Computers, Coffee and Curriculum
Summary: Computers, Coffee, and Curriculum is a K-12 educational technology podcast that showcases challenges, successes, and opportunities to purposefully integrate technology to enhance curriculum for all students. Originating from the West Irondequoit Central School District in Rochester, NY, the CCC podcast includes interviews with educational technology leaders and innovators while highlighting programs, applications, and ideas to spark collaboration and sharing of best practices with educators across the globe. Thanks for listening to our show. As always, we appreciate hearing about your thoughts, experiences, opinions, and questions. You can reach out to us through e-mail at feedback@k12ccc.com, or through Twitter. Your hosts are Jim Czadzeck (@jimczad), grade 7-12 technology teacher on special assignment (TOSA); Maria Behncke (@MariaBehncke), grade K-6 technology TOSA; and Dan Fullerton (@aplusphysics), district director of technology.
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Podcasts:
Jim is joined by Susanne Angarano and Catherine Wolfe from Vaysen Studio. They talk about trends in education and learning spaces. 03:30 Philosophy Approach the Classroom and Teaching 10:15 Creating Curiosity 11:35 Unpacking the 'Why" 13:56 Examples of Different Environments 18:26 Classroom Technology and the Environment Interesect 26:24 How Will This Look As We Go Forward 31:15 Bridging the Gap 36:00 Interested in The Grant? Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Jim and Dan commemorate 50 Episodes of the podcast with clips from many of our past favorites! 02:40 Episode 1 Clip 03:46 Episode 2 Clip explaining why we are doing a podcast 06:20 Episode 40 Clip with Laura Westerman 08:10 Episode 42 Clip with Laura Reeves 11:50 Episode 16 Clip with Castle Learning 17:29 Episode 18 Clip with ISTE Review 22:50 Episode 32 Clip with Erin Quintero and Author Peter Nowak Stay to the end you wont be sorry! Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Jim is joined by West Irondequoit Central School District's Director of Humanities Kim Cristal and West Irondequoit Director of STEAM and Adjunct Professor at University of Rochester Orlando Marrero 03:45 Great Ways People are Using Assessment Data Already 06:45 What Can Assessment Be? 12:50 Other Instructions Beyond the Traditional Model 16:55 Instruction Models of the Future 24:10 Hope for the Future for Data Gathered Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Jim and TLC Director and IHS Chemistry Teacher Cecilia Young talk about new instructional approaches available and implementing them! 02:13 Asynchronous Courses 12:35 Jennifer Godfried 4th Grade Teacher and Microsoft OneNote 19:35 Taylor Lanham Family and Consumer Science Teacher using FlipGrid 27:12 Sara Edell 3rd Grade Teacher and Code.org. JDZxy6nX3wpzuSyfejFT Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Jim and Dan get together to look at the changes going into the 2021-22 school year. 04:48 End of the Year Surveys and What We Learned 07:49 New Help Desk 10:00 Student Run Help Desk 20:10 Alignment 21:20 TEAMS for File Sharing 25:20 Feedback and Grading Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Jim, Maria and Dan get together to look back at the last year in this end of the year review. 04:10 Great Things Done and Innovations 09:05 Communications Challenge 10:20 Challenges From the Start 15:20 How Do You Organize Your Materials on Apps? 22:30 Where Do We Go When We Come Out of This? 28:30 Thoughts for the Future? Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Jim, Jamie Armstrong and Laura Westerman talk candidly about the 2020-2021 school year. The hits, the misses, the absurd and the outright funny! The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees 03:00 The 2020-2021 Dumpster Fire 06:20 Feedback From Teachers and Students 06:53 Let the Funny and Odd Stories Begin 13:25 Laura Talks About Being Rick-Rolled 21:50 Over-The-Shoulder-Parent-Check-Ins Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
What have our teachers of full-online classes learned that could be shared with our hybrid classes with a few online students at the high school? What tasks designed for full-online student success can be applied to all classrooms? What works and what problems are still present? Jim is joined by Laura Reeves and Karen Finter and the original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees. 03:10 Funny Stories and Frustrations 05:24 Passive Aggressive Students 10:20 Schoology Assessments 13:35 Recommendations That Make A Difference 19:08 Powerpoint Collaboration 28:00 Challenges Faced That You feel Better About Now Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
In this podcast, we review the best ways students can use tools available in our district to create videos to share their learning. The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees. 02:20 How To Create A Video In Powerpoint 07:30 How To Use Stream With Students 15:10 Megan Langley-Cass joins 18:03 Basic Video Assignments 18:28 Powerpoint Videos 19:38 Scripting It Out In Pieces Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Teachers in our district have started to use the assessment material type in Schoology in some innovative and effective ways. Rethink the traditional assessment and learn how to use the assessment tool to administer it in a digital landscape. Join Laura Reeves and Jim for a demonstration and exploration of this tool. The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees. 01:40 Using Assessment and Test and Quizes 05:45 How Algerbra 1 Team Uses Test/Quiz Feature Weekly 08:20 Randomizing Question 10:10 Labelling Diagrams 15:30 Diving in With An Idea of What You Want It To Look Like 19:15 Things We'd Like to See Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Are online assessments the right fit for you? Ari Kramer and Shane Surek join Jim Czadzeck to chat about the benefits of using eDoctrina for online assessments. After, Troy Schlesing provides a thorough overview of how to create online. The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees. 02:20 Shane and Ari discuss their experience 05:20 Gathering Data and Filtering 10:04 Paper Version Feedback 12:35 Time Limit on Assessment 18:02 Troy Schlesing joins with a thorough overview Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Accountability in the Digital Landscape Q&A. How can we use Schoology and other tools to better direct students to complete work while also helping them build independence and ownership of work. Jim Czadzeck. Laura Westerman, and Katrina Bean share some options built in to our LMS and instructional tips. The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees. 04:08 One Drive in Schoology 'in progress' tab 07:40 Powerpoint for Accountability and Assessment 18:45 How Do You Know They Are Watching the Videos 22:45 Test Quiz feature of Schoology 26:20 Katrina Beam on Student Completion Rules in Schoology Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Managing Remote and In-Person Learners at the Same Time Q&A. We are joined by Karen Finter and Jessica Bulmann-Mohr. The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees. 02:33 TEAMS to Help Include Remote Students 03:53 Karen Finter Joins 07:55 Using Documents to Foster Collaboration 09:30 Using What We Are Could Be Used Beyond the Current Situation 10:20 Using the Camera 13:00 Jessica Bulmann-Mohr Joins 13:18 TEAMS Channels Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Schoology and How to Organize Work In It. We are joined by Allison Curwin and Alexandra Pergolizzi. The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees. 02:30 Top 5 Things to Start A Course 06:30 Weekly Planner 09:23 Use As Much Detail As You Can When Posting An Assignment 11:25 Alex Pergolizzi Joins Us 16:30 Suggestions To Help Organize Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
Teams After One Month of Use: Tips and Questions. We are joined by Laura Westerman, Jim Thomas, Jackie Moonie, and Anna Baryl. 04:51 Together Mode 09:25 Sharing PowerPoints and More 15:00 All Remote Students Uses 20:00 Calling Feature 25:00 Using Other Apps in Conjunction 26:50 Changes Coming Soon 27:36 Recording and Turning Video Off Contact us at feedback@k12ccc.com or 346-FAQ-HELP (346-327-4357)
