OutClassed: Recent Episodes
Mike Reading and Blake Seufert
In this episode, Mike chats with Co-Founder of The Cyber Safety Project, Trent Ray, about how to protect youth online, how parents can help their children safely navigate the dangers of the cyber world, and the different types of cyberspaces children inhabit.
Listen as Mike interviews Hamish Curry, Educator, enabler, and collaborator, on everything from the Design Thinking Process and the place of post-its to overcoming tokenism to authentically develop new intercultural relationships.
00:00:20 Meet our guest - Hamish Curry
00:08:12 Design thinking for good learning
00:10:50 The mindset, the skillset, the toolset
00:12:54 From concept to implementation
00:17:11 Change is not wholesale
00:20:12 Local environment and learning design
00:26:39 Prejudice in education
00:32:25 Taylor Mali - What Do Teachers Make
00:33:40 The Great Resignation & learning from each other
00:37:41 Cultural responsiveness - where to start?
00:40:00 Otto Sharma - The four types of listening
00:42:48 Tokenism and the development of new intercultural relationships
00:50:01 Losing my mojo - Hamish's blog post
00:56:02 The next step at Cool Australia
01:00:10 The industrialised model of education
In this episode, Mike chats to our guest Cameron Ross, Digital Learning ICT Coach and Teacher based at St. Peters College, Cranbourne in Australia.
He shares his hands-on experiences as an educator, content creator and colleague. This episode is full of practical takeaways for leaders and teachers alike!
0:15 Meet our guest - Cameron Ross
4:52 Teachers are hoarders
6:23 The mindset of being the fountain of knowledge
7:42 The 1:9:90 Rule
8:40 Failure is okay - what is the worst that can happen?
9:42 Cam's role as an IT coach
14:05 Trends in teaching - how do you keep up?
15:45 The overwhelm of choice when it comes to tech in the classroom
17:26 GROWTH coaching and collaborative teaching teams
19:45 How to manage change fatigue in the new normal
23:35 The place of online professional learning networks (PLN) for PLD
31:00 Giving back via social media
34:29 Cam's top 3 edtech tools for the classroom
39:57 Tech tips for teacher empowerment
Mike is joined by UTB trainers, Nicole, Adrian and Paul to dissect the anatomy to discover what makes an engaging presentation. Whether you're presenting live or online, speaking with parents, students, or other teachers, you'll discover what works best and the tools, tips and mindset you need to help you connect with your audience more effectively and get the buy in you want.
We discuss
- building connection and engagement with your audience
- the place of the traditional slide deck
- how to leave people feeling supported and valued
- the digital tools that can elevate your training
0:43 Meet the guests - Nicole, Adrian, and Paul
5:46 The fear of death and the fear of speaking to people, Mike’s horror story
7:51 What do you do when it all goes wrong?
10:20 Adrian diffuses angry teachers
11:49 Landing a message
15:44 The one thing
17:12 The "Head Fake"
18:04 Preparing to present
19:52 Build an authentic connection with your audience
29:42 Recognise your audience's worth
30:32 Country or Bulgarian folk music?
32:32 Party poppers and rules of engagement
33:37 Presentation vs Interaction
40:30 The value is never in the content
43:10 Instantaneous feedback
46:33 Presentations are like sales calls
49:00 Digital tools to foster collaboration and interaction in person OR remotely
In our first episode of 2022, OutClassed returns with Mike and Blake in a catch up episode discuss a range of topics including
How to determine if a tool is meaningful - for example 3D printers
Can VR teach empathy
Hyper-Immersion and the benefits to learning
What are the latest trends in requests for professional development for staff
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In today's episode, we sit down with Michael Phillips from Monash university to unpack the research and practical applications around the TPCK framework.
We dig into a range of topics such as:
- What is the TPCK model and can it be used an an evaluation tool
- Decision making in the classroom and the 5 things that help teachers make better decisions
- The role that transparent and emerging technology applies to TPCK and the way to support not classify teachers
- Why PCK is just 1 form of knowledge out of 7 that teachers need and the implications on team teaching and collaboration
About Mike:
Mike Phillips is the Associate Professor of Digital Transformation in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. His work focuses on the knowledge expert teachers develop when integrating educational technologies into their practice. Additionally, Mike researchers the ways in which expert teachers make active decisions about their classroom technology integration.
