The Crux: Recent Episodes
Chris Betcher
The Crux is a podcast by Chris Betcher, about nothing in particular and anything in general. Every now and then I have a thought that I feel like sharing, so here we are..
Foundation fonts are finally available inside Google Docs and available to Chromebook users. Here's a bit of the inside story.
Teaching also has some enduring truths. These include things like building relationships of trust between teachers and students. Having authenticity in the way we interact with students. Caring for for their well-being. Engaging their interests. Bringing humour, laughter, care and respect to every class. These are some of the very human things about teaching that don’t change.
http://chrisbetcher.com/2019/05/technology-is-amoral/
Here’s something I’ve noticed about people. Most people love the familiar. They find something that they like and they get used to it. On the surface that would seem like a logical idea, and while it’s certainly ok to like having favourite things – after all, that’s what makes them our favourite things – the problem is that we can get so attached to those things to the point where we never discover alternatives to them. And this means we sometimes become blind to the alternatives, the potential opportunities they offer us, or the idea that we could perhaps like other things even more.
http://chrisbetcher.com/2019/06/be-unreasonable/
I was recently asked about podcasting and how to set one up. So here's a podcast with a few thoughts about podcasting.