Tightwad Teacher #24 - Common Core Standards
John and Brian talk with teacher Suzie Nestico about the upcoming Common Core assessments, what they mean for teachers, and how they will affect learning and technology use.
Dec 20, 2011•55 min
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Kristy Vincent and Brian Brugger, along with their weekly guests, discuss all things education- providing a mix of professional development, encouragement, and entertainment to our community of professional educators.
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Episodes
Tightwad Teacher #23 - So You Want to Podcast
This week Brian and John discuss how to podcast and why it is value in the classroom. In addition, they also manage to go on a few tangents about Wikipedia, buying expensive gadgets, and why it's important to be nice to the school custodial staff.
Dec 13, 2011•52 min
Tightwad Teacher #22 - Online Project-Based Learning
This week John and Brian speak with Jen Wagner, founder of projectsbyjen.com about the power of online projects and how it can connect students and teachers.
Dec 02, 2011•54 min
Tightwad Teacher #21 - Technology Best Practices
This week John and Brian speak with technology integrator Mary Beth Hertz as she share some of her experiences with technology in the classroom.
Dec 02, 2011•59 min
Tightwad Teacher #20 - Wikis on the Read/Write Web
This week John and Brian speak with teacher Barb Gilman about her experiences using wikis to connect students and teachers.
Nov 24, 2011•55 min
Tightwad Teacher #19 - Raise Your Voice with Blogging
This week John and Brian speak with Sarah Wu who anonymously wrote as “Mrs. Q” on her blog, fedupwithlunch.com. Her work has sparked national attention regarding the poor quality of school lunches, and has also yielded a book inspired by her blog.
Nov 15, 2011•52 min
Tightwad Teacher #18 - Amazing Skype Lessons
This week John and Brian speak with 4th grade teacher, Paula Naugle, about her innovative and unique uses of Skype in the classroom.
Nov 08, 2011•1 hr 12 min
Teach #16 - Using Twitter in Higher Education
This week John and Shawn speak with University of South Alabama professor Dr. John Hadley Strange about his use of twitter with his pre-service education students.
Oct 25, 2011•1 hr
Tightwad Teacher #15 - ShowMe App
This week hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski take a look at the wildly popular “Show Me” app for iPad. Joining the conversation is Kika Gilbert, community manager for Show Me. This free app turns every classroom into its very own Khan Academy.
Oct 19, 2011•50 min
Tightwad Teacher #14 - Computing at the Elementary Level
This week hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski discuss technology at the elementary level with teacher Gina Marcel from THE SCHOOL at Columbia University.
Oct 11, 2011•1 hr 7 min
Tightwad Teacher #12 - The Real Teacher Workload
Hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski are joined by HS teacher Charles Ripley, creator of the "2000 Hours" blog as they discuss his effort to log all of the hours a teacher works in a year in an effort to raise public awareness.
Oct 05, 2011•50 min
Tightwad Teacher #12 - Typewriters in the Classroom
Hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski are joined by teacher and typewriter enthusiast, Ryan Adney, as they discuss typewriters in general and how having one in your classroom can be beneficial to your students in several ways.
Oct 05, 2011•52 min
Tightwad Teacher #11 - Linux in the Classroom
Shawn and John are joined by Stuart Rushton, Education/Technology Administrator of the Lorien Novalis School in Sydney, Australia to discuss how he expanded his school's technology access through the use of Linux and open source tools.
Sep 20, 2011•54 min
Tightwad Teacher #10 - Chromebook in the Classroom
Hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski are joined by Jaime Casap, Senior Education Evangelist for Google. They discuss Google's overall dedication to supporting education as well as Google's Chromebook and how they envision it fitting into the classroom.
Sep 13, 2011•59 min
Tightwad Teacher #9 - Worldwide Postcards
Hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski are joined by Ana Campos, Community Manager for postcrossing.com- a community website enabling people from around the world to randomly share postcards via snail mail.
Sep 05, 2011•41 min
Tightwad Teacher #8 - iPodsibilities
Hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski are joined by 2011 Apple Distinguished Educator, Meg Wilson as they discuss the use of iDevices in the classroom.
Aug 22, 2011•1 hr 13 min
Tightwad Teacher #7 - Storybird
Hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski are joined by Mark Ury, CEO and Co-founder of Storybird.com
Aug 22, 2011•1 hr 2 min
Tightwad Teacher #6 - Free Web Tools
Hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski are joined by teacher Richard Byrne to talk about some of his favorite, free Web tools for use in the classroom.
Aug 06, 2011•1 hr 9 min
Tightwad Teacher #5 - Communication Through Blogs
Hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski are joined by Brian Brugger to discuss the use of blogs as a method of communication between students, parents, and staff.
Aug 06, 2011•1 hr 19 min
Tightwad Teacher #4 - Tear Down Those Walls
Hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski are joined by teacher William Chamberlain to discuss using online tools such as Skype and Ustream to open up the classroom to parents and the world.
Jul 19, 2011•1 hr 22 min
Tightwad Teacher #3 - Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
Join hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski as they speak with Craig Kapp, President and founder of Zooburst, a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.
Jul 18, 2011•40 min
Tightwad Teacher #2 - The 21-Century Interview
Join hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski as they speak with principal, John Robinson, about how digital footprints can positively, or negatively, impact the hiring prospects of today's teachers and the job seekers of tomorrow, our students.
Jul 18, 2011•53 min
Tightwad Teacher #1 - In the Beginning
Join hosts Shawn Kibel and John Mikulski as they kick off their new show with an interview of teacher and personal (passionate) learning network expert Shelly Terrell.
Jul 08, 2011•1 hr 5 min
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