Wicked Decent Learning
Wicked Decent Learning explores issues relevant to teachers in Maine and the world beyond the Vacationland borders. Hosted by two practicing public educators, WDL features a weekly discussion followed by technology integration tips, media integration ideas, book talks and a 'Didja See?' segment about the week in education news. And no show would be completely without a few tangents and a healthy dose of shenanigans. Contact Wicked Decent Learning at www.wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com
Episode 34 It's Essential
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Show notes:
Discussion: @ 5:59
Dan and Jeff discuss creating and using essential questions.
Tech Talk: @ 55:22
Jeff reviews some answer seeking types of web services.
www.chacha.com
Google SMS http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/default/sms/index.html
www.Answers.yahoo.com
Book Talk: @ 1:04:26
Dan reviews “I am the Messenger” by Markus Zusak
Media Integration: @ 1:09:15
Dan reviews “Rear Window” by Alfred Hitchcock
Did ya see?/Listener Feedback @ 1:14:13
Legislator raises the idea of the 4-day school week http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5362375.html
Evidence of an international listener on Twitter
MBryne comments about classroom management
TeachJ comments about PC-Eduease and students
Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Particle Spin 30” Composed by:Roy Dank, BMI (33%), Michael Genato, ASCAP (34%), James Ronaghan, BMI (33%) also from freeplaymusic.com
Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning.
This episode was recorded August 31, 2008.
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Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008Episode 33 Ready on Day One
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Show notes:
Discussion: @ 5:36
Dan and Jeff discuss first day school readiness.
Tech Talk: @ 48:42
Jeff reviews some web tools that will help students and parents better manage their schoolwork.
http://www.studyrails.com/view/render_page
http://www.gradefix.com/
http://www.notely.net/
http://forlater.net/
http://www.pocketmod.com/
Book Talk: @ 56:43
Dan reviews “I Carry it Everywhere” by The Telling Room Project.
http://www.tellingroom.org
Media Integration: @ 1:01:21
Jeff reviews the series “Fight Science” from National Geographic Channel
http://tinyurl.com/5uc8up
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/fight-science
Did ya see?/Listener Feedback @ 1:06:58
http://knox.villagesoup.com/Education/story.cfm?storyID=124837
http://tinyurl.com/5wqckf
Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Particle Spin 30” Composed by:Roy Dank, BMI (33%), Michael Genato, ASCAP (34%), James Ronaghan, BMI (33%) also from freeplaymusic.com
Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning.
This episode was recorded August 25, 2008.
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Monday, Aug 18, 2008Episode 32 Loading In
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Episode 32- Loading In
Show Notes:
Discussion: @8:18
Jeff and Dan Discuss how they’ll setup their classrooms for the fall.
Tech Talk: @ 56:15
Jeff gives some site resources for making your websites more accessible to all users and learners.
http://section508.gov/
http://www.cynthiasays.com
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6720 Wave Firefox addon.
http://www.twentyfortech.com/
Book Talk: @ 1:02:40
Dan discusses Stephen King’s On Writing
Media Integration: @ 1:07:54
Dan talks about the film Once and the music from it.
Did ya See?/Listener Feedback @ 1:14:14
Maine Vs. New Hampshire School Unit comparison
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5323633.html
Music in this week's episode freeplaymusic.com
Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning.
This episode was recorded August 17, 2008.
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Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008Episode 31 Take Note!
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Episode- 31 Take Note!
Show notes:
Discussion: @ 6:05
Dan and Jeff discuss note taking in the classroom, and why it’s more complex than it sounds.
Tech Talk: @ 29:59
Jeff and Dan Review the Pulse Smart Pen from Livescribe.
http://livescribe.com/
Book Talk: @ 48:20
Dan reviews “Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler’s Shadow” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Media Integration: @ 54:56
Dan reviews the TV show Freaks and Geeks
Did ya see?/Listener Feedback @ 1:03:42
Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Particle Spin 30” Composed by:Roy Dank, BMI (33%), Michael Genato, ASCAP (34%), James Ronaghan, BMI (33%) also from freeplaymusic.com
Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning.
This episode was recorded August 12, 2008.
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Thursday, Aug 07, 2008Episode 30 Strugglin' with Strugglin'
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Episode- 30 Struggin’ with Strugglin’
Show notes:
Discussion: Unfortunately, due to some technical problems, the discussion segment didn’t save properly. We discussed how to identify and help struggling learners. We hope to recreate this segment in the future and distribute it.
Tech Talk: @ 6:32
Jeff reviews some sites to help you catch up with some conferences you didn’t attend.
BLC08-http://tinyurl.com/2rv9lv
Bob Sprankle’s “Bit by Bit Podcasts from BLC ’08- http://tinyurl.com/6pmr7f
NECC- http://tinyurl.com/29qtot
Technorati- http://www.technorati.com
MLTI Conference at Castine Links to look at
Learning in Maine Blogs about it- http://tinyurl.com/55j2of
Mark Spahr’s Blogs about it (live blogs too)- http://tinyurl.com/6757cy
Sarah Sutter’s Blog about it-http://tinyurl.com/5dfdea
Tag Generator- http://landmark-project.com/blogtags.php
Book Talk: @ 13:40
Dan reviews “The Science of Superheroes” by Lois Gresh and Robert Wienberg
Media Integration: @ 20:50
Jeff and Dan discuss uses of Batman in the classroom.
http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=322654
http://www.history.com/shows.do?episodeId=322796&action=detail
Did ya see?/Listener Feedback @ 36:17
Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Particle Spin 30” Composed by:Roy Dank, BMI (33%), Michael Genato, ASCAP (34%), James Ronaghan, BMI (33%) also from freeplaymusic.com
Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning.
This episode was recorded August 4, 2008.
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