I’ll soon be releasing the first of each of the EdCom and Podules podcasts on MeganPoore.com. EdCom is a podcast for educational comment in Australia and brings together a wide variety of voices and viewpoints — if it’s got to do with education, you’ll hear it on EdCom. Podules, on the other hand, is a smaller, advice-type podcast that gives those new to podcasting tips on how to go about creating your first podcast — basically, it’s a podcast about podcasting … a metapodcast, if you will!
I recently spent three, totally full-on days in Adelaide, interviewing a wide variety of people for EdCom. Here are just some of the conversations you can look forward to:
- Greg Black, the CEO of education.au, talking about futures thinking in education
- Ruth Geer, lecturer at the University of South Australia, explaining some of the challenges for international students presented in the Master of Teaching program
- Cherie Pickering, a former teacher at McLaren Vale Primary School, describing her experiences with implementing Moodle in the classroom
- Rachel Faulkner, Learning Unlimited Service Manager, giving us insights into how Mission Australia provides educational opportunities for disengaged young people
- Susan Hyde, Jude Hines, Rick Williams and Raph Zadey, all of Blackwood High School, covering a range of topics from the learning future to philosophy and education to next year’s trial of a Personalised Digital Learning project
- Lillie, a year 9 student, going some way to explaining why students of that year level have a reputation as being a bit ratty in school
- Kerry Johnson, Education Officer at Education Network Australia (EdNA), having a ball with EdNA’s 10th birthday celebrations in Second Life
- Priya Subramaniam, Law tutor at Flinders University, discussing the effects of commercialisation on universities
And many more!
I really hope you can join us on EdCom, and, don’t forget, if you want to suggest an interview send an email to edcom@meganpoore.com.
