Tweet In this video, Jeff sits down with the team from Microsoft OneNote to learn how to properly tag and search for your OneNote media. For more information, please follow on Twitter @MSOneNote or visit online at www.OneNote.com. Do you have any questions about Microsoft OneNote? Leave us some comments or questions below and we will be sure to answer them in upcoming videos in this series.    

Tweet Since the advent of digital Videos in the Classroom tools, Communication with the help of videos has always been a very powerful, interesting and exciting way among people in every field of human interest. There are not just the consumers among us but the creators are also there whose ideas have been great to revolutionize the world of digital technology. The use of videos and other digital media should not only be integrated in educational system in every part of the world but the teachers and educators should encourage the use of these highly effective sources of learning in classroom for the students.  YouTube for Schools  ​You can take YouTube for Schools as a great example of revolution in digital technology and education system. This forum was not introduced too long ago but has very successfully added more than half million videos in the library and the number is increasing every day. Here are some other great reasons why every teacher who is not yet convinced to introduce videos in class must think about it now.  Reason 1: More Engagement in Classroom  You might have seen many students in your class who feel bored with the traditional learningsystem but when they are shown videos, they feel interest in learning and really enjoy. It has been proven that the videos have the potential to engage even the toughest students and therefore, it must be used to enhance the interests of learners in class.  Reason 2: Easier Way to Bear Info in Mind  Sometimes, you can’t clear concept with the verbal teaching. On contrary, if you convert your leaning stuff in form of videos, you can make it much easier for the student to learn things and bear in mind. There are a number of tools available online which you can use to create interesting videos and the most important thing about those tools is that they are free to use.  Reason 3: Bring Silent Lessons to Life As a teacher you must have gone through the experience that silent lessons often have less impact as pupils find it difficult to digest especially when they are unable to understand the message but if you bring those messages and lessons the life, they will become alive and more attractive for the learners.  Learn how to revolutionize you classroom through instructional videos found on YouTubeClick To Tweet Reason 4: Learning from Others  You can also allow your students to learn from other teachers who belong to other schools, colleges or universities and for this you don’t have to take them to some other places but within your class you can allow them arrange videos to be shown. This is actually a really great idea that massive learning can be arranged right within the classroom with the help of already recorded videos or live streaming.  Reason 5: Science experiments When your class is going to have a scientific experience, you can show them the videos before allowing them to do practical and in this way, they can learn in much better way which will not just increase the chances of their success in practical but they will also stay on safer side while using some extreme tools, equipment or chemicals.  About the Author  Sarah Parish is based in New York and she is a freelance academic specially provides dissertation writing help. She has always been so passionate about discovering digital world and whenever she feels something worth to share with the people, she always works on it. For more details connect her on Google Plus.

Whether you are a teacher trying to figure out how to invest your limited class resource budget, or an edtech company trying to secure your place in the market, customer service is something to look at closely. Strive for zero down time Whatever your product or service, it needs to work all the time.  Teachers do not have time to do things that do not work.  Test the heck out of your updates, especially on old devices that need updating. If you want to really help teachers, build amazing apps that run well on 5-8 year old tech. Join the conversation I clearly remember the first company I chatted with on Twitter.  I tweeted out a question about Camtasia and Techsmith replied.  They solved my problem and I was a lifetime user and spokes teacher for all the great tools Techsmith makes to help teachers create media.  It is clear that Techsmith has made pro-active customer engagement a priority. Be accessible When I am buying a robot, or signing up for a subscription app, I want to know that company will be available when I need help.  (Yes, PLAN on a service call or 2 with any new tool).  So when I research the product I look for a company that has a wide variety of customer service contact options.  Are they in the social media space I am already in? Chat > Phone Anyone will tell you that multiple ways to contact customer service is important.  When designing a service portal for teachers, chat more and talk less.  I can leave a chat window logged in on my computer much longer than I can stay on hold. Rapid replacement Sphero has a rapid replacement policy for teachers.  When I needed to get my robots services for a battery that wasn’t charging, I emailed support@sphero.com, explained my situation and they mailed my replacement robots the same day I made the service call.  Our robots passed each other in the mail and Sphero made sure I had robots for the last week of school. Deliver on Promises Obotix, the company behind Sphero and Ollie, is committed to supporting their robots in the classroom.  In an emailed statement Bill Cullen, Product manager at Sphero stated  "Teachers can expect new robots within 3-4 days of reporting an issue to support, and we encourage them to mail back broken bots so we can get under the hood and see what went wrong, which influences our product dev cycle." So their iterative cycle does not end upon delivery. Become a Sponsor Be engaged in the education community.  Look for Edcamps  and offer support.  Many camps need help with coffee for 30-60 people, or a partial sponsor for lunch, (food trucks require a minimum and often a deposit).  EDcamps will be happy to hand out information about an app to participants, but companies should not miss out on the rich opportunity to join the education conversation.  Please set aside a small fund each year to help sponsor food at an event for teachers, but more than that go to an edcamp.  Go play at a playdate. Choose to be a donor Do you want to generate alot of good will and create opportunities for others to share the work you are doing?  Set up a profile on http://www.donorschoose.org/ and find some projects you can support.  Lift up your target users, and become a supportive force in their world.  Looking for something great to share on your social media? Adopt a campaign and share it like mad.  Do some pro-bono social media work and build your own brand at the same time. Creating hardware and software for the classroom that reflects a commitment to the highest possible pedagogical goals requires teachers, developers, publishers, and administrators to collaborate more than ever before.  If you are interested in learning more about the business of Edtech collaboration at every step, from design to service, complete this form and look for new Edtech Development content from TeacherCast.

