The IT Teachers’ Podcast

The IT Teachers’ Podcast

The IT Teachers are educators who share their knowledge of integrating technology into the classroom. With almost 30 years of combined service in the teaching trenches, Alicia and Haley tell it how it is and keep you up-to-date with not only the latest trends but with what actually works! They’re not just talking heads. Alicia and Haley are in their schools every day and want to help YOU put the A in TECH!

Episodes

October 11, 2022 28 mins

In Season 3️⃣ Episode 1️⃣:  Back At I.T. Again, Alicia and Haley chat - I.T.- Up and discuss how the year is going so far, remind all listeners about Digital Citizenship Week, and give some helpful pointers about getting your Student Learning Objectives / GOALS ready to rock using some Tech Tools.

😊 We're so glad to be back for season three and we're so glad you're here with us! 💥

👀 Check us out:  The IT Teachers dot Com

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🎙 In Summer 🌞 2022🌞 Episode 4: 🌴🌴FINAL SUMMER EPISODE🌴🌴, Alicia and Haley talk about the upcoming 2022-2023 school year. 🎙

🥳 Happy Birthday to Haley's Mom! 🥳

 💪 You've got this! Do not be Overwhelmed!  💪

    • Take it one day at a time Balance your tech with your non tech
    • Balance tech usage
    • Keep track of your new students and their individual needs
    • Help...
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In Summer 🌞 2022🌞 Episode 3:⛱ Easing into the 2022-2023 School Year:

🎙Alicia and Haley discuss some new ideas about how to get ready for the next school year.  Whether you'll be teaching in your first year or your 25th year, you'll be sure to get some refreshing inspiration to make this the best year yet!

🪞 👀 Reflecting and Setting Goals:  What do you want to do for the upcoming year?

👩‍💻 Reminders:

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In the Summer Season Episode 2:  Alicia and Haley talk with TESOL Specialist, Themi, Reading and Language Arts Consultant, Angie, and Reading Specialist, Kim, and hear their philosophies, perspectives, tips, and tricks about... SUMMER READING!  

📍 Major Topics Include:

☀️ Encouraging the use of technology students are familiar with such as phones to take notes

☀️ Philosophy: It's better to read something than nothing at all

☀️ Par...

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In Season 2 Episode 7 of The IT Teachers' Podcast:

 

🎙Alicia and Haley take a moment to remember and pay tribute to their former professor, Dr. Susan Clarke, a woman who inspired so many educators and students past and present. We love you, Dr. Clarke! 💛📚💙

 

🎉 Alicia and Haley discuss teacher Appreciation week 2022, share some special moments from the week and eventually add a little tech:

 

👩‍💻 How to integrate Google Clas...

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In the first  🌞 Summer 2022 🌞 episode, Alicia and Haley discuss how to get organized and offer some powerful tools and ideas to get you ready for an exciting year of integrating technology in the 2022-2023 school year. 

🎙 Topics from this episode include: 🎙

  • Getting organized with planning:  Common Curriculum
  • Creating a Website for incoming students and parents
  • Creating Google Classrooms and getting them organized!
  • ISTE St...
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Season 2 Episode 8:  The IT Teacher's Podcast A Summer Send-Off, Alicia and Haley:

🚀 Discuss the importance of giving yourself credit for finishing yet another difficult year.  

 

🚀 Give you ideas about how to integrate technology into your classroom next year

 

🚀 Remind you to have a good summer break and look forward to a successful year to come! 

 

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In Season 2 Episode 6 The IT Teachers' Podcast, Alicia and Haley discuss the the new additions to Google Docs and give some shout-outs to oldies but goodies. 

🎙Alicia and Haley Discuss:🎙

  • Pageless Docs
  • Citations 
  • WaterMark
  • Emoji Reaction
  • Building Blocks
    •  Meeting Notes
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In Season 2 Episode 5 of The IT Teachers' Podcast, Alicia and Haley take the proverbial trip down memory lane 🛣 and reflect🪞on how they got to be teachers of technology. 

