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Back of the Class

by Patrick O'Shea

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Episodes

  1. The Personalized Learning Problem

    In this episode, Danny and I talk about the problem with personalizing learning (and things get a little off track and weird).

  2. The Facebook Conundrum

    In this episode, Danny and I discuss all things Facebook. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

  3. The Escape Room

    In this episode, Danny and I discuss the nature of escape rooms and the potential they hold as educational tools.

  4. The Freelance Economy

    On this episode, Danny and I talk about the ways in which the freelance economy are impacting schools, and discuss whether schools are doing enough to prepare students for this cultural shift.

  5. The Trolley Problem

    In this episode, the kids at the back of the class talk about the infamous Trolley Problem, particularly the experiment run by the folks from Mind Field described in the video called "The Greater Good" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sl5KJ69qiA). If you can get through the audio problems, then...

  6. The Blue School

    In this episode, the kids at the back of the class take on the recent TED talk given by the founder of The Blue Man Group and his Blue School concept.

  7. The Maker Space Movement

    In this episode, the kids in the back of the class discuss the positive and negative aspects of the fashionable Maker Space movement in schools.

  8. The Horizon Reports

    In this episode, we come back as a duo and talk about the New Media Consortium's Horizon Reports for 2017, then we wrap it up talking about mud-runs.

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