Eric Bryan

Dad. HS Instructional/EdTech Coach. Former ELA teacher. UMSL alum. Google Cert Educator, L 1&2. Quizlet, Buncee Ambassador. Formative Educator, EDpuzzle Coach.

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

Big shout out and THANK YOU to @JBDbiz and Amy at @wakelet for the ambassador gift! Great surprise and very appreciated! Check out Wakelet if you haven’t! You won’t regret it! #EdTech #ParkEdTech

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

#ParkEdTech: Learned about a new interactive video lesson platform called https://t.co/TDjoAFsset. Very similar to Edpuzzle. Might be worth checking out? #FormativeAssessment

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

#ParkEdTech: Just checked out Quizalize after having forgotten about it. Didn't realize content library can filter by standard (a-ha!)! For MO tchrs, filter by Common Core. MLS not yet loaded. While on #FormativeAssessment topic, my fav tool for that is @goformative !

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@TraceyKracht @MsGoeke I'd say that some can be priority if it supports a teacher's learning goals. State-issued priority standards are non-negotiable, but teacher priority standards can be flexible. #ParkEdTech

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@TraceyKracht My school has used https://t.co/HlUyk0aHJd since TurnItIn pretty much priced themselves out of some business from my school. Unicheck and TurnItIn has merged! We switched to TurnItIn side of things and it's not much costlier than Unicheck was. We will see...#ParkEdTech

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@MsBruhnELA Yes! I've seen so many students who don't know what their next move will be. Some of them might need to be "tossed out of the nest" to learn how to fly on their own prior to getting to college. But it must be a collective effort maybe by a team of teachers. #ParkEdTech

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@MsGoeke @TraceyKracht Big question: is the concept to be tested on related to a priority curriculum standard or not? If not, then it could still be tested on, but it might be a formative assessment rather than summative. #ParkEdTech

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@MsBruhnELA This book might help you out! I've seen the author speak before, and what she shares is mind-opening! #ParkEdTech https://t.co/ZoshaRspTd

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@kaat_taylor I have not yet tried that or helped coach a coworker with that approach, but I recently attended a curriculum workshop where that very idea was encouraged. Definitely something to keep in your back pocket! #ParkEdTech

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@TraceyKracht Oh, boy. I can hear the hum of stirred up voices already. :) Very interesting idea! I see this as a learning opp for both tchr and student. If tchr can't produce real world relevance, they both could collaborate maybe and find a way it can relate? #ParkEdTech

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@MrCTaylorHMC @willrich45 Yes! It's an almost eerie echo of what @SirKenRobinson says about how we are always "reforming a broken system." Instead of doing an "educational evolution, we need an educational revolution." #ParkEdTech

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@MrCTaylorHMC Thanks for sharing, Colin! I hadn't seen that, but I'm def sharing with my staff! What a timely addition to Classroom! Hope we all don't have to wait much longer to see a rollout. #ParkEdTech

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@MsGoeke I do that very thing! Sharing personal connections get them every time! If not personal connection, tie to pop culture! That's another that helps! #ParkEdTech #EdChat #MakeItReal

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@HLamas5 @willrich45 I'm afraid this will be a major mind shift for some tchrs. We can do all we can to help those who may struggle. It's about looking at your content as a tool now to achieve academic goals/standards. Or is that off base? #ParkEdTech #EdChat

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

#ParkEdTech, after watching our @TEDTalks /ed philosophy vids, does it spark a new approach to lesson planning to toss in more student agency? Anyone else have the same walkaway?

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@HLamas5 @willrich45 Absolutely! The amt of collaboration we tchrs do is great, so we can easily teach our students to do it in their 21st Century life, which can be done face 2 face or virtually! #ParkEdTech

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

@julnilsmith @willrich45 @TEDTalks You're welcome!!

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

Smartphones: Do they add to unproductive learning? The WSJ weighs in: "Now that our phones have made it so easy to gather info online, our brains are likely offloading even more of the work of remembering to tech." https://t.co/vzljwPlPa6 #ParkEdTech #Education

[Eric Bryan @EdTech_Nerd]

Great sketchnote by @BryanMMathers shared by @MindShiftKQED on Facebook. Really like the way this illustrates Seymour Sarason's work referenced by @SirKenRobinson in his @TEDTalks video! #ParkEdTech #edchat