The Partial Credit Podcast

Jeff, Jesse, and Donnie talk about how they entered education. Pear Deck  helps teachers create powerful learning moments for students of every age and ability with tech solutions rooted in active learning, formative assessment, and sound pedagogical practice. Founded by educators, Pear Deck makes it easy for teachers to build and launch custom interactive presentations from within Google Slides,...

Jesse wrote a book and we talk resolutions! Pear Deck  helps teachers create powerful learning moments for students of every age and ability with tech solutions rooted in active learning, formative assessment, and sound pedagogical practice. Founded by educators, Pear Deck makes it easy for teachers to build and launch custom interactive presentations from within Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoin...

Sean and Jess Williams grab some egg nog and pull up next to the yule log! Pear Deck  helps teachers create powerful learning moments for students of every age and ability with tech solutions rooted in active learning, formative assessment, and sound pedagogical practice. Founded by educators, Pear Deck makes it easy for teachers to build and launch custom interactive presentations from within Goo...

Kim Pollishuke from Shukes & Giff The Podcast! Pear Deck  helps teachers create powerful learning moments for students of every age and ability with tech solutions rooted in active learning, formative assessment, and sound pedagogical practice. Founded by educators, Pear Deck makes it easy for teachers to build and launch custom interactive presentations from within Google Slides, Microsoft PowerP...

Jim Sill, our resident 'Australian' is back and so are Jesse and Jeff! Pear Deck  helps teachers create powerful learning moments for students of every age and ability with tech solutions rooted in active learning, formative assessment, and sound pedagogical practice. Founded by educators, Pear Deck makes it easy for teachers to build and launch custom interactive presentations from within Google...

Jesse, Jeff, and special guest host Ken Shelton are LIVE from the UTIS 2019 conference in Sauðárkrókur, Iceland! Pear Deck  helps teachers create powerful learning moments for students of every age and ability with tech solutions rooted in active learning, formative assessment, and sound pedagogical practice. Founded by educators, Pear Deck makes it easy for teachers to build and launch custom int...

It's the 2019 spooktacular edition of the Podcast of Horror and we've brought back our favorite ghoul-friend Jess Williams! Pear Deck  helps teachers create powerful learning moments for students of every age and ability with tech solutions rooted in active learning, formative assessment, and sound pedagogical practice. Founded by educators, Pear Deck makes it easy for teachers to build and launch...

Keith Kelley, friend, and super-fan, talks making and memes! Pear Deck  helps teachers create powerful learning moments for students of every age and ability with tech solutions rooted in active learning, formative assessment, and sound pedagogical practice. Founded by educators, Pear Deck makes it easy for teachers to build and launch custom interactive presentations from within Google Slides, Mi...

Jim Sill is here all the way from Down Under and he's taking us to film school. After almost a decade in the video and television industry, Jim Sill hung up his producer hat and embarked on a career in education. Using his industry experience, he created an award-winning video production program at El Diamante High School in Visalia, California. By involving students in real-world video projects,...

Powered by Peardeck , the guys are on the road this week! Donnie is headed to the Nat Geo headquarters in Washington, DC while Jesse, Jeff, and friend of the podcast Ken Shelton are at the iSTEP TecXperience Conference in St. Maarten. Pear Deck helps teachers create powerful learning moments for students of every age and ability with tech solutions rooted in active learning, formative assessment,...

Now powered by Peardeck, the guys recap their summers and introduce a new segment! Pear Deck helps teachers create powerful learning moments for students of every age and ability with tech solutions rooted in active learning, formative assessment, and sound pedagogical practice. Founded by educators, Pear Deck makes it easy for teachers to build and launch custom interactive presentations from wit...

Jeff, Jesse, and Donnie keynoted the Great Plains Summit 2019 . This episode featured the following guest stars: Ryan O'Donnell Abby Fitzgerald Kristin Giffin Spencer Vogt Lisa Highfill Jim Sill Eric Curts Jessica Williams Games Played & Conversations Had: What is the next "big thing" like Fortnite or fidget spinners and how do we embrace them into our classroom cultures? The Partial Credit Pyrami...

Eric Curts has been in education for 26 years and currently serves as a Technology Integration Specialist for SPARCC in Canton, Ohio where he oversees Google Apps for Education implementation, training, and support, as well as e-learning and other technology integration initiatives. Eric is an authorized Google Education Trainer and Innovator and provides Google Apps training to schools, organizat...

