Radio201

This podcast covers the intersection --or overlap -- of Education and Technology. I podcast out of the computer lab at Benjamin Franklin High School in Arizona. The lab, both a classroom and a tech hub for students, is where I encourage them to experiment with ideas, media formats and communication. But at heart, this is a 'radio' show, using one of the oldest media formats to tell the stories, and back-stories, of the amazing work that goes on at this amazing school. I teach computers and technology, as well as Writing and Publishing. The podcast is edited using Hindenburg Pro software.

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Episodes

Internet Down, Sprits Up

Being forced off the grid can be inspiring. 'Digital Natives' assume the Internet will be there when they walk into class. Especially my class, a computer lab. One morning, the Internet was dead. No big deal, I told them. There are parts of the world, and even swaths of this country where Wi-Fi is not a given. Networks are sluggish or non-existent. Without computers - since we use Chrome boxes-- it's an opportunity to improvise rather than panic. At such times I turn to the next best thing, a So...

May 26, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 11

Dialogue not obedience in classical education

"We are not in the business of teaching what to think, but how to think." In this podcast about Classical education, I talk to Jason Klicker a teacher of AP History, on topics ranging from the Federalist Papers to Socratic seminars, and a controversial experiment on 'obedience' in the nineteen sixties you may not have heard about. It was an experiment involving electric shocks. Jason's take will certainly jolt you. Pun intended

May 07, 2021•21 min

"Just The Facts?"

She covered the White House, and Congress in 2017, and gives us the backstory of being in the media, of writing stories and understanding audiences. In this podcast I interview Theresa Smith to unpack what it takes to be be in writing and publishing in the digital age. It's competitive. It's frenetic. But most of all it's all about being honest, and accurate, and getting it right!

Apr 30, 2021•18 min

The Mayfair Files

Ancestral research has become simplified to a large extent because of access to databases around the world. Even if there is no database on one's family line, the Internet has made it possible to connect the dots. In this episode, I talk to a researcher who's been digging up court records, baptismal certificates and patents that leave a paper trail to the Mayflower. Yes that ship that is part of this country's history. Steve DesGeorges traces his family line to a person on his mother's side who ...

Apr 26, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Start a 'little' Library, side effects may vary.

You never know the unintended consequences of installing a ‘Little Free Library.’ If you’ve never heard of this, it’s a tiny box shaped like a little birdhouse with books for the taking — no library card needed. Despite an annus horribilis we went through - or perhaps because of it - there seems to be an explosion of creativity. A library in schools is not as frequented as, say, the gym or football field. Even a vending machine gets more traffic than a bookshelf. But during these difficult days ...

Apr 19, 2021•11 min

Baseball, Julius Caesar and Guitars

When he’s not teaching Latin, Greg Davis is an agile outfielder at a AZMSBL , an Arizona league. Or crooning at an open-mic session at coffeehouse in Chandler with his hand-made guitar. Greg Davis, a man of many parts, has a way of making students forget they are learning a language no one speaks. In this podcast I pick his brains on why Latin still survives as a subject in schools, and its connection with classical academies — something that goes back nearly five hundred years. Seriously! There...

Apr 12, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Money, Money, Money

Student debt is a toxic topic. Banks and financial institutions exploit young people’s ignorance of a byzantine tax code and interest rates. So what better way than to address the deb trap,and what better place than in school - along math, science and music? In this podcast, I interviewed my colleague, Jessica Keaster who’s been teaching this subject for more than a decade. Her Junior High students become my students in the subsequent semester. It’s a solid foundation to build on when I discuss,...

Apr 12, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Is Digital Learning Day quickly becoming irrelevant?

In schools today, as the distinction between digital and non-digital blurs, a day set apart for all tings digital is passé.

Mar 31, 2021•7 min

Welcome to Radio Lab 201

Radio Lab is a podcast about Writing and Publishing, Computers and Technology at Benjamin Franklin High School. This is your host Angelo Fernando. I began this podcast in the middle of the COVOD-19 pandemic, when schools were hovering between lockdown and hybrid classes. The pandemic has made us hyper-aware of all things tech, and I will be covering anything from privacy, screen-time, video-conferencing fatigue, Google Classroom, cameras, digital citizenship, and everything in-between....

Mar 17, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Bricks and Modems - Teaching during the pandemic

It was a huge experiment for many of us teachers - shifting between real school to online, to a 'hybrid' model, and then to in-person classes with some students opting to be online only. In this podcast I talk with my colleague and comrade-in-arms, Dave Mullis, who leads the teacher tech support group here at Benjamin Franklin High School.

Dec 16, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 3

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