Wired Educator

Wired Educator host, Kelly Croy, interviews the "Millionaire Educator" Ed Mills from www.millionaireeducator .com. Ed is a high school Spanish teacher in Georgia where he lives with his wife and fourth grade son. Ed blogs about financial independence and wealth building from a teacher's perspective. He has amassed an incredible personal wealth by applying his five pillars of financial independence.

Ed's message and website is to help educators live a better lifestyle by applying some basic but important rules of finances. His fortune has been built not by speaking engagements and endorsements, but by applying some basic rules that you will learn in this podcast. (Sometimes Ed doesn't even work full time.)

Mentioned in this podcast:

www.millionaireeducator.comwww.Vanguard.comwww.403bWise.com

The book The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. StanleyThe Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. StanleyYou Need a Budget: Software to Help You Budget Easily and Wisely

Discussed in this Podcast:

Financial Advice for the First Year TeacherFinancial Advice for the Teacher About to RetireFinancial Advice for the Teacher in the MIddle of Her CareerHow to Earn Extra Money as a TeacherBest Investment Strategies for Teachers Educators and Taxes: How to Lower Your Tax ObligationHow to Live on Less

• The Millionaire Educator’s 5 Pillars of Wealth: Debt avoidance Hardcore savings via retirement accounts Tax minimization Prudent investing Embrace frugal living

The Maker Movement is for everyone. Roger Wagner's awesome software HyperStudio has allowed my students and me to create amazing interactive projects from earliest days of teaching to creating interactive iBooks Author widgets today. In this podcast I interview Roger Wagner. Roger Wagner is a former Physics, Chemistry and Math teacher, patent-holding inventor, and was named by Technology & Learning Magazine as one of the top 5 "Most Important Educational Technology Gurus of the Past Two Decades", along with Seymour Papert, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Roger is best-known for his creation of the program HyperStudio, and more recently, the HyperDuino. As an educator, software designer, and educational technology visionary with 30 years of experience, Roger Wagner has worked with numerous K-12 schools, as well as college and university teacher preparation programs, in their models for the creation of highly interactive student projects.

Mentioned in this Podcast:

HyperStudio: Software every teacher and student should use. One word review: Amazing!

HyperStudio Author: Create powerful widgets for iBooks Author easily.

Hyperduino: Roger's new project for work with Arduinos

Roger Wagner's website.

Book: The Maker Movement by Mark Hatch

Books: Jules Verne's Classics by Jules Verne

Book: Who Owns the Future? by Jaren Lanier

Book: Non Zero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright

Book: You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier

Book: Along Came a Leader by Kelly Croy (Signed or multiple copy discounts)

Book: Along Came a Leader by Kelly Croy (Amazon link: softcover & digital)

This episode is an interview with Erin Olson. Erin's work as an educator has been recognized by CNN, The New York Times, and more. Erin is a former middle school teacher and a former high school English teacher and now serves as an Instructional technology consultant. Erin has been nominated twice for a Bammy. Erin advocates for the power of student contribution, explaining, "I do not want my students to be the best in the world, I want them to be the best FOR the world."

Mentioned in this podcast:

It's Complicated by Danah Boyd

Dr. Seuss Collection

The Maker Space Manifesto by Mark Hatch

Graduation is the most special moment in a student's schooling and it should be a special time each year for educators. Find out how you as educator can help make commencement special for your students and school regardless if you are a primary educator, middle school teacher, or high school faculty. Included in this episode are many ideas on whether you should attend commencement, graduation celebrations, gift ideas, and more. This podcast will inspire educators to be life-long educators to their students. In honor or Memorial Day, this episode is dedicated to Sgt. Keith Kline, a former student, who was killed in Iraq. The Wired Educator Podcast is dedicated to help educators become their best and live an extraordinary lifestyle.

Wired Educator interviews Kaci Heins about her accomplishments and recognition by NASA as a 6th grade educator and how she and her students sent a balloon and a GoPro Camera to the edge of space, and more!

Kaci Heins is a 6th grade science teacher at Northland Preparatory Academy in Flagstaff, Arizona. She has a passion for integrating STEM into the classroom through hands-on projects and engineering design challenges. Her hope for her students is that they will develop a love of learning and to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. Kaci is the 2014 Air Force Association National Aerospace Teacher of the Year, the Flagstaff STEM Teacher of the Year, an Arizona Ambassador for Excellence, and an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Educator Achievement Award winner.

Mentioned on this podcast:

Seabiscuit

Socrative

Nearpod

Stratostar

See Kaci's webpage and balloon video here!

An interview with Dave Burgess, author of the widely popular Teach Like a Pirate. Dave tells his story of becoming a pirate and how he is helping educators increase student engagement, boost creativity, and transform lives!

