May 2, 2026
How Instagram, Pinterest, Google Tools, and VR empower teacher candidates
Educational technology empowers teacher candidates to collaborate, assess, organize, and inspire learning in new ways. Whether building a professional identity on Instagram and Pinterest, assessing learning with Google Forms, organizing content on Google Sites, or transforming instruction with VR, these tools prepare educators for today's and tomorrow's classrooms.
Teacher candidates are encouraged to explore these tools, start small, and thoughtfully integrate technology to enhance learning experiences for themselves and their students.
Show notes - https://www.sfecich.com/post/how-instagram-pinterest-google-tools-and-vr-empower-teacher-candidates
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Hello Edu Magicians, welcome to
the Edu Magic podcast with your
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host, Doctor Sam Fessich.
Doctor Sam is a professor of
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education, author of Edu Magic,
and a Pumpkin Spice Latte fan.
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This podcast is designed for pre
service teachers.
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Remember friends, teaching
doesn't begin at graduation, but
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during that first class at 8:00
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Now let's get on to the episode.
Hey, and welcome to Instagram, a
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snapshot into the future.
My name is Bella and.
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My name is Kaden, and today
we're going to be talking about
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how you can use Instagram as a
teacher candidate.
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So Instagram is a tool.
It's a social media app where
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future teachers can share their
progress in the classroom and
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can connect with other teachers
for help, inspiration and ideas.
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Personally, I love using
Instagram to connect with
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communities that I can't connect
with in real life, so as a
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future teacher, being able to
connect with veteran teachers is
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a game.
Changer for me.
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Oh same here.
Same here.
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The really neat thing about
Instagram is that there is no
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specific demographic of people
that are on Instagram, so both
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teachers and students can use
this platform.
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Yes, but we also know that can
be a bad thing because sometimes
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certain students like to stalk
their teachers, see.
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So teachers need to make sure
that they're keeping their
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private lives private and their
public accounts school friendly.
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For sure, I know I have stalked
my teachers many a time and I
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know lots of young teachers or
teacher candidates also like to
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forget that they do have a
digital footprint.
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Definitely, it always comes back
to you.
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So back to the positives of
Instagram though, because that's
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what we're really here to
discuss.
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There are so many useful tools
for teachers to use when you
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make an Instagram account.
There's an option where you can
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make it a business account, and
this way you can see who and how
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many people are viewing your
posts.
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You have more access to the
analytics of your posts and that
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can be really helpful for
teachers that are trying to grow
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their social media.
Presence, yeah, that is a really
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cool feature.
So on the story feature of
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Instagram, you can do polls,
questions, multiple choice
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questions, voting and this can
let other teachers interact with
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you and give you feedback in a
quick, easy and convenient way.
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Instagram is a super convenient
tool for sure.
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You just got to be careful with
who you're interacting with
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because any social media, some
people could be lying about
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their identity.
You just need to make sure
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you're being wary of the
information you're sharing.
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And definitely, please do not
share any personal information
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about your students, your
schools, anything like that, or
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else you can kiss your career
goodbye.
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And indeed you can.
Instagram is such a great tool
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for collaboration, though a lot
of times you just were just
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getting started, often feel like
they're being thrown into the
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wolves.
So being able to quickly, easily
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connect with educators in the
same boat or educators that have
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been in this field for years can
help out and really mean the
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difference between loving your
job and just tolerating it.
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Definitely.
Instagram also helps students
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with collaboration, so students
can create group chats and can
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easily share things with each
other.
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For group product projects, they
can share messages, pictures,
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ideas.
So overall, Instagram just
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really is a one stop shop for
convenient communication and
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there is no denying it.
Absolutely.
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Instagram is definitely a look
into the future.
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It's a fantastic tool for
teachers and it should start to
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be recognized more for its
impact on the teaching community
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as well.
For sure, it really is a great
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Ed tech tool for all teachers
and teacher candidates.
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We encourage everyone to go out
there and give it a try.
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Who knows, it could just be your
new favorite edtech tool.
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Thank you so much for listening
in.
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We really hope you learned
something.
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Bye.
Hi everyone, I'm Bree, I'm
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Sarah, and I'm Erica.