        Topics Discussed: Creating With Chrome Accountability vs. Teacher Freedom   JOIN US LIVE: Great Plains Summit - Lincoln, NE July 11-12 Cool Free Stuff Donnie Found Online: The Shaming Bell - - - - - Visit our website Share Feedback & Ideas Tweet us at  @PartialCreditEd Follow us on Instagram  @PartialCreditEd Like us on Facebook

Dr. Micah Shippee is an innovative 'ideas' person who thinks outside the box. Micah wears many hats as a Middle School Social Studies teacher, a technology trainer, and professor. He regularly explores ways to improve motivation in the classroom and leverages emergent technology to achieve educational goals. Very early in his career, Micah discovered the secret to increased student motivation, a m...

Rushton Hurley  began his career as a high school teacher of Japanese, then he became a principal of an online high school and then started Next Vista for Learning, an educational nonprofit dedicated to saving the world from ignorance, one creative video at a time. Over the last decade, Rushton has addressed over 100,000 teachers around the world, helping them see new possibilities for themselves...

Jesse and Holly Clark talk about 10 Things to Do/Eat In Philly for ISTE 2019! You're invited to come to the Education Podcast Network Meet-Up on 6-23 at 6 PM at Pat's King of Steaks. Be sure to check out the Infused Classroom Podcast too! - - - - - Visit our website Share Feedback & Ideas Tweet us at  @PartialCreditEd Follow us on Instagram  @PartialCreditEd Like us on Facebook

The End is Near What movie moment motivates you to finish strong? Jesse - Galaxy Quest "Never Give Up. Never Surrender." By Grabthar's Hammer, Karate Kid - You're the Best Around montage. Donnie - "Finish Strong" "You were born for this" scene from Miracle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdmyoMe4iHM Jeff - Finding Forrester "You're the man now, dog." Dead Poet's Society "oh captain, my captain."...

Hyperdocs co-author Lisa Highfill joins the show! Lisa Highfill ( @lhighfill ) is an instructional technology coach in the San Francisco Bay Area. She earned her masters in educational technology leadership and has been a classroom teacher for more than twenty years. As a MERIT fellow, Google Certified Innovator and a YouTube Star Teacher, she travels the globe presenting at EdTech conferences and...

Jennifer Cronk joins the Partial Avengers for a discussion about the best superhero teachers! Students who are skilled in the educational uses of technology are more prepared to meet the demands of the 21st Century. It is imperative that technology education does not happen separately from academic curricula, but interweaves it and becomes a visible and implied component. When used correctly, tech...

Holly Clark stops by and Ken Shelton replaces Donnie. Hit It! Holly Clark is an Education Strategist from San Diego, California. She is a Google Certified Innovator, National Board Certified Teacher, and holds an MA in Technology in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has been working with technology integration and 1:1 environment since the year 2000. Presently she consults...

"Sociologist turned Technologist," Dee Lanier is a passionate and energetic educator and learner with over a decade of instructional experience on the K-12 and collegiate level. Dee holds Undergraduate and Master's degrees in Sociology with special interests in education, race relations, and inequality. From 2007-2012 Dee served at Crossroads Charter HS as a full-time Vocational Studies teacher, T...

We recap April Fools Day in the classroom, we share what we've been reading, seeing, listening to, and… why not, let's talk about feedback in education. April Fools Recap Best April Fools' Day Pranks online Google → Calendar / Galaga / Ssssnnnake O'Riley Auto Parts US Open Having Puppies Retrieve Balls - Cuteness Ensues Aria Stark (Masie Williams) - Jimmy Fallon Potato Chip Rock ThinkGeek - Jesse...

First off, we're pleased to announce our partnership with StrongbadMusic, Vandaley Industries, and Hawgit Edu: three real and totally not made up game-changers in the world of music, pop-culture, and education. You should check them out. In this week's episode, we also have a few HUGE announcements we'd like to make to the world*:  'Teachers'' are called that because they teach students. The Harry...

Jessica Williams talks game shows and shenanigans follow! Select our all-time favorite game shows. Top 10? Price is Right - Let's Make a Deal Wheel of Fortune - Jeopardy Supermarket Sweep - Press Your Luck Who wants to a millionaire - Family Feud Deal or No Deal - Ellen's Game of Games Why do game shows still "work?" Something Useless Donnie Found Online www.justwatch.com Sell me something weird o...