Episode 110 The Grind: The Return

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Jeff and Dan discuss going back to school.

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at (207) 518-8827. This episode was recorded August 25, 2010.

May I Have an Extension?

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Jeff and Dan discuss extending the school year.

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at (207) 518-8827. This episode was recorded July 22, 2010.

Episode 107 Good 'til the last drop

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Show Notes:

Jeff and Dan Share some goodies to help your classroom.

Jeff's Tech Tools:

http://docq.com
http://www.youtube.com/testtube
http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Bloom/blooms.htm
http://isendr.com

Dan shares a book “My Swordhand is Singing” by Marcus Sedgwick
http://www.amazon.com/My-Swordhand-Singing-Marcus-Sedgwick/dp/0375846891

Dan shares a movie “Lords of Dogtown” Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355702/

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at (207) 518-8827. This episode was recorded June 16, 2010.

Episode 104 When the Leverage Breaks

Jeff and Dan discuss how you might negotiate when pay might not be an option.


Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at (207) 518-8827. This episode was recorded May 19, 2010.

Episode 95 Whole Lotta Stuff Goin On

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Dan and Jeff discuss the recent news items galore.
Check out the headlines:

http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/138667.html
http://www.wmtw.com/education/22793070/detail.html

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at (207) 518-8827. This episode was recorded March 11, 2010.

Episode 81 "The Goods"

Episode 81- “The Goods”

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Show Notes

Tech Talk @ 2:35

Jeff reviews three sites with a lot of depth (he had marked them “Read later”)
www.Brainhoney.com
www.wridea.com
www.edorigami.wikispaces.com

Book Review @ 26:05
Dan reviews “Chess Rumble” by G. Neri art by Jessie Joshua Watson


Media Integration @ 31:48
Dan reviews the trailer for “Where the Wild Things Are?”
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3413574425/

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Pizzaro & Cortez” by: Slim on the album “Interstate Medicine” available via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License at http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/3100

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at 1.888.887.3127 (in the US), channel code 17760, password 207. This episode was recorded October 4th, 2009.

Episode 80 New School, Old School. Old School, New School.

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Jeff and Dan their ideas and experiences with future planning for school building construction.

Link mentioned in this week's episode:

http://www.actem.org

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Pizzaro & Cortez” by: Slim on the album “Interstate Medicine” available via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License at http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/3100

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at 1.888.887.3127 (in the US), channel code 17760, password 207. This episode was recorded September 16th, 2009.

Episode 79 I Want Candy!

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Show Notes:

Tech Talk:
Jeff shares some sites that recently appeared in his Delicious Links.
http://www.selfcast.com/
http://www.jolicloud.com/
http://www.livebinders.com/

Media Integration:
Dan shares "Daylight" by Matt & Kim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgBeu3FVi60

Book Talk:
"The Muppet Show" Comic Book from Boom Kids and Roger Langridge.

Didya See/Listener Feedback:
Welcome Back Harold!
Dan comments on an RSU newspaper article http://tinyurl.com/n7nzjt
Comic Show in Bangor http://www.bangpopmaine.com

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Pizzaro & Cortez” by: Slim on the album “Interstate Medicine” available via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License at http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/3100

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at 1.888.887.3127 (in the US), channel code 17760, password 207. This episode was recorded Sept. 11 2009.

Episode 78 Roll Out Mobile Edition

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Show Notes:
Jeff and Dan their respective first days of school during a car trip.

Link mentioned in this week's episode:
Multiple Intelligence Inventory-
http://tinyurl.com/3befnw

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Pizzaro & Cortez” by: Slim on the album “Interstate Medicine” available via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License at http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/3100

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at 1.888.887.3127 (in the US), channel code 17760, password 207. This episode was recorded September 4, 2009.

Episode 77 Half Step

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Jeff and Dan discuss ways for students to support incoming freshmen.

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Pizzaro & Cortez” by: Slim on the album “Interstate Medicine” available via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License at http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/3100

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at 1.888.887.3127 (in the US), channel code 17760, password 207. This episode was recorded August 26, 2009.

