Ep169 - Updates Upon Updates

Check This Out Podcast – Episode 169Updates Upon Updates

Join Ryan O’Donnell and Brian Briggs for another lively episode packed with exciting updates, big changes, and innovative tools shaping the future of educational technology. From a major career move to changes in Google Gems and Claude Design, the edtech landscape keeps evolving! Whether you're an educator exploring AI, a tech enthusiast experimenting with vibe coding, or just looking for your next favorite digital tool, this episode delivers fresh ideas, practical resources, and plenty of fun along the way.

Main Topics:

• Big updates and new beginnings, including an exciting career change and what's happening with Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT).
• Major AI platform changes, including Google's transition from Gems to Skills and Anthropic's plans to integrate Claude Design into the broader Claude experience.
• Creative AI-powered game development with Google Playground, which lets you build and share interactive games using simple conversational prompts.
• New edtech tools and updates, featuring Genially's redesigned editor, AI Games Beta, and GoFullPage, a handy Chrome extension for capturing entire webpages.
• AI creativity and classroom possibilities, exploring how emerging tools and vibe coding continue to transform content creation, teaching, and learning.
• What we're listening to, featuring the Track Star podcast, music discoveries, and Ryan's adventures with three new library cards!

Plus, a little Texas Hold'em trivia, a reminder to clean up your virtual desktop, and plenty of the usual Check This Out fun!

Show Notes: https://checkthisout.live/cto169

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