A More Civil Discourse: Recent Episodes
A More Civil Discourse
In this slightly time-delayed episode, Antero and I find ourselves in the same place (an extra-echo-y enclosed porch – so please enjoy the fun sound) and in a discussion on some of our project-based learning work and its intersection with true crime media. Well. Mostly the true crime. A little bit PBL. Be prepared that … →
In this episode, Antero and I are reunited after a summer apart and we are in catchup mode. We discuss a talk from the Connected Learning Summit back in July, wherein Baratunde Thurston and Joi Ito discuss the role of humor in learning. We know. Talking about talking about humor. But stick with us, because … →
In this episode, Bud talks with teacher, librarian, and facilitator Tavia Clark. If libraries are, as we believe, the “civic heart of schools,” what does that look like, and how do we build stronger ones? Tavia mentions collection development, community development and culture development as pieces of the puzzle. How are you building civic spaces … →
In this week’s episode, we talk with Dr. Nicole Mirra, a frequent collaborator of ours and a professor at Rutgers University, who suggested we spend some time with an episode of Radiolab where we explore the world of debate. Along the way, we declare a half dozen or so “future episodes.” You should let us … →
In this episode, old school edublogger Dean Shareski and I talk about some of our early explorations in online media spaces, then pivot into some of Dean’s recent writing and reflection on his concerns about how we can use social media for exploring opinions and changing minds. Or not. Mostly not, says Dean. Along the … →
In this episode, Antero and I are joined by Joe Polman, a colleague of ours on the Compose Our World project. Joe’s done lots of work around citizen science and journalism. We talk with him about what it means to do that sort of work and why “citizen science” is a complicated term. But first, … →
Join us for the exploration of machines and care as commodity. Stick around for the coffee puns. In this episode, we unpack what the 1982 Project Peacock film The Electric Grandmother has to say about the relationship between computers and care, and how machines may or may not be manipulating us into pretend moments of … →
In this week’s episode, Antero and I return to talking about media literacy, though first we side trip through a couple different wolves, get a little distracted by Google’s Duplex, and argue about whether or not we should be kind to robots. What say you, dear listener? Should you/could you/shouldn’t you have empathy for the … →
In this episode, Antero and I return to the conversation we tried to start a while back around civil discourse on the Internet. We intended to talk about Antero’s recent experiences with an angry Internet community of Dungeons and Dragons fans, and we do, but we took a long detour to discuss Habitat and what … →
In this episode, Diana and Bud talk about her experiences as a teacher and a not teacher, a little bit of Civics 101, and get into why she’d want to have lots of conversations about being “nice.” We also spot check our knowledge of the Constitution. Bud fails. Diana, not so much. PS – Diana … →