Education Today: Recent Episodes
Cesar
A meditation on teacher well being, sick days, teaching from home/distance, virtual classroom platforms, and google doc assignments.
An investigation into the online classroom of tomorrow - and how to teach within it.
This is a dialogue with Darla Kay Hill, a master teacher and instructor who specializes in educational technology.
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/darlakayhill/)
An investigation of the platforms available to us when challenged to engage in mobile learning
Zoom - https://zoom.us/
Google Classroom - https://edu.google.com/products/classroom/?modal_active=none
Padlet - https://padlet.com/
Seesaw - https://web.seesaw.me/
A brief meditation on the The Flow and its implications for learners. Also, new information gleaned from dialogue(s) with colleagues both near and far from me; the quote referenced on the podcast, from "Response: 'Flow' In The Classroom". is cited below.
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly Ph.D. (11 April 2002). “Motivating People to Learn.” Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-motivating-people-learn
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly Ph.D. (February 2004). “Flow, the secret to happiness.” Retrieved from
https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_flow_the_secret_to_happiness#t-628383
Ferlazzo, Larry. (26 March 2013). “Response: ‘Flow’ In The Classroom”. Retrieved from
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2013/03/response_flow_in_the_classroom.html
A brief meditation on mobile learning, with an emphasis on younger grades. Touches on student feedback about a project based learning ideal, with interview summaries of student technology access, interest in how technology will be used, and teacher feedback about how technology might be used in class. Of interest are a list of hot new apps and ideas for the use of technology in education.