Monthly Archives: July 2014

TER #028 – Student Wellbeing at School – 27 July 2014

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Main Feature: Dr. Michael Carr-Greg talks about some of the mental health issues facing young people today, and the role that technology can play in help address those issues. Professor Ian Shochet, professor of clinical psychology at Queensland University of Technology, discusses in detail his research into school connectedness and its impact on mental health for adolescents.

Regular Features: Education in the News; Off Campus with Dan Haesler, Dan talks about what we lose when everyone wins; AITSL’s Teacher feature, Teachers talk about their reasons for joining the profession; Mystery Educator competition, a new puzzle!; Teachers’ Brains Trust, Simon Crook talks about the ‘lighter side of educational technology’ from Edutech 2014.

Help us to improve the TER Podcast by filling out our feedback survey at Bit.ly/2014TERFeedback – Closing on 31 July.

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Join the Teachers’ Brains Trust!

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Brains Trust

 

The Teachers’ Brains Trust is the part of our show that’s dedicated to you, and every member of the Teachers’ Education Review community.

We’d love to hear from teachers who have a teaching strategy to share, a question to ask, or who can help others find the information they’re looking for. That’s what the Teachers’ Brains Trust is all about!

  • If you have a teaching strategy to share, or if you’re holding a TeachMeet or similar event and would like to share recordings of some of the presentations, contact us at info@terpodcast.com for guidelines on how to go about it. Be sure to put Teachers’ Brains Trust as the subject line.
  • If you have a question about teaching, about educational policy, politics or about anything related to education, you can send us your question in one of three ways:
    • Email: Send your questions to info@terpodcast.com with Teachers’ Brains Trust in the subject line.
    • Voice Message: You can record your question and send it to us to be played as part of a future episode. You can record your question using your own computer to record and send the final MP3 to the email address above. Alternatively you can CLICK HERE to use our online voice mail service, using you computer’s microphone to record your question. Finally, you can leave a traditional voice mail by calling +61 2 8003 4837 or looking up ter.podcast on Skype.
  • If you would like to help answer others’ questions: As we receive questions for the Teachers’ Brains Trust they will be posted on a dedicated page, and you will be able to respond to any question you choose with links and contact details provided on the page.

We look forward to hearing more from our listeners and including your ideas and information into future episodes of the TER Podcast.

Please Note: All submissions to the TER Podcast are subject to approval before being incorporated into an episode of the podcast. By submitting a recording or voice mail, you give TER Podcast unrestricted rights to edit and broadcast that recording as part of the Teacher’s Brains trust and Teachers’ Education Review.

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TER #027 – Dr. Pasi Sahlberg – 13 July 2014

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A Good school for every

Special Features: Corinne interviews Dr. Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish Education Expert, about Finland’s success, the proliferation of GERM, and Australia’s educational future. Cameron interviews Peggy Sheehy and Marianne Malmstrom about virtual worlds in education ahead of the SLANSW Gamification conference.

Regular Features: Off Campus, Dan questions the idea of Innovation in education; AITSL’s Teacher Feature, Teachers discuss student engagement in the classroom; Education in the News, Cameron and Corinne discuss education minister Christopher Pyne’s interventionist policies; Mystery Educator competition.

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Help us improve the TER podcast

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FOR A CHANCE TO WIN AWESOME PRIZES! (1)TER Podcast has now been online for one whole year, with 26 fortnightly episodes available for download.

After one year, and over 15,000 downloads, we’re seeking feedback from our listeners on ways that we can improve our show even further.

You can help us in a number of different ways:

First, take a couple of minutes to fill out our feedback survey at bit.ly/2014TERFeedback. We appreciate honest feedback (though, y’know, keep it civil!) and while the survey lets you remain completely anonymous, for those brave enough to put their email address down, we’re randomly drawing 5 respondents to win one of our TER Podcast coffee mugs.

Second, if you haven’t already, download the Trial Enhanced Audio version of Episode 26 through your RSS subscription and let us know whether or not the new Chapters format works for you. Chapters provide you with a breakdown of what is in the episode and let you skip ahead to the parts of the episode that interest you most. Also, while we know it works with most iOS devices, we’ve yet to find an android player that recognises the new format, so if you find one, please let us know!

Otherwise, you can always help by sharing episodes around, and leaving us a review on iTunes, Stitcher, or whichever portal you use to access the show.

Thank you for supporting the Teachers’ Education Review. Here’s to another year of interesting, educational podcasting!