Learning Unleashed: ISTE Podcast

Zoom, Teams, and more digital tools than most of us ever thought we would be using in our classrooms. What have we learned about the impact of technology on our lives and our relationships with each other?

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Dr. Kristen Mattson is a former K-12 educator and current adjunct professor serving pre-service teachers and school librarians at the College of DuPage and the University of Illinois. She is a nationwide speaker, delivering content around media and information literacy, digital citizenship, and digital ethics to educators.

Join us as we flip the script and use podcasts as a way to reconnect with students and teach essential creation and communication skills eroded during the pandemic.

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Michele Haiken is a literacy teacher at Rye Middle School in Rye, New York, and an adjunct professor at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. She’s a frequent speaker and has written or contributed to multiple books, including Teaching Literacy in the Digital Age, Personalized Reading and Gamify Literacy.

How can we prepare to help students with the increasing volume and types of SEL issues they are bringing to class? Join us for a discussion about when, where, and how to get started.

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Jorge Valenzuela (@JorgeDoesPBL) is an education coach, author, and advocate. He has years of experience as a classroom and online teacher, a curriculum specialist, and a consultant. His work focuses on improving teacher preparation in project-based learning, computational thinking and computer science integration, STEM education, and equity and SEL integration. Jorge is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University and the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined. His book Rev Up Robotics and its companion jump start guide Ready, Set, Robotics! are available from ISTE, and his next book, which dives deeper into the Equity and SEL Integration Framework, is forthcoming from Solution Tree.

Even as many of us wrestle with the myriad frustrations of remote and hybrid teaching, some teachers are experiencing exceptional levels of student engagement. In this episode, we talk about some strategies and tools that are getting and keeping students' attention during the pandemic.

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Jaime Donally is a passionate technology enthusiast. She began her career as a math teacher and later moved into Instructional Technology. Her desire to build relationships have brought about opportunities to collaborate with students and educators around the world. She provides staff development and training on immersive technology as an edtech consultant. Her latest adventures include the launch of Global Maker Day and the #ARVRinEDU community. She works as an author and speaker to provide practical use of augmented and virtual reality with more resources at ARVRinEDU.com.

Computational thinking is an essential component in finding solutions to everyday problems.  It teaches reasoning, creativity and expression, and is an innovative way to demonstrate content knowledge.  Join us for a discussion on how to embed computational thinking skills into activities for every content area in the early grades.

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Heidi Williams is a passionate coding and computational thinking advocate. Her over 25 years of experience in education include serving as language, science and mathematics teacher for grades 6-8, as well as roles as a differentiation specialist, technology integration specialist, instructional coach, gifted and talented coordinator, elementary principal and K-8 director of curriculum. Williams has shared her passion for integrating coding into the curriculum at local, state, regional and national conferences, and many have leveraged her expertise for conference presentations, coding coaching, professional development and K-12 scope and sequence alignment of computer science skills throughout the curriculum.

In this episode, we talk about how to help students develop the most essential skills through authentic, real-world learning experiences, building a pathway for the future of learning and work. Join us as we explore strategies to model risk-taking and weave purposeful learning into our existing curriculum.

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In this episode, we look away from Pinterest-perfect lessons and talk about how to turn every teaching and learning opportunity into an authentic learning experience that is both meaningful and memorable. Our guest provides a roadmap for showing teachers how to empower students to take charge of their own learning and provide creative and authentic opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge through projects.

Get the book: Adventures in Authentic Learning

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Kristin Harrington is an edtech coach for Flagler County School District in Palm Coast, Florida. Harrington is a PLN Leader for the ISTE Learning Spaces Network and the 2020 ISTE Edtech Coaches PLN Award recipient. She is also the co-founder of Edcamp St. Augustine and Edcamp Flagler, and she co-moderates #FLedChat on Twitter. As an adjunct professor, she’s developed a deeper knowledge and appreciation for what it takes for students to succeed beyond high school and is passionate about sharing this information with others.

Students who feel safe and connected to their school communities often perform better academically and are absent less. Games and esports can be a lifeline for students who need help most during pandemic learning.

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J Collins taught computer science at Hathaway Brown, an all-girls’ school in Cleveland, where they founded the nation's first-ever esports team at an all-girls' school. For their work in computer science and esports, Collins was recognized as a featured voice at ISTE 2019 and with a 2020 Aspirations in Computing educator award from the National Center for Women & Information Technology. Prior to Liminal Esports, Collins led game-based education policy and projects at the U.S. Department of Education and the Smithsonian Institution. Collins is also an LGBTQ+ advocate and a member of the leadership team at the EduPride Alliance/#TeachPride.

There is a new universe of tools and strategies that have the ability to turn reluctant writers into writing enthusiasts. In the episode we explore the new platforms and practices that can inspire your students to love writing.

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Michele Haiken is a literacy teacher at Rye Middle School in Rye, New York, and an adjunct professor at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. She’s a frequent speaker and has written or contributed to multiple books, including Teaching Literacy in the Digital Age, Personalized Reading and Gamify Literacy.

In this episode, we connect essential and established instructional best practices to the challenges of remote learning.

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Angela Elkordy, Ph.D., is chair and assistant professor, learning sciences, and program director for learning technologies at National Louis University in the Chicago area. Her writing has appeared in numerous platforms and publications, including books such as Foundation of Digital Badges and Micro-Credentials and Gamify Literacy. Her research focuses on the learning sciences, design and technology, teacher learning and instructional design. Ayn Keneman, Ed.D., is an associate professor in the National College of Education faculty, early childhood education, at National Louis University, Chicago, where she teaches courses in early childhood education, literacy instruction, human development and technology. She is president of a special interest group of the International Literacy Association, Organization of Teacher Educators of Literacy. Keneman’s research on struggling readers led to the publication of her book Literacy Leadership to Support Reading Improvement.