Welcome to our Pinterest deep
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dive.
Today we're going to talk about
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finding your teacher aesthetic
and how Pinterest can help with
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that.
So what is Pinterest exactly?
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Pinterest is a website where you
can create a unique aesthetic
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for gathering images, ideas, and
inspiration.
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Pinterest is one of my favorite
social media platforms.
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It's been a useful tool of
creating my presence as an
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educator online.
Can anybody use Pinterest and
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how should they use it?
Anybody can use it for features.
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It can be used to design our
classroom and find Lesson plan
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templates, worksheets, or other
classroom tools.
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Pinterest makes this so easy.
Through some of its features,
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you can find picture collages
with related ideas, links to
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websites, your resources, and
collections of useful posts that
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other Pinterest users gather
called boards.
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I can see why this tech tool is
valuable.
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Are there any challenges with
using it that should be
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considered?
Trust me, it could be tricky for
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some to figure out how to make
your own post, but once I got
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the hang of it, I haven't had
issues since.
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I think recently there's been a
lot of art on Pinterest that has
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been clearly created by AI.
It's important for all social
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media and online resources to
stay aware of AI and keep up
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with your AI literacy.
I think we've established a good
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understanding of what Pinterest
is.
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Would you guys want to share how
you've used it during your
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teacher journey?
I chose Pinterest as my
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preferred method of establishing
my online teacher identity.
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If anybody searches my name on
Google, they'll come across a
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Pinterest page that summarizes
who I am as a teacher.
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I love your Pinterest page.
Your welcome post seems to
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really show your personality.
What did you include in your
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welcome post?
I compiled images that represent
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me and my subject.
I've also made posts that can
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act as phone Wallpapers and
vision boards for lessons.
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I feel like your post with
inspirational teacher quotes
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along with cute little school
images really get me in the
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teaching mindset.
Yeah, it really sounds like a
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great way to inspire and make
connections with other
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educators.
I've been able to find
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inspiration for projects from
other educators posting on
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Pinterest 2.
Not only do the posts themselves
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spark inspiration, but they
often include links to
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additional resources.
How do you guys think Pinterest
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can help students?
One way I think is that students
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have the opportunity to get
creative while brainstorming for
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projects or assignments.
I agree.
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Not only can students show their
own personalities through their
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posts, but they can collaborate
with others by sharing posts and
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they have made or what they have
find.
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Can Pinterest help with student
engagement and productivity?
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Absolutely.
The creative and customizable
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element of Pinterest can give
students more freedom and can
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make make projects more fun.
Pinterest is also pretty easy to
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use.
Whatever they create can be
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easily shared with other
classmates and teachers.
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Sounds like Pinterest offers
both teachers and students a way
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to express themselves, gather
ideas, and create.
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If you ever need help gaining
inspiration for a project or
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collecting ideas, Pinterest is
the perfect tech tool for you.
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Hi, this is Ross.
I'm here with Dakota and we have
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an assignment in our sealed
class.
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We're going to do a podcast on
Google Forms.
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How applicable it is for us and
our students.
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I apologize for any background
noise.
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We are in a student center.
Let's do it.
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All right, so why we chose
Google Forms?
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It felt pretty simple.
We both really connected with
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it.
It was really easy to use.
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We both have our Co-op teachers.
They both asked us to make
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Google Forms, so it seemed
pretty like a pretty easy choice
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to make.
Dakota what?
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What?
What did you find that like?
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I think it's just just the
simplicity of it.
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I think it's just, I mean you,
you got a certain amount of type
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of questions and.
You just.
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You got multiple choice
matching, it's easy, like you
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get your results instantly, you
can customize you and have
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pictures, videos and it's just a
great benchmark for new
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teachers.
I mean, my only real challenge
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is when I try to link a video
and it doesn't like, work for
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some reason.
I'm sorry that that's something
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with like, I guess that copy and
paste issue.
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Yeah, I mean, that's all I ever
really ran into.
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I just think that it's not
creative.
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I think it's very bland.
It gives old school history
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teacher type of feeling when it
comes to it.
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I don't think there's anything
attracting when you look at it.
