WE 0059: An Interview with Jon Jarc
11/28/16 • 70 min
In this podcast, Kelly interviews Jon Jarc. Jon is an Apple Distinguished Educator. This episode will "awaken" many fantastic ideas for you and your classroom. Get ready for an inspiring conversation with two passionate educators.
Jon is a teacher, technologist and artist. He has been teaching high school students for 18 years, and has worked as a free-lance graphic designer for the same. He enjoys designing solutions to complex tasks, and being creative in how technology can build literacy skills in all academic areas. Jon is also an avid photographer and music enthusiast.
Follow Jon on Twitter at @TrendingEdTech
If asked what kind of educator he is, Jon would say that he loves working on the bleeding edge of technology. In his classes this year he will be using drones, 3D printers, and computer programming to invent, create, discover, design, and produce awesome things! This semester, his 3D Design class is starting a partnership with "eNabling the Future", an organization that pairs children in need of prosthetics with students and fabricators. He is looking forward to seeing how his designers (students) will develop solutions to problems where empathy and human connections are the primary focus of their work.
Jon is also the director of the newly formed school makerspace, aimed at bringing cutting-edge software, engineering and tooling to every student. His afterschool club focuses on creating, making, teamwork and self-discovery. He's always looking to connect, create and innovate!
Mentioned in this podcast: • Follow Jon on Twitter • Jon's books: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/author/jonathan-jarc/id967599595?mt=11 • Mya Animation Software • Jon's favorite books: The Power of Myth and The Hero's Journey, both by Joseph Campbell • One of Jon's favorite apps, Clipstro • Kelly's favorite 3-D Printer: And it's inexpensive! Really! Only $399. • Tickle App • Swift Playgrounds • Sphero: I love this! Great for all classes. So many ideas! • Kelly's book: Along Came a Leader • Sponsoring a Wired Educator Podcast: This is how you do it. • Hour of Code: Anyone can start this! Yes, you! Do it. • Apple Teacher Program: Everybody should earn these badges.
In this podcast, Kelly interviews Jon Jarc. Jon is an Apple Distinguished Educator. This episode will "awaken" many fantastic ideas for you and your classroom. Get ready for an inspiring conversation with two passionate educators.
Jon is a teacher, technologist and artist. He has been teaching high school students for 18 years, and has worked as a free-lance graphic designer for the same. He enjoys designing solutions to complex tasks, and being creative in how technology can build literacy skills in all academic areas. Jon is also an avid photographer and music enthusiast.
Follow Jon on Twitter at @TrendingEdTech
If asked what kind of educator he is, Jon would say that he loves working on the bleeding edge of technology. In his classes this year he will be using drones, 3D printers, and computer programming to invent, create, discover, design, and produce awesome things! This semester, his 3D Design class is starting a partnership with "eNabling the Future", an organization that pairs children in need of prosthetics with students and fabricators. He is looking forward to seeing how his designers (students) will develop solutions to problems where empathy and human connections are the primary focus of their work.
Jon is also the director of the newly formed school makerspace, aimed at bringing cutting-edge software, engineering and tooling to every student. His afterschool club focuses on creating, making, teamwork and self-discovery. He's always looking to connect, create and innovate!
Mentioned in this podcast: • Follow Jon on Twitter • Jon's books: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/author/jonathan-jarc/id967599595?mt=11 • Mya Animation Software • Jon's favorite books: The Power of Myth and The Hero's Journey, both by Joseph Campbell • One of Jon's favorite apps, Clipstro • Kelly's favorite 3-D Printer: And it's inexpensive! Really! Only $399. • Tickle App • Swift Playgrounds • Sphero: I love this! Great for all classes. So many ideas! • Kelly's book: Along Came a Leader • Sponsoring a Wired Educator Podcast: This is how you do it. • Hour of Code: Anyone can start this! Yes, you! Do it. • Apple Teacher Program: Everybody should earn these badges.
