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Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsExploring Principles: Media that Works for You! (Autumn and Skyla)This week, your hosts go into what multimedia is and how it can help benefit the classroom. They look into its many principles and some tips and tricks on how to master this beneficial topic. They go into more detail on the science behind it and how sometimes, this teaching method could actually hurt students instead of help. But have no fear! Your hosts go into how you can successfully use multimedia to grab your students attention and create an interesting and captivating lesson! ReferencesEnglish, L. (2023, April 25). How to use multimedia effectively in your...2023-09-2021 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsPicture this: Exploring Digital literacy and Imagery (Gaby and Liv)Join Gaby and Liv as they explore the dynamic fusion of digital literacy and visual storytelling. They dive into the power of images, dissect digital art, and unravel the responsibilities of digital citizenship, speaking on their own experiences both as students and future educators. Discover how images enhance education and learn valuable resources to boost your digital imagery skills. Embark on a creative journey that blends art, technology, and critical thinking. Tune in for captivating discussions on the art of the digital age!ReferencesBunt, B. (2011, June 11). LeWitt. Brogan Bunt. Retrieved from: https://broganbunt.net.2023-09-1315 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsMisinformation! What Can We Do About It?Alexandra, Noelle and Jen discuss the phenomenon of selective perception and how it causes social media users to not only believe faulty information but to also spread it. Using this week’s readings by Spies as a springboard, as well as the video on Selective Perception and a blog post by Harvard's Program on Negotiation, the trio explores the difference between misinformation and disinformation, selective perception and how it relates to echo chamber effects, the inconclusive research currently out there regarding how and why misinformation spreads and finally, what educators and even private citizens can do to stop the spr...2022-10-1223 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsLet's Connect Your Learning (Amanda and Samantha)In today’s episode with Amanda and Sam, they discuss the importance of Connected Learning and how it will relate to educators and their classrooms. While they are both physical education teachers, stay tuned while they discuss different ways Connected Learning can be used to help promote a healthy lifestyle. Ever hear of the “4C’s” or “learning styles”? Yeah? In today's episode they also discuss the Tesia Marshik TED Talk based on Learning styles & the importance of critical self-reflection as well as Soule and Warrick’s article related to the importance of the 21st century “survival skills.” Tune in to find out the...2021-12-0819 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsStudent to Influencer (Brynn and Samantha)In this week's podcast, Brynn and Samantha talk about using social media in the classroom. Together they address concerns people have about social media in the classroom, talk about their own experiences with social media and school, ways to use social media in the classroom, online safety, cyberbullying, including the parents, and using social media to get the students interested in school. This discussion will reference two of the reading and one outside reading. ReferencesGreenhow, C., & Lewin, C. (2016). Social media and education: reconceptualizing the boundaries of formal and informal learning. Learning, Media and Technology, 41(1), 6–30. ht...2021-11-1016 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsThe Social Overdose (Christina and Gabby)Is society’s collective engagement with social media considered addictive? Tech critics say yes, but addiction researchers hesitate to agree. In this episode, Gabby and Christina delve deeply into social media usage. As they analyze the evolution of Big Tech companies and how social media is impacting the highly malleable teenage generation, Christina and Gabby take a magnified, hard look at their own relationships with social media. Referencesboyd, d. (2014). It’s complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.Feifer, J. (2021) You are not "addicted" to t...2021-11-0320 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsDys-Info-topia (Ian and Jiewen)In this episode, Ian and Jiewen will touch base on the topic of disinformation. They will first talk about what disinformation is and how it is different from misinformation. As they delve deeper into this topic, they draw on the reading: Producers of Disinformation - Version 1.2 (Spies, 2020) to talk about how disinformation affects us when it comes to demographics and what caused the spread of the disinformation. Discussions in this episode will include examining examples of disinformation they have come across to support their points, along with the reading: Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society. We Are...2021-10-2016 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsK(no)w Truth (Julie and Ashley)This podcast, titled K(no)w Truth, is a brief introduction to how misinformation spreads and its potential impacts on society. It looks at some of the research that social scientists have been compiling to decide how or if misinformation is affecting society. ReferencesSeitz, A. and Fingerhut, H. (2021, October 8) Americans agree misinformation is a problem, poll shows. Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-health-misinformation-fbe9d09024d7b92e1600e411d5f931ddSpies, S. (2020, April 29) Contexts of misinformation. Mediawell. https://doi.org/10.35650/MD.2003.d.2019Spies, S. (2020, July 30) How misinformation spreads...2021-10-1320 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsShow, Don't Tell (Michael and Yanru)In this episode, Michael and Yanru begin by defining multimedia and what it means to use the multimedia principle in a learning environment. They speak on ways they've used multimedia in courses both as students and as instructors. They also bring up a reading from another class–Technology and Instructional Design–the Fish Story used in Donovan and Bransford (2004) Introduction and how multimedia could have helped the poor novice fish visualize life outside that pond.ReferencesClark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2016). e-Learning and the science of instruction. