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• Coming soon… the 2019 House of #EdTech Smackdown! My goal each year is to have you and other listeners share their favorite #edtech tips, tools, apps, programs, and more! I prefer audio clips, as this is a podcast, and you can submit audio. You can send me an email with the attached audio please put Smackdown 2019 as the subject and no matter how you share with me get your submission in by December 1, 2019, for episode 147’s December 22, 2019 release. Be sure to include who you are, where you’re from, what your role in education is, and then talk about your favorite #edtech item and also let us know how we can connect with you. I always look forward to the end of the year because I love what the community shares!

#EdTech Thought

Who Moved My Cheese?

This year (2019-2020) I have a new classroom (two actually) and I’m a traveling teacher along with just about every other teacher in my school. I will be working with a new ICS teacher and I’m not working with Brian.

This conjured up in my a memory from my Caldwell Post Bac Program where one of my professors used wisdom books and one of the books used was Who Moved My Cheese? My big take-aways were:

• • When you change what you believe, you change what you do.
  • Change happens. They keep moving the cheese.
  • Adapt to change quickly.
    • the quicker you let go of the old, you can enjoy the new

#EdTech Recommendation

• Writinghouse.org
  • Writinghouse is a free bibliography and citation maker. It allows you to generate citations in various referencing styles including MLA, APA, Chicago, and Harvard.
  • There is also a section on the website featuring good resources to learn more about what a bibliography actually is and how to create one using the different styles.
  • There are two ways you can create citations in Writinghouse:
    • The first one is manual where you get to choose the source you want to cite then you type in its corresponding info such as title, edition, place and year of publication etc.
    • The second way is automatic and consists of using the search functionality which is provided by WorldCat. Writinghouse will conduct a quick search and provide you with relevant results.
  • Once a bibliography is compiled a user can then download a copy to keep.
  • Price – FREE!
  • https://twitter.com/Writinghouseorg

Featured Content

Whether you’re settling into a new school year or just read about a cool new edtech device or saw got to play with something at a conference keep these three things in mind to make sure you’re investing in the best edtech products available AND that they meet your student’s needs.

1. Adaptable
2. Customizable
3. Interactive

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PAM HUBLER – Pam has a BA in Specific Learning Disabilities for K-12 and MA in Elementary Education. She’s a Google Certified Trainer who taught in Special Education in Florida for 9 years, then moved to 1st Grade as the General Education teacher in an Inclusion class for 5 years. Pam now resides in South Carolina and has had many new learning opportunities as a Personalized Learning Coach,  Special Ed/Intervention teacher, Technology Integration Specialist, and now serves as an Instructional Coach.

Connect with Pam Hubler:

• Twitter: @specialtechie
• Website: https://www.spedtechgeek.com