Feedback and Shoutouts (2:10) Update! Thank you to everyone who reached out after the news I shared at the end of episode 178. The follow-up to that bit of personal news took an interesting turn my surgery had to be postponed because I experienced a delayed allergic reaction to the MIR contrast which I need to have done as part of the pre-op procedure. That lead to fighting off a massive full-body rash which I am almost done treating. The new date for my surgery is June 16 and I will certainly k...
May 23, 2021•33 min•Ep. 179
Featured Content I am now 40 years old. I began this journey on April 27, 1981, @ 12:01 AM It was 56 and partly cloudy in New York City . As far as I can tell it was a beautiful sunny day that saw a high of 67. It was a perfect day. Since that day my life, like yours, has been far from perfect or normal - whatever that even means. The older I get the more difficult it is to clearly remember specific moments from my past - weird for someone who teaches history and is interested in the past. As I ...
Apr 27, 2021•27 min•Ep. 178
Feedback, Shoutouts, and News (1:25) Changes to Google Workspace storage https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2021/04/google-has-announced-that-its-unlimited.html https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/04/changes-to-google-workspace-storage.html EdTech Thought and Recommendation (10:00) 10 Ways to Harness the Power of the Chat Function 1. Chat me. 3. Thank students and acknowledge their chats. 4. Prepare prompts. 7. Monitor the chat. 10. Download chat as an artifact. Featured Content (2...
Apr 11, 2021•54 min•Ep. 177
EdTech Thought (4:39) The Weight of Repetitive Tasks by Seth Godin My thought in this episode is inspired and based on the blog above. Featured Content (9:29) Welcome to the 2021 House of #EdTech Final Four. This year's episode and event aren't as elaborate as 2020 but I did put a fun spin on the content as I share four education technology tools/tips for your students but I also share four for you! Think of it like the NCAA tournament and the NIT together. Creativity Students - Book Creator - h...
Mar 28, 2021•40 min•Ep. 176
Feedback & Shoutouts (1:32) Knock Knock Who's There? - Thanks for checking out the podcast! The Pod Journal - Planning your podcast episodes can be overwhelming. Staying organized will save you time and energy. The Pod Planner will help you organize your ideas, reflection, and podcast planning goals in one place. The Pod Journal will take you through 100 episodes of your podcast! EdTech Thought (12:53) Don't Be Boring! Yes, it's that simple. EdTech Recommendation (22:05) MyInstants.com - Pro...
Mar 14, 2021•55 min•Ep. 175
Feedback & Shoutouts (1:34) Knock Knock Who's There? - A new podcast hosted created by my oldest son and me. The Pod Journal - Planning your podcast episodes can be overwhelming. Staying organized will save you time and energy. The Pod Planner will help you organize your ideas, reflection, and podcast planning goals in one place. The Pod Journal will take you through 100 episodes of your podcast! EdTech Thought (8:37) A Little Bit More on Clubhouse Mondays/Fridays - PodcastPD 7-7:30 AM EST M...
Feb 28, 2021•42 min•Ep. 174
EdTech Recommendation (4:00) Kumospace.com Free immersive video chat built for groups Say goodbye to boring video calls. Get started in 10 seconds. Used by teams @ Google, Facebook, NASA and more! Break free from breakout rooms Spatial audio enables multiple simultaneous conversations in the same space. Just like IRL. Customize your space Rich illustrations, interactive apps, and customizable environments delight guests and sponsors alike. Featured Content (10:35) What is Clubhouse? Clubhouse is...
Feb 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 173
How do we get rid of the fence that obstructs the view of progress in education? Feedback and Shoutouts (1:24) Sunsetting the Google Teacher Podcast Recent Conference Livestreams ISTE 2020 FETC 2021 TCEA 2021 Knock Knock Who's There? Podcast with my son! EdTech Thought (14:26) Determined - having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it. EdTech Recommendation (18:15) Mike Brilla called in a great recommendation! Miro - The online collaborative whiteboard platform to bring teams t...
Jan 31, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 172
Do we still need edtech coaches? Are edtech coaches respected? ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Coffee! ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/171 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:30) Intro (10:07) House of #EdTech Thought - You just don't know yet... (13:10) House of #EdTech Recommendation - Video Editors (16:26) Featured Content - Have You Ever... by Dan Gallagher (28:19) Just Give It A Try - Lorie Watkins talks Whiteboard.chat (30:23) House of #EdTech VIP - 3 Caffeinated...