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Do...2021-09-2220 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsPicture This: A Discussion on Imagery (Carissa and Maria)In this week’s podcast, Carissa and Maria will be taking a closer look at imagery and visual literacy. They will examine what exactly visual literacy is, how to make content visually appealing, how to incorporate imagery into a classroom, and most importantly, why it’s important to incorporate in a classroom (especially in this new age of social media). Listen to hear more about how they feel about this topic!Sources: Apkon, S. (2013). The age of the image: Redefining literacy in the world of screens. New York: NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Cordel...2021-09-1614 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsMaking Connections (Grace and Natalie)Connected learning has become a trend. When students connect with the world with the support of families, mentors, and friends, their interests become more than interests but passions and even the starting point for their careers. In this episode, Natalie and Grace will share their connected learning experience. This podcast is not only a reflection on Ito's Connected Learning book but also a reflection on how to support student development.2021-05-0520 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsYou Have A Notification From Social Media (Graziela, Kuan, and Grace)In this episode, Graziela, Kuan, and Grace deep dived into the discussion of social media use in education and shared their social media experiences in teaching and learning. How do you feel when you receive notifications from classmates, teachers, and students on social media (whether on Twitter or Facebook)? Besides, this episode discusses how social media breaks down the boundaries between formal and informal learning and creates opportunities for connected learning.ReferencesAnderson, M., & Jiang, J. (2018). Teens, social media & technology 2018. Pew Research Center, 31(2018), 1673-1689.Colley, H., Hodkinson, P., and Malcolm, J. (2003). Informality and f...2021-04-1420 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media and Teens (Gaynel)On this bonus episode, Gaynel discusses how teenagers view their privacy on social and how their views on privacy differs from that of adults, especially their parents. Making references to danah boyd's article "It's complicated," Gaynel discusses how teenagers view their online present and their privacy. Teenagers believe that not because you have access to the content means you have access to the meaning and that shows you that they do value their privacy and share only what they deems need sharing.2021-04-0906 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media Summit (Matt, Dianna and Brooke)On this week’s episode, Matt, Dianna and Brooke discuss the dangers and drawbacks of the world’s fixation with social media, and the possible damage it may do to their students at various grade levels. Reflecting on danah boyd’s “It’s Complicated”, and Jason Feifer’s “What Will We Fear Next?” podcast, along with current government practices in China, the trio spin a satisfying symphony of thoughts on the matter.Referencesboyd, d. (2014) It's complicatedFiefer, J. (2020) What will we fear next?2021-04-0721 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSpies Shows Lies, Misinformation and Citizen Control (John, Victoria, and Natalie)In this episode, John, Victoria, and Natalie discuss misinformation and disinformation in the digital media. The trio dived into how misinformation has become relevant on social media over the course of the past 5 years. They also discussed how misinformation has made its way into the world of politics and how ideological echo chambers and filter bubbles connect to polarization on the internet. Finally, the three explored how misinformation is relevant to the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic.ReferencesRodrigo (2021) Twitter to label posts with vaccine misinformationSpies (2020) How misinformation spreads2021-03-1021 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsThere's No Algorithm for the 21st Century IRL (Simon and Jade)On this week's podcast, Simon Swist and Jade Tabor primarily discuss the work of Ito et al. (2020), which focuses on "connected learning," a seemingly more holistic approach to education that incorporates socio-cultural contexts, multiple literacies, and technology into curricula. With additional references to Soule and Warrick (2015), as well as Ken Robinson's talk on Changing Paradigms, we ultimately conclude that there are no alternatives to real-life interactions. Technology itself is merely a tool we can use to enhance learning experiences and our lives, but not to completely replace those human connections and interactions we need to develop crucial 21st century...2021-02-0327 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsReshaping Education the Social Media Way (Samantha, Cheyenne, and Marshaun)This week's episode of the digital literacy podcast is on Social Media and Education. Samantha, Cheyenne, and Marshaun explore how social media can be used as an assessment tool, our experience with the Twitterverse in relation to this week's readings, and how social media can relate to connected learning. During the episode we try to understand this week's readings and make personal connections to our own learning.ReferencesKind, E. (2015) Social media for lifelong learning. International Review of Psychiatry, 27(2), 124-132.2020-11-1316 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsDisinformation Information Disentanglement (Jessica, Alex and Ernesto)ReferencesBulger and Davison (2018) The promises, challenges, and futures of media literacyManjoo (2011) True enoughSpies (2020) Producers of disinformation2020-10-0728 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century Skills"It's the Remix to Cognition" (Brandon, Richie and Nick)ReferencesAxis of Awesome - Four Chord Song: Popular comedic take on a "mashup" Ferguson (2015) Everything is a remixJames (2016) Mapping critical media literacy onto iterative remix practiceKnobel and Lankshear (2008) The art and craft of endless hybridizationMadeon - Pop Culture: Producer who famously sampled 39 different songs to not only create an original "mashup," but also perform it in real-time.Teachers Pay Teachers (discussed) | Additional TPT ReadingTime King - Tank! (Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts/Cowboy Bebop...2020-09-3020 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century Skills'Cuz You Know We are Living in a Visual World (Katherine, Adriana, and Dana)ReferencesApkon (2013) All the world’s a screen (Excerpt from The age of the image)Burnham and Elliot (2011) Teaching in the art museum: Interpretation as experienceCordell (2015) Using images to teach critical thinking skillsDuncum (2015) A journey toward an art education for wired youthMusic: “Earning Happiness” by John Bartman. From the Free Music Archive CC0 1.0 Universal License.2020-09-1623 min