You can visit Mike's profile page and check out his research HERE
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In this podcast Mike and Blake speak with special guest Dethmer Lemmborg about his experience working for a Nation news network.
We explore
- What Dethmer was asked to do during 911 and why he decided to walk away from the industry
- Why none of us watch the news any more
- How to determine if what you are watching or reading is true and accurate
- How you could be caught in a search bubble and what to do to it
- How technology is possibly affecting our teenagers
- and more.
To see Dethmers video production company go to mondayproductions.co.nz
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In this episode we take a look at some of the highlights of 2020, what we can celebrate despite the craziness of the year!
Blake and Mike also chat though some of the projects and new hires for 2021 and what they are looking forward to.
In this Episode we dive into how we are planning for 2021.
We unpack our thinking around Org charts, roles and responsibilities and how you can set your team up for success.
We discuss:
- How to set your team up to own an outcome not a project, and how this can drive innovation
- The different types of organisation charts and how they can cause people to innovate or resist change
- The power of the '12 week year' process
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This week Blake and Mike discuss a range of the latest Edtech trends and issues including:
- How Jeff Bezos is opening child care centres in another attempt to influence education
- The social dilemma and the paradox of free will
- How to keep the momentum going after introducing new technology
- Google has released the latest pixel and made changes to a number of apps and tools
- Using Technology Better receives the Microsoft partner of the year award in New Zealand
- How Microsoft have changed their culture and what we can learn
In this episode Blake sits down with Christine Jackman to discuss her book 'Turning Down the Noise.'
Blake and Christine unpack a range of implications of noisy lives, both internally and externally, and the effects on today's workers and learners.
This week Mike and Blake unpack the impact from banning phones at the school that Blake is at. We dig into what was the thought process behind the ban, how the students reacted, and how the teachers have found it.
We also dig into his decision to not filter the internet whilst at school, and a range of other topics.
Interested in what the positives and negatives have been? Tune in to this candid and eye opening discussion.
This week we have special Guest Paul Hamilton from Using Technology Better. Paul works a lot with Apple technology to engage students in creative writing, whether this be through simple writing prompts through to rich learning tasks involving AR and VR.
In this weeks discussion we have a wide ranging discussion with Sam McNeil from Microsoft. Sam holds a role on the APAC team and is seeing the trends across developing and developed countries.
We discuss:
- The future trends and their impact on the classroom
- The future of security on devices and software platforms
- The potential for learning analytics
And more!
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In this episode we surf around the web discussion some latest trends and things that have caught our attention.
We discuss:
- The irony of Google saying our search results will be affected, whilst they actively serve up what they want you to see
- Academics are questioning if social and emotional learning is the next EDU battleground
- The twitter war about whether cameras should be on or off for online learning
- The hopes we have for a new wave of innovation with the Microsoft Duo
And more!
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This week we wrap up the miniseries on the 7 essential elements of school transformation. These are the elements that Google, Apple, and Microsoft ALL agree must form the foundation for that plan.
If you haven't done so already, go back to episode 11 where we unpack the 7 elements and how they can be applied to your schools context.
In this episode we unpack how to develop a professional development plan that actually engages all staff. Every organisations has 'em...the early adopters, the average user, and the outright resister!
Mike unpacks what the UTB team have developed through their work with tens of thousands of teachers and hundreds of schools each year.
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake are joined by Matt Robinson to discuss how to fund your technology and infrastructure plans.
Matt has tried just about every funding model available and despite being in a low socio-economic area has now got a thriving BYOD program where over 95% of students purchase a device...and not one of those nasty cheapest possible price point devices!
This week we dive deep into...
- How Matt's school have approached technology spending and what is working
- How to engage community to own your BYOD (or school purchased) program
- Best practice for budgeting for technology across the school
And more!
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake continue on their discussion regarding the 7 essential elements of school transformation framework. This week it is all about technology and infrastructure.
This week we dive deep into...
- What you must consider when looking at other schools technology plans
- Using the school excellence framework to consider what data you need to gather when informing decisions.
