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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

6th graders using @microbit.org to track acceleration of their bottle rockets 🚀 super engaging #stem project for the last week of school #edtech

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The PhET + Quizizz mashup is awesome! I just shared it with every secondary science teacher in our district.

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

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.

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Shout out to all the STEM teachers out there doing 3D print jobs for their students’ Tinkercad designs 😅 #STEM #EdTech

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Christopher J. Nesi 🎙 @mrnesi.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

🎙️ 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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

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

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Mike Rutherford @mikerford.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I only heard "What the Sigma?" and "Skibidi" once in my class today. I think this is a win! #edusky

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

A panel of business leaders speaking at the Four Corners AI Conference yesterday said that job applicants without AI skills would likely not be considered #EduSky #AIinEd #AIEDU #EdTech

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

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

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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.

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

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

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Easy way for kids to create charts with their data in Google Slides: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC9Y...

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Charts in Google Slides

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Just spent the last hour helping 2nd graders record their final compare/contrasts writing drafts in Adobe Express’s “Animate your voice”. Soooo fun getting to introduce this to the littles #edusky

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Just had an incredibly engaging conversation with a high school advisory in which we discussed this continuum from @ericcurts.bsky.social in Socratic Seminar format. Every secondary teacher should consider this activity with their students. Their responses were honest and informative!

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Google’s NotebookLM feature that allows to convert your resources for a unit into a realistic sounding audio/podcast between two AI voices discussing the content is 🤯🤯🤯

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Just ran a 4 hour PD with elementary teachers so that they could get comfortable with CS First - Google. Holy smokes is this an easy program to get teachers and students hooked into coding! Love the instructional videos and how seamlessly it interacts with Scratch #stem #EduSky #coding

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Matt Smith @msmitty34.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Soooooo excited to connect with educators on #EduSky!

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