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Back to School In this episode, I talk about the jitters that teachers feel when school starts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website I bet you don't know what numbers really are.. In this fascinating conversation with Ellie Patterson, my understanding of numbers, math and the entire way we teach math was shaken to the core. See if you have the same reaction. It is an audio-only podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mom and me In this episode, my Mom and me discuss the internet and learning at any and every age. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kari Stubbs Kari Stubbs of ePals shares "Online Literacy in a Global World" from the recent MACE MTI Conference in Bonner Springs Kansas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Save the world conversation! In this conversation with Diana Wieland and Ginger Lewman, we get into the things we've observed at the MACE MTI conference in Bonner Springs Kansas. We get into our ideas about where things are going and the barriers to technology integration. Staff development and the ways we should go about it becomes another theme. We talk about social networks like Classroom 2.0 and I share the ways I jumped into this great community. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What has technology done to/for the world? In this interview with my friend Nathalee, a woman who has seen a lot of life, we discuss the impact of technology and the web on our culture.. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Avoid this episode! In this episode I get a little/lot crazy. (People who think that educators should be balanced, predictable and calm, please avoid this episode.) I believe a combination of research, frustration with the pace of change and lack of sleep resulted in a blend of insight and insanity. I have included these segments in an attempt to share my thinking as well as one of my my occasional states of mind. Mental health experts are welcome to offer advice or a diagnosis. If you want to get the video ve ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kids speak out about what education should be focused on part -1 A group of 5-8 graders from Turning Point Learning Center share their ideas about what they think education should be doing to prepare them for the future. Their teachers are: gingerl@essdack.org and jenniferm@essdack.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kids speak out about what education should be focused on part -2 In part two the kids talk about the things they wish they could take with them from the charter school back into regular school. They address the social issues around school and the impact of school size on social issues. We speak about the loss of educational freedom and the attributes that they hope their teacher will have next year. They then interview me as their potential teacher for next year and ask the questions that matter to them. This kids do an amazing job of thinking about what ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kids speak out about what education should be focused on part -3 This is the conclusion where kids share the one thing they would suggest the educational system do to prepare them for the future. Their teachers are: gingerl@essdack.org and jenniferm@essdack.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carpool with Wesley Fryer (part one) In part one of this interview with Wesley Fryer of “Moving at the Speed of Creativity” we discuss the evolution of his blog as well as his motivations for creating it. We discuss feedblitz and ways to reach an audience. We talk about learning overload and packaging content in ways that learners can keep up with, using web 2.0 to align to learning styles. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carpool with Wesley Fryer (part two) In part two of my conversation with Wesley Fryer we talk about getting teachers interested in learning new approaches and the things that might help change school cultures. We go on to talk about administrative leadership and balancing the approach to moving people in good directions. Items discussed: Leveraging the blogosphere The do-able things we should be doing The K-12 Online Conference and personal connections that lead to positive change Empowering and encouraging educators Joining ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carpool with Darren Draper Live from the NECC conference, I had the pleasure of talking to Darren Draper of Drape’s Takes and we delved into 21st century changes in kid’s lives. Darren talks about the ways that kids use web 2.0 tools to connect and enhance their lives as well as the ways he shows teachers the motivational aspects of these tools. Darren expands into the affects of his viral video “Pay Attention” as well as what joining the blogger world has meant to him. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carpool with Alice Robison In this carpool with the mind of Alice Robison, a researcher at MIT in the area of video games and literacy and learning, we have a great discussion about the ways that the structure and design of video games might be borrowed by the educational system. Alice answers the driving question; What is the definition of an educated person in the 21st century? The discussion ranges all over but focuses in on some interesting questions like; How do we find time to do these things in our classrooms? ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carpool with David Warlick (Part one) In part one of my carpool with David Warlick, he gives his definition of an “educated person” as well as the ways we get our messages heard in a web 2.0 environment. He goes on to describe the literacies that a person must have to continue to learn using 21st century tools. We discuss the skill sets that will aid new and experienced teachers as they try to prepare kids for the future. Landmarks for schools Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carpool with David Warlick (Part two) In part two of my carpool with David Warlick, he shares his vision of what schools might be, if we were starting fresh today. He describes the important tools and approaches that kids need access to for success in the future. We discuss video games and the notion that we could/should be using them to teach and motivate learners. How Computer Games Help Children Learn Got game Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carpool with David Warlick (Part three) The video game discussion continues and David and I get into the effect of past educational paradigms on current practice and how this challenges our ability to change. We discuss the changing role of the teacher and the issues we face along the way. We touch on web 2.0 and the power of web-based tools as well as the upcoming edubloggercon at the open source pavilion at the NECC conference. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What is the definition of an educated person? In this no-holds-barred carpool with Dr. Steve Wyckoff, we try to answer the question; If all kids scored proficient on standardized tests, would society be happy with the result? Steve asks me the question; What is the definition of an educated person in the 21st century? Dr. Wyckoff cuts right to the quick in asking tough questions about the American education system as it tries to serve kids in a world that is not only rapidly changing but has already rapidly changed. Books referenced: A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Staff Development 2.0 In this carpool we talk about staff development and how it could/should be changing due to the development of web 2.0. What does personalized, self directed staff development look like and how do we get leadership to authorize and empower, not to mention reward these new ways of learning? Cyndi-Danner Kuhn Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Customer Service in a Web 2.0 World A customer service survey given to grade school kids, are you kidding? Instructor, Paul Bogush of Turkey Crossing podcast fame, gives one to his kids yearly and uses the information to improve his instruction. In this carpool, we explore a changing model of learning that requires learners be responsible for some of their own learning and empowerment through this approach, as well as the re-framing necessary for customers to understand that this is a good thing! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Classic-rock inspired thinking After attending a rock concert where we saw Foreigner, Styx and Def Leppard, I started thinking about why music is such a powerful librarian of experience. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A digital ghost story The second movie I made with kids was “The Ghost of Inman High”, I wanted to include the whole community and we did. By the time we were finished, we had over 50 people in the film and the town packed the Fox theater to see themselves in pictures. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steve Hargadon, part one In this interview with Steve Hargadon, I learned a lot but mostly I was amazed. Steve is such an authority on open source and web 2.0 but more than that he is a great supporter of the education community. The conversation ranged form providing free and simple web access in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, to schools saving big bucks leveraging open source software. Blog post on free and open source software http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/05/ready-for-prime-time-open-source. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steve Hargadon, part two In this interview with Steve Hargadon, I learned a lot but mostly I was amazed. Steve is such an authority on open source and web 2.0 but more than that he is a great supporter of the education community. The conversation ranged form providing free and simple web access in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, to schools saving big bucks leveraging open source software. Blog post on free and open source software http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/05/ready-for-prime-time-open-source. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steve Hargadon, part three This is bonus conversation with Steve Hargadon where we discuss puppy linux and using the web as your primary platform and utilizing older machines and Linux Thin Client. We also discuss the upcoming NECC conference in Atlanta as well as the great events and opportunities around the open source pavilion and an event called edubloggercon that will be going on there. Blog post on free and open source software http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/05/ready-for-prime-time-open-source.html??www.pub ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Get that computer out of here! In this episode I share the story of how computers snuck into my teaching. It wasn’t an automatic fit and I fought it, after all I thought I was a pretty good analogue teacher. Starting with little movies in Avid Cinema and moving to full length films, technology began to drive excitement in my world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Educational freedom, technology and motivated learners In my talk with Ginger Lewman, a former gifted instructor and a current “gifted” instructor at a charter school. This instructor really gets the idea that technology is a tool to power learning and you don’t have to be an expert in the use of the tool to allow learners to benefit from it! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website