Augmented Learning Podcast & Vlog

Welcome back to the NZPETeachercast! On today's episode I describe the new format for the podcast where I am looking to introduce some shorter segments which will be also broadcast as videologs on the NZPETeachercast facebook page.
Each fortnight I will be bringing shorter interviews featuring 3-4 quickfire questions with a guest or two. Each of these episodes will end on some actionable content that you can take away and implement in your teaching practice, or life in general. This will help make the podcast a little more sustainable moving forward and make for some interesting new educational related content.
Today I discuss reflective practice - what it is, what it looks and a simple but effective way of being more reflective in your life. Like, subscribe and check us out on Facebook!
As mentioned at the start of the episode, don't forget to book your Learning with Games workshop for next week: 7th of May at Heretaunga College in Wellington and 8th of May at Huapai District School in Auckland. Tickets available here.

In the final episode for 2017 I had the pleasure of catching up with Susie Stevens who is the Lead Subject Advisor for Physical Education New Zealand. If you haven't met Susie before, she is a vibrant and very animated educator who is super passionate about all things movement and PE related. Susie shares a lot during this episode and discusses a number of topics in considerable detail. We hear about her time at the International Olympic Academy, thoughts on technology in PE, the current state of our profession, upcoming conferences, the role of PENZ, and also a bit of a review of what she has been involved with this year.Susie can be contacted at [email protected], or you can hit her up on Twitter @susierstevens, and don't forget to check out the PENZ website for more information, news and updates.

Getting to record podcast interviews in person are so much more enjoyable than over Skype. Even better than that though, are interviews that take place outside of New Zealand!

For the penultimate episode of the year, #NZPETeachercast is broadcasting from St Kilda in Melbourne! A group of teachers and Directors of Sport have been on a travel scholarship to some outstanding schools who are doing innovative things with their ADP. While it is really hard to paint a picture of how these schools are implementing these programmes, we do our best to explain some of the key features and take aways from our observations.

I am joined by the one and only Celia Fleck who featured on the podcast way back at episode 7 and took over as interviewer with episode 17! Also joining us for this session is Matthew Cleaver who is Head of Physical Education and Health and New Plymouth Boys High School.

Keep an eye out for some video logs coming soon that will allow you to see some of the facilities we have observed throughout the trip.

In today's episode we hear from an individual who is about to start his teaching career. Jack Stewart will be working at Rongotai College next year and we have a brief chat about some of his experiences of education growing up, what his teacher training was like, and what he is looking forward to most next year.

In 6 months time we are going to revisit some of his thoughts and ideas and see how he is progressing in his new career!

In this weeks episode I get to sit down with Design Thinking fan Ximena Aitken from Island Bay Primary School. I am still amazed when I talk to some of our outstanding Primary educators to hear hear how committed and passionate they are, and also how different the learning is from when I went through Primary school 30 (ish) years ago.

Ximena is a bit of a Design Thinking Process pro so we spend most of our time talking about that, but we also touch on a prototype she has developed which helps gamify professional learning.

You can get in touch with Ximena (@Edk8R) via her Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/Edk8R

On a fairly calm and quiet Halloween evening, I was fortunate enough to have Dave Meaclem (Rongotai College first XV coach), open his home to share a beer to two while talking leadership.

I have enjoyed watching Dave not just develop and educate our students, but also empowering them to take up leadership roles and make positive decisions. Throughout this episode we get to hear how he fosters leadership among his athletes, but we also get insight and wisdom from a coach who has spent 32 years fine tuning his craft.

Dave runs the Rugbycoach.co.nz Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rugbycoachnz

On a fairly calm and quiet Halloween evening, I was fortunate enough to have Dave Meaclem (Rongotai College first XV coach), open his home to share a beer to two while talking leadership.

I have enjoyed watching Dave not just develop and educate our students, but also empowering them to take up leadership roles and make positive decisions. Throughout this episode we get to hear how he fosters leadership among his athletes, but we also get insight and wisdom from a coach who has spent 32 years fine tuning his craft.

Dave runs the Rugbycoach.co.nz Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rugbycoachnz

Earlier this month I was extremely lucky to find myself in the Middle East of all places! As a masterclass presenter at the Connected PE Conference I was able to share my knowledge around gamification and flipped learning.

One of the highlights of the trip was being able to sit down with and ex-pat Kiwi who has recently made the move to Dubai with his family to teach. Being in the United Arab Emirates is definitely an eye opener, and Greg Thurlow describes some of the challenges he and his family face on a day to day basis as well as some of the great experiences this opportunity affords. A great listen if teaching internationally is something in your short to medium term plan!

Earlier this month I was extremely lucky to find myself in the Middle East of all places! As a masterclass presenter at the Connected PE Conference I was able to share my knowledge around gamification and flipped learning.

One of the highlights of the trip was being able to sit down with and ex-pat Kiwi who has recently made the move to Dubai with his family to teach. Being in the United Arab Emirates is definitely an eye opener, and Greg Thurlow describes some of the challenges he and his family face on a day to day basis as well as some of the great experiences this opportunity affords. A great listen if teaching internationally is something in your short to medium term plan!

In this weeks episode of NZPETeachercast I have the pleasure of sitting down with Australia's most entertaining Science teacher (an unofficial title I have given him) - Pete Whiting! I love teachers who game, and Pete is a die hard gamer from way back. We spend a good amount of time discussing the implementation of gamification with his classes but we also delve into his passion for flipped learning and touch on his success using a Genius Hour approach with his students.

Check out the links below to find out more about Pete and explore some of the things we discussed in the episode:

Pete on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mr_van_W

John Catterson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jfcatto

How Pete and John gamified their classroom: http://bit.ly/2fe3vlC

The Plague game and genius hour: http://bit.ly/2gFCtXt

Classcraft: https://www.classcraft.com/

Pete and Johns podcast (Teachers Talking Teaching): http://teacherstalkingteaching.libsyn.com/