Episode 76 Mark Spahr and the Spirit of '76

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Jeff and Dan Talk with Mark Spahr of Cooked on Education Blog about the Castine MLTI conference “Setting Sail” as well as his experience teaching year round.

Links mentioned in the show:

MLTI Castine "Setting Sail" conference

http://www.maine.gov/mlti/events/institutes/

http://www.slideshare.net/chrislehmann/necc-2009-progressive-pedagogy-and-21st-century-tools

Chris Lehman Presentation from NECC & MLTI Castine

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/07/technology-needs-to-be-like-oxygen.html

The Dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide

http://www.dhmo.org/

Tropical Paradise in Minnesota?

http://city-mankato.us/

Richard Byrne presented http://freetech4teachers.com

Wooing the Literate Gamer: Reading and Writing Interactive Fiction in the Classroom
Presenter: Ruben Puentedura
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/education-maine.gov

twitter tag #MLTIcastine

Learning in Maine Post about Chris Lehmann and MLTI Castine

http://learninginmaine.blogspot.com/2009/08/chris-lehmann-presentation-slides.html

Jeff's Video Production wiki page http://mvhsvid.wikispaces.com/

Mark’s Blog “Cooked on Education” is found at http://markspahr.com/

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Pizzaro & Cortez” by: Slim on the album “Interstate Medicine” available via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License at http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/3100

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at 1.888.887.3127 (in the US), channel code 17760, password 207. This episode was recorded August 10, 2009.

Episode 59 Charting and New Course

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Show notes:
Discussion: @ 4:07
Dan and Jeff discuss their process for proposing and developing new courses.

Tech Talk: @ 52:19
Jeff reviews some sites for health education
http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Eating_and_Exercise
http://www.healthmap.org/en
http://fold.it/portal/info/science
http://whoissick.org/sickness/

Book Talk: @ 1:01:52
Dan reviews Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie




Media Integration: @ 1:08:22
The Teacher’s Life Blog Podcast
http://theteacherslifeblog.blogspot.com/
http://theteacherslifenation.ning.com/

Didya See/Listener Feedback @ 1:14:21
Kim, a student, comments on the open-source debate.

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Pizzaro & Cortez” by: Slim on the album “Interstate Medicine” available via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License at http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/3100

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. This episode was recorded February 27, 2009.

Episode 58 Inner Yoda

Show notes: Episode 58 Inner Yoda
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Discussion: @ 6:10
Dan and Jeff discuss working with student-teachers and practicum students.

Book Talk: @ 1:00:46
Dan talks about Little Brother by Cory Doctorow download a free CC licensed copy here
http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/
http://bitbybitseedlings.ning.com/group/booktalklittlebrotherbycorydoctorow Teachers talking about the book

Media Integration: @ 1:10:03
Dan talks about TED talks.
http://www.ted.com

Tech Talk @ 1:13:29
Jeff shares some sites that flex your critical thinking and problem solving http://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/
http://www.edc.org/CCT/PMA/image_detective/index.html
http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/critical/


Didya See?/Listener Feedback @ 1:21:00
Lots of comments from listeners (Mark, Gretchen, Jim Burke)
Meg LOVES Hunger Games and says Jeff can’t steal this one!
Baldacci Team sees School Restoration Aid http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090218-NEWS-90218045
How much is your district going to get from the Stimulus package? http://bit.ly/S0Sso
Thanks to Michael Richards via Twitter for that one.
Maine students improve on AP exams http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5938341.html

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Particle Spin 30” Composed by:Roy Dank, BMI (33%), Michael Genato, ASCAP (34%), James Ronaghan, BMI (33%) also from freeplaymusic.com

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. This episode was recorded February 22, 2009.

Added a Music Widget to the Ol' Blog

Hey folks,

I added a music widget to the blog to feature the songs we discuss during media integration as well as a few other songs that I've come to find handy in my teaching.