The ConversationEpisode 29: Remote Teaching and Learning in JapanIn this season's finale, I talk to Jonathan (@jonathandehaan) and James (@cheapshot), who are professors in Japan teaching English language. Confronted with the challenge of remote teaching without a robust learning management system, each of them have found their own innovative pedagogical approach to teaching, using the pedagogy of Multiliteracies and Connected Learning. Jonathan and James are also co-editors of the Ludic Language Pedagogy, an open-sourced journal exploring games and play in language teaching. To hear more about them and their journal, check out their podcast!2020-06-0147 minThe ConversationEpisode 28: Remote/Online Learning for International StudentsClara and Aaron talk to two international students, Grace and Yan, about their experiences with remote/online learning. Both of them are taking courses that have had to make a sudden pivot to remote learning. They are also enrolled in an online course designed to be delivered online. That course also happens to be about online learning, and for that class, they had to design an online mini-unit. ((insert Inception theme)). In our conversation, we ask them to compare their experiences and to share their perspectives about what worked and didn't work for them.2020-05-2553 minThe ConversationEpisode 27: Protips for New Online InstructorsIn this episode, we chat with Nafiza, alumni of our Educational Technology program, and now working as Educational Technology Specialist at Teachers College, Columbia University. Together, we discuss tips that we think may help anyone new to online course design and instruction. Our topics include: How is online teaching different from face-to-face teaching? What communication tools work best for us?How do we build community? How do we design discussions? How do we present instructions? What mistakes did we make?Applications MentionedDiscordPeardeckPlaypositSeesawSlack...2020-05-1859 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsBonus Episode: Taking Advantage of the Learning and Writing CentersBonus episode from The Conversation. Our guest this week is Brandon Dove, the Coordinator of Virtual Campus and Online Services at the Learning and Writing Centers. Brandon discusses what these centers are, and how students can take advantage of them to succeed and become better learners. Click here to subscribe to new episodes!LinksBrandon's introduction video for the Writing CenterThe Learning Center websiteThe Writing Center websiteList of skills you can developScheduling an appointment2020-05-1320 minThe ConversationEpisode 26: Taking Advantage of the Learning and Writing CentersOur guest this week is Brandon Dove, the Coordinator of Virtual Campus and Online Services at the Learning and Writing Centers. Brandon discusses what these centers are, and how students can take advantage of them to succeed and become better learners.LinksBrandon's introduction video for the Writing CenterThe Learning Center websiteThe Writing Center websiteList of skills you can developScheduling an appointment2020-05-1120 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsDesign Thinking in Education (Christopher)This is a Podcast on Design Thinking in Education. Christopher discusses the definition of Design Thinking. He then goes over the Main Procedures students learn to follow. Then he provides a Project-Based Learning Plan for the students to learn how to use the process to solve their problem. Finally he describes the positive results students gain from learning design thinking and completing a solution. The final discussion is about resources and other options for Design Thinking.2020-05-0613 minThe ConversationEpisode 25: Peers and Community in Remote LearningOur guests are Professor Matthew Wright, chair and professor of Adelphi's physics department, and two of his students, Carissa and Ravyn. We focus on the importance of getting support from our peers, and of fostering a community in an online class. We discuss the different ways that the instructors stay in touch with students and share ideas on how to best communicate our support for peers and colleagues. Should instructors put up a front of strength or show students their own struggles? How do students feel about that?ResourcesMatthew Wright's blog2020-05-0449 minThe ConversationEpisode 24: Going Rogue with Social-Emotional LearningAaron and Clara are joined by Adelphi University professors Devin Thornburg, Ionas Sapountzis and Lisa Minicozzi on the topic of social-emotional learning (SEL) in this time of remote teaching. Our guests offer perspectives as school psychologists and educational leaders on how we might be able to support children and parents during this time of crisis.2020-04-2758 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsPros and Cons of Twitter in the Classroom (Shannon and Jeanell)Shannon and Jeanell, both teachers, discuss the pros and cons of using Twitter and other social media platforms in the classroom. Listen as they explore different scenarios and ideas on how to implement social media and technology in their classrooms! ResourcesGreenhow and Lewin (2016) Social media and education: Reconceptualizing the boundaries of formal and informal learningTang and Hew (2017) Using Twitter for education: Beneficial or simply a waste of time?2020-04-2216 minThe ConversationEpisode 23: Clara Responds: Designing Online InteractionsAfter listening to all the case study analyses from the students in my Technology and Instructional Design class, Professor Clara Bauler returns to share her thoughts on their ideas. We discuss the highlights from the analyses and the practical concerns on implementation.ResourcesQuestion stems framed around Bloom's TaxonomyMusic credit: Brandon Dove2020-04-2045 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media in Education: Boon or Bane? (Dominic, Georgia and Christopher)In this week’s podcast, we discuss various aspects of technological advancements and social media use in education. We analyze the episode, The telegraph, by Pessimists Archive (2019) to better understand the origins of concerns regarding the loss of privacy, moral corruption, and false news related to technological advancements. We also discuss the benefits and dangers of using social media for formal and informal learning and reflect on our experience using Twitter for #EDT501 to evaluate its use in education. Our group discussed all of the readings in our podcast Greenhow and Lewin (2016) Social media and education: Reconceptualizing the boundaries of...2020-04-1532 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsIntroducing The ConversationThe Conversation is a podcast I used to use for another class called Technology and Instructional Design. It used to be dedicated to conversations between myself as the instructor