2020 House of #EdTech Smackdown - HoET170

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Derek Larson was the substitute host of this podcast during the Fall of 2020. In this segment, we discussed what he learned during his time in the power chair. I pushed him on when he would be starting his own podcast.

I can’t thank Derek enough for stepping up and volunteering to host the podcast while I was focused on other things.

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This is the 2020 Smackdown! I launched this House of #EdTech in January 2014 and each December I end the year with your voice and want to know what you loved and learned in education technology over the previous year. I proudly present the 7th annual edition! This year in addition to contributions from listeners like you I also curated some of my favorite and coolest tech tips from TikTok – Yes you can learn and get some great professional development on TikTok!

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2020 Smackdown

• Emma Crofts – http://app.classroomscreen.com/
• Tech from TikTok #1 – Amanda Dungan (@adungan on TT) – TheJigsawPuzzles.com
• Derek Larson – World Clock Mobile Pro Mobile
• Tech from TikTok #2 – Andrew Stella, 3rd-grade teacher in Western NY (@mrstellarteaching on TT) – Brightful Meeting Games – https://www.brightful.me/play/
• Eric Guise – sodaphonic.com
• Tech from TikTok #3 – Aldie Lopez, Elem. Band Director in AZ (@legitmrlopez on TT) – remove.bg for clipart via C&P
• Derek – Water Minder App
• Heidi Carr – Flipgrid
• Tech from TikTok #4 – Fletcher Nelson, a 3rd-grade teacher in MN (@_thirdgradeswag on TT) – How to get rid of the recommended videos on YouTube — add “_popup” after the word watch in the URL – then copy and paste where you want students to click
  • You can also copy and paste the URL and simply add a hyphen in yout-ube
• Bryon Carpenter – Adobe Express
• Tech from TikTok #5 – Doodles from My Brain (@doodlesfrommybrain on TT) – How to make your own font! – Calligraphr.com
• Laurie Simpson – EduFlow
• Tech from TikTok #6 – Kristen Thompson (@thompsonclassroom on TT) – Making a bigger curser – demonstrated on Windows
• Derek – Deliveries App
• Tara Linney – Google Keep & Google Jamboard
• Nate Nagele – squoosh.app
• Tech from TikTok #7 – Miss Sutherd (@ms.sutherd on TT) – She gave told her students they would be taking a 40-question math test and the students groaned about 40 questions. She said that is too much – let’s get rid of some questions. They knocked off 12 questions. Her original test was only based on 28 questions.
• Nicola from Spain! – Mote
• Tech from TikTok #8 – @doingwhateveryday on TT – pfpmaker.com – Great profile pictures for profiles!
• Paul Contos – OKIOCAM – https://www.okiolabs.com/
• Tech from TikTok #9 – Heidi Martin from WI (@learningwithheidi on TT) – toytheater.com
• Stephanie Howell – Find your PLN!
• Tech from TikTok #10 – Bea Gonzalez (@mrstalktechie on TT/T) – Make it easy for Ss to fill in text on an assignment in Slides. Instead of erasing text like “Type Answer Here” – go to a new slide and C&P the “Click to add text” box to another slide, resize and format the text.
• Derek – Overdrive (Sora & Libby Apps)
• JP Prezzavento – bit.ly
• Dan Kreiness – WeVideo

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