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Even if you have an image,
there's no color.
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It's just.
Yeah, I can agree with that.
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It is kind of.
I'd say both.
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I thought of an example here
when it comes to like student
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government or people taking
surveys in high schools or
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schools for their peers.
I think that it can be used for
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kids to to give to get feedback
from their peers as well as
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teachers obviously for
assignments.
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I completely agree with that.
I mean, I wish I would have
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known about how easily
accessible and how easy is to
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use when I was in high school.
I think I could have used it for
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my own assignments honestly,
just when I had like the
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surveying assignments that
teachers would assign.
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So we never used it.
We never used it was always for
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assignments.
We never, we never thought of
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like student government thing,
how it could help students learn
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and collaborate.
Like I said, practice quizzes
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like you could.
It's so easy to make and
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collaborate with.
You can have groups of kids just
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make quizzes for each other.
And what value?
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I mean obviously it assesses
your students knowledge and
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instant grading is a real big
thing for me.
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I like to know my grade after
the test and usually with Google
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Forms you could do that.
And I know that's a big thing
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for a lot of people that they
don't want to be antsy about if
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they fail or not.
It's going to say takes the US
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grading it out of the equation,
and then yeah, they'll leave
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that student stress as well,
which goes back to it being for
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both students and teachers. 100%
it does help the teacher out
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with that.
Examples of use, obviously,
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again, quizzes, exit tickets, I
think surveys, like I said with
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student government, I think
there it is again, students can
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get quick feedback.
I think that's a big deal for a
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lot of people.
I think a lot of people stress
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over tests and what they got on
it.
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And I think getting that instant
grade helps as well as the
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teacher, even if they're
overloaded with grades, just
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having a grade for them.
And so I mean, I know if you pay
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for the Goop classroom thing,
it'll just automatically put the
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grade in the book.
I personally like the exit
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ticket using of it because like
that's what my Co-op teacher
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wanted me to make when I made
the group.
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So like it also like hits home a
little bit.
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It's really easy to use.
He said he loved the way it
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worked.
So I think I'm going to try to
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continue using that As for my
teaching as well.
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Yeah, I think I made obviously
made a Google form, but I think
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a lot of history teachers do
that.
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Why do we like using it again?
For me, it's simple.
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I'm a very bland person.
It's easy, multiple choice.
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It grades it for me.
Feedback, I could see
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percentages of grades and this
and that.
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I just think it's very I'm a
very person of simplicity and
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easy to do.
Things, I mean, you couldn't
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have said it any better.
It's a very straightforward
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process.
I mean, and you get again, the
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feedback instantaneously is
amazing and it will definitely,
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I mean the students also can use
it to help themselves as well.
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So it's just an all round, it's
a well-rounded, well-rounded
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website.
Exactly.
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Anything else?
There it goes.
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Thank you.
Good morning and welcome back
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everybody.
Today we're bringing you student
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voices with Google Sites, and
today we'll be talking about all
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things Google Sites.
Yes, we are.
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Emma, can you explain what this
tech tool does?
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Sure, Google Sites allows users
to create a simple web base
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while integrating activity like
internal team sites, company
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organizations, project hubs and
simple public websites.
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Now, could you tell us who can
use this platform?
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Yes, this platform can be used
by everybody.
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Students use this site to review
content that was given to them
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by their teachers as well as the
teachers who can produce content
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for students and parents to see.
Educators can take advantage of
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Google Sites to show their
community who they are and all
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the good things that they have
achieved.
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That's right now about the
available tools to utilize on
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Google Sites.
You can photo import, embed, add
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social links, add YouTube videos
and text to speech as well as
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anything.
Google can be simply integrated
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in the site like Google
Calendar, Maps, Docs, Slides,
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Sheets, Forms and Charts.
It's a great tool for simple
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layouts and having pictures with
explanations.
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Those are such great ideas,
Emma.
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Google Sites also includes
helpful accessibility features
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like text to speech and voice
typing, which can support
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students with learning
disabilities.
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Text to speech allows students
to have written content be read
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aloud, which can also help those
who struggle with reading or
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processing text.
