Wired Educator

Wired Educator host, Kelly Croy, interviews the "Millionaire Educator" Ed Mills from www.millionaireeducator .com. Ed is a high school Spanish teacher in Georgia where he lives with his wife and fourth grade son. Ed blogs about financial independence and wealth building from a teacher's perspective. He has amassed an incredible personal wealth by applying his five pillars of financial independence...

The Maker Movement is for everyone. Roger Wagner's awesome software HyperStudio has allowed my students and me to create amazing interactive projects from earliest days of teaching to creating interactive iBooks Author widgets today. In this podcast I interview Roger Wagner. Roger Wagner is a former Physics, Chemistry and Math teacher, patent-holding inventor, and was named by Technology & Learnin...

This episode is an interview with Erin Olson. Erin's work as an educator has been recognized by CNN, The New York Times, and more.  Erin is a former middle school teacher and a former high school English teacher and now serves as an Instructional technology consultant. Erin has been nominated twice for a Bammy. Erin advocates for the power of student contribution, explaining, "I do not want my stu...

Graduation is the most special moment in a student's schooling and it should be a special time each year for educators. Find out how you as educator can help make commencement special for your students and school regardless if you are a primary educator, middle school teacher, or high school faculty. Included in this episode are many ideas on whether you should attend commencement, graduation cele...

Wired Educator interviews Kaci Heins about her accomplishments and recognition by NASA as a 6th grade educator and how she and her students sent a balloon and a GoPro Camera to the edge of space, and more!  Kaci Heins is a 6th grade science teacher at Northland Preparatory Academy in Flagstaff, Arizona.  She has a passion for integrating STEM into the classroom through hands-on projects and engine...

An interview with Dave Burgess, author of the widely popular Teach Like a Pirate. Dave tells his story of becoming a pirate and how he is helping educators increase student engagement, boost creativity, and transform lives! Mentioned in this Podcast: Teach Like a Pirate P is for Pirate Learn Like a Pirate Pure Genius Ditch That Textbook Dave Burgess Website Jamstick Drones Create Conference iBook...

In this episode I discuss why I believe every educator should host a blog and how to get started. Please check out this free tutorial that promises you will be able to start your blog in less than 20 minutes.  In this episode: •  Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk • Why educators should blog? • What are the benefits? • How do I get started? • What do I write about? • I can't blog! Yes, you can! • What to...

Episode 8 is an interview with Christine DiPaulo and we are talking about her amazing work as an Apple Distinguished Educator, and we will get a glimpse inside her amazingly innovative school , The String Theory High School for the Arts and Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. If you are interested in creating a culture of innovation in your classroom, school, district, or organization, you wil...

In this episode I interview Reshan Richards, an Apple Distinguished Educator and co-creator of the wonderful iOS app, Explain Everything.  Interested in writing a book, creating a hit app in the App Store? Dr. Reshan Richards is an educator, researcher, and entrepreneur. Currently an instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University and the Chief Learning Officer for Explain Everything which he...

WEP 0006: Ditch That Textbook an Interview with Matt Miller Kelly Croy interviews Matt Miller about using resources to supplement or replace your textbook, and creating learning materials that really engage students. Lots of takeaways from today's episode, but the focus is primarily to get you thinking about how you use your existing textbook and a look at other possibilities.  Please visit our sp...

In this episode of The Wired Educator Podcast, Kelly Croy interviews Larry Reiff about iTunes U, speaking at conferences and more. Larry Reiff is an amazing English teacher in Roslyn, New York, a Google Certified Teacher, and an Apple Distinguished Educator. Larry is featured on Apple's website for his work using iPads and iTunes U, for a Romeo & Juliet project. Here's the link, and you will want...

Kelly Croy interviews teacher and author Don Wettrick about his book Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level . Don offers great insight to how you can truly create a culture of innovation in your classroom. Don talks about how the idea for his book and creating an innovative classroom all began, and outlines steps you can take and identifies obstacles to...

Kelly Croy interviews Anthony DiLaura about using iBooks Author to create multimedia iBooks in the classroom to engage students, provide Professional development for staff, and as a source for passive income.    Anthony DiLaura serves Zeeland Public Schools as a high school math teacher and instructional technology specialist. His one-to-one iPad math classroom leverages the iPad as tool for inqui...

Today our focus will be the importance of making health the foundation of your teaching lifestyle.  We will share some productivity secrets, time management hacks, and many health tips. Hey! You cannot impact lives or advance your lifestyle if you aren't healthy and feeling great.   If you seek success, wish to improve as an educator and desire to make a greater impact listen to our guest, J.D. Be...

This is the first episode of The Wired Educator Podcast: Becoming a Better Educator Now So You Can Make a Greater Impact and Enjoy a Higher Quality Lifestyle.   This first episode is dedicated to an exceptional educator, Chris Tully.  Chris will be missed.  You can help out Chris's family at this Go Fund Me Account:  http://www.gofundme.com/k0qapc  In this first podcast I outline my goals, expecta...