and educators in career exploration-lessons, resources, events EDP’s and school improvement legislation Promote and help teach/implement EiE, PSTL, Coding, etc. How have career outlooks changed since WE joined the workforce? Awareness of what was ahead- Technology Changes Number of jobs, length of stay at a job What can teachers (and parents really) do to encourage kids to think about careers? Replace, “what do you want to do when you grow up?” with, "What problems do you want to solve? what are you curious about? what interests you? what are you

  Episode 5.18 Today's cast includes your humble podcast host, Larry Burden, an "Optional Expression of Learning," the TechNollerGist, David Noller, and his tag team partner coming off the top ISTE turnbuckle, Danelle Brostrom!     TCAPSLoop moment of zen: “To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.” ― John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice   The Agenda: ISTE Standard 1.6 -- Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.    Discuss how students can use online tools to create their own expressions of learning. How to express learning about a play, musical notation, or a mathematical concept? written work podcast demonstration website screencast YouTube recording responsible use of remixed digital resources Because this is a "Standard" and not an "Assignment" it is a skill and a practice that K-12 students and teachers ca

Episode 5.17 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!!    Stephie has invited Kara Gregory, the founder of PoWeR Book Bags, to be our special guest on the pod. PoWeR Book Bags is a non-profit organization that provides books and much more to the area's underprivileged families. Our hope is that this conversation will inspire you as much as it did Stephie and myself.   Click here to learn more about volunteering.    TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen “Service to others is the rent you pay for your time here on earth.” - Mohammed Ali   There is no TechTool of the Week on this pod because we wanted to spend as much time as possible with Kara and her organization.    In closing, you can find us on Twitter @TCAPSLoop and @stephieluyt.    Rate, Review and Subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Audible, TuneIn, Pocket casts, Downcast, Overcast, or wherever else you get your ear candy.    Thanks for listening and inspiring!

Episode 5.16: All the Love for Seesaw Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! My co-host is so engaged in the shiny silver lining she’s pleasantly unaware of the ominous cloud it is attached to, it’s DBro?, Danelle Brostrom!     Moment of Zen: A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. - William Arthur Ward   The Agenda: Teachers have been finding some amazing new ways of incorporating Seesaw as a core part of their lower elementary lesson planning. Danelle does a deep dive into what it’s offering those teaching our littles.   We Have The Links: Seesaw - https://web.seesaw.me/ ISTE Standards - https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students Book - Building Blocks for Tiny Techies by Jamila "Mia" Leonard   Tech Tool of the Week:  Upcoming PD:   METS Group Winter Rally - Week of Feb 21 - Sessions will premiere on YouTube channel REMC - Great courses, virtual, free SC

Episode 5.15 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! My guest today is perpetually dealing with white-out conditions, it’s the TechNollerGist, David Noller!     TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen “Trust is built with consistency” - Lincoln Chafee   The Agenda: Teachers and learners need things to be available in the same way in expected patterns and in repeated contexts. Technology-mediated experiences allow us to pursue any number of opportunities online, but it is how we start those procedures and what we do with them that can build or destroy consistency and learning.    Establishing routines: how to introduce learning, how to pursue the activity, what to do when you're finished, helps learners "place" the activity in a learning mindset as opposed to "another thing to do."   If a teacher uses warm-ups or exit tickets, establish those routines around the technology-mediated learning experiences, too.    Where are assignments located? Keep it consistent, even

Episode 5.14 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining me on todays podcast is Stephi Luyt and the Traverse City Central High School student hosts of the "Decisively Useful" podcast, Tuesday Talks with Team 1711, Lauren and Gwen?    Moment of Zen: “You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.”   The Agenda: We ask Lauren and Gwen the hard hitting questions regarding their adventures in podcasting, being on the marketing side of a FIRST Robotics team, and much more!   Thanks for listening and inspiring!  

Episode 5.12 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! My first guest is refusing to succumb to temptation or bitterness, it’s Danelle Brostrom and though she often experiences finite disappointment, she never loses infinite hope, it’s Stephi Luyt!      Moment of Zen This weeks Moment of Zen is not an occasional act, it is a permanent attitude.   “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”   The Agenda Stephi joins us on the pod today to discuss putting together a Bookwalk for Martin Luther King Day and how our school district and community are partnering to encourage students to embrace the spirit of service and offer opportunities for involvement to our children.    Tech Tool of the Week:  Google Arts and Culture Blob Opera Google MyMaps   Thanks for listening and inspiring!

