Dr. Monica Burns - Leveraging Choice & Agency to Hear from All Students

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!


Show notes also available at
jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-57



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Today’s Guest: Dr. Monica
Burns

Monica is an EdTech and Curriculum Consultant, author and
former New York City public school teacher, and works with
schools and organizations around the world. Monica’s website
ClassTechTips.com and her Easy EdTech Podcast help educators
place “tasks before apps” by promoting deeper learning with
technology. 

Contact Info: bit.ly/MonicaBIO

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Educational Duct Tape Question: 
How can I hear from all of my students?

Giving kids choice, agency, and options increases your
ability to hear from everyone.

What tools can assist with providing choice?

Remove barriers for students by selecting tools that
allow more students to participate.

Ask yourself, “How can we leverage tools that my students
and I already use?”

Seesaw - An any age tool!

Seesaw breakdown:

Teachers push out activities (assignments) to
students.

Students can respond to an activity as directed
or more open ended.

Many ways for students to respond and show their
work - Picture, video, draw, video of drawing, text,
links, files, audio



Seesaw can act as a LMS. Think Google Classroom +
digital portfolio + parent communication!

The Easy Ed Tech Podcast episode discusses Seesaw +
Book Creator:
https://classtechtips.com/2020/10/06/icons-in-early-childhood-082/

“I already have Google Classroom. Do I need Seesaw?”
- It doesn’t have to be an either/or. Depends on goals
and learning environment.

Could be used for only a couple of students for those
that need more ways to respond.  Lots of
complementary aspects of using it.



BookCreator - audio, video, picture responses for
students.

From Jake’s Blog - 16 types of Media you can add in
Book Creator!

Great for a culminating project and for students
publishing work, but also could also be for everyday
learning note-taking or journal.



Padlet

Easy Ed Tech podcast - “My #1 EdTech Tip for Teachers”

Google Slides is another great example of an easy tool
that can be leveled up and has many uses. It depends on your
intention of using it.

When you try things out, we find out what direction we
want to take.

“You don’t know what you don’t know!”




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