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⛵️ As we dock this #EdTechCruise session, remember this:

AI won’t replace great teachers, but great teachers who embrace AI will redefine learning.

What’s your biggest takeaway from today’s chat? Let’s hear it!
January 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🎉 Welcome aboard the #EdTechCruise session! Today, we’re diving into "Ted Lasso’s Playbook for Education: AI Edition."

🌊🤖 Let’s chat about how AI tools can empower creativity, feedback, and student-centered learning.

Ready to set sail? Reply to join the conversation!
January 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🧭 Choice boards are like giving students a map to their learning journey.

They foster engagement, creativity, and ownership.

Why let students choose their learning paths?

Because engaged students set sail farther!

What’s your take?

#EdTechCruise
January 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
🚢 Students need to feel like they’re part of the crew.

Give them choice:
⚓ What to work on
🌊 How to work on it
🌟 Sometimes, when to work on it

How do you build choice into your lessons?

🚢 #EdTechCruise
January 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🌊 The person doing the work is the person doing the learning.

In your classroom, who’s hoisting the sails and steering the ship?

How do you ensure students are actively engaged in their own learning journey?

🚢 #EdTechCruise
January 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
💡 Mistakes are part of learning, and AI is no exception.

Like Ted says, “Be a goldfish.”

How do you help your students bounce back from mistakes while exploring new tools?

#EdTechCruise
January 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🌊 Technology is not just a telescope; it is the wind in your sails, powering collaboration, creativity, and problem solving on the high seas of learning.

What tech tools help your students steer their own learning journey? 🚢 #EdTechCruise
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January 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
⚓ In a teacher-centered classroom, students are the crew.

In a student-centered classroom, they’re learning to captain their own boats

making decisions, solving problems, and steering their learning journey.

How do you guide students to make decisions for the classroom?

🚢 #EdTechCruise
January 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🌊 Student voice matters!

Use tools like Google Forms to ask: “Did you like this activity?”

Reflect daily: were students engaged?

If not, change the approach—sometimes it’s about building relationships, not just content.

🛳️ #EdTechCruise
January 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
You can choose for audio to autoplay in Google Slides.

Upload an MP3 to your Google Drive

Use the Insert menu to add the audio

Use formatting options to select autoplay.

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January 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚢 Takeaway: Engagement is about designing for interaction.

Google Workspace tools help when paired with creative pedagogy.

How will YOU use these tools to chart a new course?

Share below!

🌊 #EdTechCruise
January 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🌊 Welcome aboard the #EdTechCruise session on Navigating Student Success with Choice Boards!

We’ll chart a course for empowering students through choice and creativity.

Anchors away—share your thoughts below to join the conversation! ⛵️
January 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
⚓ Teachers are like captains... providing direction while letting the crew (students) navigate their own learning journey.

How do you balance structure with independence in your classroom?

#EdTechCruise
January 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🚢 Explore Google Sites to create a class portfolio!

Students can showcase their work, share reflections, and even design their own pages.

It’s a great way to anchor ownership of learning.

🌟 #EdTechCruise

alicekeeler.com/engage
50 Ways to Engage Students with Google Apps
50 Ways to Engage Students with Google Apps
alicekeeler.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🛳️ Use Google Docs to create “Captain’s Log” reflection templates:

Prompt Ideas
1️⃣ What did I navigate successfully today?
2️⃣ What rough seas (challenges) did I face?
3️⃣ How can I steer a better course next time?

How do you guide students to critically reflect on their journey?
#EdTechCruise
January 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🛳️ Welcome aboard the #EdTechCruise!

Today, we’re diving into using Google AppSheet to create directories that serve classrooms, churches, or any group in need of streamlined organization.

Ready to explore? 🌊
January 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
⚓ Collaborative storytelling builds empathy, teamwork, and creativity.

🎨 Digital comics
📖 Choose-your-own-adventure stories
🎙️ Audio dramas
📚 Shared historical fiction
🎥 Storyboarding a film

What’s your favorite collaborative storytelling activity?

🚢 #EdTechCruise
January 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
⚓ Not all sailors navigate the same way, & not all students show their learning in the same way.

Varied assessments like projects, portfolios, and discussions give students multiple ways to demonstrate what they know.

How do you chart different paths for showing their learning?

🚢 #EdTechCruise
January 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
⚓ Stories are the maps of the human experience.

Through digital storytelling, students navigate their emotions, explore challenges, and share unique perspectives.

What role does storytelling play in your classroom?

🌟 #EdTechCruise
January 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🌟 Stories are a safe harbor for students to explore their emotions.

From joy to frustration, digital storytelling gives students a meaningful way to process and share their feelings.

How do you encourage students to express emotions in their stories?

🚢 #EdTechCruise
January 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
⚓ A student-centered classroom is like a thriving fleet:

🌊 Students captain their own learning journeys.
🚢 Teachers guide from the helm, offering support and direction.
🛟 Together, the crew works toward success.

Thank you for joining this session and sailing with us on the #EdTechCruise! 🌟
January 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🌟 Help students bring their stories to life with these tips:
🎨 Use drawing apps like Canva or Adobe Express to create visuals.
🎥 Record videos with tools like WeVideo or Google Vids to add dynamic elements.
🎙️ Try podcasts using Soundtrap or MP3 in Drive

🚢 #EdTechCruise
January 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
🛟 Think of choice boards as learning itineraries.

Use Google Slides, Jamboard, or Canva to design boards with varied, differentiated tasks.

🎨 Students pick what excites them while still meeting learning goals.

What tools do you use to design your learning maps?

#EdTechCruise
January 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
🛟 “Chart a personalized course.”

Use Google Classroom to assign choice boards where students pick activities.

Engagement thrives when students steer their own learning!

🌊 #EdTechCruise

alicekeeler.com/engage
50 Ways to Engage Students with Google Apps
50 Ways to Engage Students with Google Apps
alicekeeler.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🌊 As we dock, remember: A great rubric is a navigation tool, not just a grading chart.

Use it to guide students toward learning success while keeping the journey fair and consistent.

What’s one thing you’ll do differently when designing rubrics?

🚢 #EdTechCruise
January 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM