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Merianna wonders and wanders through the implications of the Presidential Proclamation and ends up pondering what the proper care for quail eggs is. Speaking of quail eggs, why are schools so similar to the quail egg raising process?
Mentioned:
Response to Presidential Proclamation
About 18 and change
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Merianna talks about the time between Spring Break and the end of the school year and how teachers who ask if there is a possibility to change something often receive the response, “That’s something for us to consider for next year.” Those teachers who ask questions often get tagged and their idea frozen until next year. Is there anyone coming to unfreeze us?
Mentioned
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Merianna talks about the Spring Testing season and who it’s impacting our students and teachers. Is anyone really listening to teachers’ barks of complaint over the standardization movement? Where is this leading education?
Mentioned:
How are Standardized Tests Dividing Students?
About 15 minutes and change
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Merianna interviews Deborah Carney about whether schools are supporting student writers or whether the standardization movement is stamping out student creativity.
They also discuss whether there are solutions in the current public school system to help ensure that student writers gain confidence in who they are and are able to explore many different kinds of writing.
Mentioned:
Deborah Carney
Project Greenlight
Nightfire Publications
A Case Against Standards
About 55 minutes and change
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Merianna Neely asks the important question…what happened to the Teachers’ Lounge?
Along with that, she takes on the notion of gaming with mobiles and devices both in the classroom and at home and whether such foolishness is good for emerging readers and kids who are developing their own literacies.
Mentioned:
Mediashift
Teacher Do Change
iPads are Playthings
What About Bob: Baby Steps
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Merianna hits the sweet sixteen with a new ThinkingEDU that covers whether or not gaming in the classroom is viable, how “badges” work along with grades and if Kahn Academy can help you master multiplication
Mentioned:
Motivating Students and Gamification of Learning
Kevin’s Meandering Mind
About 22 minutes and change.
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Merianna returns with a thinking-provoking podcast on the notion of what does it mean to learn in this new century with new tools?
Things may be different than they appear.
Mentioned:
Reading and Writing
E-textboks
About 20 minutes and change.
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Merianna returns to class(es) as teacher and student and reflects on her experiences of reading, writing and a little bit of ‘rithmetic on ThinkingEDU (and why teachers and students shouldn’t use Blogger).
Specifically, she dives into her time as a 2nd and 3rd grade learning specialist. Then, she shares some ideas she’s encountered on the topic of emergent literacies and how they impact later learning for all children.
Mentioned:
Merianna.net
TeacherTalk on Posterous
ScribblePress
About 20 minutes and change.
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Merianna is back on the show with exciting news from Apple and how/if new developments and tech like iBooks Author and mobiles will impact our classrooms.
Mentioned:
Tenured Professor Leaves Standford
Apple Announcement
Chasing Rabbits
About 20 minutes and change.
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Merianna talks about helping students find the people behind history and talks about finding your own voice as a teacher.
Mentioned:
The King’s Speech
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake
Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman
Meta Maus by Art Spiegelman
About 20 minutes and change.
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