In this episode, Mike chats with Co-Founder of The Cyber Safety Project, Trent Ray, about how to protect youth online, how parents can help their children safely navigate the dangers of the cyber world, and the different types of cyberspaces children inhabit.

Listen as Mike interviews Hamish Curry, Educator, enabler, and collaborator, on everything from the Design Thinking Process and the place of post-its to overcoming tokenism to authentically develop new intercultural relationships. 

00:00:20    Meet our guest - Hamish Curry
00:08:12    Design thinking for good learning
00:10:50    The mindset, the skillset, the toolset
00:12:54    From concept to implementation
00:17:11    Change is not wholesale
00:20:12    Local environment and learning design
00:26:39    Prejudice in education
00:32:25    Taylor Mali - What Do Teachers Make
00:33:40    The Great Resignation & learning from each other
00:37:41    Cultural responsiveness - where to start?
00:40:00    Otto Sharma - The four types of listening
00:42:48    Tokenism and the development of new intercultural relationships
00:50:01    Losing my mojo - Hamish's blog post
00:56:02    The next step at Cool Australia
01:00:10    The industrialised model of education

In this episode, Mike chats to our guest Cameron Ross, Digital Learning ICT Coach and Teacher based at St. Peters College, Cranbourne in Australia.

He shares his hands-on experiences as an educator, content creator and colleague. This episode is full of practical takeaways for leaders and teachers alike!

0:15      Meet our guest - Cameron Ross
4:52      Teachers are hoarders
6:23      The mindset of being the fountain of knowledge
7:42      The 1:9:90 Rule
8:40      Failure is okay - what is the worst that can happen?
9:42      Cam's role as an IT coach
14:05   Trends in teaching - how do you keep up?
15:45   The overwhelm of choice when it comes to tech in the classroom
17:26   GROWTH coaching and collaborative teaching teams
19:45   How to manage change fatigue in the new normal
23:35   The place of online professional learning networks (PLN) for PLD
31:00   Giving back via social media
34:29   Cam's top 3 edtech tools for the classroom
39:57   Tech tips for teacher empowerment

Mike is joined by UTB trainers, Nicole, Adrian and Paul to dissect the anatomy to discover what makes an engaging presentation. Whether you're presenting live or online, speaking with parents, students, or other teachers, you'll discover what works best and the tools, tips and mindset you need to help you connect with your audience more effectively and get the buy in you want.

We discuss

• building connection and engagement with your audience 
• the place of the traditional slide deck
• how to leave people feeling supported and valued 
• the digital tools that can elevate your training

0:43        Meet the guests - Nicole, Adrian, and Paul
5:46        The fear of death and the fear of speaking to people, Mike’s horror story
7:51        What do you do when it all goes wrong?
10:20     Adrian diffuses angry teachers
11:49     Landing a message
15:44     The one thing
17:12     The "Head Fake"
18:04     Preparing to present
19:52     Build an authentic connection with your audience
29:42     Recognise your audience's worth
30:32     Country or Bulgarian folk music?
32:32     Party poppers and rules of engagement
33:37     Presentation vs Interaction
40:30     The value is never in the content
43:10     Instantaneous feedback
46:33     Presentations are like sales calls
49:00     Digital tools to foster collaboration and interaction in person OR remotely

In our first episode of 2022, OutClassed returns with Mike and Blake in a catch up episode discuss a range of topics including
# How to determine if a tool is meaningful - for example 3D printers
# Can VR teach empathy
# Hyper-Immersion and the benefits to learning
# What are the latest trends in requests for professional development for staff

For more episodes of the Outclassed Podcast go to utb.fyi/outclassed

In today's episode, we sit down with Michael Phillips from Monash university to unpack the research and practical applications around the TPCK framework.

We dig into a range of topics such as:

• What is the TPCK model and can it be used an an evaluation tool
• Decision making in the classroom and the 5 things that help teachers make better decisions
• The role that transparent and emerging technology applies to TPCK and the way to support not classify teachers 
• Why PCK is just 1 form of knowledge out of 7 that teachers need and the implications on team teaching and collaboration

About Mike: 

Mike Phillips is the Associate Professor of Digital Transformation in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. His work focuses on the knowledge expert teachers develop when integrating educational technologies into their practice. Additionally, Mike researchers the ways in which expert teachers make active decisions about their classroom technology integration.

You can visit Mike's profile page and check out his research HERE

For more episodes of the Outclassed Podcast go to utb.fyi/outclassed

In this podcast Mike and Blake speak with special guest Dethmer Lemmborg about his experience working for a Nation news network. 

We explore 

• What Dethmer was asked to do during 911 and why he decided to walk away from the industry
• Why none of us watch the news any more
• How to determine if what you are watching or reading is true and accurate
• How you could be caught in a search bubble and what to do to it
• How technology is possibly affecting our teenagers 
• and more.

To see Dethmers video production company go to mondayproductions.co.nz
To listen to all our podcast episodes go to utb.fyi/outclassed.

In this episode we take a look at some of the highlights of 2020, what we can celebrate despite the craziness of the year!

Blake and Mike also chat though some of the projects and new hires for 2021 and what they are looking forward to. 

In this Episode we dive into how we are planning for 2021.

We unpack our thinking around Org charts, roles and responsibilities and how you can set your team up for success.

We discuss:

• How to set your team up to own an outcome not a project, and how this can drive innovation
• The different types of organisation charts and how they can cause people to innovate or resist change
• The power of the '12 week year' process

To see all episodes go to utb.fyi/outclassed

This week Blake and Mike discuss a range of the latest Edtech trends and issues including:

• How Jeff Bezos is opening child care centres in another attempt to influence education
• The social dilemma and the paradox of free will
• How to keep the momentum going after introducing new technology
• Google has released the latest pixel and made changes to a number of apps and tools
• Using Technology Better receives the Microsoft partner of the year award in New Zealand
• How Microsoft have changed their culture and what we can learn