The Wired Educator Podcast

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 collaborat

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 pro

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 mod

In this podcastKelly interviews educator, speaker, and author, Eric Sheninger. Eric is a Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digital Leadership with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE). Prior to this he was the award-winning Principal at New Milford High School. Under his leadership his school became a globally recognized model for innovative practices.  Eric oversaw the successful implementation of several sustainable change initiatives that radically transformed the learning culture at his school while increasing achievement.   His work focuses on leading and learning in the digital age as a model for moving schools and districts forward. This has led to the formation of the Pillars of Digital Leadership, a framework for all educators to initiate sustainable change to transform school cultures.  As a result Eric has emerged as an innovative leader, best selling author, and sought after speaker.  His main focus is purposeful integration of technology to facilitate student learning, i

Kelly interviews teacher, assistant principal, and fellow educational podcaster, Jon Harper. Jon is currently the assistant principal at Sandy Hill Elementary School in Cambridge, Maryland. This is his 7th year serving as an assistant principal at the elementary level. Prior to becoming an administrator he served as a Math Coach and an elementary school teacher. During his ten years as a classroom teacher he taught first, second, fourth and fifth grades. During his sixth year teaching he earned Nationally Board Certification, which he held for ten years. For seven years he ran a Young Gentleman's Cub that was aimed at helping young men reach their full potential. Jon received a B.A. from Furman University while majoring in Philosophy. He later went on to earn his B.S from Salisbury University while majoring in Elementary Education. Jon was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to student teach in New Zealand. He eventually received his M.A. degree from Salisbury University in Public School Administration.

Kelly is excited to interview Brandon Blom! Brandon Blom is the principal of Stoneridge Elementary School in Roseville, CA.  He is passionate about making school fun for students and staff, as well as looking critically at what we do in our schools so we can meet the needs of our students. Brandon loves how technology allows us to connect and create like never before.  Brandon has been a CUE Rockstar presenter, NAESP presenter, and keynote speaker. You can follow him on Twitter @brandonkblom, email him at brandonkblom@gmail.com, or read his blog at brandonkblom.com.   Brandon just delivered a powerful presentation at Skywalker Ranch for Cue Rockstar, and I decided I had to have him on the show.  This is one of the most important topics The Wired Educator Podcast has addressed. Homework.  Brandon is brilliant. Find out why he had a one year conversation with his staff about homework, and wait until you see the result! Mentioned in this podcast: Cue Rockstar The app Padlet. The novel, Wonder. Outliers by

In this podcast, Kelly interviews Adam Schoenbart, about co-founding The Educational Calendar website, designing a great classroom website, being selected as one of the 20 Educators to Watch by The National School Board Association, being an Ed.D candidate, and so much more. Adam is a high school English teacher, technology coach, Google for Education Certified Trainer, and EdD candidate. He enjoys writing, presenting, and consulting on all education and technology topics. In 2016, Adam was named one of the National School Board Association's “20 to Watch” Educational Technology Leaders and an ASCD Emerging Leader. He also co-created the The Education Calendar (theeducal.com), a crowdsourced map and calendar of education events worldwide. Adam teaches in New York and blogs about teaching and educational technology at aschoenbart.com. Mentioned in this podcast:    www.PlanBook.com Pear Deck Kahoot Hardy Boys Mysteries #theEduCal www.aschoenbart.com Ed.D National School Board Association, Twenty Educators to W

Kelly Croy shares how he and his colleagues work together in a common TEAM time to make their school year meaningful and memorable for their students, and to make the biggest impact on individual learners. Kelly shares his vision for schools to do a "moonshot" to gather everyone under a common purpose and goal. This includes TEAM branding with silicone bracelets, a common slogan and so much more. Your school needs to do something so big it could be come legendary, or an epic fail. Fun and learning will result in either. Take a risk and join us on our annual "Big Deal" as we really, really need your shoes. Seriously! Give this episode a listen. This is an inspiring episode.  Mentioned in this podcast: The Ask Pat Podcast and the SPI Blog and Podcast.  Your School Rocks! So tell people... by Ryan McLane and Eric Lowe: This is the book my principal read and started his video newsletter.  Apple's iOS 10 Launch where our school, Oak Harbor Middle School was featured on the wall behind Tim Cook! Swift Playgrounds 

Kelly interviews author and educator, John Stevens, about the book Classroom Chef: Sharpen Your Lessons, Season Your Classes, and Make Math Meaningful. John co-authored the book with Matt Audrey. John Stevens is an educational technology coach for Chaffey Joint Union High School District who has also taught high school Geometry, Algebra 1, middle school Math, Service Learning, and Robotics, Engineering, and Design since 2006. As the co-author of “The Classroom Chef”, he has served as the go-to guy for trying new, crazy, and often untested ideas to see how well they will work. He co-founded and moderates #CAedchat, the weekly teacher Twitter chat for the state of California. He also is the co-founder and organizer of EdCamp Palm Springs, the first in the area. In his free time that doesn’t exist, he runs a site called Would You Rather? which is dedicated to getting students talking about math. He is an author of Flipping 2.0, a resource that helps teachers take the flipped classroom to the next level. During r

