Tech in Teaching: The Good, The Bad & The Crusty

Welcome to Chalkboard and Chill!In this week’s episode, Tom and Larrissa dive into the messy, funny and very real world of technology in schools. From the days of paper registers and chaotic interactive whiteboards to today’s touchscreen screens, Google briefings and desperate reliance on Wi-Fi, they chat about how teaching has changed—especially since COVID. They talk about phone bans (which have been around forever, despite what the public seems to think), how kids forget how to be bored, why lunchtimes got louder when phones disappeared, and the weird amount of power one unplugged HDMI cable can hold over a teacher’s sanity. As always, things spiral into brilliant tangents: mythical creatures designed by Year 8s, a student who made a mindfulness mask instead of colouring, a Subway-sandwich love poem performed with a “sick beat,” and Larrissa’s ongoing emotional battle with a class obsessed with the word “crusty.” So if you’ve ever wrestled with tech, teens or tangled HDMI cables - or you're just here for the laughs, this one’s definitely for you.If you want to find out more or get involved in the show, please head to https://www.instagram.com/chalkboardandchillpodcast to get involved!TikTok: @Chalkboardandchill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.