Concordia Ed Tech Podcast

Description Do you remember what it was like to be a student in grade school?  Are you getting flashbacks of Field days, recess, team sports and Mrs. Scranton’s music recorder class or...are you among the many that are breaking out in cold sweat thinking about tests, group projects, bullying and peer pressure!  Well today we revisit our childhood and put ourselves in the shoes of our students with our special guest Dr. Michael Thompson as we get his input on how technology has impacted this relationship. Lessons Learned Chris - Some lessons from teaching Morality & Ethics. Nothing gets an argument started more than perceptions of unfairness or intentional harm and that is because, of the five channels of moral decision making, fairness/reciprocity and harm/care are the two channels that nearly everyone agrees are extremely important. Add to that the reality that how we perceive issues of justice varies between individuals. Some of us see justice as equality of opportunity (freedom). Others see it as equal

Description Ring the bells!  Sound the trumpets! Crank up the party machine!  It’s time to celebrate! This week, that wonderful invention, that thing we could not live without, turns 30 years old.  What are we talking about? The WORLD WIDE WEB of course! Can you remember what you life was like before the web? Can you imagine life without it now?  Do you remember when it was possible to disconnect and relax? We can’t. Today we reflect on this Mah-velous invention and its profound impact on education as we know it. Lessons Learned Chris - Let me ask you a question. Do you find yourself seeking more opportunities for solitude and quiet spaces than in the past? I’m not sure if this is a “lessons learned” or just a hunch, but here it goes. I’ve taken the Myers-Briggs test a number of time and each time I’m about as extreme an extrovert as the scale can bear. Still, this year, I find myself more frequently seeking solitude and quiet places to work. I actually think I could work from home, and that has never bee

Description Do you live spur of the moment? .... by the seat of your pants? Take it as it comes? Well, turn off the radio, because today we are talking about living by design … the latest in Design Thinking by Ariel Raz. Lessons Learned

Description Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, it’s that time of year, and because we LOVE you... - It’s Baaaaacck!! Because you loved it before - and because we couldn’t come up with a better topic for today’s show -  it’s time for another edition of ...

Description Picture your school.  Your classrooms. Your staff meetings.  Your professional development. Do you see the JOY?  Is joy an integral part of your day, or something you only do if you have extra time?  Today we welcome our special guest,

Description We’ve got a question for you.  Where do you go for inspiration?  When you need something to energize or refocus you, or perhaps you just need to turn the Shang-lows, back into Shang-highs, what resources do you tap?

Description Well, it is that most wonderful time of the year, - With the kids jingle belling, - And everyone telling, - you be of good cheer... - So, be of good cheer! Today we gleefully and cheerfully explore the art and science of creating lesso...

Description It has been said that there is a time for everything. a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak. Well today it is a time for us to Give Thanks for our favorite EdTech Tools, Apps, and learning strategies.  We’re glad you are taking the time to be with us as we bring you our “Top 10 Techie Things We’re Thankful For” Lessons Learned Chris - Emotional states change the choices that we make when faced with an ethical choice. Do yourself a favor. Don’t make a choice when you’re emotionally charged. Daniel -  Not having an initial plan for your video project will lead you to change your video project halfway will lead to chaos. Dennis - Backup your iPhone (specifically photos) because...you never know. Fun Thanksgiving Facts Thanksgiving didn't become a national holiday until over 200 years later! Sarah Josepha Hale, the woman who actually wrote the classic song “Mary Had a Little Lam

Description It has been said that there is a time for everything. a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak. Well today it is a time for us to Give Thanks for our favorite EdTech Tools, Apps, and learning strategies.  We’re glad you are taking the time to be with us as we bring you our “Top 10 Techie Things We’re Thankful For” Lessons Learned Chris - Emotional states change the choices that we make when faced with an ethical choice. Do yourself a favor. Don’t make a choice when you’re emotionally charged. Daniel -  Not having an initial plan for your video project will lead you to change your video project halfway will lead to chaos. Dennis - Backup your iPhone (specifically photos) because...you never know. Fun Thanksgiving Facts Thanksgiving didn't become a national holiday until over 200 years later! Sarah Josepha Hale, the woman who actually wrote the classic song “Mary Had a Little Lam

