In April 2021, I had the opportunity to be a guest on The Peg Doesn't Fit, a podcast where the hosts Erich Stephen and Ryan Bartel discuss frustrations with the educational system and provide solutions. We spoke about some of my thoughts on edtech integration, professional development, coaching, and more!

Kasey Bell, host of the Shake Up Learning Podcast, and author of 3 books including Blended Learning with Google, joins me to talk about making blended learning meaningful and dynamic. We hear about her 5 “beyonds” of blended learning and her tips for using choice boards in the classroom.

Dr. Desiree Alexander of EducatorAlexander.com joins the show to talk about formative assessment with videos in the classroom. Desiree and I discuss Edpuzzle, PlayPosit, Razor Arts, Nearpod, and more! Plus, I’ve got a BIG announcement to share!

In January 2021, I had the opportunity to be on one of my favorite sources of educational technology learning: Kimberly Mattina's YouTube Live + Podcast, The Suite Talk. In this appearance, I share some of my favorite ways to kick off my class periods with smiles and laughs. I focus on Pear Deck, but the ideas can be used in other platforms, too.

EdTech and Curriculum Consultant and Easy EdTech Podcast host Dr. Monica Burns joins me to identify ways that we can hear from ALL of our students. Her suggestion? Select tools that can give our learners choice and agency in how we hear from them! Tune in to hear what tools she suggests!

Control Alt Achieve author Eric Curts joins me to talk about creative projects with Docs, Slides, and Sheets including Stop Motion Animation, Choose Your Own Adventure Activities, Emoji Learning Activities, Rebus Stories, Blackout Poetry, and Pixel Art! We also touch on Canva for Education, Adobe Spark for Education, Google Forms headers, flashcard makers like Quizlet and Flippity.net, and more!

Dr. Natasha Rachell joins me in this episode for lots of laughs, but also to share some of her strategies for making instruction engaging. Natasha shares about student choice, choice boards, the Flipgrid Discovery Library, Microsoft Sway, Wakelet, Mentimeter, Buncee, and the awesome Minecraft Good Trouble project!

Joe Marquez delivers powerful tips for designing instructional experiences that are accessible for all learners and are pedagogically effective. He also brings it with ideas for how students can process and represent their learning in UDL-friendly ways. Tune in to hear Joe's wisdom and our discussion that touches on Edji, Pear Deck, Nearpod, Flipgrid, the Record to Slides extension, and more!

This bonus episode features plenty of laughs, tons of fun, and a handful of edtech tips. Tune in to hear me join Meredith Akers, Darryl Legaspi, and Elizabeth King as we have some fun, do some improv, learn about the Google Slides Master Slide, and try out one of my favorite Pear Deck activities!

This bonus episode features an episode of the Education Today podcast where I was fortunate enough to join Scott Nunes to talk about teaching during the pandemic, edtech after the pandemic, Pear Deck, Nearpod, Flipgrid, Otus, Schoology, speech translation tools, transcription tools, Adobe Spark, and more!

James Varlack says that “Engagement is developed.” So, in his interview, I asked him how he develops his engaging instruction. We discuss how James works toward each of the 3 types of student engagement--emotional, behavioral, and cognitive--in both analog and digital ways. We discuss Jamboard, Google Docs, Google Slides, Padlet, Whiteboard.chat, Whiteboard.fi, Microsoft Teams whiteboard, Google Arts & Culture.

This bonus episode features a roundtable discussion from the Teachers on Fire podcast about educational technology tools in 2020 and 2021. I am joined by Tim Cavey, Chris Nesi, Gabriel Carillo, Eric Guise, Scott Nunes, and Alfonso Mendoza, to talk about more than a dozen edtech tools!

Claudio and I talk about hearing from our students with tools that empower them to create. Specifically, Adobe's tools Spark Video, Premiere Rush, Premiere Pro, Spark Post, Spark Page, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, and Audition. Also, audience questions about sites to use for surprise inclement weather folders for elementary schoolers and a Google Sheets conundrum.

In the 10th episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by Knikole Taylor to talk about formative assessments. Tune in to hear Jake and Knikole discuss the use of Pear Deck, Nearpod, Jamboard, Padlet, Mentimeter, Formative, and Classkick!

In the 9th episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by Fine Arts Education Program Specialist and Music Teacher Casey Hall to talk about educational technology in the elementary music classroom. Technologies discussed include Nearpod, Incredibox, and GarageBand.

In the 8th episode of Season 3, Robert Kaplinsky joins Jake to answer the question "How do I teach mathematical problem solving digitally?" Jake and Robert discuss using Open Middle math problems and mathematical modeling in in-person Blended Learning as well as Remote Learning. Technologies covered include Desmos Activity Builder, Pear Deck, Google Slides, and more!

Brandy New joins Jake to chat about her awesome girls' high school Computer Science classes and camps. Brandy shares about the Hands-on/Hearts-on strategy that she uses as a hook to get the girls excited about STEM and CompSci as well as how Udemy, Slack, Google Drawings, The Noun Project, and Skype-a-Scientist fit into it!

In the 6th episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by Tech Specialist Mike Abrams to talk about helping students develop media literacy and understand bias and perspective in media and identify fake or untrustworthy sites.

The 5th episode of Season 3 is a mini-episode in which Jake chats with Jenna Drozd about her middle school digital photography and graphic design course. Technology discussed include Adobe Spark Pages, Adobd Photoshop, and the iOS Camera app.

In the 4th episode of Season 3, Jake chats with Tisha Poncio about Digital Portfolios and Student Tech Teams. Jake and Tisha touch on MANY tech tools including Google Sites, Wakelet, Padlet, Buncee, Google Slides, Microsoft Sway, bulb, and Seesaw.

In the 3rd Episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by ELA Teacher turned Edtech Coach and podcaster Scott Nunes to chat about strategies for building and maintaining rapport in the learning environment through thoughtful uses of edtech.

In the 2nd episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by educational technologist and Solve In Time creator Dee Lanier. Jake and Dee discuss ways to build interactivity into content in both face-to-face and remote learning situations.

In the Season 3 Premiere, Jake chats with the author of The Chromebook Infused Classroom about rethinking assessment in the digital age. Holly and Jake discuss how tools like Flipgrid, BookCreator, Screencastify, Seesaw, Wakelet, and OneNote can level-up your assessments to get you richer information about student learning! Jake also shares about using the word “and” to help solve problems presented by remote learning.

Jake breaks down the differences between Screencastify Free and Loom Pro (which is free for educators and students).

In the Season 2 Finale Episode, Jake shares “success stories” from 8 educator listeners. The listeners share about uses of CommonSense Media, Code.org, Dash, Ozobot, Spheros, Shapegrams, Bitmoji, Quizizz, brain science, Google Forms, Choice Boards, WeVideo, Screencastify, Flipgrid, Adobe Spark, Pear Deck, blended learning, EdPuzzle, and HyperDocs, all of which stemmed from episodes of the show.