iPads, MakerEd and More in Education

"Cheryl Zubrack is a master in the area of inquiry education, and she spoke with me at length in a deep-dive on the topic. We touch on home renos as real-life inquiry learning, cluster zero of the curricula, slowing down the learning process, inquiry into inquiry, structures and misconceptions of inquiry, conceptions of power in the classroom, working with Task – Intent – Criteria, credits/marks/exams, finding inner power, the hierarchy of questions and more!"

Laura Fleming is the Library Media Specialist at New Milford High School (NJ) where her library maker space has garnered national attention and has served as an inspiration for schools across the country.

The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel is a scripted podcast for middle grade kids, performed by middle grade kids. It is a fun, high-quality, serial mystery that can be described as Goonies meets Spy Kids meets Stranger Things for 8-12 year olds. It was voted as one of the top 50 podcasts of 2016 by The Guardian, and was recently honored as a Peabody award winner.

Mars Patel is also a 2017 Webby Award nominee for Best Audio Drama & Best Sound Design/Original Music Score. The show is enjoyed around the world by kids and adults alike.

You can listen and subscribe by clicking any of the links below, or by typing “Mars Patel” into the search engine of your favorite podcast app.

Just got yourself an iPad2 and looking for some ideas on where to get started? Joe Dale's daily podcast will walk you through a new tip each for 2012! Check it out! 

Just got yourself an iPad2 and looking for some ideas on where to get started? Check out Joe Dale's new daily podcast!

I often say, the problem with writing a book is that you have to finish writing the book. Social LEADia is unique in that it shines a light on the voices and projects of teachers and students for digital leadership–to improve the lives, well-being & circumstances of others (Couros, 2013) and who are using technology and social media to learn and share learning, promote causes that are important to them, and to be a more positive influence on others.  The stories and examples are just as relevant today than they were a year ago, but every day, I meet more and more students and educators who are simply awesome. Although I continue to update the resources at socialleadia.org, I feel like so many more stories and students need to be highlighted and shared!

And so, I decided to start a podcast, Social LEADia: Making a difference on and offline. It will be a short 15 minute conversation highlighting students and/or teachers; many of whom you may not know about at all. Their ideas and projects will hopefully inspire you to try something similar in your context. It will run for 15 minutes and will run bi-weekly. It will be hosted here on my blog as well as on possibly on VoiceEDCanada Radio.

STEM and Computational Thinking go together. Today’s guest is a PhD, Biomedical engineer and STEM Teacher. Stephanie Zeiger helps us see the potential of STEM and computational thinking.

Listen up, there’s a new search tool in town.
Among my friends, at least, it seems that podcasts are a rediscovered treasure. (Check out Jayson DeMers’ Forbes piece, Why Podcasts are Popular, and the 2017 Edison Research Infinite Dial Study on  podcast statistics.)
The demand is growing, but how do you find podcasts without the effort of subscribing to a feed? Listen Notes is a search engine for podcasts.
Currently reaching across more than 410,000 podcasts and 24 million episodes, Listen Notes is searchable by people, places, and topics. Listen Notes is searchable in multiple languages. It offers autocomplete support as well as the ability to add a custom search to your own website. You can also examine trending searches.

Podcasts have made a triumphant return, but podcast users still struggle with one thing: the problem of discovery. With so many podcasts out there, how do you find ones you’ll actually enjoy?

Of course there are many ways to discover podcasts, and modern podcast managers come with recommendation features, but now you can use a search engine that helps sift through it all and lets you discover the next best podcasts for your tastes.

Just got yourself an iPad2 and looking for some ideas on where to get started? Check out Joe Dale's new daily podcast!