Description There’s a lot of debate over the appropriateness of technology use in Early Childhood, but we’re excited about the possibilities of using technology to keep parents informed and collect evidence of learning.  Today we take a look at a tool called SeeSaw and how it is being used here at Concordia in Preschool and Pre-K. AND because we are definitely NOT experts working with 3 & 4 year olds, we’ve brought in one of our own Early Childhood teachers to share how she and her students are using this tool to “show what they know”. Lessons Learned Chris - Whenever you are in a position of power in an unequal power relationship, be it parent and child, teacher and student, employer and employee, one of the hardest and most necessary challenges is maintaining the ability to see the relationship through the eyes of the other person. If you fail to do this, if you fall back on what is essentially a “Because I said so” or “My way or the highway” approach then you will destroy any hope of a relationship built o

Description There’s a lot of debate over the appropriateness of technology use in Early Childhood, but we’re excited about the possibilities of using technology to keep parents informed and collect evidence of learning.  Today we take a look at a tool called SeeSaw and how it is being used here at Concordia in Preschool and Pre-K. AND because we are definitely NOT experts working with 3 & 4 year olds, we’ve brought in one of our own Early Childhood teachers to share how she and her students are using this tool to “show what they know”. Lessons Learned Chris - Whenever you are in a position of power in an unequal power relationship, be it parent and child, teacher and student, employer and employee, one of the hardest and most necessary challenges is maintaining the ability to see the relationship through the eyes of the other person. If you fail to do this, if you fall back on what is essentially a “Because I said so” or “My way or the highway” approach then you will destroy any hope of a relationship built o

Description Already this season you’ve heard us talk about Game Design and Gamificiation, well today we’re Kickin’ it up a notch and sharing how students are taking ownership of their learning by designing their own “gamified” learning experiences. When students design their own learning experiences you know you’ve got something special. Lessons Learned Chris - Seeing  situations from multiple perspectives will never be natural but is always necessary if we are to avoid getting into a mono-vision rut of how we see the world. Daniel -  Experimenting with vertical video for Instagram editing in Final Cut Pro  - Larry Jordan https://larryjordan.com/articles/create-and-edit-vertical-video-in-final-cut-pro-x/ Dennis - Augmented Reality helping elementary student learn about Erosion.  https://arsandbox.ucdavis.edu/instructions/ Fun Fact(s) Harry Houdini Houdini took his stage name from magician Robert-Houdin, whose autobiography inspired him. Houdini was born in Hungary in 1874 as Erik Weisz. He performed as Eh

Description Already this season you’ve heard us talk about Game Design and Gamificiation, well today we’re Kickin’ it up a notch and sharing how students are taking ownership of their learning by designing their own “gamified” learning experiences. When students design their own learning experiences you know you’ve got something special. Lessons Learned Chris - Seeing  situations from multiple perspectives will never be natural but is always necessary if we are to avoid getting into a mono-vision rut of how we see the world. Daniel -  Experimenting with vertical video for Instagram editing in Final Cut Pro  - Larry Jordan https://larryjordan.com/articles/create-and-edit-vertical-video-in-final-cut-pro-x/ Dennis - Augmented Reality helping elementary student learn about Erosion.  https://arsandbox.ucdavis.edu/instructions/ Fun Fact(s) Harry Houdini Houdini took his stage name from magician Robert-Houdin, whose autobiography inspired him. Houdini was born in Hungary in 1874 as Erik Weisz. He performed as Eh

Description Every second of each day: 8,239 Tweets sent 876 Instagram photos uploaded 3,427 Skype calls 63,TB of Internet traffic 70,248 Google searches 76,004 YouTube videos viewed 2,739,223 Emails sent So what can we learn from all this data?  What can we do with this data? Well we are very fortunate to have a colleague who leads our school; the region; and soon will be chairing a world conference on Big Data to share his thoughts on how we can successfully introduce students to the topic of Big Data. Lessons Learned Chris - Managing one’s energy is more important than managing time. Daniel - HP Reveal - formerly Aurasma - Had fun imagining the creative ways to implement augmented reality. Dennis - Virtual Tours - Veer.tv Fun Fact(s) Every IT person felt validated this week when NASA Repaired the Hubble gyroscope by “turning it off and back on again”  https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/24/nasa-hubble-gyroscope-fix/ Notes & Links SPECIAL GUEST:  Dr. Peter Tong has taught Mathematics and Physics in Au