Kelly interviews Denis Sheehan the author of Instant Relevance: Using Today's Experiences to Teach Tomorrow's Lessons.  Denis Sheeran is an engaging, fun, highly requested nationwide speaker, delivering keynotes, full and half day workshops, and small group professional development to teachers and administrators. He is a Google Certified Educator, Chromebook in the Classroom trainer, Smartboard and Smart Notebook trainer and can customize PD for your school district. Denis has a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics Education with a minor in Music, adjunct Professor of Statistics at the County College of Morris in Randolph, NJ and is now the Supervisor of Mathematics, K-12, in Chatham, NJ after having taught high school math, from Algebra to Advanced Placement, for 13 years Lake Forest High School, in Lake Forest, IL.  Denis Sheeran is a certified online and hybrid course teacher and has been asked to serve on the statistics development committee by several online cou

Kelly interviews authors Stephen J. Valentine and Dr. Reshan Richards about their hot new book, Blending Leadership: Six Simple Beliefs for Leading Online and Off. Kelly interviews these two incredible educators about their book on leadership went from idea to publication and what the book is all about.  The book is titled Blending Leadership: Six Simple Beliefs for Leading Online and Off by Stephen J. Valentine and Dr. Reshan Richards, with sketchnotes by Brad Ovenell-Carter. This is the first interview Kelly hosted  two guests, with each person being in a different location, and we are celebrating our 50th podcast. Yay! Stephen and Reshan’s publisher, Jossey-Bass, sent me a copy of the book to review. It is great. The book is packed with great take-aways for everyone.  The pictures, illustrations, and even the type of paper, a somewhat glossy magazine-like material, all work in harmony for a great experience and read. Add this book to your library and enjoy the interview. Mentioned in this podcast:  2XU So

Kelly shares his thoughts, takeaways, experiences, and lessons learned at the 2016 Apple Distinguished Educator Global Institute that was held in Berlin Germany. This was Kelly's first opportunity to speak with an international audience, explore Europe, and work with a team of educators from all over the world. Much to learn and apply in this episode. Mentioned in the Podcast: • This episode is sponsored by www.airsquirrels.com "Software you'll go nuts for!" I am excited about using AirParrot 2, Reflector 2, and Ditto in my classroom this upcoming school year and you will love it too. Check it out. • Wired Educator Spotlight: Please consider supporting first year educator, Jaclyn Pearson's Donor's Choose Goal: http://bit.ly/29wT3Uj to help her get some technology in her classroom. She is a first grade teacher in Bellwood School District in Illinois. It will be her first year teaching in the district. She says, "I do not have any educational technology to provide students with. 97% of my students are from low-

Todd Nesloney is the Principal of Webb Elementary in Navasota, TX. He is the 2015 Bammy Award Recipient for Elementary Principal and the 2014 Classroom Teacher of the Year, the TCEA Teacher of the Year, a White House Champion of Change, a National School Board Association “20 to Watch”, and Center for Digital Education “Top 40 Innovators in Education”. Todd is also the co-author of the hit book Kids Deserve It!. Mentioned in this podcast: Todd's Blog: http://www.toddnesloney.com Follow Todd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechNinjaTodd Todd's book: Kids Deserve It! that he co-authored with Adam Welcome.  Bammy Awards White House Champion of Change #kidsDeserveIt hashtag on Twitter Todd's favorite reads: Animporph Series, The Giver, Wonder, The Cuz of  Todd's most influential reads:  • Crash Course: The Life Lessons My Students Taught Me by Kim Bearden • Move Your Bus by Ron Clark • The End of Molasses Classes by Ron Clark • The Essential 55 by Ron Clark • The Excellent 11 by Ron Clark Todd's favorite apps: Po

Kelly interviews Julie Smith, the author of Master the Media: How Teaching Media Can Save Our Plugged-In World.  Julie Smith has been teaching media literacy at two St Louis universities for fifteen years. She's been all over preaching about classroom engagement, using social media in the classroom, and the importance of teaching critical media consumption in all classrooms regardless of age. Her book 'Master the Media' is a great starting point for any teacher or parent interested in helping the young people in their lives become aware of the power and influence the media has over our entire culture. Julie is also very interested in changing the higher education classroom paradigm and is known to "stir things up" in her classrooms. Determined NOT to be the ''sage on the stage" Julie uses all sorts of social media and apps within the classroom to give college students a voice as well as a reason to get out of their chairs. Mentioned in this Podcast: Follow Julie on Twitter at: @julnilsmith Julie's book: Maste

