Tech Sherpa Show: Episode #46 Interview with Megan Fowler, Student Inspirational Speaker with Cerebral Palsy

This host this week are Matt and Megan .

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We will be back next Tuesday at 3:00 EST

Tech Sherpa Show - Episode #45 on using the Chromecast as a kiosk, Google Apps Security and where the Tech Sherpas will be this summer.

This host this week are Matt and Jake.
 

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Tech Sherpa Show - Episode #44 Migrating Google Sites across domains and Hangout Apps on www.AppMenu.info

This host this week are Zack and Kern.

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Tech Sherpa Show - Episode #43: All the apps in one place at www.AppMenu.info

This host this week are Matt and William.

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Tech Sherpa Show Episode #42 - Using the Eye-Fi Card in the Classroom

This host this week are Matt and Kern.
 

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Tech Sherpa Show Episode #41 - www.TeachToLearn.org

This host this week are William and Jake.

 

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Tech Sherpa Episode #40 - Meet the iWizards

This host this week are Josh, Hayden and Jackson.
 


 

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We will be back next Tuesday, March 4th at 3:00 EST

Tech Sherpas - Using Google Presentation to create a school newsletter.

This host this week is Kern.

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We will be back next Tuesday, February 25th at 3:00 EST

The Tech Sherpas go to Texas

I love my job. 

And one of the best parts of being a teacher is being able to provide experiences for students they otherwise wouldn't get. This week I had the opportunity to bring two of my Tech Sherpas to the Texas Computer Educator Association Conference in Austin. 

The presentations we covered were: Implementing Google Tools District-wide, Using Google Hangouts in the Classroom and most importantly, Using Students as Tech Support. 

Events like this are such huge experiences for my students, (who had never flown before) and it's not just presenting. I've always felt that public speaking is like juggling. You can't read a book or watch a video on how to do it well, you have to actually DO it! Again and again and again, making mistakes perhaps, but getting a little better each time. And the way for our students to get better at it is for as authentic a setting you can get for them. 

One of the analogies I like to share about the benefit of bringing kids at conferences comes from Douglas Edwards' book, I'm Feeling Lucky. Edwards was Google's 59th employee and in the book he talks about his interview with one of Google's founders, Sergey Brin. Near the end of the interview, Sergey informed Edwards, "I'm going to give you five minutes, when I come back, I want you to explain to me something complicated that I don't already know." Brin explained later that he asks because if an interview otherwise goes poorly the time wasn't a total loss since he'd learned something new. I feel the same about having students present. In addition to whatever the attendees get from a presentation, the time is doubly valuable as a learning experience for the students. 

None of this trip would have be possible without the amazing support of Tech Smith and a HUGE thank you to Monica Martinez from TCEA for inviting us!

Google's Tour Builder and YouTube Fail! - Tech Sherpas

This hosts this week are Jake and Kern.
 

Everyone knows that YouTube has become the de facto video player for the Internet and like the Internet there's great educational stuff there (and ridiculous stuff as well.)

I've been using Google Hangouts On Air with my Tech Sherpa students to provide tech support for over a year now and one of the best features is how a Hangout On Air is automatically recorded and added to your YouTube Channel. My students help educators with tech support questions and have a recording to share later with others. Perfect.

Until now.

I attempted to start a new Hangout on Air and was greet with this message:

One of our previous videos from months ago had been flagged with a copyright notice that we had used music from the Dutch Hip Hop band Fakkelbrigade.  



I'm sure is was the automated system that tagged our video and I disputed the claim (we've never had music in our videos) but the response was going to be up to a month later! d

Luckily it only took a few days to be resolved, but it made me ask myself what would I do if using Hangouts On Air was 'mission critical' for a project I was doing with students or teachers.  

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We will be back next Tuesday, February 4th at 3:00 EST

Tech Sherpa Show - Interview with Lucy Gray

This hosts this week are Matt and William.  

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We will be back Tuesday, January 28th at 3:00 EST

Tech Sherpa Show - January 14th

This hosts this week are Josh, Hayden and Joe.

LINK TO THE SHOW NOTES

The topic covered this week: 

"How do you create an 
Android Mobile App?"

MIT App Inventor

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"How do you connect
with home bound students?"
Double Robotics

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We will be back Tuesday, January 21st at 3:00 EST

Tech Sherpa Show - January 7th

This hosts this week are Matt and William.

LINK TO THE SHOW NOTES

The topic covered this week: 

Interview with Don Varney from 
Central Maine Community College

Question from Jonathan:

"How to embed my Blogger journal  
into my digital portfolio."

CMCC Portfolio Template

We're also joined by Dee Lanier and some of his tech students to chat about projects.

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We will be back Tuesday, January 14th at 3:00 EST

A Student's Perspective on Learning through Teaching.

Congratulations 

to two of our sophomore Tech Sherpas, Austin Taylor and Jess Cloutier for their article 

"A student's perspective on learning through teaching." 

published in the latest issue of Teacher Librarian magazine!

Link to article: Page 40 & 41

Tech Sherpa Show - December 17th

This hosts this week are Matt and William.

LINK TO THE SHOW NOTES

The topic covered this week: 

Interview with Eddie Alvarado from S.W.A.T 
(Students Who Assist with Technology)

NOTE: The Tech Sherpas will be traveling to Texas this February to visit Eddie and present at the 
TCEA Conference thanks to Tech Smith!

Question from Karen:

"How can I record and share audio with Google Drive?"

Chrome Extension: www.twistedwave.com

Question from Colleen:

"How can I insert a Cacoo drawing into drive?" 

Lucid Chart

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We will be back Tuesday, January 7th at 3:00 EST

Tech Sherpa Show - December 10th

This hosts this week are Zach and Bailey.

LINK TO THE SHOW NOTES

The topic covered this week: 

"How do you make a form that collects Student Writing Prompts and then publishes them randomly on a Google site?"

Writing Prompt Randomizer Template

"Is there a script would to convert data collected in a form to create printable name tags?" 

Name Tagger Form Template

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We will be back Tuesday, December 17th at 3:00 EST

Tech Sherpa Show - December 3rd

This hosts this week are Matt and William.  

LINK TO THE SHOW NOTES

The topic covered this week: 

"Interview with Tanya Avrith and Holly Clark from 
 EduSlam.me about students tech support and digital portfolios."

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We will be back Tuesday, December 10th at 3:00 EST

Tech Sherpa Show - Nov. 26th

This hosts this week are Matt and Kern.

LINK TO THE SHOW NOTES

The topic covered this week: 




"Interview with Tech Smith about the new Snagit extension for the Chrome browser."

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We will be back Tuesday, December 2nd at 3:00 EST

Tech Sherpa Show - November 19th

This hosts this week are Jared and Kern.

LINK TO THE SHOW NOTES

The questions covered this week: 

"Tell me about virtual field trips with Connected Classrooms and Double Robotics in school?"

"How do I provide custom Chrome Themes to my students?"

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We will be back Tuesday, November 26th at 3:00 EST

Milestones

The last few weeks were big at the Kelley household, my youngest officially learned to ride his bike. It's one of those milestones that squarely hits me as a teacher.  Motivation isn't a problem, (watching his older brother take off is enough.) I can tell him all about how to balance, steer and brake. But, there's nothing but for him to do it. 
And to fall. That's the hard part for me of course,  (by the way, the picture isn't of him falling over, but trying some 'tricks' he saw his cousin do.)

And MOST importantly for me to get out of the way. He's in charge and off he goes, making mistakes in as safe a manner as possible, much like school.  

#progress