Description Every second of each day: 8,239 Tweets sent 876 Instagram photos uploaded 3,427 Skype calls 63,TB of Internet traffic 70,248 Google searches 76,004 YouTube videos viewed 2,739,223 Emails sent So what can we learn from all this data?  What can we do with this data? Well we are very fortunate to have a colleague who leads our school; the region; and soon will be chairing a world conference on Big Data to share his thoughts on how we can successfully introduce students to the topic of Big Data. Lessons Learned Chris - Managing one’s energy is more important than managing time. Daniel - HP Reveal - formerly Aurasma - Had fun imagining the creative ways to implement augmented reality. Dennis - Virtual Tours - Veer.tv Fun Fact(s) Every IT person felt validated this week when NASA Repaired the Hubble gyroscope by “turning it off and back on again”  https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/24/nasa-hubble-gyroscope-fix/ Notes & Links SPECIAL GUEST:  Dr. Peter Tong has taught Mathematics and Physics in Au

Description Today we are live from the Western Academy Beijing auditorium, home of the 2018 ACAMIS Technology Conference! Our audience is made up of our wonderful colleagues working in international schools throughout China and Mongolia, and I will add that they have not been paid to be here. So, either they somehow actually chose to be here in a moment of extremely poor judgement or they collectively took a wrong turn on the way to the exit. Either way, we’re ever so glad they’re here. Lessons Learned Chris - When you plan for sub coverage for a conference double check the date you told the sub to show up. Daniel - Craig Kemp’s keynote stands out: School’s  Digital Learning Model “To integrate technology purposefully and authentically….start with the WHY and establish Non-Negotiables with Consistency.  (Apple Certified Teacher and Common Sense Digital Citizenship Certified Teacher) Dennis - If you need students to record their voice and want to minimize the noise in your classroom, the solution can be foun

Description Today we are live from the Western Academy Beijing auditorium, home of the 2018 ACAMIS Technology Conference! Our audience is made up of our wonderful colleagues working in international schools throughout China and Mongolia, and I will add that they have not been paid to be here. So, either they somehow actually chose to be here in a moment of extremely poor judgement or they collectively took a wrong turn on the way to the exit. Either way, we’re ever so glad they’re here. Lessons Learned Chris - When you plan for sub coverage for a conference double check the date you told the sub to show up. Daniel - Craig Kemp’s keynote stands out: School’s  Digital Learning Model “To integrate technology purposefully and authentically….start with the WHY and establish Non-Negotiables with Consistency.  (Apple Certified Teacher and Common Sense Digital Citizenship Certified Teacher) Dennis - If you need students to record their voice and want to minimize the noise in your classroom, the solution can be foun

Description I like games. Elvenar, Clash of Clans, Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne … I’ve played them all, with pleasure. But this is a podcast focusing on education and technology, right? Where is there room to play games in that?!? Sure, we want to make our classes fun, but …  Well, you may have heard about games and gamification in education. Today we talk with a specialist who helps schools and school districts bring the learning power of games into the classroom, or maybe even take the “room” out of class . Lessons Learned Chris - to beat jet lag, get out and exhaust yourself for the first three days Daniel - Using Hootsuite to schedule posting of my tweets.  PubPDAsia. Dennis - Laser Cutting Rocks! Thanks Joel Klammer. Vince - Lego Serious Play Fun Fact(s) The original Dungeons and Dragons was released as a 3 book box set in  1974. Gary Gygax, one of the creators, claims the name was chosen by his two-year-old daughter Cindy — who, when presented with a number of choices of possible names, exclaimed,

Description I like games. Elvenar, Clash of Clans, Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne … I’ve played them all, with pleasure. But this is a podcast focusing on education and technology, right? Where is there room to play games in that?!? Sure, we want to make our classes fun, but …  Well, you may have heard about games and gamification in education. Today we talk with a specialist who helps schools and school districts bring the learning power of games into the classroom, or maybe even take the “room” out of class . Lessons Learned Chris - to beat jet lag, get out and exhaust yourself for the first three days Daniel - Using Hootsuite to schedule posting of my tweets.  PubPDAsia. Dennis - Laser Cutting Rocks! Thanks Joel Klammer. Vince - Lego Serious Play Fun Fact(s) The original Dungeons and Dragons was released as a 3 book box set in  1974. Gary Gygax, one of the creators, claims the name was chosen by his two-year-old daughter Cindy — who, when presented with a number of choices of possible names, exclaimed,