Regular wanderings into the world of 21st century teaching and learning.
A Conversation with Clarence Fisher
Posted: April 2009It was a cold wintry evening in Saskatoon, Saskatewan, walking to a nice Italian place with Clarence Fisher. I frankly can’t remember a more comfortable meal with conversation — and I think it had to do with the fact that Clarence and I both came from very small towns. At any rate, after we finished our meals and listened to the expert recitation of the restaurant’s desert menu — focusing on the chocolate dishes (and resisting the temptation), I asked Clarence about the presentation that he and Dean Sharesky, Kathy Cassidy, and Darren Kuripatua had done at the iTSummit — Telling the New Story. One of the ideas that Clarence shared that resonated with me was about how he has his own students do their quarterly reading evaluations. This is important, because to switches the responsibility to the student. Their learning contract becomes an arrangement with themselves, rather than a responsibility to the teacher. They are owning their learning, when they work on their own terms. Enjoy!
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Conversations about The Purpose of Education
Posted: January 2009This is a conversation held during a workshop on podcasting at the TRLD conference in San Francisco.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.A Conversation with Steve Dembo
Posted: December 2008This was one of the best episode’s I’ve done and I certainly which there hadn’t been the ambient noise that you’ll have to listen through. I usually do not worry about the back grounds, because I think that it adds to the sense of place. But a restaurant is not the place to do a podcast recording.
I get them where I can thought, and I certainly didn’t want to miss an opportunity with Steve Dembo. I hope that you enjoy it.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Smart Technology’s Smart Table
Posted: November 2008I read about it and even blogged about it, Smart Technology’s Smart Table, utilizing multitouch technology, first brought to our attention by Microsoft and its Surface Computer product. Then, around the corner I turn, in the exhibits hall at T+L in Seattle, and there it is. I knew it wouldn’t be out for some time yet, so wasn’t expecting to see one but there it was. It’s pretty exciting and pretty impressive, though we still seeing a technology in its infancy, both in terms of technical accomplishment and application. Smart already has some games for students to play, but I suspect that the true potential of the tool will come from collaborative knowledge/product bu activities.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.A Conversation with Eric Langhorst
Posted: November 2008Last week, I had the privilege of speaking at the National School Boards Association Conference T+L conference, and then the double pleasure of running into Missouri Teacher of the Year, Eric Langhorst. Eric is an 8th grade U.S. History teacher who has made amazingly creative use of the Web, especially blogs and podcasts. In this interview, he talks about a project where his students read a book about the Civil War in Missouri, and invited members of the community to read and discuss the book with his students through a blog. He also arranged for the author of the book to participate as well.
Also joining us was Andrew Zucker, of the Concord Consortium and a woman, whose name escapes me, who is a director of technology, accompanying her school board members. Enjoy!
An audio podcast in MP3 format.A Conversation with Craig Nansen
Posted: October 2008I only just realized that this is episode 100 of Connect Learning, and I guess that it is fitting, that it should be an interview with someone I’ve known for many years, through the ethers of the Internet. Craig and I first met, virtual, through Andy Carvin’s WWWEDU mailing list, and then over the years at NECC.
Earlier this week, I delivered a workshop for North Dakota educators in Minot, and during lunch, I sat with Craig and some of his staff of the Minot School District. We talked about some of the technologies that they have implimented that have been especially successful in helping teachers retool their classrooms.
Unfortunately, the first part of the conferences did not get recorded, because I pushed the wrong button on my recorder. I really need to be doing this more. Thank you for your support!
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Interview with Ann Krembs
Posted: October 2008This podcast is an interview with American School of Bombay librarian, Ann Krembs. I me Ann at the EduBloggerCon in Shanghai, part of the Learning 2.0 conference last month. The blogger gattering took place at a restaurant called Element Fresh in KWah Centre. We all ordered breakfest, and Ann sat across from me, talking about her virtual library project.
As we talked, I avoided asking her to describe the project until I could finish my meal and pull out my digital audio recorder.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.More Conversation with Chris Lehmann
Posted: April 2008And talking about bigger minds, and pretty cool, I’m adding in some more of my interview back in January with Chris Lehmann, the principal of Science Leadership Academy. My last posting from this interview was about EduCon the conference that Chris’ school organized the first of the year. Here is some conversation about his school and their evolution.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Be a Judge for Thinkquest
Posted: April 2008This was a bit of a trip back in time for me, as ThinkQuest was one of my first clients, after leaving the NC State Department of Public Instruction. As I say in the podcast, there is so much about my philosophies of teaching and learning that came from my experience with this phenomenal project. Bill McGrath, the subject of this podcast, has been a ThinkQuest judge and, it sounds to me, like something that you would want to do as well.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.An Interview with Holly Jobe
Posted: April 2008It has been a very long time since my last podcast. I have been traveling a great deal lately, and meeting many dedicated and creative educators across the country. But at the top of any list of educators who have had an impact on teaching and learning has to be Holly Jobe. Now the program director of the Classrooms for the Future project in Pennsylvania, Holly and I have worked together several times over the past many years.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.A Conversation in San Diego
Posted: April 2008This is a conversation among educators who are attending a workshop about emerging technologies in education.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Back to NCAECT
Posted: March 2008We’re going back to the NCAECT conference on Concord, North Carolina, for the second part of the EduBloggerCon. In this episode, we hear more conversations about Web 2.0 in the world of the classroom. As a reminder, there is a wiki page of resources related to this event, including a list of the questions that drove the discussions and a transcript of the conversation that took place, in parallel on Ustream.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.
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Saturday, 11th February 2012