and the students. Given the big changes seen in education today, I have decided to evolve into a conversation with educators, students, parents, and administrators who have been impacted by this. This sample episode is the first from this series, with a faculty, a graduate student who is also a teacher, and an eighth grade student. The faculty and graduate student, as well as the co-host, Professor Clara Bauler, are...2020-04-1352 minThe ConversationEpisode 22: How Has Your Life Changed as a Result of Remote Learning?In this episode, Clara and Aaron talk to Ming, a professor at Adelphi University, Paige, a student at Adelphi and a teacher, and Diego, an eighth grade student. Clara, Ming, and Paige also share their perspectives as parents having to deal with this transition to remote learning and how it has impacted their daily lives.2020-04-1351 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsIs Social Media Ruining Our Lives? (Julie, Marci and Nia)Julie Garvey, Marci Imbrenda and Nia Thomas discuss the duality of social media. They explore whether or not we are losing our capacity for empathy as a society, what the benefits of social media are and how we as individuals can help educate our youth into being responsible users of social media.ResourcesSo you've been publicly shamed by Ron JonsonIt's complicated by danah boydBlack Mirror, Nosedive (Netflix)The Pessimists Archive (2018), The novelFrance 24 (2019) China ranks 'good' and 'bad' citizens with 'social credit' system2020-04-0817 minThe ConversationEpisode 21: Students Respond to Clara's Case StudyIn last week's episode, Professor Clara Bauler presented a case study for my students to respond to. This week, the students have listened to the episode and provided their own recommendations. Will they embarrass me in front of Professor Bauler? Or will they make me proud? Tune in and find out!2020-04-0645 minThe ConversationEpisode 20: An Audio Case Study With Clara BaulerOur first episode of Season Three is a conversation between Aaron and one of the new co-hosts, Professor Clara Bauler. In this discussion, we talk about how we think of technology use in teaching and learning. Clara also presents a case study for the students of Technology and Instructional Design to listen and respond to in an upcoming episode.2020-03-3031 minThe ConversationSeason 3 Announcement: Back with changes!2020-03-2902 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsPerception is reality (Clakkey, Jeannell and Shannon)In this episode, Clakkey, Jeannell and Shannon looked at the dictionary definition of literacy as well as that of the Global Alliance for Monitoring Learning and the The US National Association for Media Literacy Education. We then dissected it through the lens of Davison, Bulger and Majoo as well as our own experiences.2020-03-0419 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsMayer and Tufte: On designing effective presentations (Ricci and Kimberly)In this podcast, Ricci and Kim discuss the different forms of visual presentation and its impact on learning. First they talk about the multimedia principle and how images affect our understanding. Then they move onto the modality principle and whether audio or text works best when paired with visuals. Lastly, they end with a discussion on the pitfalls of PowerPoint and their encounters with it.Special thanks to Ellen Derr, who won the logo contest last semester!2020-02-1920 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsConnected Learning (Emily, Teresa and Emeline)We are going to discuss Connected Learning through the following talking points of economical, social, technological trends and the challenges they pose to the transformation of our current educational system. Learning is meaningful when it is part of valued relationships, shared practice, culture, and identity. Young people need connection and translation between in-school and out-of-school learning. We can engage students to help effectively shape their learning experiences, with the concepts of Connected Learning and Design thinking in mind, and we can mindfully make progressive actions towards constructing a new pathway for educational purposes. 2019-12-1111 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsConnected Learning (Jalesia, Kerri, and Christopher)Lay back and listen as Jalesia, Kerri, and Christopher go through Connected Learning as well as give personal examples and discuss. Connected learning centers around deploying new media to reach and enable youth who otherwise lack access to opportunity. This is only the start of Connected Learning but in this podcast we talk about the possible future of connected learning and how this topic can venture off into becoming something as deep as an actual class where students are taught about it!2019-12-1120 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsConnected Learning (Colleen and Dakota)In this podcast, we discuss the Draft New York State Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards. We provide a background on why and how the standards were developed and we break down how they are organized. Focusing on the digital literacy standards, we share personal anecdotes and ideas about how these standards can be implemented in the classroom, we reflect on how they might be modified to meet the needs of all students and we share our thoughts about the presence of technology in our everyday lives and the importance of a strong educational foundation in digital literacy.2019-12-1121 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsDesign Thinking II (Christine and Elizabeth)In our Podcast, we focused on a Ted Talk by TIm Brown about Design Thinking, and an article by Donaid A. Schön (Department of Urban Studies and Planning) titled “Teaching and learning as a design transaction.” Our conversation centered around communication and the issues surrounding the inherent misunderstandings that result. We used the examples from the video and article to illustrate this. We discussed the need for “giving reason” and “reciprocal reflection” as important pieces to Design Thinking. We also discussed the “Silent Game” and what teachers can take away from this activity. Our thoughts were focused on the need for awar...2019-11-2120 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsDesign Thinking II (Laura, Justine, Mary, and Eilene)On this week's Digital Literacies and 21st Century Skills, Laura, Justine, Mary, and Eilene will be talking about Design Thinking 2. They will discuss the Schon (1992) Teaching and learning as a design transaction article, as well as Tim Brown, Urges Designers to Think Big, Ted Talk. 2019-11-2011 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsDesign Thinking I (Maria, Shelby and Krystal)Welcome to our Podcast on Design Thinking, a non-traditional learning style