Jan 10, 2021•36 min•Ep. 171
Listeners share the #edtech they loved in 2020. Co-hosted by Derek Larson. ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Coffee! ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/ ** SEGMENTS ** (2:30) Intro (5:37) House of #EdTech Thought - What did Derek learn from hosting the podcast? (14:17) Featured Content - 2020 Smackdown (01:43:39) House of #EdTech VIP ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-4869 Flipgrid: http://chrisnesi.com/flipgrid Voxer: mrnesi Email: feedback@...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 170
Katie McNamara shares insight into her many roles as a passionate school librarian. ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Coffee! ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/169 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:33) Intro (3:03) Featured Content - Collaborating with your school librarian w/Katie McNamara (56:49) House of #EdTech Recommendation - Peardeck (01:02:11) House of #EdTech VIP - Chris Nesi? ~ Thanks Derek! ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-4869 Flipgrid: http:/...
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 169
ISTE 2020 is here and the conference runs from 11/30-12/5/2020. Each day of the conference I am live streaming at 10 PM EST via https://chrisnesi.com/live This BONUS episode was recorded on Saturday, December 5, 2020. I was joined on-air by the following people who you should connect with and we discussed the following topics: Sharo Dickerson Podcasting and Content Creation with AJ Bianco - Co-Host of PodcastPD , Host of ReflectED Katie Fielding , Daniel Nemerow - Co-Hosts of ITC's for All...
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 168
ISTE 2020 is here and the conference runs from 11/30-12/5/2020. Each day of the conference I am live streaming at 10 PM EST via https://chrisnesi.com/live This BONUS episode was recorded on Friday, December 4, 2020. I was joined on-air by the following people who you should connect with and we discussed the following topics: Podcasting and Content Creation with AJ Bianco - Co-Host of PodcastPD , Host of ReflectED Dynos.io with founder Pramod Vadrevu...
Dec 05, 2020•54 min•Ep. 168
ISTE 2020 is here and the conference runs from 11/30-12/5/2020. Each day of the conference I am live streaming at 10 PM EST via https://chrisnesi.com/live This BONUS episode was recorded on Thursday, December 3, 2020. I was joined on-air by the following people who you should connect with and we discussed the following topics: Winning ISTE, Taking Community Notes with Stephanie Howell Conference Swag and the Ditch Summit with Matt Miller...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 168
ISTE 2020 is here and the conference runs from 11/30-12/5/2020. Each day of the conference I am live streaming at 10 PM EST via https://chrisnesi.com/live This BONUS episode was recorded on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. I was joined on-air by the following people who you should connect with and we discussed the following topics: "What is a Poster Session?" with Batsheva Frankel Catching up with Edupodcaster and Tech Coach Scott Nunes Kind Heart Jr. & Global Youth Media with Donna Guerin...
Dec 03, 2020•58 min•Ep. 168
ISTE 2020 is here and the conference runs from 11/30-12/5/2020. Each day of the conference I am live streaming at 10 PM EST via https://chrisnesi.com/live This BONUS episode was recorded on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. I was joined on-air by the following people who you should connect with: The main topic was AR & VR in education. Thank you to the following people who appeared: Jaime Donally - https://www.arvrinedu.com/ Rachelle Dene Poth - Website...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 168
ISTE 2020 is here and the conference runs from 11/30-12/5/2020. Each day of the conference I am live streaming at 10 PM EST via https://chrisnesi.com/live This BONUS episode was recorded on Monday, November 30, 2020. I was joined on-air by the following people who you should connect with: The main topic was AR & VR in education. Thank you to the following people who appeared: Jesse Lubinsky Co-Author, The Esports Education Playbook: Empowering Every Learner Through Inclusive Gaming Co-Host, ...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 168
ISTE 2020 is here and the conference runs from 11/30-12/5/2020. Each day of the conference I am live streaming at 10 PM EST via https://chrisnesi.com/live This BONUS episode was recorded on Sunday, November 29, 2020. I was joined on-air by the following people who you should connect with: Nate Ridgeway Batsheva Frankel Dr. Quentin Jerome Lee Brandie Wright Quentin and Brandie were featured speakers in the opening video for ISTE 2020....
Nov 30, 2020•58 min•Ep. 168
Feedback, Shoutouts, and Links Dan Gallagher shared some of his experience with Digital Citizenship. Derek Larson talked about DigCit in episode 167 . #EdTech Thought I participated in the November edition of #PassTheScopeEdu and this month's topic was #RestUpTeachUp. In this segment, I talk about the need for sleep and resting and recharging as an educator and how that can't be overlooked. #EdTech Recommendation Whiteboard.chat is an awesome and free virtual, web-based whiteboard. I think it's ...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 168
Derek Larson explains and discusses the value of digital citizenship. ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Coffee! ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/167 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:24) Intro (3:17) House of #EdTech Recommendation - https://www.scrible.com/ (9:33) Featured Content - #DigCit and the importance to today's teachers and students (25:46) House of #EdTech VIP - Marialice B.F.X. Curran ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-4869 Flipgrid: http://chr...
