November Learning Podcast Series

In this section, Richard Halkett, Director of Strategy, Research, and Global Education for Cisco Systems, discusses schools that are implementing a 21st Century curriculum. Richard shares the curricular changes, leadership, and assessment ideas that are being put into practice. Richard also shares with us how some of these schools are incorporating informal learning that was discussed in part two of this podcast series. Special thanks to Richard Halkett and Cisco Systems for their help in making this podcast series possible.

Richard Halkett, Director of Strategy, Research and Global Education for Cisco Systems, talks about how “technology has been over promised and under delivered” in the past. Education has used technology to automate current practices, but has failed to change the processes of education. Richard discusses what is different now and how the promise of current technologies can impact the classroom. He states that “technology is finally ripe for education.” Special thanks to Richard Halkett and Cisco Systems for their help in making this podcast series possible.

Welcome to part 3 of this 6 part series with Alan November and Richard Halkett. Richard is the Director of Strategy, Research, and Global Education for Cisco Systems. In the podcast, Richard discusses the power of informal learning and how schools need to harness that learning. Students spend more time learning outside of the classroom than with in the classroom. Students are collaborating on Facebook and other social networking sites outside the classroom and engaging in collaborative discussion. Educators now need to determine how schools can use collaborative tools in the classroom to foster peer-to-peer learning. Special thanks to Richard Halkett and Cisco Systems for their help in making this podcast series possible.

In part two of this series, Alan November and Richard Halkett discuss the demand for Global Skills based on data from the past twenty years. Richard is the Director of Strategy, Research and Global Education for Cisco Systems. In the podcast, Richard examines the polarization of jobs for our students into routine and non-routine work. We think you will enjoy his unique vision of the skills our students will need in the Global Economy.

In this final segment of Alan’s conversation with Darren Kuropatwa, the discussion shifts to classwork and homework assignments. Specifically, the two emphasize the need for change in the types of assignments teachers give to best make use of the content to which students now have access. Darren has been a presenter at our Building Learning Communities conference.

In our previous episode with Darren Kuropatwa, Alan and darren discussed what impact having students publish to a global audience has had on them and on his classroom. In this episode, they continue by talking about how this publication has also led to a shift of control that fundamentally changes teaching and learning. Alan and Darren also discuss the issues around professional development and personal development that need to be addressed to achieve building a classroom experience like the one he describes. Darren has been a presenter at our Building Learning Communities conference.

In a continuation of our series on student learning jobs, Alan speaks with Darren Kuropatwa, math teacher at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the first part of this conversation, the two discuss Darren’s student scribe program, its impact within his classes, how he manages them and uses them as a part of his teaching and how global publication of student work has engaged his students and enhanced his classroom. Darren has been a presenter at our Building Learning Communities conference.

This is the second part of Alan’s discussion with Eric Marcos, BLC presenter and middle school teacher in Santa Monica, CA. In this episode, Eric, his students and Alan focus on the student created tutorials’ impact on how students are learning and how Eric can evaluate problems individual students might be having. Eric also describes the skills and equipment that teachers would need to start a similar program in addition to new opportunities that his classes are becoming involved with through their work.

In this episode Alan speaks to Eric Marcos, BLC presenter and middle school teacher in Santa Monica, CA. Eric explains how one individual screencast tutorial made to help a student with homework blossomed into a robust tutorial site called MathTrain. Through this site, students have been empowered to create math tutorials for students in their class and around the world. You will also learn from Eric and several of his students how this work has positively impacted everyone involved.

In this six part series Alan and Richard Halkett, Director of Strategy and Research in Global Education for Cisco, explore the issues facing today’s educators. Topics include: Do public schools have time to change or is it too late? A researched based look at 21st century skills Schools who have begun the change process Informal Learning Technology and Crisis The next steps Richard Halkett brings a new perspective to current educational issues. We hope you enjoy this series.

This is the second half of Alan’s discussion with Rahaf Harfoush, New Media Expert and Member of Barack Obama’s Social Media Team. In this segment, Rahaf explains gender differences on the Web and the skills and practices that should be basic as we move forward in our digital world.

This is the first of a two part interview between Alan November and Rahaf Harfoush, New Media Expert and Member of President Barack Obama’s Social Media Team. In this segment, Rahaf explains how she became a part of the Obama campaign and how important the Web was in the 2008 presidential election. Alan and Rahaf then begin a discussion on how this global shift in technology use should impact teaching and learning in the future.

This episode is the conclusion of a three part conversation between Alan November and Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Digital Ethnography at Kansas State University. In this segment, the two discuss the myth of the digital native and the importance teachers still bring to assignments that have gone digital. Finally, Dr. Wesch explains how his own teaching and learning has changed in our newer digital environment.

This episode is the second of a three part conversation between Alan November and Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Digital Ethnography at Kansas State University. In this segment, the two empathy as an essential 21st century skill. Additionally, Alan and Michael discuss the motivating nature behind having students publish their work online and the importance this puts on teaching students to utilize copyrighted material effectively and ethically.

This episode is the first of a three part conversation between Alan November and Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Digital Ethnography at Kansas State University. In this segment, the two discuss the need for teaching social responsibility to students and what important basic skills students and teachers need to know. Additionally, the two discuss whether students are having a loss or gain of identity by working online.