that may change the way you teach and learn forever. In this episode we discuss "abductive reasoning" which is the type of learning that goes along with design thinking. Abductive reasoning involves jumping into a problem without knowing all the information yet; it's a very hands on approach. In our talk we discussed our concerns with what using design thinking entails and through it you will learn the steps of the design process, why educators may want to use it, and how it's being applied places already. The...2019-11-1320 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media and Wikipedia (Solveig and Byron)In this podcast, Byron Stewart and Solveig Comer discuss social media, the reliability of Wikipedia, and the social aspects of Wikipedia behind the scenes. We also discuss how appropriate social media and wikipedia are for use in K-12 classrooms and look forward to digital literacy in the future.2019-11-1317 minThe ConversationEpisode 19: Rubrics, Social Media and the Future of the ConversationIn our season finale, Brooke and Krissy join the podcast to discuss rubric, feedback, and using social media for teaching. Our readings were Chapter 8 from Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design and Rothwell et al's chapter on analyzing the potential use of existing and emerging technologies for instructional design. Towards the end we also discuss how Season Three of the Conversation might evolve and be incorporated into the clas.2019-11-0650 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media II (Brooke, Christopher and Michael)In this podcast from Brooke White, Chris Horton and Michael Califano, we address the debate over social media within the classroom. We connect our thoughts, ideas, and personal experiences concerning social media and technology use as a learning tool to current research and educational hypotheses. Thank you all for listening!2019-10-3023 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media II (Julia and Miranda)This Social Media II podcast covers a range of topics surrounding social media in today’s education system. We will be discussing social media platforms in the classroom, with a particular focus on Twitter and Facebook. We will discuss some examples as to when it has proven to be effective in the classroom, as well as some pitfalls to watch out for.Readings that we referenced include: Greenhow and Lewin (2016) Social media and education and Tang and Hew (2017) Using Twitter for education.Music: https://www.purple-planet.com2019-10-3015 minThe ConversationEpisode 18: Successful FailureThis week, Jeanell and Shannon join me to talk about productive failure, a topic that has recurred in our in-class discussions on embracing failure. We picked articles from a Special Issue on failure from Thinking Skills and Creativity. We also talked about assessment from Chapter 7 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design.2019-10-3046 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media I (Mary, Teresa, and Emeline)In our podcast, we touched on both the boyd and Ronson readings. After giving a brief overview of social media, as it’s discussed in boyd’s chapter, we presented both positive and negative aspects of social media. We all concluded with different ways we believed social media could be introduced to classrooms, specifically art and elementary classes.2019-10-2510 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media I (Ellen, Nikki, and Elaheh)Welcome back! During their second episode of their podcast, Ellen Derr, Nikki Weber, and Elaheh Salari discuss social media. Their conversation focuses on this week's readings God That Was Awesome, Why Do Teens Seem Strange Online and an episode of Netflix's Black Mirror. They also discuss some of their personal views on social media and how it has impacted their lives. Thanks for listening!2019-10-2421 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media I (Kerri, Elizabeth, and Dakota)The podcast’s main focus was about the Chinese social credit system and our view points on the system as a whole. As a team we collected our information from the video and reading (by Elgan) which was provided to us in class. The Chinese social credit system is in place to create an ideal “model citizen” in society based on rules and regulations. When a citizen does not obey the system they are “black listed” in a public shaming manner, of which can be humiliating to the individuals and their families as they are to be outcasted as pariahs. I...2019-10-2414 minThe ConversationEpisode 17: The Uber Question (as in "overarching")For this episode, Christine and I started with a chapter from Warren Berger's A More Beautiful Question. The chapter was "Why We Stop Questioning." After that we discussed how to start instructional planning using core ideas, standards, and essential questions. In addition to Berger, we also discussed Chapters 3 and 5 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design.2019-10-2355 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsRemix (Ellen, Nikki, and Elaheh)We are living in a world where everything is a remix. During this episode, Ellen Derr, Nikki Weber, and Elaheh Salari discuss what the word remix means to them and how they can apply it in their professional lives as well as their personal lives. They also break down their favorite parts of Kirby Ferguson's video "Everything is a Remix Remastered." Thanks for listening!2019-10-1119 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsRemix (Laura, Eilene, and Justine)This week, Laura Erwin, Eilene Paul, and Justine Moody spoke about Remix. We discuss Remix in terms of What is remix? Is it to combine or edit material to create something new- first seen in music? What role does remix have in cultural production? We looked at the huge influence on our musical influences and styles, by adding and switching techniques and the video “everything is a remix”. How should educators use remix? We researched the concept of Remix, to answer these questions through Ferguson (2015) Everything is a remix, James (2016) Mapping critical media literacy onto iterative remix practice, and Knob...2019-10-1024 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsMedia Literacy II (Emily, Julia, Krystal, and Shelby)All people especially children learn from the media in their environments. What they see, what they hear and ultimately what they experience. This media surrounds us. How can we sort through the digital media today? Focusing on our role as educators and parents in the growing digital world that we live in today, we ourselves need to understand the media and the avenues of that media throughout our culture and the minds of our youth. With that, we need to discuss and work collectively to a unanimous and seamless integration of Media Literacy in the education system. 