Voice typing can also be useful
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because students can speak their
ideas rather than typing, making
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it easier for those who have
difficulty with writing or
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spelling.
Although I will mention it can
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be sometimes tricky when you're
trying to transfer transfer
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content from Google Sites to
other websites or platforms.
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Formatting and layout may not
always carry over correctly.
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This can cause text, image, or
embedding materials to appear
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differently than what was
intended.
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On the bright side, it has many
great perks.
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Emma, can you tell me why you
think Google Sites is a valuable
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website?
Yes, I totally agree.
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Go sites is valuable because it
keeps information organized and
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it's fairly easy to.
Follow.
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When content is grouped into
clear sections, students don't
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get overwhelmed or lost and
sends all the tools like O
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sites, school forms, etcetera
work together smoothly and makes
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the whole learning process more
intuitive.
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Now that we know all the
valuable things, what problems
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can the tool solve?
So sometimes it is hard for
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students to learn when content
on their slides are cluttered
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and confusing.
But when we organize our content
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into sections, everything in is
in one spot.
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With easy to read labels.
Related information stays
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together, which makes things
easier to follow.
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And since all the tools we're
using, like Google Forts Forms
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in Google Sites, come from the
same company, everything
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connects so smoothly.
It makes the whole experience
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easier for students to
understand.
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Yes, I totally agree with
everything you said.
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Now I encourage our whole
audience to test out Google
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Sites.
It's free of cost, has seamless
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integration into other Google
tools and it's super easy.
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Thank you guys so much for.
Listening.
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Hello, everybody, and welcome to
our podcast Discussion of Tools
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for Educators.
I'm here with Darian Craig and
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Matthias Matsura, and today
we'll be discussing something
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that at a first glance might not
seem like it could be of
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education we use in the
classroom.
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I mean, of course, virtual
reality headsets, despite being
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most frequently used for gaming.
Let's examine today how helpful
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this can be to students and
teachers.
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I'll hand it over to Darian.
It's a bit more information.
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VR headsets I believe are some
of the most landmark progression
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in tech for education.
It can develop deeper engagement
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for the students, allowing
education to turn from this
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passive lesson into immersive
hands on experiences.
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You can explore museums and
buildings and even as I said
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before, do more hands on
learning.
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Do you guys know that like
welders can use VR headsets to
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help them Weld and see how they
would do?
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Really.
That's really interesting, Yeah.
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Even exploring the vacuum of
space.
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On that note of even special
education, it can be used for
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that.
It can help with low distraction
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environment and life skills
practice for students with ADHD,
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autism or physical disabilities.
It's UK.
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It's use cases span all ages of
education and advancement of
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education.
The only small issues while
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researching this topic that I
can see with it are how much
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space it takes up those big
headsets. 3 can be 3 or 4, then
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you need a space to keep them
there, and also that the
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educator may need some training
while using it.
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Obviously it would be hard to
educate on class.
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Educate a class on something
that you don't know how to use.
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Absolutely.
Also, Wi-Fi.
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Wi-Fi stability.
But I think that that happens in
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a lot of modern classrooms
anyway.
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Yet I think all of this is
heavily outweighed by the
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experiences that it can deliver
to students.
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And you don't even have to
center an entire lesson around
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it.
You can always blend it with
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regular teaching or do a smaller
and focused lesson on it.
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Now, I talked about it a bit
before, but I'm going to toss it
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over to Mathias to go deep into
all of the use cases for VR.
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Thanks Darian.
So one example of VR used in the
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classroom would be to utilize
programs like History View VR to
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allow students to have an
immersive opportunity like
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Darren mentioned earlier to
explore different national and
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international storage sites.
Another example of VR used in
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the classroom is through
augmented reality or AR, as
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students can do different
activities such as drawing on a
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piece of paper and then being
able to create and interact with
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their drawing on AVR headset or
smart device using programs like
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Interesting.
Using VR and AR, students are
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able to have an immersive
learning experience, which is an
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extremely prudent way for
students.
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Having a seemingly direct
contact with abstract concepts
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or historic events allow
students to experience different
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sensory stimulations, only
sight, sound, even touch.