The TechEducator Podcast is a weekly round table discussion about current topics in educational technology.  For more information, please visit www.techeducatorpodcast.com. Many great ways to participate in the TechEducator Podcast. TechEducatorPodcast.com Follow us Live on Video: http://www.TeacherCast.tv Leave a Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail Email: feedback@Teachercast.net Twitter: @TechEdShow (http://www.twitter.com/techedshow) Hashtag: #TechEducator Hosts: Jeff Bradbury - TeacherCast.net - @TeacherCast Jeff Herb - InstructionalTechTalk.com - @InstTechTalk Sam Patterson - MyPaperlessClassroom.com - @SamPatue Chris Nesi - Education the Nesi Way - @MrNesi David Saunders @DesignSaunders Josh Gauthier @mrgfactoftheday About our Guests: Matt Miller is a teacher, blogger and presenter from West Central Indiana. He has infused technology and innovative teaching methods in his classes for more than 10 years. He is the author of the book Ditch That Textbook: Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroomand writes at the Ditch That Textbook blog about using technology and creative ideas in teaching. He is a Google Certified Teacher (Austin ’14), a PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator, a Bammy! Awards nominee, and winner of the WTHI-TV Golden Apple Award. After trying to do the traditional "teach by the textbook" for a few years, he launched into a textbook-less path where learning activities were often custom-produced for his students as well as infused with technology. He likes the results a lot, and his students do, too. Matt has presented to thousands of teachers at dozens of workshops on a number of topics related to educational technology, world language instruction and more. He combines a conversational, engaging speaking style with loads of resources, leaving teachers equipped and inspired to move forward. Connect with him … he lives for it! Twitter: @jmattmiller Google Plus: plus.google.com/+MattMiller16 YouTube: youtube.com/DitchThatTextbook Pinterest: pinterest.com/DitchThatTxt E-mail: matt@DitchThatTextbook.com. Purchase on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0986155403/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0986155403&linkCode=as2&tag=ditthatex-20&linkId=IGHNBURRNHERQ2H6 His site: http://ditchthattextbook.com/ How to make a 3d Book cover http://boxshot.com/boxshot/3d-ebook-cover/ Share the Love If you enjoyed the show, please rate it on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv  Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation   Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Invite TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!   Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/the-teachercast-app-spotlight/) Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com)

If you need to manage multiple twitter accounts, Here is a great trick to do it using only one gmail account.  I don’t want to spoil the surprise in the video, but you just put a dot in the first 1/2 of the address.  Gmail does not read a period as a character, but twitter does.  So you move the dot and you have a ";new" address that returns mail to the same gmail.