Kelly Interviews the "Tech Rabbi" Apple Distinguished Educator, Rabbi Michael Cohen. You can follow him on Twitter at @TheTechRabbi Rabbi Michael Cohen is the Director of Educational Technology at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy in Beverly Hills. It is there that he created and developed the “Invisible iPad” approach to technology use in education, a topic on which he has presented at several conferences, and institutions including Apple Leadership Events, SXSWEdu, ISTE, American Jeweish University, and the EdTechTeacher iPad Summits. Due to this innovative approach, Rabbi Michael was selected to join the Apple Distinguished Educators Class of 2015. In 2016, Onalytica published a report ranking Rabbi Michael among the Top 50 EdTech Influencers today. Rabbi Michael is an ordained Orthodox Rabbi, and holds a Masters in Education specializing in Educational Technology, and a Bachelors in Fine Art focusing on Art and Design. Mentioned in this Podcast: The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking by W. W. No

Kelly Interviews Apple Distinguished Educator, speaker and author, Wes Fryer about "The Learning Revolution" and more.  Dr. Wesley Fryer is an author, teacher, technology director, speaker, digital storyteller, and change agent. He is the Director of Technology for the Casady School in Oklahoma City. In 2013-2015 he taught 4th and 5th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) at Independence Elementary in Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma. Wesley completed his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech University in 2011. He is the author of several books on effectively using digital technologies to communicate, tell stories, teach and assess learning. His “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” book series and digital literacy framework focuses on helping students “show what they know” with media and create digital portfolios. Wes maintains a library of multimedia-focused training and instructional videos on PlayingWithMedia.com. He leads 3 day iPad Media Camps (www.ipadmediacamp.com) teaching

Kelly interviews Jenny Grabiec about technology and curriculum. Jenny began her teaching career as a third grade teacher in New York State. Selected as an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2013, Jenny has spent the past five years working primarily with iPad and Mac in education. Jenny is currently the Director of Instructional Technology at The Fletcher School, a K-12 school in Charlotte, NC for students with specific learning disabilities and/or ADHD. Here she had the privilege of leading a one-to-one iPad/Mac rollout with students, faculty and staff. Her passion is inspiring students to select the best tools to support them in their learning. You can followh her on Twitter @jennygrabiec . Mentioned in this podcast: Jenny's website: www.jennygrabiec.com To learn more about UDL: www.udlcenter.org iCan with iOS a book by Jenny you can download now off of the iTunes store. Yes, and... here are more books by Jenny.  Orton Gillingham Approach to Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton-Gillingham Most influen

In this episode, Kelly interviews the founder of iPadpalooza, Carl Hooker. Carl Hooker has been a part of a strong educational shift with technology integration since becoming an educator. As Director of Innovation & Digital Learning at Eanes ISD, he has helped spearhead the LEAP program, which put one-to-one iPads in the hands of all K-12 students in his 8000-student district. He is also the founder of “iPadpalooza”- a three-day “learning festival” held in Austin annually. He's also the author of the six-book series titled Mobile Learning Mindset, a guide for teachers, administrators, parents and others to support and embrace mobile learning in our schools. Mentioned in this podcast: iPadpalooza website: A festival of learning founded by Carl.  Carl's website: Hooked on Innovation: https://hookedoninnovation.com Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Sir Ken Robinson Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World by Sir Ken Robinson Creative Schools: The Grassroots Re

Kelly interviews John Spencer the author of Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student. John is the co-author of Launch with A.J. Juliani. John Spencer is a former middle school journalism and computer-programming teacher who is now a full-time professor of instructional technology in Oregon. He is passionate about seeing students embrace creativity and design thinking. His work has been featured in Kappan Magazine, Edutopia, Slate, and The Washington Post and he had the honor of delivering a speech at the White House on the future of education. Spencer is the co-author of several education books, including Launch: Using the Design Thinking Process to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student. He is also the co-founder of two educational technology startups, Write About and Blend Education. Mentioned in this podcast: • John's book: Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student • John's new book with A

Kelly interviews Class Tech Tips founder and educational author, Monica Burns. Monica Burns is an EdTech & Curriculum Consultant, Apple Distinguished Educator and Founder of ClassTechTips.com. In her role as a classroom teacher she used iPads one to one with her students to create engaging, differentiated learning experiences. Monica visits schools to work with PreK-12 teachers to make technology integration exciting and accessible and has presented to numerous national and international audiences including SXSWedu, ISTE and EduTECH. Monica is a regular contributor to Edutopia and the author of Deeper Learning with QR Codes and Augmented Reality: A Scannable Solution for Your Classroom (Corwin Press, 2016.) Deeper Learning with QR Codes and Augmented Reality: A Scannable Solution for Your Classroom Monica's newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bI9rR5Monica's blog: ClassTechTips.comFollow Monica onTwitter: @ClassTechTipsMonica's Facebook Page: Facebook.com/classtechtips Monica's Pinterest Page: Pinterest.com/cla