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This type of learning experience
is impossible to achieve with
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traditional learning practices
involving reading and
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experiencing lectures engages
students in a way that makes
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learning fun, which is a
wonderful way to achieve
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productivity.
And now I'll hand things back to
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Trent.
Well, that's all we have for
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today.
Overall, the use of VR
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technology in the classroom has
many beneficial uses.
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One of the most entertaining,
engaging, and educational ways
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that technology is able to be
used in the classroom.
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I would encourage all teachers
and educators to at least
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examine the tool for use in
their classroom.
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Thanks for listening.
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Task.
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Hey, and welcome to Instagram, a
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snapshot into the future.
My name is Bella and.
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My name is Kaden, and today
we're going to be talking about
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how you can use Instagram as a
teacher candidate.
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So Instagram is a tool.
It's a social media app where
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future teachers can share their
progress in the classroom and
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can connect with other teachers
for help, inspiration and ideas.
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Personally, I love using
Instagram to connect with
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communities that I can't connect
with in real life, so as a
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future teacher, being able to
connect with veteran teachers is
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a game.
Changer for me.
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Oh same here.
Same here.
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The really neat thing about
Instagram is that there is no
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specific demographic of people
that are on Instagram, so both
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teachers and students can use
this platform.
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Yes, but we also know that can
be a bad thing because sometimes
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certain students like to stalk
their teachers, see.
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So teachers need to make sure
that they're keeping their
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private lives private and their
public accounts school friendly.
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For sure, I know I have stalked
my teachers many a time and I
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know lots of young teachers or
teacher candidates also like to
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forget that they do have a
digital footprint.
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Definitely, it always comes back
to you.
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So back to the positives of
Instagram though, because that's
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what we're really here to
discuss.
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There are so many useful tools
for teachers to use when you
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make an Instagram account.
There's an option where you can
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make it a business account, and
this way you can see who and how
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many people are viewing your
posts.
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You have more access to the
analytics of your posts and that
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can be really helpful for
teachers that are trying to grow
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their social media.
Presence, yeah, that is a really
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cool feature.
So on the story feature of
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Instagram, you can do polls,
questions, multiple choice
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questions, voting and this can
let other teachers interact with
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you and give you feedback in a
quick, easy and convenient way.
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Instagram is a super convenient
tool for sure.
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You just got to be careful with
who you're interacting with
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because any social media, some
people could be lying about
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their identity.
You just need to make sure
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you're being wary of the
information you're sharing.
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And definitely, please do not
share any personal information
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about your students, your
schools, anything like that, or
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else you can kiss your career
goodbye.
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And indeed you can.
Instagram is such a great tool
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for collaboration, though a lot
of times you just were just
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getting started, often feel like
they're being thrown into the
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wolves.
So being able to quickly, easily
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connect with educators in the
same boat or educators that have
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been in this field for years can
help out and really mean the
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difference between loving your
job and just tolerating it.
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Definitely.
Instagram also helps students
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with collaboration, so students
can create group chats and can
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easily share things with each
other.
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For group product projects, they
can share messages, pictures,
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ideas.
So overall, Instagram just
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really is a one stop shop for
convenient communication and
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there is no denying it.
Absolutely.
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Instagram is definitely a look
into the future.
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It's a fantastic tool for
teachers and it should start to
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be recognized more for its
impact on the teaching community
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as well.
For sure, it really is a great
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Ed tech tool for all teachers
and teacher candidates.
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We encourage everyone to go out
there and give it a try.
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Who knows, it could just be your
new favorite edtech tool.
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Thank you so much for listening
in.
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We really hope you learned
something.
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Bye.
Hi everyone, I'm Bree, I'm
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Sarah, and I'm Erica.
Welcome to our Pinterest deep
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dive.
Today we're going to talk about
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finding your teacher aesthetic
and how Pinterest can help with
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that.
So what is Pinterest exactly?
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Pinterest is a website where you
can create a unique aesthetic
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for gathering images, ideas, and
inspiration.
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Pinterest is one of my favorite
social media platforms.
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It's been a useful tool of
creating my presence as an
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educator online.
Can anybody use Pinterest and
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how should they use it?
Anybody can use it for features.
