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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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Over this Holiday Break, do teachers find themselves broken down from all the standardization and deprofessionalization that they experience or do they use the break to find their voice?

Mentioned:

Mindy Kuykendall
De-professionalization of Teaching
Carol Jago

About 20 minutes and change.

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Merianna discusses the importance of teachers creating their own curriculum, why presentation is important and what teachers and learners can do to have more involvement and ownership over their own educational destiny in ThinkingEDU 10.

Mentioned:

Kevin Hodgson
Because Digital Writing Matters

About 20 minutes and change.

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ThinkingEDU 9 brings Merianna to your ears via real bits to discuss the current hot-button issue of virtual schooling and learning. Is there a future for learning via the web? Are schools in for a major shift in coming decade? Have we already stepped over that line towards major reform? Merianna discusses the options in this one.

Mentioned:

WaPo: Virtual Schools are Multiplying

About 20 minutes and change.

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Merianna Neely investigates the ins-and-outs of integrating new technologies in classrooms and points out potential pit-falls and major successes that are possible.

Mentioned:

Why Social Media Can and IS Changing Education

The 10 Barries to Technology Adoption

About 20 minutes and change.

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Merianna Neely (aka Teacher Without A Classroom) brings a new episode of ThinkingEDU with a discussion of the all-important issue of digital literacy and how it relates to what happens in/out of our classrooms.

Show Notes:

Intro Song: Trailer for Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Ending Song: Meatloaf “Two of Three Out of Three”

Mentioned:

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf by Jennifer Holm
Don’t Let The Pigeon Run This App

About 22 minutes and change