Tag Archives: Schoology

CCC0051: Rethinking Our Learning Environment

May 13, 2022EpisodeCoronoaVirus, education, high school, Schoology, technology, West Irondequoit, WestIrondequoit, WICSDRichard Jones

Jim is joined by Susanne Angarano and Catherine Wolfe from Vaysen Studio.

They talk about trends in education and learning spaces.

03:30 Philosophy Approach the Classroom and Teaching

10:15 Creating Curiosity

11:35 Unpacking the ‘Why”

13:56 Examples of Different Environments

18:26 Classroom Technology and the Environment Interesect

26:24 How Will This Look As We Go Forward

31:15 Bridging the Gap

36:00 Interested in The Grant?

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CCC0044: Reflecting on Full-Online Teaching – Q&A

March 23, 2021EpisodeCoronoaVirus, education, k-12, OneNote, remote, remoteteaching, Schoology, WestIrondequoitRichard Jones

What have our teachers of full-online classes learned that could be shared with our hybrid classes with a few online students at the high school? What tasks designed for full-online student success can be applied to all classrooms? What works and what problems are still present? Jim is joined by Laura Reeves and Karen Finter and the original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees.

03:10 Funny Stories and Frustrations

05:24 Passive Aggressive Students

10:20 Schoology Assessments

13:35 Recommendations That Make A Difference

19:08 Powerpoint Collaboration

28:00 Challenges Faced That You feel Better About Now

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CCC0042: Schoology Assessments Q&A

February 10, 2021Episodeeducation, school, Schoology, West Irondequoit, WestIrondequoitRichard Jones

Teachers in our district have started to use the assessment material type in Schoology in some innovative and effective ways. Rethink the traditional assessment and learn how to use the assessment tool to administer it in a digital landscape. Join Laura Reeves and Jim for a demonstration and exploration of this tool. The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees.

01:40 Using Assessment and Test and Quizes

05:45 How Algerbra 1 Team Uses Test/Quiz Feature Weekly

08:20 Randomizing Question

10:10 Labelling Diagrams

15:30 Diving in With An Idea of What You Want It To Look Like

19:15 Things We’d Like to See

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CCC0040: Accountability in the Digital Landscape

January 12, 2021Episodeeducation, Q&A, school, Schoology, WestIrondequoitRichard Jones

Accountability in the Digital Landscape Q&A. How can we use Schoology and other tools to better direct students to complete work while also helping them build independence and ownership of work. Jim Czadzeck. Laura Westerman, and Katrina Bean share some options built in to our LMS and instructional tips. The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees.

04:08 One Drive in Schoology ‘in progress’ tab

07:40 Powerpoint for Accountability and Assessment

18:45 How Do You Know They Are Watching the Videos

22:45 Test Quiz feature of Schoology

26:20 Katrina Beam on Student Completion Rules in Schoology

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CCC0038: How to use PowerPoint, Stream, or Camtasia to Make Great Instructional Videos

November 17, 2020EpisodeCamtasia, education, Microsoft, PowerPoint, recording, Schoology, Streams, videoRichard Jones

How to use PowerPoint, Stream, or Camtasia to make great instructional videos for your students.

The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees.

03:00 Dan’s Advice on Videos

04:20 Schoology

07:37 Recording in PowerPoint

11:29 Microsoft Streams

15:15 TEAMS with PowerPoint

16:24 Stream Recording from TEAMS

20:00 Camtasia

CCC0037: Schoology and How to Organize Work In It

November 3, 2020Episodeeducation, Schoology, WestIrondequoitRichard Jones

Schoology and How to Organize Work In It. We are joined by Allison Curwin and Alexandra Pergolizzi. The original video is here for West Irondequoit Employees.

02:30 Top 5 Things to Start A Course

06:30 Weekly Planner

09:23 Use As Much Detail As You Can When Posting An Assignment

11:25 Alex Pergolizzi Joins Us

16:30 Suggestions To Help Organize

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CCC0033: End of the 2019-2020 School Year

June 20, 2020EpisodeCOVID 19, education, remote, school, Schoology, technologyRichard Jones

In this episode Dan, Jim and Maria discuss the end of the most unique 2019-2020 school year!

01:45 Recap of Things We Learned

04:30 COVID 19 Emergency Remote Learning

08:00 District Knowledge Base

12:05 How things will Change Going Forward

16:30 Learning Opportunities

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CCC0022: Using Technology to Differentiate

November 25, 2019Episodedifferentiate, education, Irondequoit, NewsELA, Rochester, school, Schoology, technology, WestIrondequoit, WICSDRichard Jones

In this episode Jim and Dan are joined by West Irondequoit Central School District teachers Juliana Hillebrant, Zandy Tasber and Paul Reininger. They discussed using technology to differentiate in their teaching

01:10 Differentiate of Technology

02:35 Talking with Students and their Interests

06:40 Technology Differentiate by Grouping

07:30 Differentiation Buzz Word Bingo

13:00 Reviewing for Exams Facilitated by Technology

18:05 Zandy Tasber

20:20 Juliana Hillebrant

28:00 Paul Reininger

30:24 Newer Tools to Help

36:31 Question of the Episode

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002: Best Ed Tech of 2018

January 26, 2019EpisodeBookCreator, Flipgrid, O365, OneNote, Schoology, Swaycomputerscoffeeandcurriculum

Maria, Jim and Dan discuss their three favorite educational technology items of 2018, and what they’re looking forward to in 2019.

00:40 Introducing the Computers, Coffee, and Curriculum Podcast
3:30 Why a Podcast?
4:50 Website and Podcast Subscription Information
5:33 Voicemail Line
6:05 Question of the Day: “What is your favorite technology of 2018?”
6:46 Maria’s #1: Middle School Technology Roll-out
9:43 Jim’s #1: Schoology
13:17 Dan’s #1: Flipgrid Free for the Masses
15:43 Maria’s #2: Bridging the Gap with the Tech Team
16:44 Mike Hance’s voice is stuck in Maria’s head
19:47 Jim’s #2: Office 365
21:51 Dan’s #2: Microsoft Sway
24:52 Maria’s #3: Microsoft OneNote
29:44 Jim’s #3: Professional Learning Communities
34:41 Dan’s #3: Adobe Spark
37:23 Maria’s 2019 Excitement: Providing Students Choice in Showing their Thinking
38:36 Jim’s 2019 Excitement: Quick and Easy Formative Assessments
39:53 Dan’s 2019 Excitement: BookCreator
40:30 Question of the Day Recap
41:10 Upcoming Episodes

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