THRIVEinEDU by Rachelle Dene Poth

Ideas for boosting student engagement, benefits, tools to promote SEL --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Need some new ideas? Explore these using Edpuzzle, Screencastify, Game based learning tools, Buncee and Wakelet.  Learn more in the episode!  Also check out my books!  All for special prices, great educator and student stories and quotes! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Everyone needs to focus on self-care, even a 5 minute break! Here are a few ideas to explore. Maybe an activity, a group, some music or an app like JabuMind.  Whatever works for you to help with being intentional about taking the breaks we need.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ideas for promoting home to school connections and family engagement. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Check out Spaces EDU for digital portfolios and more!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How to prepare for another shift? Here are some ideas and thinks to consider.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The importance of knowing how to pronounce names. Have you ever had your name mispronounced? Or have you mispronounced someone else's name? Why pronunciation matters. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Benefits of digital portfolios and some tools for having students create them. @Buncee @Kidblog @Padlet @Spaces_EDU Join in my ThriveinEDU Clubhouse conversations to share ideas. Books bit.ly/pothbooks --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Looking for an AI course to try with your students? Or for yourself? Explore the options through AI World School. Learn more here and reach out if you have any questions.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tools for anywhere learning, some students to use to create with, some for more active learning and more. A few: Canva, PearDeck, Screencastify. Tune in!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Are you on Clubhouse? Need an invite?  Here are some of the things that I learned this past week on Clubhouse. Join in my rooms on Saturdays and Sundays, also Monday and Wednesday nights.

Want to bring some AI into your classroom? Here are some ways to get started. Join me on Clubhouse for more discussions about AI and other emerging technologies!  Check out Google AI Experiments, AI World School

Increase in use of AI in the world and in our classrooms. What are resources to explore and how can we get started? Check out Quick Draw, Auto Draw, Teachable Machine, and Will Robots Take My Job

Here are some hacks and 5 tools to explore!  Hope to see you on Clubhouse, join in my rooms on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. 

A few weeks in, Clubhouse has become a favorite space to connect and learn. Join in my rooms on Saturdays and Sundays and twice during the week, for ThriveinEDU chat.  In this episode, I share some ideas from educators who joined in. Tools to check out this week!

Have you heard about Clubhouse?  It is an iOs app and it has been a hot topic over the past few weeks. Learn what it is and how to get started!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Wondering how to become more connected? Looking for a space to become part of a PLN? Here are some ideas. Also recommend joining my FB Thrive in EDU group https://www.facebook.com/groups /THRIVEinEDU  Check out some chats: FormativeChat, PLN365, CelebratED, CultureED, EdAdventures, CrazyPLN and Bookcamppd to start!

Hybrid teaching is not easy and some days I feel like I could have done so much better.  I've decided to try some new ideas, break from the traditional methods and explore different tools that can help to connect us more in learning.

What if we go back to school the way it was from 2 years ago? What would you want that to look like? What would you take from the hybrid and virtual experience? Sharing my idea for Wednesdays.

There are lots of things to look forward to but also some challenges, struggles, that we are all processing. Here are some ideas to start with! Buncee, Blooket, Jamboard, Wakelet, Zigazoo

What are your takeaways? The wins? The positives you found this year?

Looking back over 2020 and what we have learned about our work as educators. What challenges have we faced as we transition through in-person, to virtual to hybrid? What worries you about your work? Sharing my experiences and what I have learned this year.

Tools that are beneficial regardless of where learning is taking place. Check out Buncee, Formative, Nearpod, Blooket, Bingo Baker, Gimkit, Quizizz, Quizlet Live! 

There are definitely challenges when it comes to hybrid teaching and I've been working through a few. However, there are a lot of positives too. Being able to see  some of the students and work together has been a definite plus!

What are the challenges, benefits, frustrations of what we are experiencing as educators and students?  Some of my experiences and ideas/hacks for making it work!