Principally Speaking

In this episode, I talk about the craze that is Trivia Crack and its implications for education. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the following questions:

1) What do you think about the trivia crack craze?

2) Would you want your child to constantly play trivia crack?

3) How are you cultivating student ideas in your school?

4) Have students had a say in any new programs or clubs in your school?

5) What makes your school unique?

You can provide answers to any or all of these questions by clicking on the Feedback button on my website. Your answer or answers may be used in a future episode of the show.

Tune in next week for my talk with dynamic media specialist Sherry Gick, who is @libraryfanatic on Twitter.

In this episode, I have the pleasure of connecting with Scott Schulz, who talks about his new job at Rossville Jr/Sr High School in southern Indiana.

Scott's Blog

The Washington Post Piece on Scott

Scott's Epic YouTube Snow Day Video

Scott on Twitter

Principally Speaking is back!

I'm excited to bring to you my talk with Amy Heavin, Principal of Ryan Park Elementary in Angola, Indiana. Among other things, Amy and I talk about what professional learning looks like at her school and how she's working to push both herself and her staff. She can be found @amyheavin on Twitter and her blog is @ amyheavin.blogspot.com.

Laura Ferrell is the Assistant Principal at Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Her blog can be found here and you can connect with her @LFEdTech on Twitter.

Jared Wastler is an ASCD Emerging Leader and Maryland's Assistant Principal of the Year for 2014. He can be found at jaredwastler.com. In this episode we talk about his success, and I have to admire how he always brings it back to the great things happening where he is at Liberty High School.

Tune in next week for my talk with Assistant Principal Laura Ferrell, who also happens to be an ASCD Emerging Leader for 2014. She can be found @LFedtech on Twitter. Among other things, we discover that we're currently reading the same book, "How Children Succeed" by Paul Tough.

As we wrap up Connected Educator Month, I was lucky to connect with Innovation Coordinator and Pure Genius author Don Wettrick. We talk about his unique job and elective course that truly empowers students to embrace their passions and ideas. I'm a little biased, but I was very inspired by our conversation and I hope you are too.

In this episode of Principally Speaking, I have the honor of speaking to 7th grade dynamic teacher Pernille Ripp. After you listen to the episode, set aside some time and check out her awesome blog and resources over at pernillesripp.com. She also developed the amazing Global Read Aloud Project and EdCamp MadWI. Finally, she is an author of 2 books and currently working on a 3rd. I highly recommend you check out her latest from Corwin, Empowered Schools, Empowered Students.

Continuing the Connected Educator Month Series on Principally Speaking, I connect with Dr. Spike Cook, author of the new book Connected Leadership. You can also check out his website here. For more excellent content from Dr. Cook, check out the PrincipalPLN podcast.

In honor of Connected Educator Month this is the first of a series of podcast episodes from authors of the Corwin Connected Educator Series.

Vice Principal, #satchat co-founder and author of new book All Hands on Deck Brad Currie and I talk about his vision for tapping into the voice of all stakeholders through both physical and virtual means. Check into more from Brad at bradcurrie.net.

Next week I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Spike Cook.

For today's episode I talk with music teacher Jeff Bradbury, who is also the mastermind behind teachercast.net. You can connect with Jeff there or at jeffreybradbury.com. If you are also interested in podcasting or webcast development, I highly recommend contacting Jeff. He's very helpful and a great guy.

As I mentioned at the conclusion of this episode, I'm involved in a new monthly meetup happening in the Fort Wayne area for other passionate and innovative educators. The first meeting is happening October 15. If you're interested in joining us, please click here.

I'm also excited to be attending the upcoming Indiana Connected Educators Conference on October 16th and 17th. You can find out more information here.

Finally, don't forget to head over to mr.chrisnesi.com to check out the House of EdTech Podcast.

Tune in next week for my talk with 2014 Maryland Assisant Principal of the Year and host of Twitter #APChat Jared Wastler.