Jeff sits down with Ami Shah to discuss how Peekapak is able to help promote child development in grades PK-2.  About Peekapak Peekapak aims to improve learning outcomes in early childhood by enabling teachers and parents to work as partners in a student’s education. Through Peekapak’s platform, teachers are provided digital access to Peekapak’s character development curriculum and extended home activities for families to reinforce the learning in the home. The platform will also track student progress so that both teachers and parents are able to get a complete view of how a student is developing in the class and at home. Peekapak is currently in private beta and is looking to partner with educators to test and pilot their program. Links of Interest twitter.com/peekapak facebook.com/peekapak About our Guest Ami Shsh is the CEO & Co-founder of Peekapak, a recent graduate of the Imagine K12 Edtech Accelerator program based in Silicon Valley. Ami is passionate about improving youth education, and has previously taught in Vietnam.  She has extensive marketing experience from roles at Procter & Gamble, and most recently, as Director of Retail Marketing at a consumer products start-ups. She has a MBA from INSEAD. You can connect with Ami on twitter: amishahdotca or on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amishahdotca Share the Love If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv   Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Invite TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE! Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/the-teachercast-app-spotlight/) Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com)

Jeff sits down with Brad Ermiling to discuss his work at the Pearson Research and Innovation Network. About Pearson Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, with 40,000 employees in more than 80 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives through learning. For more information about Pearson, visithttp://www.pearson.com. Links of interest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pearsonplc Twitter: https://twitter.com/pearson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PearsonEducation About Guest Brad Ermeling, Ed.D. | Principal Research Scientist Pearson Research & Innovation Network Bradley Ermeling spent seven years working as an educator in Japan developing first-hand knowledge and expertise with Japanese Lesson Study and has published numerous articles on developing and supporting systems for collaborative inquiry and continuous learning. Dr. Ermeling was a recipient of the 2010 Best Research Award from Learning Forward, along with Ron Gallimore, Claude Goldenberg and Bill Saunders for their published studies on instructional improvement through learning teams. He is currently conducting qualitative studies on blended and virtual assistance models to guide school and instructional improvement efforts and is also investigating methods for measuring and facilitating teacher reflective practice. Prior to his research career, Dr. Ermeling taught high school English and special education for 11 years and holds teaching credentials in both Japan and the United States. He also holds a government issued certificate for Japanese language proficiency. He earned his doctorate from UCLA in Educational Leadership and his bachelor’s degree in English literature from Concordia University, Irvine. Follow him on Twitter @BradErmeling Share the Love If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Invite TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE! Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/the-teachercast-app-spotlight/) Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com)

You will find most of today’s young generation on Facebook. Even though it’s a social media website, if you use it in your classroom for various activities, you will have no trouble engaging your students. You can take advantage of this communication mode by sharing material that is relevant to your course, presenting ideas, asking for suggestions and providing your valuable feedback. A lot of teachers, administrators and directors will debate that this is not a good platform for education because it may involve improper communication or content. Even though the concern is genuine, this problem can be avoided if everything is properly monitored. As a result, social media can become an interactive and engaging tool for teaching. Now…Let’s take a look at various effective ways you can use Facebook in your classroom: 1. Create a Facebook Group for Your Class By creating a group and adding your students to it, you will be able to stay in touch with them effectively. This practice will allow you to share assignment details, outlines and other important information. If you wish to start a project for your class, you will be able to share complete details in the group and every student will have access to it. Here is an example: Let’s say you are supervisor at a university. You will be able to provide coursework help by providing tips or points. After all, writing a coursework is a tough task, and your students will appreciate your help and solid tips. You will be able to post home work details as well. This way, your students will have no trouble going through your requirements from home. 2. Share Videos Related to Your Course Social media is all about sharing… and videos are widely shared on Facebook. So, if you share interesting videos related to your course, you will be able to engage and educate your students at the same time. There are two things you can do: ✓ Create your own videos. Keep them short, interesting and to-the-point. This way your students will not mind watching them. If your videos are long, chances are that most of your students will not bother watching them. ✓ You can share videos from YouTube. YouTube offers a wealth of knowledge. You can find all kinds of tutorials there. You will easily find quality tutorials related to fitness, design, languages, cooking, science, math, dissertation help and much more. Always share engaging and interesting videos though.  3. Involve Parents You can even ask parents to join your class group on Facebook. This practice will allow the parents to monitor what their kids are studying. When you assign a paper, they will be able to see it as well. By involving them online, you will indirectly train them to work with their children offline as well. This practice will also force students to behave in the best possible manner. 4. Make it Easy for Students to Get Help Using Facebook will make it easy for your students to interact with you and fellow students quickly and effectively. For example, after you post an assignment, some students might have some questions. They will post their questions there. You and other students will be able to help them by replying to their queries. This way, they will get help immediately and they will not have to wait unnecessarily. 5. Use Questions and Polls to Educate and Get Opinions Using this feature will allow you to educate your students and receive their feedback in a very effective way. For example, if you are teaching geography, you can ask your students to identify the place by posting a picture and providing various options. You can also ask them what they would like to discuss in class later. This method will certainly help you engage your students. So…Don’t think of Facebook as a mere social media website now. It’s about time you take advantage of it and use it as an interactive teaching tool. A career guide by profession, Liana Daren takes great pleasure in helping people with finding their passion that ultimately leads them to the right career path. Apart from counseling, she also loves to share her abroad experienced on different blogs and communities with other people.

