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2018 Coffee with a Geek Year in Review

2018 was a great year with some fantastic guests and special events Here is a quick review of 2018 January - Guest: Richard Czyz Rich is an energetic Principal in New Jersey and the author of The Four O’Clock Faculty: A Rogue Guide To Revolutionizing Professional Learning . Connect: @RACzyz Video February- Guest: Susan Kwiecien "Sue is an educator and social entrepreneur who is part of the team that developed the curation site: Cube4Teachers . Check it out! Connect @suekwiecien Video March - Guest: Marlena Gross-Taylor Marlena is the founder of the Edugladiators Team that helps educational leaders ground their practice in sound research based principles. Connect: @ mgrosstaylor Video April - Guest: Amy Storer Amy is an instructional coach for Montgomery ISD and has a resource for almost any and every #edtech task. Connect: @techamys Video Coffee with a Geek at the Canada Connect Conference . May - Culture and the Geek

Interview with E-Learning Expert- Dr. Liz Hardy

Over the past few years my work has led me to explore the potential and pitfalls of Online Learning. It is a very new and trending industry and examples of both good, bad, and ugly abound. As a matter of fact, I found lots of the E-Learning/ Online Learning Courses that I came across that were very dry and dull. In essence, lecture style teachers were simply bringing their lecture style into an online platform. While some teachers are certainly brilliant orators, I found that this was limiting the power of e-learning technologies. So in my research, I came across the work of Dr. Liz Hardy. Liz's work has been laser focused on making Online Learning, engaging and powerful. Liz is in New Zealand, so our time zones were difficult to schedule an interview, so she kindly answered my questions via Google Docs. Here are her insights into the future and possibility of Online Learning and education. Bio: Dr. Liz Hardy is the founder of SimpliTeach.com, which shows online

The #CWAG Black Mirror Discussions Part 2- Shut Up and Dance

WHAT The Coffee with a Geek Black Mirror Discussions WHEN : August 22nd, 2018 WHERE : YouTube Live Hangout TIME: 3:30-4pm Eastern Please join the Black Mirror Support Group panel for our 2nd installment. For this, session we will be exploring the episode entitled, "Shut Up and Dance". If you're not familiar with Black Mirror, it is a Netflix Series that is explores technology trends and how they impact society. Each episode is standalone, so you don't need to watch them in any particular order. Join my colleagues, (Jennifer Murphy, Heather Krieger, and Matthew Mariglia as we take a deep dive into this episode and how it relates to education. For the Show Notes Click HERE

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