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It can be used to design our
classroom and find Lesson plan
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templates, worksheets, or other
classroom tools.
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Pinterest makes this so easy.
Through some of its features,
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you can find picture collages
with related ideas, links to
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websites, your resources, and
collections of useful posts that
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other Pinterest users gather
called boards.
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I can see why this tech tool is
valuable.
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Are there any challenges with
using it that should be
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considered?
Trust me, it could be tricky for
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some to figure out how to make
your own post, but once I got
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the hang of it, I haven't had
issues since.
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I think recently there's been a
lot of art on Pinterest that has
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been clearly created by AI.
It's important for all social
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media and online resources to
stay aware of AI and keep up
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with your AI literacy.
I think we've established a good
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understanding of what Pinterest
is.
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Would you guys want to share how
you've used it during your
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teacher journey?
I chose Pinterest as my
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preferred method of establishing
my online teacher identity.
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If anybody searches my name on
Google, they'll come across a
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Pinterest page that summarizes
who I am as a teacher.
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I love your Pinterest page.
Your welcome post seems to
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really show your personality.
What did you include in your
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welcome post?
I compiled images that represent
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me and my subject.
I've also made posts that can
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act as phone Wallpapers and
vision boards for lessons.
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I feel like your post with
inspirational teacher quotes
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along with cute little school
images really get me in the
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teaching mindset.
Yeah, it really sounds like a
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great way to inspire and make
connections with other
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educators.
I've been able to find
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inspiration for projects from
other educators posting on
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Pinterest 2.
Not only do the posts themselves
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spark inspiration, but they
often include links to
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additional resources.
How do you guys think Pinterest
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can help students?
One way I think is that students
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have the opportunity to get
creative while brainstorming for
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projects or assignments.
I agree.
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Not only can students show their
own personalities through their
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posts, but they can collaborate
with others by sharing posts and
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they have made or what they have
find.
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Can Pinterest help with student
engagement and productivity?
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Absolutely.
The creative and customizable
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element of Pinterest can give
students more freedom and can
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make make projects more fun.
Pinterest is also pretty easy to
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use.
Whatever they create can be
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easily shared with other
classmates and teachers.
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Sounds like Pinterest offers
both teachers and students a way
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to express themselves, gather
ideas, and create.
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If you ever need help gaining
inspiration for a project or
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collecting ideas, Pinterest is
the perfect tech tool for you.
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Hi, this is Ross.
I'm here with Dakota and we have
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an assignment in our sealed
class.
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We're going to do a podcast on
Google Forms.
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How applicable it is for us and
our students.
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I apologize for any background
noise.
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We are in a student center.
Let's do it.
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All right, so why we chose
Google Forms?
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It felt pretty simple.
We both really connected with
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it.
It was really easy to use.
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We both have our Co-op teachers.
They both asked us to make
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Google Forms, so it seemed
pretty like a pretty easy choice
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to make.
Dakota what?
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What?
What did you find that like?
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I think it's just just the
simplicity of it.
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I think it's just, I mean you,
you got a certain amount of type
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of questions and.
You just.
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You got multiple choice
matching, it's easy, like you
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get your results instantly, you
can customize you and have
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pictures, videos and it's just a
great benchmark for new
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teachers.
I mean, my only real challenge
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is when I try to link a video
and it doesn't like, work for
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some reason.
I'm sorry that that's something
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with like, I guess that copy and
paste issue.
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Yeah, I mean, that's all I ever
really ran into.
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I just think that it's not
creative.
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I think it's very bland.
It gives old school history
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teacher type of feeling when it
comes to it.
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I don't think there's anything
attracting when you look at it.
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Even if you have an image,
there's no color.
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It's just.
Yeah, I can agree with that.
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It is kind of.
I'd say both.
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I thought of an example here
when it comes to like student
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government or people taking
surveys in high schools or
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schools for their peers.
I think that it can be used for
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kids to to give to get feedback
from their peers as well as
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teachers obviously for
assignments.
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I completely agree with that.
I mean, I wish I would have
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known about how easily
accessible and how easy is to
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use when I was in high school.
I think I could have used it for
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my own assignments honestly,
just when I had like the
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surveying assignments that
teachers would assign.
