Greetings and Welcome to the final Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. Danelle Brostrom and I attempted to not be excessively maudlin and succeeded to some extent as we looked back on 8 years of potentially useful podcasting while "closing the Loop".

• Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Reflections On A Project

• Why it Started

  • A fun, Innovative PD vehicle to share best practices with edtech.

  • Initial concept included a full multimedia project inspired by Grantland.com but downsized within the first year due to unrealistic expectations of an already over worked team. Some articles from Stephie Luyt and David Noller can still be found on Medium.com

  • Podcasts allowed for a long form conversation to help demystify technology for our educators and allow for thought provoking discussion from our amazing team of Edtech experts.

By the Numbers:

• Number of years - 8; TCAPSLoop started podcasting early 2016. TCAPSLoop Weekly #1 was March 2017

• Number of episodes - OVER 200!!!!!

Highlights:

• Helped inspire and/or launch at least 3 other edtech podcasts (remember when we were TRENDING on apple podcasts????)

• Favorite special guests

  • Emmanuel Schanzer - data science - in 2023

  • Stephie Luyt - books, books, books!

  • cast.org

• Favorite episodes - top 3 I’d recommend for people to listen to RIGHT NOW

  • Universal Design for Learning with Cast.org | TCAPSLoop Podcast 2024

  • Considering Age Appropriate AI | TCAPSLoop Podcast 2024

  • ALL DIGCIT PODS, but especially Bonus Pod! Common Sense EDU Digital Citizenship Week Discussion | TCAPSLoop Podcast 2023 First DigCit pod: Oct 17, 2017

What's Next:

• All things AI, Accessibility, Closing the design, use, and access divides (NETP), continued work on the MACUL Board serving the membership of MACUL (Conference chair for MACUL26 in GR - 50th anniversary of the org)

Recommendations

• Hard Fork

• Body Electric

• Twenty Thousand Hertz

• For the Purpose Of - Kent ISD

Tech Tool of the Week

• Common Sense Media and cast.org :)

Final Thoughts:

• Podcast series will still remain out in the ether for people to listen, reflect, share

• Tech tools come and go. Good teaching is timeless.

• Pause for people. Put down the device. Go outside.

Where can we find you?

• Danelle - brostromda@tcaps.net or Linked In (brostromda)

• TCAPSLoop can be found at a thrift store, estate sale or antique store near you.

Thank you for listening to the podcast on Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcast, Podbean, Castbox, Overcast, Bullhorn, or wherever else you got your ear candy. gekawabamin meenawa and...

Thanks for listening and inspiring!

Greetings and Welcome to another Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. We are here to rebuke the commonly held belief that teachers have the summers off. Danelle Brostrom and Daneille Humphry from Northwest Ed discuss the past, present and future of our favorite summer event not associated with water, WIREDTC!

The expert in anything was once a beginner." - Helen Hayes

• What is WIREDTC? What is the history of this event?
• What changes are we looking forward to this year?
  • New partners
  • New format
  • New timeslot
  • New vibe
• Where can educators find out more information about WIREDTC?
  • www.wiredtc.net
  • Registration is open now!

edWeb

Free professional development from industry leaders like Common Sense.

Specifically, this upcoming one sounds AMAZING: Dreams Take Flight with THE BLUE ANGELS - edWeb

Goblin Tools

goblin.tools is a collection of small, simple, single-task tools, mostly designed to help neurodivergent people with tasks they find overwhelming or difficult.

Please rate and review the podcast on your app of choice and leave us a comment on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram

Thank you so much for listening and inspiring!

Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

Special Guests: Daneille Humphry

Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

Greetings and Welcome to another Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. I’m so pumped for this episode as we are joined by Melissa Sanjeh and Bryan Dean of cast.org. They are here to de-mystify UDL and get you on board to implement their amazing resources into your practice, in the classroom, or district-wide. This is a must listen for any educator invested in the education of ALL students.

Key Goals of the Podcast:

1. Visibility for cast.org and what it can offer educators/schools
2. Increase depth of understanding around accessibility/UDL

Audience for the Podcast:

• K-12 educators

• Administrators

Questions/Topics

1. What is cast.org? What are the goals of your organization?
2. Why is accessibility important and necessary? What are some common accessibility barriers educators might be overlooking?
3. How does UDL fit in? How can UDL benefit ALL learners?
4. Connection between your work at cast.org and the NETP
5. What advice would you give educators who are just starting to explore UDL, accessibility, and cast.org?
6. Looking towards the future, what are your predictions for the role of accessibility and UDL in education?

From a district leadership perspective, how do we make this into just something that we DO in our district/school?

Additional Questions:

1. Can you share some success stories or personal anecdotes about accessibility and UDL in action?
2. Can you share a Tech Tool for our listeners? What will help them learn more about the topic or what will help them be more accessible?

Cast.org

Please rate and review the podcast on your app of choice and leave us a comment on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram

Thank you so much for listening and inspiring!

Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

Special Guests: Melissa Sanjeh, Bryan Dean

Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.