Concordia Ed Tech Podcast

Description How can we push students past simple recall into deeper thought and engagement?  Is it about teaching content?  Or should we be asking more questions?  If so, what questions should we be asking?  Do you think WE know?  Would you like to listen to today’s podcast and see if we can find out? Lessons […]

Description What do you get when you take an American football coach, send him to England, and put him in charge of a professional soccer team? (You know, the other futbol.) Well, you probably get one of the most talked about television shows of the last two years, but you’ll also get some remarkable lessons […]

VIDEO: Live Podcast + ACAMIS Demo Slam Description How YOU doin’? Nǐ hǎo? Estas bien?  Wie Gehts? We hope you are well. And we’re pretty sure if you’re here listening to us LIVE AT ACAMIS that you are well because you must already have the green code and the Covid test results to prove it.   […]

Description Whether you’re back with students in the classroom or still working remotely, teaching and learning continues.  As we begin our 9th Season of podcasting we know now, more than ever, that learning can’t happen without relationships.  We’ve also learned the hard way that many of our traditional classroom practices fall flat when we face […]

Description In the establishing shot of the movie Transcendence, people use keyboards as door stops and discarded computers litter the streets. Mankind is slowly recovering from tech-addiction, returning to a life of face-to-face communication and the petty inconveniences of a tech-free world. While that world may be a dream for some and a nightmare for […]

Description During distance learning we all learned the importance of video for meaningful teaching and learning.  A good video can teach and even inspire.  A bad video . . .  well we’ve all seen our share of those too. Today on the podcast we welcome special guest Dan Speed, who is not only doing great […]

Description Did you get my email? Oh! That was in the email that Bob sent last week? Can you send me an email about that? Email, Email, Email   What would we do without email?   But is email making us dumber, less efficient and poorer collaborators?   In today’s podcast, we will delve down […]

Description Hey, if you’ve been with us since the beginning that means you have been listening to us drone on and on for eight whole years. We finally honor your stubbornness by addressing some fascinating applications of  … drones. This week, NASA scientists flew the first drone on Mars.  This amazing technology has changed the […]

Podcast Video: https://youtu.be/aVnCyeZhZBw Description We get up in the morning, check our weather app, check our Facebook, check Instagram, check the top news feeds pushed to us on our mobile device, and scroll through the dozens of notifications we received over night. The volume of information that our technology pushes to us is greater than […]

Description It’s happened to all of us.  You’ve got a project you’re working on that needs to be done. A message from your friend pops up with a funny new Bernie Sanders meme, which inspires you with an idea for another meme. You start searching for memes.  Your search results include a new music video […]