21st Century Learning

21st Century Learning #84: Dr. Scott McLeod on Disruptive Innovation and the Future of K12 Education

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:34:22 -0600

21st Century Learning #84
Dr. Scott McLeod on Disruptive Innovation and the Future of Education
November 13, 2008

This week Dr. Scott McLeod joined us to discuss his K-12 Online Presentation entitled Current leadership models are inadequate for disruptive innovations. An must listen for anyone interested in leadership and school change. Thanks to Scott for his time and the excellent conversation.

Next Thursday, 11/20 we'll have Will Schwalbe co-author of the book SEND: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home.

We have a going a special show scheduled on Monday, 11/24 at noon with Michael Horn co-author of Disrupting Class,

21st Century Learning #83: NEIT2008 Preview

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:06:06 -0600

21st Century Learning #83
NEIT 2008 discussion with Aaron Grill
November 6, 2008

We discussed the NEIT 2008 conference with Aaron Grill, preseident of NYCIST, the New York Consortium of Independent School Technologists.

Topics include the unconference plan, the tools we expect everyone to use during the conference, and the goals we each had for the conference.

We're psyched that David Shipley author of SEND, and Sylvia Martinez from Gen Yes as our keynoters and conference participants.

Next week, we'll be speaking with Scott McLeod about Disrupting Class. See you then!

21st Century Learning #82: Tom Daccord

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:39:12 -0600

21st Century Learning #82 Tom Daccord

October 30, 2008

Tom Daccord joined us this week to discuss "The Great Debate of
2008" project. An interesting coversation about using Wikis and NINGs
to facilitate online interactions between students at schools around
the country.

Next Thursday, November 6th. 2008 at 2:30 EST we'll be doing a NEIT 2008 preview show. See you there.

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21st Century Learning #81 Alec Couros on Teacher Education and Open Course Design

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:01:11 -0500

21st Century Learning #81
Alec Couros on Teacher Education and Open Course Design
October 24, 2008

This week Alec Couros joined us to discuss teacher education and creating an open course for pre and in-service K-12
teachers. This course would be similar to his Open, Social, Connected course.

Interested? Contact Alec via Twitter or his Blog. Alex check out his K12 Online presentation.

Not passionate about this, but know someone who might be? Send them Alec's contact info.

See you next week with a preview of the NEIT 2008 Conference.

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21st Century Learning #80: K12-Online Pre-Conference Keynote Conversation

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:07:17 -0500

21st Century Learning #80
K12-Online Pre-Conference Keynote Conversation
October 16, 2008

A conversation trying to answer the questions that were asked by the K12 Online Conference about Professor Stephen Heppell's Pre-Conference Keynote. We used the book Disrupting Class by Clayton M. Christensen to discuss the transformation of education that Professor Heppell describes in his keynote.

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21st Century Learning #79: Getting to Know John Schinker

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:18:06 -0500

21st Century Learning #79

Getting to Know John Schinker
October 2, 2009

John Schinker from EdTechWeekly fame joined Alex and Vinnie this week. We discussed John's background, 21st Century Skills, and technology professional development in his school district.

We'll be back on the 16th. See everyone then.

21st Century Learning #78: Elizabeth Helfant on the MICDS Tablet Project

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:27:07 -0500

21st 21st Century Learning #78
Elizabeth Helfant on the MICDS Tablet Project
September 23, 2008

Elizabeth Helfant shared her amazing story of the MICDS first year tablet program roll out. This is an great discussion of the right way to implement laptop learning in a school. They started with teachers and curriculum designers asking for more technology because the curriculum had evolved to need the support. If you've wondered about 1 to 1, this is must listen audio!

21st Century Learning #77: Busy Start to the Year?

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:19:44 -0500

21st Century Learning #77
Busy Start to the Year?
September 19, 2008

First of all, please joint arvind and me in welcoming our new co-host Vinnie Vrotny.

This week, we discussed the busy start of our year for many Technology Departments, how we're coping
with the work load, why we're so busy, and how schools can create such
wonderful momentum and enthuiasm for technology.

Join us for an interivew with Elizabeth Helefant on Thursday, September
26, at 2:00pm EST (18:00 GMT) and John Schinker on Thursday, October 2,
at 2:00pm EST (18:00 GMT).

Photo from: http://flickr.com/photos/volvidejapon/1359419271/

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21st Century Learning #76 - Goals/Projects

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:56:08 -0500

21st Century Learning #76

We're Back! 08-09-Goals Show
September 11, 2008

Arvind and I discussed our goals for this year, projects we are working on, and where we see the webcast going. A 20 minute getting back to webcasting webcast!

If you have suggestions for interviews and/or improvements to the show, send us a tweet at alexragone or arvind.

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21st Century Learning #75 -- End of Year Webcast

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:06:52 -0500

21st Century Learning #75
End of Year Show
June 18, 2008

Arvind and I discussed our plans for next year, our summer plans, and where we see 21st Century Learning going.

Have a great summer. We'll see you in September.

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21st Century Learning #73: Peter Gow on the New Progressivism

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:43:52 -0500

21st Century Learning #73
Peter Gow on the New Progressivism
May 21, 2008

Peter Gow from Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, MA joined us to discuss his article on EdWeek Online, entitled The New Progressivism is Here. Peter shares his ideas about how the New Progressivism blends with the old. This along with how the 2008 NAIS National Conference helped inspire his article. Thanks to Peter for adding his ideas to the conversation about what school should be in the future.

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21st Century Learning #74: Howard Levin on the Integrated Tech Symposium

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:37:07 -0500

21st Century Learning #74

Howard Levin from the Urban School of San Francisco
on the Integrated Tech Symposium
May 28, 2008

Howard Levin joins us to discuss the Urban School's Integrated Tech Symposium and how it has developed from the Urban School's 9 years of one-to-one computing. The Urban School's one-to-one program was the spotlight school at last summer's Laptop Institute.

