The PonderingDan Podcast

Teachers and Technology - Creating a Strong Program of Induction and PL to Support Innovation with Angela Norman

In this episode of The PonderingDan Podcast, I have the pleasure of speaking with Angela Norman who is the Director of Innovations at a large private college in Adelaide, Australia.  Angela speaks about her role in supporting teachers develop confidence with technology in education and how she goes about this to help drive innovative practices.  Angela can be found on Twitter @teach_educate_ [https://twitter.com/teach_create_?s=20] and you can check out her fantastic e-books on the Apple Book store here [https://books.apple.com/au/author/angela-norman/id1062444045] where you will find her latest offering, 'Animate to Learn with iPad' among many others.

Confessions of a Media Arts Teacher with Joel Aarons

In this epsiode, I speak with Primary Teacher and Media Arts specialist, Joel Aarons about encouraging student creativity and thinking outside the box when it comes to digital technologies and media arts.  Grab Joel's ebook, 'Confessions of a Media Arts Teacher' at https://mediaartsconfessions.wordpress.com/my-ebook/ [https://mediaartsconfessions.wordpress.com/my-ebook/] You can also find information about the Digital Technologies MOOC we talked about at https://csermoocs.adelaide.edu.au/available-moocs [https://csermoocs.adelaide.edu.au/available-moocs]

Being the Modern Mentor - Helping Teachers Build Independence, Self-Confidence and Belief in Self with Dr. Matthew X. Joseph

In this episode, I talk with leader, teacher, speaker and author Dr. Matthew X. Joseph. We discuss his new book, Modern Mentor (co-authored with Suzy Brooks) and why good mentorship is so vitally important for teachers.  Modern Mentor is available on Amazon.com. You can follow Matthew on Twitter @matthewxjoseph. You can find more information at mxjspeaker.com.

Nail That Presentation - The Importance of Presentation Design with Tanya LeClair

Not only is Tanya LeClair a brilliant teacher but she is well experienced in presenting at education conferences around the world. She has developed a love for design and is passionate about helping people improve the way they present. In this episode, I speak with Tanya about presenting and how we can all do little things to make them even more memorable. You can find Tanya on Twitter @TanyaLeClair and at www.tanyaleclair.org.

Making a Difference! Read for Life Uganda with Jody Unterrheiner

In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Jody Unterrheiner, the founder and director of Read For Life Uganda. Here, we talk about the great work Read For Life does for education but also the highlights and challenges of working as an international education charity.  To support Read for Life, go to www.readforlifeug.org [http://www.readforlifeug.org] and for more information about this episode, go to www.ponderingdan.com. [http://www.ponderingdan.com/2020/01/the-ponderingdan-podcast-episode-7.html]