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So we never used it.
We never used it was always for
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assignments.
We never, we never thought of
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like student government thing,
how it could help students learn
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and collaborate.
Like I said, practice quizzes
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like you could.
It's so easy to make and
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collaborate with.
You can have groups of kids just
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make quizzes for each other.
And what value?
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I mean obviously it assesses
your students knowledge and
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instant grading is a real big
thing for me.
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I like to know my grade after
the test and usually with Google
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Forms you could do that.
And I know that's a big thing
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for a lot of people that they
don't want to be antsy about if
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they fail or not.
It's going to say takes the US
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grading it out of the equation,
and then yeah, they'll leave
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that student stress as well,
which goes back to it being for
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both students and teachers. 100%
it does help the teacher out
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with that.
Examples of use, obviously,
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again, quizzes, exit tickets, I
think surveys, like I said with
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student government, I think
there it is again, students can
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get quick feedback.
I think that's a big deal for a
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lot of people.
I think a lot of people stress
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over tests and what they got on
it.
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And I think getting that instant
grade helps as well as the
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teacher, even if they're
overloaded with grades, just
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having a grade for them.
And so I mean, I know if you pay
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for the Goop classroom thing,
it'll just automatically put the
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grade in the book.
I personally like the exit
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ticket using of it because like
that's what my Co-op teacher
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wanted me to make when I made
the group.
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So like it also like hits home a
little bit.
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It's really easy to use.
He said he loved the way it
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worked.
So I think I'm going to try to
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continue using that As for my
teaching as well.
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Yeah, I think I made obviously
made a Google form, but I think
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a lot of history teachers do
that.
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Why do we like using it again?
For me, it's simple.
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I'm a very bland person.
It's easy, multiple choice.
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It grades it for me.
Feedback, I could see
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percentages of grades and this
and that.
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I just think it's very I'm a
very person of simplicity and
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easy to do.
Things, I mean, you couldn't
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have said it any better.
It's a very straightforward
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process.
I mean, and you get again, the
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feedback instantaneously is
amazing and it will definitely,
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I mean the students also can use
it to help themselves as well.
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So it's just an all round, it's
a well-rounded, well-rounded
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website.
Exactly.
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Anything else?
There it goes.
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Thank you.
Good morning and welcome back
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everybody.
Today we're bringing you student
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voices with Google Sites, and
today we'll be talking about all
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things Google Sites.
Yes, we are.
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Emma, can you explain what this
tech tool does?
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Sure, Google Sites allows users
to create a simple web base
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while integrating activity like
internal team sites, company
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organizations, project hubs and
simple public websites.
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Now, could you tell us who can
use this platform?
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Yes, this platform can be used
by everybody.
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Students use this site to review
content that was given to them
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by their teachers as well as the
teachers who can produce content
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for students and parents to see.
Educators can take advantage of
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Google Sites to show their
community who they are and all
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the good things that they have
achieved.
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That's right now about the
available tools to utilize on
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Google Sites.
You can photo import, embed, add
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social links, add YouTube videos
and text to speech as well as
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anything.
Google can be simply integrated
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in the site like Google
Calendar, Maps, Docs, Slides,
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Sheets, Forms and Charts.
It's a great tool for simple
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layouts and having pictures with
explanations.
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Those are such great ideas,
Emma.
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Google Sites also includes
helpful accessibility features
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like text to speech and voice
typing, which can support
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students with learning
disabilities.
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Text to speech allows students
to have written content be read
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aloud, which can also help those
who struggle with reading or
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processing text.
Voice typing can also be useful
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because students can speak their
ideas rather than typing, making
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it easier for those who have
difficulty with writing or
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spelling.
Although I will mention it can
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be sometimes tricky when you're
trying to transfer transfer
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content from Google Sites to
other websites or platforms.
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Formatting and layout may not
always carry over correctly.
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This can cause text, image, or
embedding materials to appear
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differently than what was
intended.
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On the bright side, it has many
great perks.
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Emma, can you tell me why you
think Google Sites is a valuable
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website?
Yes, I totally agree.
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Go sites is valuable because it
keeps information organized and
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it's fairly easy to.