 

Get to know Alicia and Haley during their chat-session!  🙋🏻‍♀️ 🗣

 

🎙 Join Alicia and Haley in their next Podcast, when they offer you some useful tech tools to use in your classroom, right away!

 

💻Find us on the World Wide Web

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In Episode 4 of Season 2, Alicia and Haley talk to Christie, a special educator with nearly two decades of experience at the secondary level, to gain valuable insights about how to best support all students with forward thinking and an emphasis on positive outcomes. Along with her excellent, expert advice about the importance of building and maintaining relationships and what to do if a student has a behavioral break-down, Christie...

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    During Season 2 Episode 3 of The IT Teachers' Podcast, Alicia and Haley explore the Education Management Platform: Go Guardian  Join Alicia and Haley as they discuss: 

             ✅ Convenience  🏪

      • Setting Scenes (allow only sites that you use daily and those you want to allow or disallow students to use during your class time with them each day)
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    With its boundless applications in any classroom, Google Sites is one of the most versatile and valuable offerings within the google apps for education suite; yet, it is one of the least used by educators. 

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    In episode 10, Alicia and Haley talk about some of the ways they use Google sites in their classrooms and offer advice to teachers who are considering its use.

    Google Sites!!

    • Stu...
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    Alicia and Haley are back in the swing of things for Season TWO!

    After a year and a half of distance, remote, and blended learning, schools are back in person.

    Alicia and Haley review some of the tools that made the cut- working perfectly for whole-class in person teaching and learning.  

    In this episode Alicia and Haley will review:

    • Google Classroom

       

      • communication strategies
      • organization
      • consist expectations
      • Mote
    • J...
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    Happy Digital Citizenship Week from The IT Teachers!  

     

    In this podcast Alicia and Haley talk about some ways you can incorporate Digital Citizenship into your classroom and give you a few tools and sites to check out.  

     

    Digital Citizenship is Standard 2 of the ISTE standards.  It's important! Contact the IT Teachers if you have any questions about how to make Digital Citizenship part of your classroom. 

     

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    In Episode 7 of The IT Teacher's Podcast- Tech Toolbox: The PlyWood, Alicia and Haley explore a useful tool called CLASSROOMSCREEN.COM

    Classroomscreen.com is simple and easy-to-use - just like plywood.  Although we may not necessarily consider "plywood" to be a tool, plywood is versatile and can be used for all kinds of structural, interior, and exterior applications.  Just like plywood, classroomscreen.com can be used throughout y...

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    This Episode is also available on our YouTube Channel: 

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    In Episode 6 of the IT Teachers' Podcast:  CommonCurriculum.com, Alicia and Haley discuss Commoncurriculum.com as a great tool for teachers to lesson plan.  Alicia and Haley review how to get started and discuss some of the key components of Commoncurriculum.com and why ...

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    This Episode is also available on our YouTube Channel: 

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    In Episode 5 The IT Teachers' Podcast: Book Review: Don't Ditch That Tech, Alicia and Haley review Don't Ditch That Tech, Differentiated Instruction in a Digital World- an instructional technology go-to written by Matt Miller, Angelia Ridgway, PHD, and Nate Ridgway. Alicia and H...

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    In Episode 4 The IT Teachers' Podcast: The Glue- debrief of Google For Education's Anywhere School, Alicia and Haley outline their major "take-aways" from Google for Education's Anywhere School Virtual Conference held on 8.11.2020.  

    The IT Teachers discuss:

    • Problem...
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    In Episode 3,Tech Toolbox: The Hammer Fall(s) 2020, Alicia and Haley get down to business and talk about a gem of a tool, Voicethread.com.

    This Episode is also available on our YouTube Channel: 

    The IT Teachers' YouTube Channel!

    Among some other enlightening ideas, Alicia and Haley discuss how Voice Threa...

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