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WEP 0058: An Interview with Cathy Hunt
In this episode, Kelly interviews teacher, author, and international speaker and creative educational design specialist, Cathy Hunt.
Cathy is the author of bestselling iPad Art: Lessons, apps and ideas for the iPad in Visual Art and More iPad Art as featured on iBookstore.
Cathy is a well-known advocate for the creative integration of technology in education, developing ground-breaking programs for students around the world that combine hands-on, tactile and collaborative ways of working with mobile devices.
As an award-winning educational consultant, presenter, author and experienced Visual Art teacher at The St Hilda’s School on Australia’s the Gold Coast, she has worked with thousands of teachers globally to connect creative technology and cutting-edge pedagogical approaches with diverse learners.
Through her bestselling books, dynamic presentations and workshops across the globe for schools, and work for prominent cultural organisations and galleries including the National Gallery of Australia, Cathy models and promotes learning across subject areas that leverages ‘hands-on making’ with 21st Century skills and tools.
Cathy is probably best known for her work on iPadartroom.com, a home base for educators to engage with innovative ideas, resources and technology for learning in that combines paint and pixels. Her site has grown to become the ‘go-to’ resource for teachers leveraging mobile devices for creativity.
Cathy is an Apple Distinguished Educator currently serving on the Advisory Board for the Asia-Pacific region, and the Educational Reference Committee for the God Coast City Art Gallery. Recent accolades include the 2016 International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) Mobile Learning Innovation Award, two Digital Innovation in Learning Award honourable mentions from Edsurge/Digital Promise, 'The Futurist' Award winner for the Women in Business Awards, and 21st Century Learning International’s Teacher of the Year finalist. Cathy’s iBook, ‘More iPad Art’ also won Best Non-Fiction and Best Reference title at the iBA Awards in Nashville.
Mentioned in this podcast:
• Cathy's website: www.iPadArtroom.com
• Cathy's books on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/ipad-art/id706608032?mt=11
• For information on Kelly's speaking and art presentations: www.KellyCroy.com
• Kelly's book, Along Came a Leader, and for a signed copy, go to www.AlongCameALeader.com
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WEP 0060: An Interview with Clay Reisler
In this 60th episode of The Wired Educator Podcast, Kelly interviews Apple Distinguished Educator, Clay Reisler. You can follow Clay on Twitter at @RecessDuty.
Clay Reisler has been focused on instructional design and digital workflow in his classroom since 2008. With the opportunity to have a mobile digital device in the hands of every student since 2009, Clay has integrated a variety of educational atmospheres that engages and empowers students to guide their own learning. With over 1,400 published videos and 1,100 blog posts of students and teachers integrating technology tools in an educational setting, Clay provides an inside view of technology being implemented at the right time for the right reason.
Clay’s current position as an Instructional Design and Digital Workflow Support Teacher for grades 6-12 allows him to integrate multiple technology tools, mainly iPads, and strategies with classroom teachers across all subject areas so that students can critically think, create, communicate, and collaborate.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Clay and I cover MUCH in this podcast: the position of a technology coach and how it can really work, iPad as a testing device, iPad vs. Chromebook, Canvas, Flex Mod Scheduling, Workflow solutions, Flipboard, DoInk for iPad, Explain Everything, SeeSaw, Canvas, and the 4 C's, and of course... so much more! This was a great conversation! Looking forward to having Clay back again soon.
One of Clay's favorite books is How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill
Here are some great links to many of the talking points from the interview:
www.clayreisler.com www.ipaddiction.blogspot.com www.twitter.com/recessduty www.flipboard.com/@recessduty https://www.canva.com/ClayReisler https://www.youtube.com/user/pcmstv1 http://www.pulaskischools.org/high/flexmod/ https://plus.google.com/communities/111864096175967703674 https://soundcloud.com/user-912923621/flex-mod-media-day https://www.amazon.com/How-Starbucks-Saved-Life-Privilege/dp/1592404049
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