Joe and Kristin Merrill, the InterACTIVE Class, Apple Clips, Buncee, Seesaw, BookCreator and Flipgrid!

#EduDuctTape S02-E038

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Today’s SoapBox Moment - “We Don’t Have Time
to Rush + Microwaveable Teaching”

“We Don’t Have Time to Rush” comes from Bernard Roth’s
book The Achievement Habit.




Today’s Guest: Joe & Kristin Merrill

Kristin and Joe share a passion for infusing EdTech into
their Fourth and First Grade classrooms. Even though they
teach different grades, they share one common goal: learning
needs to be interactive. The Merrills put a new spin on
traditional strategies and implementing technology to meet
the needs of students.

Contact Info: @TheMerrillsEDU on Twitter, Instagram, and
Facebook. Website: themerrillsedu.com 




EdTech BFF Game!


Educational Duct Tape Question: What are some specific
tech tools that educators can use to make their classroom
interactive?

“Interactive Learning is learning that is responsive and
relevant, that engages students.”

Responsive, not Reactive

Here’s a summary from this article: “Responsiveness
implies thoughtful action that considers long and short
term outcome in the context of the situation at hand.
Reactive behavior is immediate and without conscious
thought, like a knee jerk response. Reactive behavior is
often driven by the emotions.”




Flipgrid - flipgrid.com

Breakouts with grid passcodes

Podcasting with stickers

Appsmashing

 Joe’s tweet with the President Lincoln beard
& hat



Seesaw - web.seesaw.me

Making sure parents are connected

Analog activities can easily be shared via Seesaw

Changes the question of “what did you do today?” to
“how did you do it?”



Buncee - edu.buncee.com/about

Can share out directly from Buncee or through
something like Seesaw

Can add a range of content (GIFs, maps, 360 images,
drawing tools, record video within, assessment questions,
etc.)

Share out as pdf or link

Microsoft Immersive Reader built-in

Can assign Buncees and have kids submit

Can ask questions or build assessments within slides,
kind of like Nearpod or Pear Deck

Combines Google Slides-like creation features along
with NearPod/Pear Deck like assessment features

Ideas Lab

OneNote integration allows teacher to keep all
Buncees in one location



BookCreator - BookCreator.com

The ability to share out (to parents, etc.) from the
tool is important






Content from the Duct Taper Community

Apple Podcasts Review - Moomooforyoubabydoll3333

Favorite #EduDuctTape Tweets: (each handle is linked to
the mentioned tweet)

@KristaHach

@AbramsTank95

@ehlmstech



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#EduDuctTape FlipGrid Response: Krista Hachadoorian