Digital Learning Radio

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. In this bonus episode Kathryn and Laura reflect together and share some of their favorite things of the year! Transcript   Resources : Wakelet of curated resources   Spotify playl...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. In this final episode of the season, Kathryn and Laura reflect together on this season’s inspirations for learning as well as the idea of “owning your own learning.” Transcript  ...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared by Kathryn as she discusses The Power of Moments , by Chip and Dan Heath. Transcript   Resources : The Aesthetics of Joy Curious Minds podcast ep...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared by Laura as she discusses ideas from the book The Minimalist Teacher by Tamera Musiowsky-Borneman and C.Y. Arnold. Transcript   Resources :   The...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared by Kathryn as she discusses ideas from the book Stop Talking, Start Influencing by Jared Cooney Horvath. Transcript   Resources : Should This Exi...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared from Laura as she discusses ideas from the book Ethics in a Digital World: Guiding Students through Society’s Biggest Questions by Kristen Mattso...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week Kathyrn and Laura both shared their inspiration from Priya Parker and her book The Art of Gathering as well as her Gathering Makeover series.  Kathryn and Laura spend ti...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared from Kathryn as she discusses ideas from the book Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon . Transcript   Resources : Steal Like an Artist Compassion...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared from Laura as she discusses the concept of HyperRubrics.  Transcript   Resources : racket.com and Kathryn’s Racket over The Extended Mind Introdu...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared from Kathryn as she discusses ideas from the book The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul . Transcript   Resources : The Sift from News Literacy P...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared from Laura as she discusses the design thinking activity protocol Solve in Time! Transcript Resources : Readwise Solve in Time!  created by Dee L...

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they’ll discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow.    Transcript

In this final episode of the series Kathryn and Laura discuss The Art of Gathering and recap the conversations of this season to find new takeaways and next steps as they consider the many answers to this season’s question: What have you learned this year about designing learning that has transformed your thinking?   Resources: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters , Priya Parker Th...

In this episode Kathryn and Laura are joined by guest Roxanne Barnes ( @cleoskye ). They reflect on their experiences and learning from the past year and answer the question: What have you learned this year about designing learning that has transformed your thinking?   Resources: #DitchBook Twitter chat , Ditch that Textbook , Matt Miller SlidesMania Distance Learning Playbook GEG-NORTX group TikT...

In this episode Kathryn and Laura are joined by their Region 10 colleague Veronica Clack ( @evmoreno ). They reflect on their experiences and learning from the past year and answer the question: What have you learned this year about equity and belonging and professional learning that has transformed your thinking?   Resources Unconformable conversations with a Black Man Learning for Justice DBIE D...

In this episode Kathryn and Laura are joined by guest and original Digital Learning Radio podcast host, Ashley Wilson , to discuss the concept of transfer of learning. They reflect on their experiences and learning from the past year and answer the question: What have you learned this year about learner transfer and professional learning that has transformed your thinking?   Resources: Enable Your...

In this episode Kathryn and Laura are joined by guest Julianna Perkins to discuss online design. They reflect on their experiences and learning from the past year and answer the question: What have you learned this year about online design and professional learning that has transformed your thinking?   Resources: WebAIM color accessibility checker Aim higher as we move toward a new normal , Learni...

In this episode Kathryn and Laura are joined by their guest Eboney Forté ( @eboneynloud and @ the_fabulous_msforte on IG ) to share reflections, ideas, and transformed thinking as they answer the question: What have you learned this year about different modalities of professional learning that has transformed your thinking? Resources mentioned: “You’ve Got PD” , from ASCD's Educational Leadership...

In this episode Kathryn and Laura are joined by the first guest of the season, Chris Garcia , to answer the question: What have you learned this year about SEL and professional learning that has transformed your thinking? They discuss related reflections, experiences, and transformational thinking that have happened over the course of the past year. Resources for SEL to use in Professional Learnin...

In this episode Kathryn and Laura kick off the new season and catch up as they share some reflections on the past year and answer the question: What have you learned this year about professional learning that has transformed your thinking? Resources: Pear Deck Student Paced Mode | Pear Deck Add Audio Would you Rather: Designing with Choice in Mind , post from Dr. Catlin Tucker The Reimagined Schoo...

Laura Kile ( @mslkile ) and Kathryn Laster ( @kklaster ) are excited to begin Season 9 of Digital Learning Radio. Join us in reflective discussions related to all that we’ve learned about professional learning (and ourselves!) over the past year, and how our thinking has been transformed regarding designing professional learning experiences post pandemic and beyond. As we move into summer learning...

In the final episode of the season, Kathryn and Laura spend some time discussing a few of their favorite ideas regarding transforming the new semester and new school year for the fall of 2020 as education moves from emergency remote to emerging redesign. We recorded the new intro on June 3, 2020, and the resources below have helped shape our thinking and grow our knowledge of racial injustice and...

In this episode Kathryn and Laura continue the conversation about feedback, this time through the lens of students. They discuss tech tools that have come to the rescue to use to provide authentic feedback to students during emergency remote learning and delve into the idea of feedback driven metacognition. Resources Mentioned: The New Pillars of Modern Teaching , Gayle Allen Cult of Pedagogy - Fl...

In this episode Kathryn and Laura have a discussion about the third pillar of The New Pillars of Modern Teaching : feedback. Centering the conversation around the types of feedback that have been prevalent during emergency remote learning, they discuss what constitutes effective feedback and how to leverage it in preparing to end the current semester and plan for a transformed future. Connect! The...

In this episode Kathryn and Laura continue the curation conversation based on the book The New Pillars of Modern Teaching . Today’s episode focuses on curation for students , and the transformation of our class design to foster students’ ability to own their learning and fill in gaps through the critical thinking required to scan, sense-make, and share curated resources.  Resources Mentioned: The...