Podcast 392, Darren Ralston from The Ed Narrative Podcast (4-3-20)

2020-03-04

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This week's podcast is a collaborative one with Darren Ralston from The Ed Narrative podcast. Darren was in Ireland to present a workshop at the annual conference of the Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI), which was held in Athlone on Saturday last. Among the topics we discuss on the podcast are the following: Integrating technology into one’s teaching The difference between an instructional coach and a learning technology integrator Using virtual reality in the classroom, usi...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

This week's podcast is a collaborative one with Darren Ralston from The Ed Narrative podcast. Darren was in Ireland to present a workshop at the annual conference of the Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI), which was held in Athlone on Saturday last. Among the topics we discuss on the podcast are the following:

Integrating technology into one’s teaching
The difference between an instructional coach and a learning technology integrator
Using virtual reality in the classroom, using Google Expeditions
How instructional coaches are organised in US schools
Becoming, and working as, an instructional coach
Managing his workload as a coach
Comparing mentoring and coaching as interpreted in his setting
How he got into teaching
How he teaches literature
How he chooses literature to teach
Teaching drama – using comedic improvisation
Brave New World
1984 by George Orwell
Starting The Ed Narrative Podcast
Equipment used for podcasting
Selecting guests for podcats
Neil Postman