Matt Smith
@msmitty34.bsky.social
EdTech Coach | AI in Education | Project-Based Learning | STEAM | Durango, CO | Trail Runner | #EduSky #EdTech #AIinEducation
6th graders using @microbit.org to track acceleration of their bottle rockets 🚀 super engaging #stem project for the last week of school #edtech
May 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
6th graders using @microbit.org to track acceleration of their bottle rockets 🚀 super engaging #stem project for the last week of school #edtech
We had a training yesterday with K-5 teachers. LOTS of hands on learning with @kaiseducation.bsky.social ! Teachers were stoked to see all the ways these can be embedded into math classes to make learning relevant and engaging #edtech #stem
May 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
We had a training yesterday with K-5 teachers. LOTS of hands on learning with @kaiseducation.bsky.social ! Teachers were stoked to see all the ways these can be embedded into math classes to make learning relevant and engaging #edtech #stem
The PhET + Quizizz mashup is awesome! I just shared it with every secondary science teacher in our district.
🚀 New #EduDuctTape episode! 🎙️
👪 Google's new parent permission rules
🧑🏫 Edit Google Classroom assignments after sending them
🎥 Screencastify’s free plan just got better!
🧫 PhET Simulations + @quizizz.bsky.social
🤖 Common Sense Media's AI in K-12 White Paper
🎧 buff.ly/VE34yKs
#EdTech #EduSky
👪 Google's new parent permission rules
🧑🏫 Edit Google Classroom assignments after sending them
🎥 Screencastify’s free plan just got better!
🧫 PhET Simulations + @quizizz.bsky.social
🤖 Common Sense Media's AI in K-12 White Paper
🎧 buff.ly/VE34yKs
#EdTech #EduSky
March 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The PhET + Quizizz mashup is awesome! I just shared it with every secondary science teacher in our district.
Last night, 4th graders showcased games they coded on Scratch for the PTO. Parents played the games & then asked Ss about their code & challenges they faced. A number of Ss had worked on their game outside of class b/c they knew people were going to be playing them #EdTech #STEM #AuthenticAudience
March 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Last night, 4th graders showcased games they coded on Scratch for the PTO. Parents played the games & then asked Ss about their code & challenges they faced. A number of Ss had worked on their game outside of class b/c they knew people were going to be playing them #EdTech #STEM #AuthenticAudience
Want your students to reflect deeply on their work? Give them some reflective Qs and let them record a screencast with their work on the screen. In my experience, a lot of Ss will reflect WAY more verbally vs through writing. #EdTech #Screencast #Metacognition
February 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Want your students to reflect deeply on their work? Give them some reflective Qs and let them record a screencast with their work on the screen. In my experience, a lot of Ss will reflect WAY more verbally vs through writing. #EdTech #Screencast #Metacognition
Just a public educator here looking for ways to engage our students. If you are aware of any video creation platforms that my students can use on their computers that don’t fund fascism while protecting student data, I’m all ears.
By all means, keep funding the companies that fund Fascism today!
Do NOT ask difficult - say ethical - questions...
Do NOT ask difficult - say ethical - questions...
I cannot recommend Google Vids enough for video making projects! So easy for our 6th graders to add narration, music & add beautiful clips & images. AND, teachers can put a blank template into Google Classroom for Ss, & Ss can easily export their finished videos to their drives 🤌 #GoogleEDU #EdTech
February 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just a public educator here looking for ways to engage our students. If you are aware of any video creation platforms that my students can use on their computers that don’t fund fascism while protecting student data, I’m all ears.
I cannot recommend Google Vids enough for video making projects! So easy for our 6th graders to add narration, music & add beautiful clips & images. AND, teachers can put a blank template into Google Classroom for Ss, & Ss can easily export their finished videos to their drives 🤌 #GoogleEDU #EdTech
February 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I cannot recommend Google Vids enough for video making projects! So easy for our 6th graders to add narration, music & add beautiful clips & images. AND, teachers can put a blank template into Google Classroom for Ss, & Ss can easily export their finished videos to their drives 🤌 #GoogleEDU #EdTech
AI literacy is definitely important. But so is social media literacy. There is definitely a need for curriculum that teaches kids how to evaluate the videos they see on YouTube, TikTok, etc. #EdTech #DigitalCitizenship
February 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
AI literacy is definitely important. But so is social media literacy. There is definitely a need for curriculum that teaches kids how to evaluate the videos they see on YouTube, TikTok, etc. #EdTech #DigitalCitizenship
Fourth graders were stoked to create their own game controllers using Makey Makey pencils. These two hacked into two player mode pinball #EdTech #STEM #MakeSchoolFun
January 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Fourth graders were stoked to create their own game controllers using Makey Makey pencils. These two hacked into two player mode pinball #EdTech #STEM #MakeSchoolFun
Both Canva and Adobe for Education allow students to generate AI images and remove the background from images for free, yet #GoogleEDU only offers these features in Google Slides to their premium workspace customers. Why is this the case? #EdTech
January 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Both Canva and Adobe for Education allow students to generate AI images and remove the background from images for free, yet #GoogleEDU only offers these features in Google Slides to their premium workspace customers. Why is this the case? #EdTech
Fifth graders coded @microbit.org to log temp data for the soil in our district Grow Dome so they can make recommendations for seeds to plant during the winter #STEM #EdTech #SolvingRealWorldProblems
January 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Fifth graders coded @microbit.org to log temp data for the soil in our district Grow Dome so they can make recommendations for seeds to plant during the winter #STEM #EdTech #SolvingRealWorldProblems
8th grade science students coded @microbit.org to track acceleration for an experiment in which they are trying to reduce peak force. The teacher showed them how to set up the formula in Google Sheets, too love 😎 #EdTech #STEM #EduSky
January 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
8th grade science students coded @microbit.org to track acceleration for an experiment in which they are trying to reduce peak force. The teacher showed them how to set up the formula in Google Sheets, too love 😎 #EdTech #STEM #EduSky
Reposted by Matt Smith
🎙️ It’s time for the 11th Annual #EdTech Smackdown! 💥
Episode 257 is packed with:
✨ Top tech tips & tools for 2024
👩🏫 Contributions from amazing educators
💡 Ideas to elevate your teaching game!
