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Ep. 22 - New School Year EDTech Backpack - The tech that you need for back-to-school

from EdTech Unpacked · host Adventist Learning Community

What tech do you need to start the new school year? We talk about our favorite EdTech tools along with some that we are looking forward to trying out. Join us as we unpack the tech! 0:00 Episode Preview and Welcome 1:01 Get to Know You Question 3:01 Aaron & Desmond's Year Ahead 6:20 Let's Unpack the Tech & Desmond's Top 5 Tech Picks 6:50 LMS 7:34 Google's Notebook LM 8:25 Mobile Device Management Software 14:35 Davinci Resolve 15:48 Google Docs 16:35 Aaron's Top 5 Tech Picks- Classroom Tech Ready to Roll 20:28 Notability 22:13 Canva 23:11 BriskAI 24:55 IXL & Formative Assessment Platforms 27:56 Desmond's Top 5 EDTech Things to try 28:15 Canva 29:16 Vibe Coding 32:33 AI Video Creation- Google Veo 3 38:50 Script Writing Tools 39:14 VibeGrade 39:49 Aaron's Top 5 EDTech Things to Try 41:30 SchoolAI & MagicSchool 42:34 Lesson Planning with AI (ChatGPT or Gemini) 43:42 Socrait 44:42 Google Class Tools 45:58 Wrapping Up, Help Desk & How to Connect 46:52 Closing Blessing ======PART 1 RESOURCES==================================== 5 EdTech Favorites Desmond's 1. Teaching through my LMS (Schoology) - https://youtu.be/9adtcUlQzo4 2. NotebookLM - https://notebooklm.google/ 3. Second device to monitor students - https://www.goguardian.com/ - https://www.lightspeedsystems.com/ 4. DaVinci Resolve - https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve 5. Assignments with Google Docs - https://youtu.be/E5rtu41W_SM Aaron's 1. Classroom Tech Ready to Roll!! - https://youtu.be/rhUBp_P_W7g 2. Teaching with Notability - https://youtu.be/WXcoh2LZeWY - https://notability.com/ 3. Canva - https://youtu.be/CHjZPOc_2dg - https://www.canva.com/ 4. Brisk - https://www.briskteaching.com/ 5. IXL & Formative Assessment Platforms - https://youtu.be/KLoV7ALMmAQ ======PART 2 RESOURCES==================================== 5 EDTech Things to Try Desmond's 1. Canva for more design - https://youtu.be/CHjZPOc_2dg - https://www.canva.com/ 2. Vibe coding classroom apps - https://youtube.com/shorts/3N_r1tHcu0E - https://colorgeoguessr.my.canva.site/ - https://bsky.app/profile/edtechunpacked.com/post/3lvelggngnc27 3. AI Video creation - Veo3 through Google Vids - https://workspace.google.com/products/vids/ - NotebookLM - https://notebooklm.google/ 4. Script writing tools 5. Vibegrade - https://youtu.be/r124zoV7r0s - https://vibegrade.com/ Aaron's 1. Video Creation - https://youtu.be/ewSrBClAwAQ 2. SchoolAI https://schoolai.com/ or MagicSchool https://www.magicschool.ai/ 3. Lesson Planning support with ChatGPT Pro - https://youtu.be/og_O0wiERiY 4. Socrait - https://socrait.com/ 5. Class Tools for Translation - https://youtu.be/BEX2AlAeD0M - https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/class-tools-chromebook/ ======CONNECT WITH US===================================== Subscribe here on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@EdTechUnpacked?sub_confirmation=1 https://edtechunpacked.com/ (submit questions) https://instagram.com/edtechunpacked https://bsky.app/profile/edtechunpacked.com https://twitter.com/EdtechUnpacked https://www.facebook.com/edtechunpacked #EdTech #BackToSchoolTech #TeacherTools #EducationalTechnology #ClassroomTechnology #TeachingWithTech #EdTechUnpacked #BackToSchool2025 #TeacherTips #TeacherLife #AIForTeachers #GoogleTools #CanvaForEducation #NotabilityApp #BriskAI #IXL #FormativeAssessment #DaVinciResolve #Schoology #NotebookLM #GoogleVeo #LessonPlanningWithAI #MagicSchoolAI #SchoolAI #Socrait #ClassTools #VibeCoding #VibeGrade #TeacherPD #DigitalTeachingTools

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