Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today. We talk about our own attempts at work life balance, our futures on the internets, and our guest this week is Darren Hudgins. Guest: Darren Hudgins Our guest is a former non-profit Director and now consultant and speaker on media literacy, social-emotional learning, and school leadership. Along with former guest Jennifer LaGarde he’s the co-author of two books, Fact Vs. Fiction and the newly released Developing Digital Detectives: Essential Lessons for Discerning Fact from Fiction in the ‘Fake News’ Era. Welcome to OnEducation Darren Hudgins! BUY ..read more

Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today! We talk about a new board game and special OnEducation event, Mike’s roleplaying adventure, Florida brilliance, and our guest this week is Moviemaking in the Classroom author Jessica Pack. Guest: Jessica Pack Our guest is a California Teacher of the Year, a CUE Outstanding Educator, and an author who has been teaching middle school for 16 years. Her book, Moviemaking in the Classroom, published by ISTE is OUT NOW. BUY THE BOOK!: https://my.iste.org/s/store?_ga=2.114986119.1427511365.1623724701-1008802807.1616287626#/store/browse/detail/a1w1U000004 ..read more

Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today! Mike and Brad catch up after a few weeks off, make some book recommendations, we talk about limiting your work hours, and our guest today is the author of The Maker Playbook, Caroline Haebig. Guest: Caroline Haebig Our guest is a professional learning consultant for teachers, instructional coaches and administrators helping districts prepare for 1:1 and to develop inclusive maker learning practices. She’s an Apple Distinguished Educator, A Google Certified Innovator and a recipient of the ISTE Outstanding Young Educator Award. She’s also the autho ..read more

Guest: Ashley McBride Our guest is a Digital Learning Initiative Consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the author of the ISTE published book, The EdTech Coaching Primer: Supporting Teachers in the Digital Age Classroom. Welcome to the podcast Dr. Ashley McBride. BUY THE BOOK!: https://edtechcoachingprimer.com/ Ashley on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aplusedtech Today's podcast is brought to you by: Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. The Sandbox is creating a learning ecosystem where educators can learn in weekly streams, br ..read more

Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today! Mike and Brad talk about travel plans coming up, games and videos worth checking out, and our guests today are the FOUR authors of Inclusive Learning 365. Guest: The Authors of Inclusive Learning 365 Our guests this week - FOUR OF THEM! - are the authors of Inclusive Learning 365: EdTech Strategies for Every Day of the Year. Published by ISTE, this book has amazing ideas for how to design meaningful, inclusive instruction - 365 of them in fact! Welcome to the podcast Chris Bugaj (boo-gay), Karen Janowski, Mike Marotta, and Beth Poss! BUY THE BOOK ..read more

Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today! Mike and Brad talk about how we make education the frontier of experimentation (and why we might want to do that), about some real role models you can show your students tomorrow and our guest this episode is educator and author Dan Ryder. Guest: Dan Ryder Our guest is an award-winning educator, a self-professed comic book, movie, sports, music, comedy, design, history, technology, clothing and pop culture NERD, the co-author of “intention: critical creativity in the classroom” and Learning Facilitator at Overman Academy. This conversation is incr ..read more

Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today! Mike and Brad talk about the new jobs for Mike and I, some more changes to the future of the pod, and our guest this week is the one and only, master Dig It, Noah Geisel. Guest: Noah Geisel Our guest this week is Noah Geisel. Noah is the Microcredentials Program Manager at University of Colorado Boulder and clearly the record holder for most appearances on OnEducation Noah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SenorG Notes: ASK FOR STICKERS: https://twitter.com/MsThornborrow Today's podcast is brought to you by: Participate: The prese ..read more

Guest: Taylor Mali Our guest this week, we feel, needs no real introduction. He is a spoken word poet, educator, TED speaker, author, inventor, and just a generally awesome guy, the one and only, "What Teachers Make" Taylor Mali. Taylor Mali's Website: https://taylormali.com/ Taylor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaylorMali Metaphor Die: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/metaphor-die-which-is-to-say-tickets-154459128411 Buy Metaphor Dice: https://www.amazon.ca/Metaphor-Dice-Starter-Set-CA/dp/B07H9CHCNR/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Metaphor+Dice&qid=1627944342&sr=8-3 Notes: ASK FOR S ..read more

Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today! Mike and Brad discuss whether there is a standard we should meet for decorating our classrooms and our guest this week is educator, author, and friend of the podcast Matthew Farber. Guest: Matthew Farber Our guest this week is Dr. Matthew Farber, an Assistant Professor of Technology, Innovation and Pedagogy (TIP) at the University of Northern Colorado, and founder of the Gaming SEL Lab. His research is at the intersection of game-based learning (GBL) and social and emotional learning (SEL). He studies affinity spaces of educators who use game ..read more

Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today! Mike and Brad share some show updates, videos obviously come up, the teacher shortage and why it exists, the future of Peleton, exercise, and gaming, and our guest this week is games in education expert Zack Hartzman. Guest: Zack Hartzman Our guest is a Social Studies teacher in New York City. He’s also the owner and proprietor of Hey Listen Games, probably the best repository of k-12 video game curriculum in the world. He’s a recipient of the game awards future class 2020 recognition. Zack on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyListenGames_ Hey ..read more