 I'm Grady Edwards with Beau Gorszewski. Welcome to DISCAST, a podcast from the Ori County Schools digital integration team. We believe that educational technology can be used to transform teaching and learning in the classroom. We strive to spotlight the good work our teachers are doing across our county and hope our discussions will inspire possibilities for your classroom. Your journey into the world of edtech starts right now. I got four o'clock. Four o'clock, Berlin Bach. Should we get started? Yes, sir. All right, beautiful, beautiful. Well, a very good afternoon and a very happy Friday to all our listeners. Thank you for joining us for this special episode three of the DISCAST. For those of you just tuning in, DISCAST is a podcast dedicated to celebrating and highlighting all the fantastic work taking place in classrooms across Ori County Schools. If you'd like to see some examples of great edtech things taking place in our district, check out our Dear Disz Instagram page at HCS Disz or Twitter and Facebook with at Dear Disz. We are sharing this video on our Facebook workplace event right now, so feel free to ask questions or make comments there. Also, check out our last episode where we sit down with the current teacher of the year and discuss ways you can get started with podcasting in your classroom. Thanks, Grady. We have a full slate on the schedule for today, so let's get right into it. We'd first like to recap all the great things that we've been doing for Spring Forward on Facebook Workplace. We kicked off the event with a book talk hosted by Holly Jackson. Check out Holly's video, slide deck, and a flip grid reflection about her book, Bold School. Our second week focused on coding and computational thinking. You can access the lesson plans using Codable Crafts and the Q-Robot. Ah, speaking of Codable Crafts and the Q-Robot, did you know that we have some new tutorials that may be able to help you out? Our fellow diss, Megan Cox, created a simple Getting Started video on our YouTube channel. We also have a Getting to Know Q video in case you would like to utilize our Q-Robot in your K-12 classroom. While you visit our YouTube page, don't forget to subscribe to our channel and hit that notification button so that you don't miss out on our next EdTech tutorial. Help us reach our goal of 1,200 subscribers, and while you're there, check out the previous Discast episodes and over 50 EdTech tutorials. And our third week had our fellow diss, Ebony Livingston, sharing Apple's Everyone Can Create series, a collection of iBooks that reminds all of us that everyone can create, music, drawing, digital photography, or video editing. The iBooks not only provide some great ideas, but there is also a teacher guide to go with it to help you in some ways on infusing more creativity into your curriculum. Before we end our Spring Forward activity, the Digital Integration Specialist would also like to share with you some updates that have been going on throughout Warrie County Schools. Our elementary schools have recently participated in learning walks with Ed Elements. Schools have visited each other to see how they are implementing the core five elements of personalized learning, such as targeted instruction, student ownership, creativity, collaboration, and digital content and tools. Make sure you check out dear diss on social media like Instagram, Twitter, and our Facebook page to see some of those highlights. Thanks. And our middle and high schoolers are still focusing on student reflection and ownership, with their Google site's digital portfolios. For the schools that are all set up, departments are now starting to meet and discuss what products should go into the portfolios, and they are setting expectations for completion guidelines. Nice. Well, unfortunately, it looks like we're out of time. Remember, all of the resources we discussed in today's discast can be found in the description of the YouTube video. You will find reference tools, audio files, and a transcript of the episode. To continue to follow our story, please subscribe to the discast. And thank you for joining us today. And always remember, in the words of George Curos, technology will never replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational. Well said, Bill. Thanks. Thank you for watching this tutorial. Be sure to subscribe, like, comment, and follow us by clicking on the links below in the description.