Mentioned in this Podcast:

Teach Like a Pirate

P is for Pirate

Learn Like a Pirate

Pure Genius

Ditch That Textbook

Dave Burgess Website

Jamstick

Drones

Create Conference

iBook Hack Event

Play-Doh

In this episode I discuss why I believe every educator should host a blog and how to get started.

Please check out this free tutorial that promises you will be able to start your blog in less than 20 minutes.

In this episode:

• Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk

• Why educators should blog?

• What are the benefits?

• How do I get started?

• What do I write about?

• I can't blog! Yes, you can!

• What tools do I need?

Mars Edit

Scrivener

• Does blogging cost money?

• Can blogging make money?

• I don't have time to blog! Yes, you do!

And more.

Episode 8 is an interview with Christine DiPaulo and we are talking about her amazing work as an Apple Distinguished Educator, and we will get a glimpse inside her amazingly innovative school, The String Theory High School for the Arts and Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

If you are interested in creating a culture of innovation in your classroom, school, district, or organization, you will not want to miss this episode.

Intro:

• Keynote Speaker for two organizations this week.

• Rotary

• Teen Challenge

• Expanding your classroom and influence.

• Speaking Fees

• Helping Others

• Educational Technology & Cancellations

• 8 Weeks on iTunes & Your Reviews

Interview:

• Christine DiPaulo

Christine DiPaulo is an Apple Distinguished Educator and an Innovation Specialist at String Theory Schools in Philadelphia, PA.

"The String Theory High School for the Arts & Sciences offers students who have an interest in the arts, language, science and technology the opportunity to engage in a curriculum that combines superior coursework and significant field work to create a balance between artistry and academics that gives graduates a solid foundations for their future endeavors."

She teaches courses on Personal Branding, Digital Photography, Digital Portfolio Design, iLife, iWork and Presentation Design. She is certified in secondary mathematics, with Business Education certification and MSc as K12 certified Instructional Technology Specialist. Her first teaching position was a mathematics teacher at The Technical College High School/CCIU.

As an educator her passion is to enhance student's classroom experience using Apple technologies as a tool for creating and authoring content, collaborating, and developing meaningful projects. In the classroom she works with kids to build strong 21st century skills so they become critical thinkers.

Christine DiPaulo is an amazing intellectual a dynamic speaker, with her own TED talk no less. She is a visionary in both education and problem solving. She is creative. And she is really fun to spend time with too.

I am so honored to interview Christine DiPaulo on Creating an Innovation within your school.

Mentioned in this podcast:

iBooks Author

iTunes U

The Apple Watch

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

The Ten Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelley

How to Come Up With Great Ideas and Actually Make Them Happen by Ewan McIntosh

PhotoWizard- Photo Editor App

In this episode I interview Reshan Richards, an Apple Distinguished Educator and co-creator of the wonderful iOS app, Explain Everything.

Interested in writing a book, creating a hit app in the App Store?

Dr. Reshan Richards is an educator, researcher, and entrepreneur. Currently an instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University and the Chief Learning Officer for Explain Everything which he co-founded, Reshan is also the co-author of Leading Online: Leading the Learning, Leading by Learning. Reshan has led conversations and workshops around the world based on his 15+ experiences in K-20 education at gatherings including TEDxNYED, SXSWedu, ISTE, and AERA. An Apple Distinguished Educator and member of Mensa, Reshan has an Ed.D. in Instructional Technology & Media from Teachers College, Columbia University, an Ed.M in Learning and Teaching from Harvard University and a B.A. in Music from Columbia University.

Mentioned in this podcast:

PBS Learning Media Digital Learning Innovator 2015

Morris Cooke

Explain Everything

Into Thin Air by John Krakuer

Slack

WEP 0006: Ditch That Textbook an Interview with Matt Miller

Kelly Croy interviews Matt Miller about using resources to supplement or replace your textbook, and creating learning materials that really engage students. Lots of takeaways from today's episode, but the focus is primarily to get you thinking about how you use your existing textbook and a look at other possibilities.

Please visit our sponsor at: www.planbook.com

Matt Miller is a teacher, blogger and presenter from West Central Indiana. He has infused technology and innovative teaching methods in his classes for more than 10 years. He writes at the Ditch That Textbook blog about using technology and creative ideas in teaching. He is a Google Certified Teacher (Austin ’14), a PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator, a Bammy! Awards nominee, and winner of the WTHI-TV Golden Apple Award.

After trying to do the traditional “teach by the textbook” for a few years, he launched into a textbook-less path where learning activities were often custom-produced for his students as well as infused with technology. He likes the results a lot, and his students do, too.

Matt has presented to thousands of teachers at dozens of workshops on a number of topics related to educational technology, world language instruction and more. He combines a conversational, engaging speaking style with loads of resources, leaving teachers equipped and inspired to move forward.

Mentioned in this podcast:

www.PlanBook.com

www.DitchThatTextbook.com

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Teach Like a Pirate

Meerkat

Periscope

Stream

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