Edvancers

Anna Colley (Twitter) is a ten-year veteran 4th Grade teacher who made the jump to Technology Coordinator at an interesting public school in Atlanta, GA which serves special needs pre-school students and young adults. She also teacher computer classes to 3- and 4-year-olds. In her spare time, Anna is a prolific blogger and sells curricular and other teaching materials online through a TeachersPayTeachers store.

Show Notes:

• Anna on Twitter
• Anna’s Blog
• Anna’s online TPT store
• Teachers Pay Teachers
• Lesson Cloud
• Livescribe Pens

Episode 3: Ana Colley [ 38:33 | 44.13 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1264)

Scott Meech (Twitter)is a 16-year teacher currently working as the technology facilitator at the Joseph Sears School in Kenilworth, IL. He has a masters degree in education and a certification in educational leadership from Johns Hopkins University. He loves studying the impact technology is making on education and, in that vein, is a founder of EdReach, an online community dedicated to taking education forward by giving it a voice and the I-Education Apps Review (Twitter), which allows anyone to post reviews of educational iOS applications.

Show Notes:

• #EdChat and its founders:
  • Tom Whitby
  • Steven W. Anderson (the one Seth mentioned)
  • Shelly S Terrell
• Educators, Technology and 21st Century Skills: Dispelling Five Myths
• Disintermediation
• App Store Volume Purchase Program
• Khan Academy
• Three simple things teachers could learn from Angry Birds
• Get lost Angry Birds, I have zombies to hunt
• Apps Scott mentioned (links open iTunes preview on the web)
  • Doodle Buddy
  • ReplayNote
  • Optiscan
  • Tour Wrist: Website App
  • Qwiki: Website, App
  • FlipBoard
  • ToonTastic

Edvancers 02: Scott Meech [ 44:10 | 20.22 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1907)

Michael Soguero is the Director of Professional Development at Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center. His work at Eagle Rock was covered in a recent article in Phi Delta Kappan which is reprinted on the Eagle Rock website.

According to the article:

Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center (ERS) in Estes Park, Colo., is a boarding school designed to re-engage students who already have dropped out and persuade them to stay in school and graduate. The school does this by giving students leadership positions, giving students as much time as they need to meet expectations, using interdisciplinary learning, and being willing to change the school to meet changing needs.

Michael and the rest of the faculty and students at Eagle Rock are accomplishing amazing things, putting into practice some of education’s most exciting and revolutionary theories.

Show Notes:

• American Honda Education Corporation
• The Coalition of Essential Schools
• Ted Sizer and his book, Horace’s Compromise
• “A Diploma Worth Having” (in Educational Leadership) by Grant Wiggins

Edvancers 01: Michael Soguero [ 31:24 | 14.38 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1938)