2019-10-0209 minThe ConversationBonus Episode: Kill Your Darlings (with Ryan Sobeck)In this bonus episode, I talk to Ryan Sobeck, an alumni of the educational technology program at Adelphi University and currently an instructional design at the Faculty Center of Professional Excellence at Adelphi. Ryan shares his experience taking the course and what it's like to be an instructional designer at an institution of higher education.2019-10-0249 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsMedia Literacy II (Jalesia and Christopher)Jalesia Williams and Christopher Schimpf discuss important topics introduced in the readings “(2015) Do we really need media education 2.0?” as well as “(2017) Media manipulation and disinformation online”. Students will also take a different approach on the podcast, Christopher Schimpf representing Media 1.0 as Jalesia Williams represents Media 2.0.2019-10-0217 minThe ConversationEpisode 16: Understanding UnderstandingYi-Hsin (Novia) and Shannon join the Conversation to talk about what it means to understanding something. Chapters 2 and 4 from Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design.2019-09-2537 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsMedia Literacy I (Michael and Christopher)Michael and Chris discuss the three readings for Media Literacy, we focus on the main points of the readings and discuss their implications for teachers and other members of society. This week's readings were very interesting and spawned a good discussion that we hope you will enjoy and find helpful. We mostly discussed the two Manjoo readings but we did discuss Gee in the beginning. 2019-09-2519 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsVisual Literacy II (Brooke and Christine)In this first podcast from Brooke White and Christine Owens, we discuss topics such as the Multimedia Principle and the Redundancy Principle. We connect our thoughts, ideas, and personal experiences concerning differentiation to current research and educational hypotheses. Lastly, we discuss Tufte’s stance on PowerPoint presentation and its effects on both the educator and the learner. Thank you for listening!2019-09-1918 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsVisual Literacy II (Miranda, Colleen and Maria)Our podcast focuses on the readings for Visual Literacy II. We review the Multimedia Principle and The Redundancy Principle by Clark and Mayer, and The cognitive style of PowerPoint by Tufte. We discuss different types of graphics and how they can effectively compliment text in eLearning and we talk about when text or graphics can be unnecessary or have a negative effect on the learner. Finally we share how PowerPoint, although a commonly used platform, is often ineffective and in certain cases, harmful, to audiences. 2019-09-1820 minThe ConversationEpisode 15: When Kids Ask "Why?"In this episode, I talk to Brandon, who is a musician, about how experts and novices learn, and what constitutes being an expert, especially in the field of music. Our readings are Chapter 2 of Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000) How People Learn and Chapter 2 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice.CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice.2019-09-1850 minThe ConversationEpisode 14: Learning in the BrainIn this episode, I talk to Tanja, back again from the first episode, and Xingyue, an international student from China. We discuss what happens to the brain when learning occurs. Our readings are: Chapter 5 of Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000) How People Learn, Chapter 3 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice, and Shane Parrish's interview with Barbara Oakley on learning how to learn. Coming up next week: Experts and novices. Our readings will be Chapter 2 of Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000) How People Learn and Chapter 2 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice. Tweet your...2019-09-1148 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsVisual Literacy I (Solveig and Byron)In this first podcast from Byron Stewart & Solveig Comer, we discuss the topic of Visual Literacy and its role in educational settings. Included are our favorite terms related to visual literacy and how it has changed and continues to change education. Thanks for listening!2019-09-1014 minThe ConversationEpisode 13: No Such Thing As Learning StylesOur readings are: Kirschner and van Merriënboer (2013) Do learners really know best? and Dembo and Howard (2006) Advice about the use of learning style, and the 2015 TED Talk by Tesia Marshik titled "Learning styles and the importance of critical self-reflection." We also listened to the Season One episode, with Marina and Angela.Coming up next week: The Brain! Our readings will be Chapter 5 of Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000) How People Learn, Chapter 3 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice, and Shane Parrish's interview with Barbara Oakley on learning how to learn. Tweet your questions a...2019-09-0439 minThe ConversationSeason 2 Announcement: We're back!New episode of The Conversation comes out on Wednesday, September 4th, with Tanja as my guest. A special thanks to Brandon Dove for composing the music!2019-09-0101 minThe ConversationEpisode 12: We Close At The OpenIn our season finale, Emily, from Episode 7, returns to discuss an article by Valerie Strauss about "Alexis Wiggins", a high school learning coach who, after 14 years of teaching, was asked to shadow a student for a day. We also discuss the chapter "Pulling threads" by Bransford and Donovan as a way to revisit one of our first readings on the three learning principles they introduced.2019-05-0146 minThe ConversationEpisode 11: The Big PictureThis week, I am joined by Danielle to discuss the design process, cross-disciplinary essential questions, and other big picture guidelines from Wiggins and McTighe. Our readings were chapters 11 and 12 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design.Next week: We close at the open. Our readings will be Chapter 13 of How Students Learn and this article by Valerie Strauss. Tweet your questions at us using #askedt503.2019-04-2440 minThe ConversationEpisode 10: "Let's all love math"This week, Alessia joins me to discuss ways to design good, engaging units, using guidelines from Wiggins and McTighe. Our readings were Chapters 9 and 10 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design. Coming up in two weeks: The design process. Our readings will be Chapters 11 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design. Tweet your questions at us using #askedt503.2019-04-1049 minThe ConversationEpisode 9: The Six Facets of UnderstandingThis week, I am joined by Xuemeng and Wendy, students from China