Ep 26 3rd Anniversary Show: Joy of School and NEW MEDIA Power

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Celebrating 3 years of professional development productions  via podcasting, Mark and Kathy  let their hair down to talk about the journey and reflect on the future direction of the series.Recorded from the “New Media Capital of the World!”

Episode 26 of TTPOD provides a rousing discussion 21st Century learning, lifelong learning, joy in learning, assessment, testing and NEW MEDIA.

Sometimes locking heads, but always with much laughter, the Teachers’ Podcast dynamic duo offers up a most substantial and entertaining episode to celebrate learning.

NEWSFLASH!

• Check out this episode to find out what Mark’s virtual dog has done!
• Discover how we reached the 4.3 million  downloads mark!

ON THE ROAD!

Week of Oct 14, 2008 – Kathy’s Looking forward to seeing our Canadian colleagues!

• Dr.Kathy King heads to Winnipeg Canada to conduct a seminar about blended learning and distance learning for the faculty at University of Manitoba on October 15, 2008
• In addition she is keynoting the Annual Conference for Adult Secondary Education Council (AESC) in Schools of Canada, in Winnipeg, Manitoba on October 16, 2008.

Inspiration to teach by:

“If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all  men (sic) doubt you…

…Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it…” ~Rudyard Kipling

Articles

• Digital debate: Prepare kids for exams or life? - eSchoolNews Article
  
  • An Australian educator’s decision to let students use cell phones and the internet during exams has prompted a global dialog about the nature of 21st-century assessment–and whether the definition of cheating should be changed in light of ubiquitous technology use. (article excerpt)

• Joy in School- Education Leadership Article

• Joyful learning can flourish in school—if you give joy a chance.

  Two quotes about schooling particularly resonate with me. The first is from John Dewey’s Experience and Education (1938): “What avail is it to win prescribed amounts of information about geography and history, to win the ability to read and write, if in the process the individual loses his own soul?” (p. 49). If the experience of “doing school” destroys children’s spirit to learn, their sense of wonder, their curiosity about the world, and their willingness to care for the human condition, have we succeeded as educators, no matter how well our students do on standardized tests? (article excerpt)

NEWS FLASH: Special announcements coming in Episode 27




Coming soon.. the Winners of the

3rd Annual ‘The Teachers’ Podcast’

Best Educational Podcast Awards!

McGraw Hill Education is our proud partner in recognizing the achievements

of teachers and students in advancing the field of new media and education



Check out the main Contest 2008 page for details about submission, categories and prizes

Submissions for Year 3 Closed Aug. 15, 2008. Check back for Year 4 in a few months.

Contact Us

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• emailing us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com
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• phoning us at (201) 693-4935

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