Digital Learning Bits and Bytes Podcast- San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
Welcome to Digital Learning and Computer Science Bits and Bytes Podcast, inspired by our dedication for equitable and inclusive educational technology and computer science. We're extremely excited to have you listen to our podcast and look forward to updating you with the latest and greatest from our team and from our wonderful community of educational technology and computer science practitioners and experts.
Episodes
18 episodes
AI Literacy: Ethics and AI: Joshua Maples
AI Literacy: Ethics and AI: This session will be with Joshua Maples, a High School ELA educator who challenges us to think about important topics related to AI ethics. Sonal Patel, Tonya Coats, and Joshua Maples discuss the implications of AI-g...
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29:52
Blended Learning and AI for Innovative Math Teaching and Learning
Brenda Dougan, a secondary mathematics coach at Fontana Unified School District, shared her journey from wanting to be a pediatrician to becoming a math teacher. She emphasized the importance of blended learning in math, using tools like Quiziz...
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40:04
Dr. Christina Pierce
Zoom meeting with Dr. Christina Pierce. The discussion focused on the Alta Loma School District's computer science (CS) education initiatives, driven by the Educator Workforce Investment Grant. Dr. Christina Pierce highlighted the integration o...
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22:58
Leverage AI to Bring Your Learner Profile to Life
Omar, Dana, Devin and Yusuf discussed the potential of AI to enhance personalized learning experiences for students, with a focus on empowering educators and schools to learn about AI through hands-on projects. They highlighted ethical consider...
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26:48
Heidi Baynes, Seasons of CS
We'd like to welcome our special guest, Dr. Heidi Baynes from Riverside County Office of Education. Dr. Baynes specializes in the integration of technology into classroom instruction, and is a strong advocate for computer science, education and...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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21:10
Digital Citizenship and Online Safety with Michael Arrington.
Michael Arrington is a behavior strategist and consultant with 20 years of experience as a motivational and keynote speaker. He is also the founder of MEA training and Program Development LLC, which supports adolescents aging out of foster care...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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32:52
More than Video Games: College & Career Connections to Esports
We have a very special Esports episode today. SBCSS and our department Digital Learning Services have been passionate about growing and expanding Esports programs within San Bernardino County. Esports is a great way to help students connect to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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54:33
The Power of Chat GPT for Education
We'd like to begin by introducing our very special guest, Dr. Roy Rogers principal at South Ridge Middle School and Lauren Freeman, who is an extraordinary educator for history, social science, and she's a yearbook and IB coordinator. We're jus...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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38:09
Changing the World Bit by Bit with Micro:bits
We are very excited to introduce our awesome guests for this episode. Katie Henry, head of partnerships for North America from Microbit Educational Foundation, Alinda Beiter from Melva Davis Middle School in Adelanto School District and Dominiq...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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20:28
Equity in Action CA with Sue Thotz and Leticia Citizen
Sue Thotz and Leticia Citizen from Equity in Action CA, a group of educators who are working to diversify conference spaces in Southern California.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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35:31
CSEd Week Special with Lauren Tyler and Jamal Boyce
We'd like to introduce our special guests Lauren Tyler, who is the Curriculum Program Specialist in Ed Tech, and Jamal Boyce, who is the Chief Technology Officer for Colton Joint Unified School District. They're here to share with us their curr...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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25:33
Krista Ott - Using Technology to Enhance the Implementation of UDL
Krist Ott, is a curriculum coordinator with San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools in the ESS Department which is our Educational Support Services Department. Krista is here to share information with us about her expertise in Uni...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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32:14
Dr. Emily Thomforde and Omar Shepherd, CSforAll Script workshop
We 'd like to begin by introducing our special guests. Dr. Emily Thomforde, computer science coordinator for the California Department of Education, and Omar Shepherd curriculum specialists, stem and career education for the Orange County Offic...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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17:11
Shehzad Bhojani - Getting Ready for Cybersecurity Week: Cyber Watchdog for High School Students.
We'd like to begin by introducing our special guests Shehzad Bhojani. He is the program manager for Alliance for Education. And he's here today to share information about the new cyber watchdog game.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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17:22
Darren Alcala: Collectively Working Together to Broaden Participation in Computer Science
Darren is heading into his eighth year in his role, and his focus is on the integration of technology into teaching and learning. He provides professional development for teachers, instructional aides and administration and is an advocate for c...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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43:32
Nyree Clark: Culturally Responsive Online and Blended Learning Pedagogy
Today we would like to welcome Nyree Clark to the bits and bytes podcast. Nyree Clark is an ed tech curriculum program specialist for Colton Joint Unified School District. She's also a founding co- member of hashtag equity in action CA, and was...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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42:02
Robert Ruff and Shandrica Williams: CS experiences at SBCUSD
Welcome Robert Ruff, elementary educator, and Shandrica Williams, program specialists, both from San Bernardino City Unified School District, they will be speaking to us today about their experience with micro bit, which is a physical computing...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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33:14