The Edtech Throwdown podcast (originally GotTechED the Podcast) was created in 2018 by Nick Johnson and Eric Guise with one, singular goal: to provide quality, tech-centric professional development (PD) to busy teachers on the move. As educators who have always been passionate about PD, Nick and Guise have attended and created hundreds of hours of professional learning experiences for teachers, but there has always been one problem ... time! Attending full-day workshops and conferences is difficult and stressful due to missed class time and added prep. With the Edtech Thowdown, Nick and Guise hope to provide busy teachers a way to access educational PD at their convenience.
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Activities to Spark Student Engagement in Your Classroom
Edtech Throwdown Episode 157: Activities to Spark Student Engagement in Your Classroom Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown this is episode 157 called “Activities that Spark Student Engagement in Your Classroom”. In this episode, we’ll talk about 5 different teaching practices that can help keep students excited, motivated, and last but not least, learning! This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out! Segment 1: Class Energy Level on E
- Overcoming the post Holiday break lull
Segment 2: 5 Activities to Spark Student Engagement in Your Classroom Updates
- March 12th NJECC Conference
- Edtechthrowdown.com
- 5 Music Edtech Tools That Your Students Will Love
- 7 AI Edtech Tools That a Teacher Should Try in 2024
- 7 AI Prompt-making Tips for Educators
5 Ways to Spark Student Engagement Narrative:
- Case Study w/ Role Play
- Narrative
- Ask Questions
- Research
- Ask Questions
- Collect/Examine the data
- Trends
- Possible Connections to Content
- Present the Case based on exploration
- NSTA
- University of Buffalo Case Studies
- Data Nuggets
- HHMI
Gamification:
- Guise Spins for Points
- Flippity.net
- Random Name Picker
- Instead of names, assign points
- Live Leaderboard
- Nick: Ozarks Symbol Challenge
- Designed in Canva
- Posted in the room or online (maybe hide them scavenger hunt style)
- Students must ID and explain their significance to win/earn points or credit
1 Class Video Challenge (12 minutes to plan, 12 minutes to video, 12 minutes to Edit, 12 Minutes to view)
- Start with a problem within the narrative
- Ask students to create an artifact
- Label artifact
- Present in a video/screencast
Metaphorically Speaking
- Compare content to something that interests them
- Parts of a basketball team to positions in the military
- Members of a play to people positions in the government
- Parts of a car to the parts of a cell
POL (Presentation of Learning)
- Students get 15 minutes to skim a set of resources, watch a vid, read an article(s), you decide. Then they must get 10 minutes to prepare a presentation. Then present to the class a 2 minute presentation.
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- Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
- Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
- Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX
Need a Presenter? As experienced presenters and content creators, you can contact Nick and Guise to speak at your school, event, or conference. They can customize a workshop that meets your organization’s unique time and content needs. While no topic is out of bounds, we are best known for sessions on:
- AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
- 1:1 Chromebook Integration
- EdTech Throwdown
- TargetED Learning
- Gamification (Badge Systems)
- Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
- Google apps and extensions
- Personalized learning and Choice Boards
- Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
- Digital content creation
- Student Podcasting
- Screencasting
- Flipped Classroom
- Student-Centered Learning