Comic Sans | Dan Kreiness

In this episode Mike and Glen discuss the state of the union, debate whether Comic Sans is the right font for dyslexic students, count down the top creative apps for the iPad and our guest this week is educator and podcaster Dan Kreiness. Guest: Dan Kreiness Dan is one of our favourite education podcasters. His podcast, Leader of Learning, is also now a member of our new podcasting network OnPodcastMedia Network, so we wanted to have him on to chat about his podcast, why he was drawn to the medium, and about managing all the amazing things he is doing in his life. Twitter: https://twitter.com/dkreiness LeaderofLearning Website: http://leaderoflearning.com/ Notes: #ChatOnEducation is a slow chat on Fridays with questions at 9am, 12pm and 3pm join us to discuss the topics we talk about on this week's podcast. It's awesome, trust us! OnEducation is now on YouTube! Subscribe to the channel and listen to prior episodes as they are released!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu2fkhy9cnZZbggW8_K3FgQ Support OnEducation on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OnEducationPod School Choice comes up in the State of the Union: School Choice Is Comic Sans the best font for Dyslexia?: https://twitter.com/irvspanish/status/1226689200436760576?s=20 Over half a million students participate in Global School Play Day: https://www.globalschoolplayday.com/ Should we use games to teach the tough stuff?: https://twitter.com/mrdearybury/status/1226708241490444288 The Bests: The Must Have Creative Apps for Your iPad Adobe Spark Apps ProCreate iMovie Explain Everything Flipgrid Garage Band Incredibox Today's podcast is brought to you by: Classcraft: The presenting sponsor for OnEducation is Classcraft. We are excited to announce Classcraft’s new Story Mode which makes it easy for educators to harness the power of stories. Episodes 1 & 2 of Season 1 are ready for you and your students to play today and it’s completely free! To learn more about Classcraft and the new Story mode simply visit classcraft.com/oneducation Phidgets: OnEducation is sponsored by Phidgets. Phidgets are interactive USB sensors that bring your code to life. There is no soldering or wiring required. Simply plug in a Phidgets sensor, write code in your favorite language, and watch your ideas come alive. Phidgets are used by thousands of STEM professionals globally, and are now available for computer science students. Simply go to bit.ly/phidgetsoneducation to get your introductory kit that includes a free sensor worth over $50. Thats bit.ly/phidgetsoneducation