- How to enable a great help desk system and issues to watch out for
- Which device is best
And more!
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake continue on their discussion regarding the school transformation framework and how to get the most out of your school communication efforts.
Some of the elements of learning design discussed in this episode include:
The 2 purposes every piece of school communication must address
The 4 rules of great school communication
How to host a virtual school assembly
Principles for using Social media
And more!
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake continue on their discussion regarding the school transformation framework and discussed the essential elements of learning design.
Some of the elements of learning design discussed in this episode include:
- The relationship between physical environment and innovative learning design
- How to assess and measure progress (how do you know it is better)
- How to map skills, knowledge and mindset across your school
And more!
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake continue on their discussion regarding the school transformation framework and dig into the power of culture and how this can derail your vision and strategy.
Some of the elements of Culture discussed in this episode include:
- A twitter spat about what is better - Google or Microsoft
- The definition or culture and the number 1 conversation you must have to develop a great culture
- Wins like Minecraft becoming available in Chromebooks!
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake unpack the most important of the 7 elements of school transformation - vision.
Some of the elements of vision discussed in this episode include:
- Does your vision have these elements and can your staff articulate them?
- A step by step framework for developing or evaluating your vision
- Should departments have their own vision?
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike unpacks the 7 elements of school transformation and how technology can be a lever to enable the change you are are desiring for your school.
- Why school technology and BYOD plans often fall short
- The power of vision and how to get your whole team on the same page (and why Mike is yet to see a school do this well)
- The reason why all elements need to be in focus, and what happens when they aren't.
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake Speak with Neil Selwyn from Monash University in Australia about the role of technology in schools.
In this episode we discuss a range of topics including:
- The place of data in education and a discussion around assessment
- What role does educational research research play in schools
- Learning analytics and data driven schooling
- Blended learning and advice on how to move forward post COVID and school closures
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake Speak with Karla Sanders from Sticks'N'Stones about the digital citizenship program developed in New Zealand.
In this episode we discuss a range of topics including:
- The 3 essential elements your digital citizenship program MUST have
- How a student designed and lead program actually works and the results Karla and the Sticks'N'Stones team are seeing across New Zealand
- What are the trends Karla is seeing with issues related to young people
- The research about gaming and the way the brain experiences this environment
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake discuss a range of topics including
What your IT team wished teachers understood about their role
What teachers wished IT teams understood about what it is like to be a teacher
* How to influence each group so that everyone wins
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake discuss How to lead in a crisis
Why Blake decided to download the Covid tracing App
The Opportunity to lean into the leadership challenge and see great results
How to communicate with your staff
How Mike has set up the UTB team and the opportunity for schools to re look at they way they work (how his staff find leaving teaching and working in this new way).
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake discuss a range of topics including
- Fun ways schools are finding to stay connected to community
- Data security and the role technology is playing in shaping society
- Should you filter the internet at high school
- We compare Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google chat
- Wins and Fails of the week
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake discuss a range of topics including
The best way to provide PD for staff and students and why both are important
What's the consensus around the global around how much work a student should have
Why your block first and open tools later is doing a disservice to staff and students
Are keyboards making students dumber?
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake speak with Caitlin who moved from a traditional teaching role to working in a remote learning role, eventually managing a team of remote teachers.
Caitlin has returned to the classroom this year, and shares her experience of both worlds and what we can learn regardless of whether your school continues to offer a remote learning option or comes back to a full in person load.
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake dig into how schools can strategically prepare for an unknown future.
They look at balancing policy, security and innovation in schools and how we can support teachers and technical staff through the process.
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In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake explore how to thrive in remote learning environments, and how this will positively effect schools when they reopen.
We look at balance policy and freedom to innovate, how to keep your whole school connected, and an article by Neil Selwyn about where online schooling is inferior (see the resource section below for the link).
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In this weeks OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake explore what is happening with #remotelearning and #remoteteaching
We explore what we have learnt from the first 2 months of working with schools in Asia, how to pace yourself for excellence in teaching, and the opportunity to come through this better than you were beforehand.
We also introduce our in the news segment and our wins and fails for the week.
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