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21st Century Learning #72 - Planning Session

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:27:21 -0500

21st Century Learning #72

Planning Session - Spring 2008

May 14, 2008

arvind and Alex discuss where our show is and where they are going. We're hoping for some community input on this show. Who should we interview? Should our format change? What is good? What is bad? Do you want to be a guest host? Listen to this short show and then give us some feedback as a comment here or through twitter: http://twitter.com/arvind or http://twitter.com/alexragone

Photo from: http://flickr.com/photos/markbridge/358433689/

21st Century Learning #71: Students Leading a School to a Support a More Sustainable Future

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:01:06 -0500

21st Century Learning #71
Collegiate School's CENIC

Students Leading a School to Support a More Sustainable Future

Student April 16, 2008

Collegiate School's CENIC club has three areas of interest: reducing the school’s environmental footprint, spreading awareness of environmental problems and solutions, and taking part in the wider, global environmental movement.

James, the president, and Harrison, a key member of the CENIC joing us to discuss the club, it's founding and growth at Collegiate School.

If you're interested in learning more about CENIC, please contact James and Harrison through their web site contact form.

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21st Century Learning #70: Loving Moodle

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:09:34 -0500

21st Century Learning #70
Loving Moodle*
With Guest Aaron Grill
April 9, 2008

This week we discussed the many possibilities of Moodle with Aaron Grill, Technology Coordinator at The Browning School.

* Thanks to Lisa Pedicini for the show name.

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21st Century Learning #69: Stewart Crais on the Laptop Institute

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:28:11 -0500

21st Century Learning #69
Stewart Crais, Lausanne Collegiate School
on The Laptop Institute
April 2, 2008

Stewart Crais, Director of Technology at the Lausanne Collegiate School joined us to discuss the Laptop Institute.

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21st Century Learning #68: Christian Long from Think Lab

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:04:43 -0500

21st Century Learning #68
Christian Long from Think Lab
on Teaching and School Design
March 19, 2007

An exciting conversation with Christian Long about his recent move from a school design architecture firm back to the English classroom. We discussed his teaching, design of schools, and what the great examples of inovative schools.

What are your thoughts on school design?

Christian mentioned a number of author's towards the end of the interview. Here are links to their books/writing:

Parker Palmer
Ted Sizer
John Dewey
Elliot Washer from The Big Picture Company

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21st Century Learning #67: Chris Bigenho on the Classroom of the Future Exhibit

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:51:46 -0500

21st Century Learning #67
Chris Bigenho on the NAIS Classrooms of the Future Exhibit
March 12, 2008

Special Guest Chris Bigenho, Director of Academic Technology at the Greenhill School in Addison, Texas describes the process of planning and the results of the NAIS Classrooms of the Future Exhibit at their recent Annual Conference.

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21st Century Learning #64: U.S. Presidential Primaries and You

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:29:06 -0500

Alex, arvind and chatroom guests discussed all the technology surrounding the U.S. Preisdential Primary races. How can you use the Internet and online tools to understand the process? Tune in to find out...

21st Century Learning #65: NAIS Annual Conference Preview

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:48:22 -0600

21st Century Learning #65

National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference Preview

With Jeff Ritter and Mariam Mattew
February 28, 2008

Special Guests Jeff Ritter from St. John's School in Austin, Texas and Mariam Matthew from the American School in London.

We discussed the National Association of Independent School's Conference (NAIS), standardized tests, Upper School curriculum and much more in this 18 minute power packed conversation.

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21st Century Learning #63: EduCon 2.0 Review

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:33:15 -0600

21st Century Learning #63

EduCon 2.0 Review
With Matt Montagne and Bill Knauer
January 30, 2008

This week we discussed the experiences of the in person and remote EduCon participant. A lively discussion with Matt Montagne, Tech Coordinator at the University School of Milwaukee, WI, and Bill Knauer, Director of Technology at Packer Collegiate School in Brooklyn, NY.

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21st Century Learning #62: Review of PBS's Frontline "Growing Up Online"

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:23:05 -0600

21st Century Learning #62

Review of PBS's Frontline Growing Up Online

January 23, 2008

We discussed PBS's excellent newspiece "Growing Up Online" which investigated the lives of the first generation of kids to grow up with Internet access their entire lives. We brainstormed a show with kids as well as covered the pieces of the news story which we felt were critical.

21st Century Learning #61: Our Plans for 2008

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:24:38 -0600

21st Century Learning #61
Our Plans for 2008
January 16, 2008

A discusison of our goals for 21st Century Learning in 2008.

Goals!

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21st Century Learning #60: Demetri Orlando and Fred Bartels on the ISENet Ning

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:25:03 -0600

21st Century Learning #60
The Independent School Educators Network (ISENET) Ning
A discussion with Demetri Orlando and Fred Bartels
December 19, 2007

We discussed the Independent School Educator Ning network with Fred Bartels and Demetri Orlando. What is a social network? How do we expand it? How do we bring the other 98% of teachers into the world of their students. A fun conversation.

Happy New Year!

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21st Century Learning #59: Students Discussing Social Networking between Faculty and Students

aragone@collegiateschool.org (Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:45:46 -0600

21st Century Learning #59
Students Discussing Social Networking Between Faculty and Students
with Special Guests, Laurie Bartels, Andrew ('09), and Kristi ('10) from Rye Country Day School and Banoo ('10) and Kari ('08) from Hewitt School.
December 12, 2007

We continued our conversation about appropriate boundries between teachers and students in social networks with students from Rye Country Day School and Hewitt School.

What are you experiences with Facebook, Twitter, or any other social network and your students? What boundries do you draw?

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