Bill Selak Talks

You’ve listened to the episode, now listen to the song, and sing along. Free for a limited time. And by limited, I mean forever. Note: this is the fourth track of the 15-track album, and episode 8 of the 30 episode podcast series. The San Luis Obispo Music Scene is Awesome, Except for Not Really […]

In episode 7, I talk about the fourth track from my old band Rising Decline’s album Socially Acceptable Disaster. In each episode, I try to connect lessons learned (and just fun stories) to educational technology. Lessons learned in this episode: Rethink school, rethink “right” and “wrong” in learning, rethink failure. Students should develop a craft as […]

In episode 5, I talk about the third track from my old band Rising Decline’s album Socially Acceptable Disaster. In each episode, I try to connect lessons learned (and just fun stories) to educational technology. Lessons learned in this episode: when to play your role in a team, and how the ability to create content has […]

You’ve listened to the episode, now listen to the song, and sing along. Free for a limited time. And by limited, I mean forever. Note: this is the third track of the 15-track album, and episode 6 of the 30 episode podcast series. Memoir of a Forgotten Rockstar (in the key of D minor, in […]

In episode 3, I talk about the second track from my old band Rising Decline’s album Socially Acceptable Disaster. In each episode, I try to connect lessons learned (and just fun stories) to educational technology. Lessons learned in this episode: when to break the rules, and when to follow them. You might want to start with […]

You’ve listened to the episode, now listen to the song, and sing along. Free for a limited time. And by limited, I mean forever. Note: this is the second track of the 15-track album, and episode 4 of the 30 episode podcast series. Lego Planet (in the key of F# minor) Mother Nature, Mother nature […]

You’ve listened to the episode, now listen to the song, and sing along. Free for a limited time. And by limited, I mean forever. Note: this is the first track of the 15-track album, and episode 2 of the 30 episode podcast series. Graduation Song (in the key of B major) School again, a warm […]

In this first episode, I introduce the first of 15 songs from my old band Rising Decline’s album Socially Acceptable Disaster. I’ll publish two episodes at a time: one is me talking about the song and connecting it to educational technology, and the other podcast episode will be the song. So listen to this episode, […]

How do we make a difference in the world? In schools, how do our students make a difference? In this episode, I talk about why I podcast and share my own learning on social media. I also announce a new season of the Hillbrook CTE (Center for Teaching Excellence) podcast, a project I founded three […]

In this episode, I talk about our school’s new membership to WeWork, my adventures with Raspberry Pi and RetroPie, and an epic mistake with my email that turned out to be rad. Also, I’m trying out a new format. Let me know what you think!