Nov 01, 2020•31 min•Ep. 167
Jared Covili has been an educational technology trainer at Utah Education Network in Salt Lake City, Utah for over a decade. He specializes in teaching strategies for classroom integration of technology such as Google learning tools, geospatial learning, social media, and digital devices. ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Coffee! ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/166 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:25) Intro (4:16) House of #EdTech Thought - Reflecting on #PassTheScope...
Oct 18, 2020•59 min•Ep. 166
Derek Larson fills in and asks, "What if we wrote a gratitude letter to one of our colleagues?" ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Cup of Coffee! ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/165 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:30) Intro (7:10) House of #EdTech Thought (9:20) Featured Content (17:20) House of #EdTech Recommendation (19:32) House of #EdTech VIP ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-4869 Flipgrid: http://chrisnesi.com/flipgrid Voxer: mrnesi Email: feedback...
Oct 04, 2020•25 min•Ep. 165
Derek Larson fills in for the first of six episodes and talks about being excellent to each other with #edtech. ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Cup of Coffee! ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/164 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:24) Intro (4:40) House of #EdTech Thought & Featured Content - Be Excellent to Each Other (13:20) House of #EdTech Recommendation Power Down Two Screens for Teachers (21:12) House of #EdTech VIP - Cory Henwood ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNEC...
Sep 20, 2020•25 min•Ep. 164
** EPISODE SPONSOR ** Wipebook - Get 30% Off with promo code houseofedtech ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Cup of Coffee! ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/163 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:32) Intro (7:16) House of #EdTech Recommendation - mote (11:44) Featured Content - Crossover with EdTech Classroom - EdTech to Support PBL (01:20:00) House of #EdTech VIP - Stacy Young ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-4869 Flipgrid: http://chrisnesi.com/flipgrid ...
Sep 06, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 163
** EPISODE SPONSOR ** Wipebook - Get 30% Off with promo code houseofedtech ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Coffee Get Your Limited Edition 3D Printed Coin! ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/162 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:25) Intro - RIP Sir Ken Robinson (4:39) House of #EdTech Thought - Are you being authentic? (7:50) House of #EdTech Recommendation - Mirror iOS to Windows 10 (10:28) Featured Content - Tips for Teaching Online ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Ca...
Aug 23, 2020•41 min•Ep. 162
Bonus episode summarizing new Google for Education features (Fall 2020). ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Coffee! ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-4869 Flipgrid: http://chrisnesi.com/flipgrid Voxer: mrnesi Email: feedback@chrisnesi.com Twitter: @mrnesi...
Aug 12, 2020•9 min•Ep. 161
** EPISODE SPONSOR ** Wipebook - Get 30% Off with promo code houseofedtech ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Become an Awesome Supporter! Buy Me A Coffee ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/161 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:30) Intro - Wakelet gets a collaboration update! (4:12) House of #EdTech Recommendation CoolSymbol.com Coolors.co (8:04) Featured Content - #EdTech Teaching Tips from me, Twitter and Facebook (30:46) House of #EdTech VIP - Mary Manzano ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-48...
Aug 09, 2020•36 min•Ep. 161
** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Visit https://chrisnesi.com/awesome Buy Me A Coffee ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/160 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:21) Intro (9:50) Featured Content - Your Podcast Questions Answered. ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-4869 Flipgrid: http://chrisnesi.com/flipgrid Voxer: mrnesi Email: feedback@chrisnesi.com Twitter: @mrnesi...
Jul 26, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 160
Google Meet and Flipgrid Updates for Fall 2020. ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Visit https://chrisnesi.com/awesome Buy Me A Coffee ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/159 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:25) Intro (3:46) House of #EdTech Thought - Teacher Evaluations (11:37) House of #EdTech Recommendation - ParlayIdeas.com (16:17) Featured Content - Google Meet and Flipgrid update news for Fall 2020! (34:15) House of #EdTech VIP - Ken Shelton ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-4869 Flipgrid:...
Jul 12, 2020•45 min•Ep. 159
2019-2020 is OVER! Now SLOW DOWN! ** SUPPORT THE SHOW ** Visit https://chrisnesi.com/awesome ** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES ** https://chrisnesi.com/158 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:24) Intro (7:02) House of #EdTech Recommendation - BitWarden (11:18) Featured Content - SLOW DOWN! (25:50) Just Give It A Try - Audio Tweets (30:09) House of #EdTech VIP - Teresa Scoggins ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-4869 Flipgrid: http://chrisnesi.com/flipgrid Voxer: mrnesi Email: feedback@chrisnesi.com Twitter: @m...
Jun 21, 2020•34 min•Ep. 158