Just thought it would add something new to the mix here on the blog. Let me know what you think.

Dan, WDL

Episode 51 Wicked Decent Call-in Show

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Dan and Jeff invite listeners to share educational resources.

Here is a list of links mentioned.

http://www.Ning.com
http://www.searchme.com
http://www.spreeder.com/
http://drop.io
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/09/color-me-crazy-10-best-online-color-tools
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=PalmBreezeCAFE
http://sites.google.com/site/westernmainelearning/
http://nibipedia.com/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5229
http://stinkbot.com/Tubesock/
http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/tubetv/
http://www.thinkfinity.com


Thanks to the chat participants

Jenny Luca http://jennylu.wordpress.com/
Richard Byrne http://www.freetech4teachers.com
Sarah Sutter http://web.mac.com/sutterview/SarahWebsite1/Welcome.html
Alice Barr http://alicebarr.org/
Jim Burke http://www.learninginmaine.wikispaces.com & http://learninginmaine.blogspot.com/
Lee Kolbert http://www.macmomma.blogspot.com
Dave Solon http://twenty4tech.com
Robert Courtemanche- http://teachj.wordpress.com

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Particle Spin 30” Composed by:Roy Dank, BMI (33%), Michael Genato, ASCAP (34%), James Ronaghan, BMI (33%) also from freeplaymusic.com

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. This episode was recorded December 30, 2008.

Episode 49 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service Learning

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Discussion: @ 3:29
Dan and Jeff discuss Service Learning.

Tech Talk: @ 37:24
Jeff discusses service learning resource sites
http://www.dosomething.org/
http://www.globalchallengeaward.org/
http://learnandserve.gov/
http://www.studentsinservicetoamerica.org/

Book Talk: @ 44:18
Dan talks about another “Salt Water Taffy” short graphic novel by Matthew Loux



Media Integration: @ 49:18
Dan discuss the film “Stalag 17” by Billy Wilder

Didya See?/Listener Feedback @ 53:12
Obama picks Ed. Secretary
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/12/16/sot.obama.education.secretary.cnn?iref=videosearch
December 29th at 8:00PM EST “Listener Call in Show”
Maine Teacher wins Survivor Gabon! http://bangornews.com/detail/95245.html
Maine joins the NECAP assessment http://www.bangornews.com/detail/95228.html


Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Particle Spin 30” Composed by:Roy Dank, BMI (33%), Michael Genato, ASCAP (34%), James Ronaghan, BMI (33%) also from freeplaymusic.com

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. This episode was recorded December 16, 2008.

Wicked Decent Winter Call in...

We've been hankerin for another listener participation show ever since the last one (although we've worked out some sound problems from last time so the quality will be better).

We're scheduling another Wicked Decent Listener show via Skype on Monday, December 29th at 8:00PM Eastern Standard Time. If you'd like to join us, all you have to do is...

1. Add "Wicked Decent Learning" as a contact on Skype (don't have Skype, it's free and easy to install on Mac or PC).

2. Log on to Skype between 7:30 PM EST and 8:00 PM on December 29th. Make sure you have a working microphone and that you know how to mute yourself (this will cut down on the noise interference). We'll come up with a topic and if you want to chime in, we'll come up with a batting order to make it simple and orderly (imagine that, order at WDL).

The only disclaimer here is that if you are joining us we have the right to use your voice on the show (kind of a no brainer, but important to say anyhow).

If you know you'll be joining us, send an email to wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com to let us know how many people to expect. Also, if you have a topic of interest to share, let us know there as well.

Hope to see you then, it's a great time to trade fruitcake recipes!

-Jeff WDL

Episode 48 Dear Mr. President-Elect

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Discussion: @ 3:44
Dan and Jeff discuss advice they’d give to the incoming US Secretary of Education.