Follow.
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When content is grouped into
clear sections, students don't
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get overwhelmed or lost and
sends all the tools like O
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sites, school forms, etcetera
work together smoothly and makes
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the whole learning process more
intuitive.
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Now that we know all the
valuable things, what problems
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can the tool solve?
So sometimes it is hard for
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students to learn when content
on their slides are cluttered
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and confusing.
But when we organize our content
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into sections, everything in is
in one spot.
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With easy to read labels.
Related information stays
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together, which makes things
easier to follow.
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And since all the tools we're
using, like Google Forts Forms
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in Google Sites, come from the
same company, everything
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connects so smoothly.
It makes the whole experience
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easier for students to
understand.
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Yes, I totally agree with
everything you said.
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Now I encourage our whole
audience to test out Google
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Sites.
It's free of cost, has seamless
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integration into other Google
tools and it's super easy.
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Thank you guys so much for.
Listening.
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Hello, everybody, and welcome to
our podcast Discussion of Tools
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for Educators.
I'm here with Darian Craig and
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Matthias Matsura, and today
we'll be discussing something
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that at a first glance might not
seem like it could be of
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education we use in the
classroom.
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I mean, of course, virtual
reality headsets, despite being
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most frequently used for gaming.
Let's examine today how helpful
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this can be to students and
teachers.
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I'll hand it over to Darian.
It's a bit more information.
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VR headsets I believe are some
of the most landmark progression
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in tech for education.
It can develop deeper engagement
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for the students, allowing
education to turn from this
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passive lesson into immersive
hands on experiences.
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You can explore museums and
buildings and even as I said
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before, do more hands on
learning.
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Do you guys know that like
welders can use VR headsets to
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help them Weld and see how they
would do?
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Really.
That's really interesting, Yeah.
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Even exploring the vacuum of
space.
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On that note of even special
education, it can be used for
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that.
It can help with low distraction
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environment and life skills
practice for students with ADHD,
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autism or physical disabilities.
It's UK.
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It's use cases span all ages of
education and advancement of
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education.
The only small issues while
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researching this topic that I
can see with it are how much
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space it takes up those big
headsets. 3 can be 3 or 4, then
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you need a space to keep them
there, and also that the
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educator may need some training
while using it.
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Obviously it would be hard to
educate on class.
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Educate a class on something
that you don't know how to use.
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Absolutely.
Also, Wi-Fi.
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Wi-Fi stability.
But I think that that happens in
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a lot of modern classrooms
anyway.
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Yet I think all of this is
heavily outweighed by the
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experiences that it can deliver
to students.
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And you don't even have to
center an entire lesson around
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it.
You can always blend it with
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regular teaching or do a smaller
and focused lesson on it.
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Now, I talked about it a bit
before, but I'm going to toss it
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over to Mathias to go deep into
all of the use cases for VR.
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Thanks Darian.
So one example of VR used in the
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classroom would be to utilize
programs like History View VR to
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allow students to have an
immersive opportunity like
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Darren mentioned earlier to
explore different national and
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international storage sites.
Another example of VR used in
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the classroom is through
augmented reality or AR, as
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students can do different
activities such as drawing on a
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piece of paper and then being
able to create and interact with
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their drawing on AVR headset or
smart device using programs like
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Interesting.
Using VR and AR, students are
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able to have an immersive
learning experience, which is an
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extremely prudent way for
students.
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Having a seemingly direct
contact with abstract concepts
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or historic events allow
students to experience different
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sensory stimulations, only
sight, sound, even touch.
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This type of learning experience
is impossible to achieve with
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traditional learning practices
involving reading and
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experiencing lectures engages
students in a way that makes
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learning fun, which is a
wonderful way to achieve
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productivity.
And now I'll hand things back to
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Trent.
Well, that's all we have for
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today.
Overall, the use of VR
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technology in the classroom has
many beneficial uses.
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One of the most entertaining,
engaging, and educational ways
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that technology is able to be
used in the classroom.
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I would encourage all teachers
and educators to at least
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examine the tool for use in
their classroom.
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Thanks for listening.
Have a rock?
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Task.
Good day.
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