Getting ready Our Youngest Students for a Digital World

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John Davis, Producer
That is the Ten Minute Trainer podcast along with your host, Vicki Davis.

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Vicki Davis
The long run is now making ready our youngest students for a digital world. Episode 860. On this present, we’ll sit down with Debbie Tannenbaum, the tech-savvy educator for early childhood training and writer of “Transform Techie Notes to Make Learning Sticky.” Prepare to find progressive methods for integrating expertise into early training, constructing Pupil Company, and why your skilled studying community could be a game-changer to your instructing profession.

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Vicki Davis
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Vicki Davis
So right now we’re speaking with Debbie Tannenbaum from Tannenbaum Tech, the writer of “Transform Techie Notes to Make Learning Sticky.” And Debbie, you have got a little bit little bit of a narrative of your instructing profession, the way you have been instructing and the way you began studying. Now you are serving to faculties and districts and doing so many issues. So inform us a little bit bit about your journey.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
That is my twenty fifth 12 months in training, my sixth 12 months as a tech coach, and through my first 12 months as a tech coach, I am in elementary college. I used to be getting tremendous annoyed as a result of I felt like I may by no means assist all my children. And so it is really humorous as a result of I used to be listening to your podcast again in I suppose 2018, 2019, and also you have been interviewing this lady, Pana Asavavatana, and she or he was speaking about icon literacy.  (See episode 338)

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Debbie Tannenbaum
And I reached out to her instantly after the podcast and came upon extra about her. And this type of began me on this complete journey. I assist districts with plenty of issues, however my true ardour helps our little learners, ensuring that they develop company, that they actually perceive how you can use digital units and the way they change into digital learners.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
It is change into a extremely massive ardour to me. A number of what I see is for secondary college. A number of what I share tends to deal with these littles, these youngest students, as a result of we actually must guarantee that our children are prepared. There’s a lot change happening in expertise proper now and training. And if we do not be sure our children have these expertise, it turns into actually, actually tough down the highway.

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Vicki Davis
Nicely, I really like that you’re in search of assist. You did not let your frustration get to you. You discovered any individual who resonated with you by listening to podcasts. And I am positive you’ve got been listening to numerous totally different podcasts, however then you definitely’re like, “Oh, this accomplice actually is superior.” You reached out to her and then you definitely simply bought excited. So constructing your PLN actually does make a distinction, would not it?

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Debbie Tannenbaum
It completely does. And I, over the past 5 years since I joined Twitter, it is perhaps much more than that, changing into a part of a PLN has completely modified every little thing for me. I’ve had so many alternatives to be taught, so many alternatives to share that I’d have by no means had if I hadn’t had these experiences. And I’ve gotten to really feel a lot richer in what I do due to these experiences.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
So it is actually been nice because the final couple of years have gone. I am doing issues now that I’d have by no means imagined doing 5 years in the past, and plenty of that’s because of the folks I have been related with by means of social media.

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Vicki Davis
We will speak about making studying sticky and actually we wish to focus right now on the littles as a result of you recognize what? Chances are you’ll be any individual that resonates with those that are working with making an attempt to achieve and assist the littles. So the place do you begin? How do you assist academics attain our youngest?

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Debbie Tannenbaum
I feel it is actually essential to start out easy. I at all times speak about after I first begin working with my youngest learners due to the work that I had skilled speaking to Pana and dealing together with her, I actually attempt to consider these 9 icons that I really feel like are a very powerful for my college students to grasp, to essentially navigate these digital studying environments earlier than we even contact a tool, we actually begin to be taught these.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
And whether or not we’re speaking about energy or we’re performing some whole physique response and we’re utilizing our arms, or we’re speaking about username, which has seven digits or password, every little thing we do is de facto concrete after which we even play some icon bingo to essentially guarantee that the children know these issues.

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Vicki Davis
Icon Bingo. Okay, I really like that. Inform me about Icon Bingo.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
Icon Bingo. There is a actually nice website. I feel it is referred to as ESL Actions and you may put footage on a bingo board and I put like, I am making an attempt to recollect all 9 of them, however like, energy, username, picture, textual content, video, microphone. And so I put these ones that I will use with all of my college students so much on there.