Tech Talk: @ 57:29
Jeff discusses resources that have fun with numbers, math and stats.
http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf
http://show.mappingworlds.com/
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vLibrary.html

Book Talk: @ 1:04:35
Dan talks about “Designing Disney’s Theme Parks” Edited by Karal Ann Marling

Media Integration: @ 1:10:08
Jeff discusses the website http://brainrules.net/

Didya See?/Listener Feedback @ 1:14:25
Thanks TeachJ with the comment on iTunes
Thanks to all who helped us get nominated to the Eddy awards! We promise we won’t get lazy resting on our laurels.
JimBurke says absolutely best show to date (tracking)
Jerome Burg (of Google Lit Trips) thanks us
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5666004.html Thanks to Michael Richards for the article on Sue Gendron’s advice to the new administration.

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Particle Spin 30” Composed by:Roy Dank, BMI (33%), Michael Genato, ASCAP (34%), James Ronaghan, BMI (33%) also from freeplaymusic.com

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. This episode was recorded December 9, 2008.

Episode 47 Staying on Track

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Episode 47 Staying On Track
Show notes:
Discussion: @ 5:19
Dan and Jeff discuss ability grouping.

Tech Talk: @ 57:13
Jeff discusses resources for ELA teachers.
http://www.visuwords.com/
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
http://www.pppst.com/languagearts.html

Book Talk: @ 1:02:26
Dan talks about “Kick Me” by Paul Feig

Media Integration: @ 1:05:17
Dan discusses the TV show “Friday Night Lights.”

Didya See?/Listener Feedback @ 1:09:17
We are moving to Podango.com TWO iTunes Storefronts. Look for “The Wicked Decent Learning PODCAST storefront for current stuff.
Congrats to Free Tech for Teachers on one year anniversary.
http://www.freetech4teachers.blogspot.com
Link to Donna’s Test Reflection Template you’ve been asking for.
http://drop.io/wickeddecent/media
Including students on school board
http://www.dailybulldog.com/db/?p=1049

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Particle Spin 30” Composed by:Roy Dank, BMI (33%), Michael Genato, ASCAP (34%), James Ronaghan, BMI (33%) also from freeplaymusic.com

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. This episode was recorded November 30, 2008.

And the nominees are....

Recently I became more aware of the "Eddy" awards. These are awards given out for educational blogging each year and nominations are open to anyone who has their own blog. I had sort of heard of it in prior years but this year I had planned to nominate some of my favorite educational bloggers. Someone beat me to the punch. Richard Byrne of FreeTech4Teachers blog nominated Wicked Decent Learning for "Best Educational Use of Audio". Thank you Richard for your nomination. We never expected a positive superlative adjective to be thrown our way (sorry English teacher talk).

We'd like to nominate some people we think deserve some recognition in the field of educational blogging. If you'd like to nominate someone yourself, go to the nomination page here.

Best Resource Sharing Blog: FreeTech4Teachers blog by Richard Byrne (and not because he nominated us). All it takes is one look at this blog and you can instantly see the value in subscribing. Lots "use this on Monday" ideas and Richard consistently ties resources back to educational application with explanations, ideas and examples to current uses. This is the place to be..... go there..... now...... I mean it, why are you even reading further.

Best Educational Wiki: Learning in Maine Resources. This site was started by Jim Burke and has an incredible set of resources contributed by multiple people. It's up to date and he's very open to contributions. I doubt there is a topic, educational buzz word, or subject not respresented in some way. Don't just read, contribute and help grow this amazing resource.

Best Educational Use of a Social Networking Service: Ernie Easter's Maine Holocaust Ning. If you teach the Holocaust or want to see what you can do to join the "Never Again" commitment, this is the place to be. Ernie has 50+ members contributing resources, video, and reviews of content for this important cause.

Best Educational Use of Audio: Dave Solon's TwentyMinutes4Tech podcast. Dave is a PA tech education guy with a simple concept. You can influence and inspire educators about the power of technology in twenty minutes. He has landed some great interviews with not just people in the field of technology, but with people like Daniel Pink who have challenged the thinking of many teachers, schools and students. We chatted with Dave here back in Episode 24.

Thanks to these fine folks for all that they do.

-Jeff