Tune in now: chrisnesi.com/257
#EdTech #EduSky #houseofedtech
Episode 257 is packed with:
✨ Top tech tips & tools for 2024
👩🏫 Contributions from amazing educators
💡 Ideas to elevate your teaching game!
Tune in now: chrisnesi.com/257
#EdTech #EduSky #houseofedtech
December 23, 2024 at 2:35 AM
🎙️ It’s time for the 11th Annual #EdTech Smackdown! 💥
Episode 257 is packed with:
✨ Top tech tips & tools for 2024
👩🏫 Contributions from amazing educators
💡 Ideas to elevate your teaching game!
Tune in now: chrisnesi.com/257
#EdTech #EduSky #houseofedtech
Episode 257 is packed with:
✨ Top tech tips & tools for 2024
👩🏫 Contributions from amazing educators
💡 Ideas to elevate your teaching game!
Tune in now: chrisnesi.com/257
#EdTech #EduSky #houseofedtech
In a middle school weightlifting class today: their final assignment was to create an engaging podcast discussing what they learned, their favorite lifts, how those lifts applied to sports or activities they did & how they might apply to their future. These Ss reflections were 🤯🤯🤯 #EdTech #EduSky
December 16, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Reposted by Matt Smith
December 12, 2024 at 9:30 PM
When I am working with Ss who are getting feedback on their writing from AI, I’ve found that it’s super important to tell Ss that AI wants more than anything to be helpful, so it’s ALWAYS going to give feedback. Front loading this seems to reduce student frustration #AIinEducation #EdTech #EduSky
December 12, 2024 at 5:16 PM
When I am working with Ss who are getting feedback on their writing from AI, I’ve found that it’s super important to tell Ss that AI wants more than anything to be helpful, so it’s ALWAYS going to give feedback. Front loading this seems to reduce student frustration #AIinEducation #EdTech #EduSky
Fourth graders getting feedback on their writing from a @schoolai.com Space. Quote of the day from a student: “I didn’t think this thing was going to be that good; but it’s REALLY good!”🤣 #EdTech #EduSky #AIinEducation
December 11, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Fourth graders getting feedback on their writing from a @schoolai.com Space. Quote of the day from a student: “I didn’t think this thing was going to be that good; but it’s REALLY good!”🤣 #EdTech #EduSky #AIinEducation
December #EdTech newsletter that I sent out to staff today: docs.google.com/presentation...
Edtech newsletter
Qr code generator chrome, enhance speech adobe Newsletter for December 2024 ☝️Quickly create QR codes in Google Chrome Talking tours of historical landmarks and nature with Google Arts & Culture ☝️Stu...
docs.google.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:49 PM
December #EdTech newsletter that I sent out to staff today: docs.google.com/presentation...
Adobe now lets you remove background noise from videos. I just recorded 40 different kindergartens in the hallway at our elementary school reading their weather reports & after using adobe it sounds like we made the videos in a studio 🤯🤯🤯 #edtech #edtechcoach podcast.adobe.com/enhance
Enhance Speech from Adobe | Free AI filter for cleaning up spoken audio
This AI audio filter improves spoken audio to make it sound like it was recorded in a soundproofed studio.
podcast.adobe.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Adobe now lets you remove background noise from videos. I just recorded 40 different kindergartens in the hallway at our elementary school reading their weather reports & after using adobe it sounds like we made the videos in a studio 🤯🤯🤯 #edtech #edtechcoach podcast.adobe.com/enhance
Pretty sure Google Vids might be a really good Flip replacement: www.loom.com/share/e842b6... #EdTech #GoogleForEDU
Enhancing Student Reflection with Google Vids 🎥
Hey there! In this video, I demonstrate how to use Google Vids as a tool similar to Flipgrid for student reflections. By adding voice placeholders and backgrounds, students can easily record their tho...
www.loom.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Pretty sure Google Vids might be a really good Flip replacement: www.loom.com/share/e842b6... #EdTech #GoogleForEDU
The AI addition to this already engaging tool is just fantastic: artsandculture.google.com/experiment/t... #edtech #googleforedu
Talking Tours - Google Arts & Culture
An AI audio experiment touring cultural landmarks in Street View on Google
Arts & Culture.
artsandculture.google.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:06 PM
The AI addition to this already engaging tool is just fantastic: artsandculture.google.com/experiment/t... #edtech #googleforedu
Has anyone played around with Google Vids? It seems like a limited version of a video creator compared to Adobe Express or Canva. But maybe it could be a good place for Elementary kids to start? I do like how it’s so easy to share in the Google space #edtech #edusky #GoogleforEDU
December 2, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Has anyone played around with Google Vids? It seems like a limited version of a video creator compared to Adobe Express or Canva. But maybe it could be a good place for Elementary kids to start? I do like how it’s so easy to share in the Google space #edtech #edusky #GoogleforEDU
Looks at all this great swag from @schoolai.com !! Can’t wait to give it to some of our SchoolAI power users in the district! #EdTech #AI
November 26, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Looks at all this great swag from @schoolai.com !! Can’t wait to give it to some of our SchoolAI power users in the district! #EdTech #AI