Episode 5.11 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining me after using all her multi-versal edtech abilities to bend one hour of code into a full week, it’s Danelle Brostrom and streaming in from an undisclosed location outside the Matrix, pulling all the TCAPS strings, it’s Sophie Legault-Bradly!   Moment of Zen   The first step to expanding your reality is to discard the tendency to exclude things from possibility - E. E. Cummings   The Agenda Not since we had Thomas Paolacci on the pod have we had someone behind the scenes who is this essential to maintaining a school district. Sophie is TCAPS' Database Manager, think switchboard operator but with millions of connections to maintain at all times. She kindly lets us know how she makes the digital spaghetti that feeds the staff and students of our school district.     Tech Tool of the Week:  Screencastify   Thanks for listening and inspiring!

Episode 5.10 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining me from a construction site…in your mind, it’s the Technollergist, David Noller and Danelle Brostrom. After the holidays many schools begin Research Project season. With that in mind we revisit the ISTE Standard 1.3 - Knowledge Constructor, and it's importance in gathering and curating reliable information for student work.    Moment of Zen   The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. - Ralph W. Sockman   The Agenda   "We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge."   ISTE Standard #1.3: Knowledge Constructor, which has to do with how students research, determine credible sources to use, collect information and draw conclusions, and share that with others.    Standard #1.3: Knowledge Constructor, which has to do with how students research, determine credible sources to use, collect information and draw conclusions, and share that with others   1.3.a S

Episode 5.9 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining me from TCAPSLoops' North Pole Office is our own well-read, gift giving EdTech elves, Danelle Brostrom and Stephie Luyt!   Moment of Zen “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” –Mother Theresa The Agenda   Teaching Books 3 Minute Video Introduction for Teaching Books   Gift Guide METS Group - Kerry Guiliano created this STEM gift guide for kids Purdue Engineering Gift Guide One resource that I didn't mention, but definitely should have: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/  Tech Tool of the Week:  Teaching Books Name Game   Thank you for listening and inspiring.  

Episode 5.8 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Virtually packed into this pods Google Meet like digital sardines is Danelle, David and TCAPS Seneschal of STEM, our Constable of Coding, it’s Heidi Skodack. All here to herald the arrival of this years Hour of Code.   TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen: You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within. Bob Nelson   The Agenda: What is the Hour of Code? What skills are kids developing when they code? Why should a teacher run one of these in the classroom? Talk about the theme for 2021 and some of the NEW activities.   Advice for a teacher who hasn’t done an hour of code but wants to try it.  Share our site for teachers: https://bit.ly/tcapscodes What is #CSforgood   Tech Tool of the Week: GoOpenMichigan: Northwestern Lower Michigan STEM Career Profiles   Thanks for listening and inspiring. 

Episode 5.7 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Though autumn is her favorite time of the year because all the leaves turn from green to maize however after last weekend she may be feeling blue it’s Stephi Luyt! Joining us on this, "Getting to Know You," is possibly the most important guest we’ve ever had…because she’s my boss,it's TCAPS' Executive Director of Communications, Ginger Smith!       TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. - George Bernard Shaw   Tech Tool of the Week Teaching Books Bar code scanning for adding to your booklists.   Thanks for listening and inspiring.

Episode 5.6 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast! I’m joined by TCAPS own Mentat, the Technollorgist, David Noller and special guest Mitch Heethuis, who directed TCAPS Credit Recovery Program this past summer. Mitch shares his insights on specially designed teacher created courses created on BrightspaceD2L, used for credit recovery.    Moment of Zen "The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience." - Frank Herbert, 'Dune'.   The Agenda What was the goal when you started planning for last summer’s credit recovery courses? How did the COVID pandemic affect student success and/or participation in the summer courses? Who worked to develop these courses?  How effective were these courses?  Did you see a higher percentage of recovery in students in TCAPS built courses compared to other courses? Vice versa?  Can you talk about the variety of courses? Which courses were more difficult to implement with a technology-mediated experien

  Episode 5.5 Hello and Welcome to another potentially useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast!! Joining the pod today is the ever effervescent,  Danelle Brostrom to discuss some of the newest Google Apps for Education updates!    TCAPSLoop Moment of Zen “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh   The Agenda Google Chat & Spaces Google Calendar Time Insights Google Calendar Agenda Google Meet Auto Exposure Google Sites Custom Themes Google Docs watermark and clickable checklists Coolsymbol.com Google Drive for Desktop Google Forms Settings Coming Soon! GMail Avatars Google Profiles Productivity Tip: Unsubscribe in GMail! Tech Tool of the Week:  Digital Citizenship Week: News Literacy Project   Follow us on Twitter @tcapsloop @brostromda Thanks for listening and inspiring!