00:04:59:02 – 00:05:21:14
Debbie Tannenbaum
And we play it. We play. I even had some educators play some icon bingo in one among my playgrounds as a result of it is actually essential to guarantee that they perceive what these icons are. After which, you recognize, as we construct, we will get much more. However there’s so many icons that go throughout totally different platforms that, yeah, I wish to be sure my college students perceive that.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
And so I would like my college students to know it doesn’t matter what program they’re in, a technique to navigate that digital studying setting. And I actually, as soon as I’ve finished that with them, I do plenty of issues the place I reinforce these icons as we’re studying and actually attempt to hyperlink the digital literacy that they are constructing with the educational that they are engaged on as nicely.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
I feel that is tremendous essential. I’ve one thing I name an edu Rubicon that has, you recognize, the icons on the left after which these standards for entry on the fitting. And it’s extremely visible as a result of I would like my college students to know that they’ll do this stuff. I incorporate issues like video inside it as a result of I would like them to have that company.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
Earlier than this, I used to be spending plenty of time taking part in Whac-A-Mole and making an attempt to get my college students all down and by no means having the ability to. And now what I am actually my objective is, is now they’re calling me as a result of they wish to present me what they’re creating. And that is an enormous shift. And I feel that that is so essential. So after I’m working with these, after I’m working with, you recognize, our major educators and our youngest learners, I construct on that, ensuring that earlier than I even point out a tech software, that I actually spend time to speak about methods to advertise that company.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
As a result of far too usually we go on to the tech instruments, and once we try this, we’re lacking a bit. And so at any time when I share about littles, I at all times inform them the primary half hour has nothing to do with tech instruments. I will not even point out a tech software till that second half hour. However then after I point out these tech instruments, you are going to see these connections made.

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Vicki Davis
Like it. So if you say littles, outline the age.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
With what I do, I actually have a look at like that pre-Ok to second. However the stuff I share will actually work.

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Vicki Davis
Pre-Ok and so have you ever. Have you ever finished this with three-year-olds or is it extra like four-year-olds or five-year-olds?

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Debbie Tannenbaum
4-year-olds.

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Vicki Davis
4-year-olds? The Whac-A-Mole is a criticism that academics and coaches have with these four-year-olds. So you discover that taking part in bingo actually helps them perceive the icons and what they do and the way lengthy the username is?

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Debbie Tannenbaum
I have not performed bingo with my four-year-olds. I performed it with my kindergartners. However simply that very same concept of actually constructing it and ensuring after I work with my youngest learners, I attempt to keep on with applications which are very, very visible. One of many ones I actually like is named WPXI, they usually have a major view that is tremendous simple for our children to make use of.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
After which after I get to my older children, then I will construct on that. I am so excited as a result of we had iPads this 12 months that my pre-Ok children, once they get to kindergarten, this isn’t going to be the primary time they have been on a tool.

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Vicki Davis
What are your favorites? You’ve got bought Wix. See, you are excited in regards to the iPads. Simply throw some out at us that your children love.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
Wix might be one among my favorites. I additionally love eBook Creator. I feel eBook Creator is a tremendous software. I exploit Flip so much with my children.

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Vicki Davis
Oh actually? How do you utilize it?

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Debbie Tannenbaum
Nicely, I begin actually easy. We begin with the paper model they usually’ll begin with my kindergartners and I am going to say, okay, here is a 5 display screen, coloration it in two other ways. Do you wish to maintain it up in entrance of your face and report or do you wish to maintain it to the facet? I make it in order that they solely have the digital camera to start out after which I simply allow them to watch one another.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
And truthfully, they love watching one another. And so we construct on all of these issues as we’re working small strategic steps to essentially guarantee that they perceive how you can do this stuff one step at a time. And I like applications that permit our children to share their very own data in numerous other ways. So it is not simply, “Oh, I am drawing the image,” however perhaps I can create a video, perhaps I can add my voice.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
And so I like these issues. And it additionally makes it simpler for our academics. If our academics decide a software that has numerous totally different selections, then the academics be taught one software, the children be taught one software, after which it is simpler to assist them switch over once they actually perceive how all of that works collectively. So I can work with my children on Wixie after which after I get to Flip, they perceive how they’re alike and totally different.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
We are able to make that switch.

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Vicki Davis
In order we end up, may you simply give us a fast elevator pitch for here is how one can make studying keep on with expertise. With 4 and five-year-olds.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
I feel you must have a look at the alternatives the expertise can provide our college students. And is it going to provide our college students alternatives to share in ways in which they can not with out the expertise? And plenty of instances having them document their voice or having them make a video, you are going to get various things than you would possibly get should you simply have them draw an image.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
And so giving them these alternatives to try this, having it be capable to learn to them, actually giving them genuine duties and being like, you are really creating one thing on the pc. With my 4 and five-year-olds, I do plenty of stuff the place they’ve selection boards, the place they go. There’s a few totally different actions they usually get to decide on what they’re doing.

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Debbie Tannenbaum
I would like them to really feel like after I come to their rooms to do our expertise, that it is at all times linked to what we’re studying. I by no means do one thing that is not linked to what they’re studying, and I work with the academics to try this they usually see the connection between us.

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Vicki Davis
So are the selection boards projected on the board? Are they in a Google doc or Google slide? Or the place are these?

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Debbie Tannenbaum
A number of instances I am going to use Wixie as a result of it permits you to hyperlink inside after which they get into Wixie utilizing Intelligent they usually know the way to try this. I educate them that; we discover ways to discover the Intelligent icon. We discover ways to discover what they name the Rainbow hand. We’re actually intentional with these icons as we construct.

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Vicki Davis
Love that Debbie Tannenbaum and you’re employed with districts throughout serving to them use expertise with the littlest to make studying stick. And I really like your strategies. So many nice concepts. Thanks, Debbie, for approaching the present.

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