Podcast

A couple weeks ago, I got the chance to have a really fun conversation with DK of MediaSnackers and Christian Long of Design Share (and think:lab). The results of that conversation have now been published as a Media Snackers / Design Share joint interview. Give a listen!

(Can you tell I finally have a few minutes to sit down and catch my breath? Three entries in a night!)

This podcast is an interview that SLA biochemistry teacher Gamal Sherif did with me at our November 7th Staff Development day. His goal is to create an SLA professional development newsletter, either online or off (or both), and we thought a podcast was as good a way to kick it off.

So... this is the inaugural moment of SLA by Design. Enjoy.

About a month or so ago, I did a phone interview with Professor Marion Dugan of Drexel University. That interview now is the first podcast in their Profiles in Educational Leadership series. Feel free to give a listen.

So Marcie and I had this radical idea that we could put together a video podcast for the K-12 Online Conference. Piece o' cake, right?

Well, except we forgot just how insane life is when you are trying to get a school up and running. So we finished one version of it, but we weren't pleased. It was shall we say... rough.

But in the spirit of Web 2.0, we have SLA Movie 2.0, which is much more of a cohesive narrative, and isn't quite as thrown together. And it was finished yesterday -- a good week and a half after it was supposed to be uploaded... and the amazing K-12 Online folks dealt with our last second change.

So go to our entry in the K-12 Online Conference -- Planning the 21st Century School.

(And thanks to the K-12 Online organizers and presenters for all their amazing work.)

Thanks to Arvind Grover and Alex Ragone of 21st Century Learning for doing their podcast last Friday with the SLA faculty. A special thanks to Arvind who gave of his summer time and came down to Philly to help us learn moodle. He was a gracious and talented faciltator and trainer, and we got a ton out of the session. And then, after the session, he and Alex fired up the podcast and we had a blast talking with Alex and Arvind about SLA and 21st Century Learning.

So go give a listen to the podcast. I hope it is just the next in a series that we are able to do with Alex and Arvind about the progress at SLA. And I can't wait until our faculty aren't guests on someone else's podcast, but rather our teachers and students are creating their own shows!

My first video podcast -- talking about the first three days of the SLA Staff Workshop.

Today's podcast is about my immediate reflections on today's Curriculum Summit. Short written form: An amazing day that will impact SLA in powerful, powerful ways.

Longer reflection: Podcast 2: SLA Curriculum Summit Reflections.

It's a new year, and I thought I'd give podcasting a try. This podcast was inspired by Will's post on reinvention, and it finds me thinking about reinventing our classrooms and schools, reinventing myself and reinventing the way we learn. You know... one of those "small idea" moments.

I don't know how often I'll podcast instead of write, but it is an interesting process, so I'll probably experiment with it from time to time.

Anyway, enjoy Reinvention and the New Year.