and Taiwan, respectively, to discuss the six facets of understanding described by Wiggins and McTighe. We also return to UDL and consider how to implement it as part of effective instructional design. Our readings were Chapters 4 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design and Chapter 5 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice.Coming up next week: Planning for learning and teaching for understanding. Our readings will be Chapters 9 and 10 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design. Tweet your questions at us using #askedt503.2019-04-0330 minThe ConversationEpisode 8: Assessments, the Future School, and the Mysterious Finnish TeamIn this episode, Kelly returns to join Brianna to talk about assessments. We start the conversation reflecting on the future school and its implications on the teaching profession. Then we discuss assessments, why they are important and how we can make them properly measure what they are intended to measure. Our readings were Chapters 7 and 8 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design.Coming up next week: More UDL and understanding understanding. Our readings will be Chapters 4 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design and Chapter 5 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice. Tweet your questions...2019-03-2742 minThe ConversationEpisode 7: Standards and Essential QuestionsWelcome back from Spring Break! In this episode, Emily and Shahee join me as we begin to think about instructional design using backwards design by Wiggins and McTighe. We discuss the importance of standards and essentials questions, and how they inform and shape our instructional design. Our readings were Chapters 3 and 5 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design.Coming up next week: Assessment. Our readings will be Chapters 7 and 8 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design. Tweet your questions at us using #askedt503.2019-03-2040 minThe ConversationEpisode 6: Universal DesignIn this episode, I am joined by Kelly and Candice to talk about Universal Design for Learning, or UDL. We talk about all the challenges of using UDL in K-12 and higher education. Our readings were Chapters 4 and 6 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice. Our readings will be Chapters 4 and 6 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice. Coming up in two weeks: Standards and Needs. Our readings will be Chapters 3 and 5 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design. Tweet your questions at us using #askedt503.2019-03-0641 minThe ConversationEpisode 5: Models of Technology IntegrationIn this episode, Brittany returns to talk about models of technology integration that can inform our decisions on what technologies to use for teaching and learning. We discuss Mishra and Koehler's TPCK framework and the SAMR Model, Chapter 8 of How People Learn II on digital technologies, and Silver (2018) Why edtech is trapped in Ben Bloom's basement.Coming up next week: Universal Design. Our readings will be Chapters 4 and 6 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice. Tweet your questions at us using #askedt503.2019-02-2748 minThe ConversationEpisode 4: Experts and Expert LearnersIn this episode, I talk to Brittany, a math teacher, about how experts learn and what implications that has on how we teach. We discuss the important differences in how experts approach their areas of expertise and how that differs from novices or even teachers of that content area. Our readings are: Our readings are Chapter 2 of Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000) How People Learn and Chapter 2 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice.CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice.Coming up next week: Models of Technology Integration. Our readings will be Mishra and...2019-02-2044 minThe ConversationEpisode 3: Brain MattersIn this episode, I talk to Jonathan, who teaches math and STEM in Brooklyn, and Jennifer, who is a media specialist in Florida. We discuss what neuroscience tells us about what happens to our brains when we learn. Chapter 5 of Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000) How People Learn, Chapter 3 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice, and Shane Parrish's interview with Barbara Oakley on learning how to learn. Coming up next week: Experts and novices. Our readings will be Chapter 2 of Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000) How People Learn and Chapter 2 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning...2019-02-1348 minThe ConversationEpisode 2: Learning Styles and Other MisconceptionsIn this episode, I talk to Angela and Marina, elementary school teachers at Queens, New York. We talked about various myths and misconceptions in education, including learning styles, digital natives, and self-guided learning. Our readings are: Kirschner and van Merriënboer (2013) Do learners really know best? and Dembo and Howard (2006) Advice about the use of learning style, and the 2015 TED Talk by Tesia Marshik titled "Learning styles and the importance of critical self-reflection."Coming up next week: The Brain! Our readings will be Chapter 5 of Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000) How People Learn, Chapter 3 of CAST (2014) Universal D...2019-02-0649 minThe ConversationEpisode 1: Preconceptions in LearningIn our debut episode, I talk to Nicole, a graduate student in the speech-language pathologist at Adelphi University about two readings: Chapter Eight from Samuel Arbesman's The Half-Life of Facts and the Introduction by M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford in How Students Learn.Coming up next week: Misconceptions! Tweet your questions at us using #askedt503.2019-01-3041 minThe ConversationEpisode 0: Podcast AnnouncementThis podcast is based on readings and discussions from the course Technology and Instructional Design, in Adelphi University's Educational Technology program. New episodes every Wednesday at 9 AM. Stay tuned for our debut this Wednesday, January 30th!2019-01-2800 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media Revisited (Jennifer and Nico)In our final episode for the semester, Jennifer and Nico revisit our discussion of social media as it relates to 21st century skills.2018-12-0719 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsConnected Learning (Anthony and Nico)In this podcast, Anthony and Nico discuss the Ito et al's Connected Learning reading. We go over what connected learning means and then we talk about experiences in our life where we learned something using connected learning. We then discuss some of the case studies done in the reading and give our thoughts on those and how they connect to some of the experiences that we have had in