Educational Podcasting Today is a weekly podcast that celebrates podcasters and podcasting. It’s mission is to help educators learn how to create podcasts and amazing WordPress websites for their podcasts.  For more information, please visit www.EducationalPodcasting.today. Show Topics Podcasting News Educational Podcasting Today App Submitted to Apple Hoping to have it LIVE by ISTE ISTE Sale Price Featured Podcaster of the Day ISTE Casts Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/istes-podcast/id269480016?mt=2 Conferences and Conventions CUE Rockstar Boston! August 4-6 Apps University Apps University Connecticut Summit June 13-14 at Renbrook School in West Hartford Conn. ISTE TeacherCast Broadcasting LIVE from 8-12 on www.TeacherCast.tv Call To Action Rate And Review Great Podcasts You Listen To https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/educational-podcasting-today/id972444781?mt=2 About Our Guest Suzette Franck has been in web development for over twenty years; she started making hand-coded HTML websites on geocities with font tags and tables back in 1995. Since then, she has taught herself CSS, Sass, PHP, MySQL, as well as becoming a WordPress expert; evangelizing and presenting at over twenty-two WordCamps across the country and multiple WordPress meetups in Southern California where she resides, about all aspects of building and maintaining sites on WordPress. Suzette is passionate about WordPress the application as well as the WordPress Open Source Community, and loves to code and teach others the wonders of WordPress. She is a purveyor of lowbrow art, and when she is not WordPressing, she is painting or visiting Los Angeles art galleries to add more work to her growing art collection. To see some of her personal art and crafts, please go to: http://suzettefranck.me Website: http://suzettefranck.com Podcast: http://www.WPWaterCooler.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/suzette_franck Share the Love If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv   Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation   Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Invite TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!   Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/the-teachercast-app-spotlight/) Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com)

  Calling All Podcasters! Calling All Podcasters! The ISTE Conference is fast approaching and I am thrilled to announce an amazing opportunity for those of you who are podcast creators or podcast listeners.  On Monday from 5:30 to 6:45 we will be having a very special gathering of Podcasters and Podcast enthusiasts. The best part of this is…. YOU are invited! The concept is pretty simple: Lets see what happens when we gather fellow podcasters in a room to talk about podcasting. What would happen if we had a meet and greet for educators who listen to our shows. So…. Are you interested in learning more about Podcasting?  Are you interested in learning how to start your own podcast with your class or with your buddies?  This is the session that you CAN’T MISS at ISTE this year. Tickets to this event are limited to 200 participants.  Please only sign up if you are interested in attending. Join Us LIVE at #ISTE2015 for a Podcasters Social Hour and Meetup! Sign Up Today!Click To Tweet What Can I Do To Help? There are several things you can do to help this session be awesome. Podcasters If you are a podcaster, whether or not you are going to ISTE or not, we welcome you to share this session on your next podcast episode. Podcast Listener If you are a fan of Educational Podcasts we welcome you to come and check out the meet up to learn more about our shows.  We would LOVE to meet you. Educational Vender If you are a company who creates awesome products and would love to be in front of a great podcasting audience, please contact me. We are looking for support for this event. So… what are you waiting for.  Sign up for our Podcasters Birds of a Feather session today and we will see you on Monday June 29 in room PCC 125.