college.2018-11-3012 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media I Revisited (Angela, Nitasha and Joanna)We revisited social media and discussed several different class readings and videos we were exposed to in those weeks. We evaluated the Netflix Black Mirror Episode and talked about how it relates to our world now, where we see this today, and how we all felt about the concept. We also spoke about Impressions Management and whether or not we felt it was dishonest or normal/acceptable. Later we compared our views on the Chinese social media score video. Finally, we revisited and discuss the social media debate done by class.2018-11-2813 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsRemix Revisited (Ann and Cinzia)For our podcast this week, we (Cinzia and Ann) did a revisit of Remix and discussed the readings and video from that week. Based on the feedback given on our last Podcast, we did a bit more conversational back and forth, gave more personal incites and personal examples, and tried to make it a bit more interesting overall. We also added background music during the reading of quotes by Ferguson to give some emphasis to those segments.2018-11-2617 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media I Revisited (Tammra, Jenna and Natalie)During this podcast we revisited Social Media I. We focused on the readings from boyd (2014) Identity: Why do teens seem strange online? and Ronson (2015) God that was awesome. Additionally we talked about a few topics from these readings, including Impressions Management, Public Shaming, Social Media Score, and whether or not social media is good or bad for society.2018-11-2108 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsDesign Thinking II (Yi-Hsin and Xuemeng)We are talking about forms of thinking, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, and abductive reasoning. And we also talking about Tim Brown's TED Talk, and share our examples and ideas to introduce how design thinking is useful in our lives and how we use design thinking to innovate. We are interested in the silent game, which is used in teaching and learning, and we provide ideas about how it works in the classroom.2018-11-1510 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsMedia Literacy II Revisited (Angela, Brianna and Marissa)The Podcast is a revisit on a topic we learned before regarding Media Literacy II. We used that week’s readings and videos to make connections from our personal lives, as well as connections to subsequent topics we learned, such as Social Media and Design Thinking. This podcast reinforces our learning about teaching media responsibly and engaging students. 2018-11-1408 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsDesign Thinking II (Kayla and Marisa)For this weeks podcast, Marisa and I focused on Tim Brown's TED Talk, Professor Hung's video, and Donald Schon's reading Teaching and Learning as a Design Transaction. We started off by giving a quick overview of the different forms of thinking and how we relate to them. Then we wanted to talk more in depth about the TED talk example of solving problems in the world using design thinking. This came from his #CBDQ. We ended with the reading and how people have different ways of thinking about the same solution and how the silent game showed us the importance...2018-11-1308 minDigital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsDesign Thinking II (Lauren and Taryn)This podcast focuses primarily on Schon (1992) Teaching and learning as a design transaction reading. We do discuss briefly the Forms of Thinking video and the TED Talk. Our focus is on the idea of design thinking and communication. We were able to make connections to our own teaching experiences and this weeks reading. 2018-11-1308 min
Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media I (Yi-Hsin and Xuemeng)Latest episode of Digital Literacies and 21st Century Skills2018-10-2514 min
Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media I (Wendy, Xingyue and Shahee)The topic of this episode is social media. Wendy, Xingyue and Shahee talk about two readings and a video. The first reading is Ronson's chapter on cyber violence. Then, they discuss boyd's article about the multiple identities of youth networks. Finally, since two of the podcasters are Chinese, Shahee and Xingyue discussed their viewpoints on the social credit system in China.2018-10-2307 min
Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsSocial Media I (Ann and Cinzia)For our podcast this week, Cinzia and Ann discuss both readings, the video and the Black Mirror Netflix episode. The readings they focus on were danah boyd’s "Identity: Why do teens seem strange online?", from her book "It's complicated," which talks about the trials and tribulations of today’s teens’ social life and interactions online, and their identity work in an online environment. They also talk about Jon Ronson’s “God that was awesome,” which highlighted the public shaming which occurs on social media in channels such as Twitter and the comparisons to real life shaming. They also discuss the France 2...2018-10-2219 min
Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsRemix (Nico and Anthony)Nico and Anthony talk about fan fiction, Kirby Ferguson's "Everything is a Remix", Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear, and Kedrick James.2018-10-1813 min
Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsRemix (Jennifer and Joanna)Jennifer and Joanna discuss remix, Kirby Ferguson's "Everything is a Remix", Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear, and Kedrick James.2018-10-1818 min
Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsRemix (Angela, Brianna and Marissa)Angela, Brianna and Marissa discuss remix and education.2018-10-1110 min
Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsMedia Literacy II (Tammra, Jenna and Natalie)Tammra, Jenna and Natalie discuss Marwick and Lewis' "Media manipulation and disinformation online" and David Buckingham's "Do we really need media education 2.0?"2018-10-0306 min
Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsMedia Literacy II (Taryn and Nitasha)Taryn and Nitasha discuss Marwick and Lewis's "Media manipulation and disinformation online" and David Buckingham's "Do we really need media education 2.0?"2018-10-0312 min
Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsMedia Literacy I (Kayla and Marisa)Kayla and Marisa discuss James Paul Gee's "Digital media and learning as an emerging field" and Farhad Manjoo's "True Enough".2018-10-0307 min
Digital Literacies and 21st Century SkillsVisual Literacy II (Lauren and Angela)Lauren and Angela discuss Edward Tufte's "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint" and Richard Mayer's Multimedia Principle and Redundancy Principle.2018-10-0312 min