#CoffeechugCAFE Podcast Series: Living on Edge of Chaos - Episode 7: Todd Henry

Todd Henry is the author of two great books - The Accidental Creative and his latest release Die Empty. You can check out his website http://www.accidentalcreative.com/ where you can find his podcasts and all social media links. 

I read Accidental Creative a few months back and absolutely fell in love with this book and his work. http://coffeeforthebrain.blogspot.com/search?q=todd+henry

I then pre ordered Die Empty and absorbed that book even more so. I liked it even more than Accidental Creative. The basis of the book is to help people, companies, businesses, and organizations do their most important work. As I read this book I could relate almost all of it to education and to the many ideas that I am striving for within my own job in education.

I sent Todd an email about chatting with me on this podcast and I jumped for joy when he said yes. 

Here is the link to his latest book, Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Everyday

Show Notes

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If you would like to watch the Google Hangout you can watch it on YouTube

All Social Media for Todd Henry - Please follow and learn from one of the best!

Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/toddhenry

Websites

http://www.toddhenry.com/

http://dieempty.com/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/toddhenry.ac

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Links to items mentioned in the podcast

Steven Pressfield - War of Art

Alec Baldwin Podcast Here's The Thing

Google Glass for Bettendorf Middle School Students

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/google-glass-for-bms-students-and-teachers/x/5714753

Living on Edge of Chaos Podcast - Episode 6 - Clive Thompson

Holy Cow! Did I just type in the title that I chatted with the writer and author Clive Thompson? The writer for New York Times, my favorite article in every issue of Wired magazine, and the author of my favorite read of the year Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds For The Better (click the book icon below to buy)

Yes, I did just name drop that. Clive took time out of his busy schedule to chat with me for about 45 minutes to talk about how the new literacies and emerging technologies are shaping our world with a lens on education.

I feel quite honored to be able to present this podcast.

It was a chat that left me tweeting

Just had a great conversation with @pomeranian99 for upcoming podcast. He melted my brain and has opened my eye to new thought.
— Aaron Maurer (@coffeechugbooks) November 26, 2013

Go ahead and give it a listen, leave me some feedback on iTunes and let me know what you thought of the conversation. I did have some audio recording issues so my last question where I ask Clive to speak about predictive technologies was lost. That is a bummer as he gave such an awesome answer. I think the rest of the podcast will leave your brain full and you will finish listening excited to know more.

Show Notes

Follow and listen to this podcast on iTunes and please feedback and ratings. I would love it if you listened to it on iTunes also. Don't just follow, but listen as that is more important than anything!

iTunes link to the show

Listen to podcast on Podomatic.com below

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All Social Media for Clive Thompson

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pomeranian99

Websites

http://www.collisiondetection.net/

http://clivethompson.tumblr.com/

Please let me know what you thought. Any questions, feedback, suggestions, etc.

Living on Edge of Chaos Podcast - Episode 3 - #AugmentedReality in Education

Awesome to have you here! Here is episode three to the Coffeechug Cafe Podcast: Living on the Edge of Chaos.

This episode I will be sharing out some amazing ideas generated from Teacher Tinker Time this week where we took a look at Augmented Reality in education.

I would love to hear from you so please leave any feedback, reviews, questions, etc.

Feel free to follow me on Twitter @coffeechugbooks

Please subscribe and leave a review on iTunes(I will be very happy for any help you can provide!): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coffeechug-concepts-podcast/id438001112?mt=2
- See more at: http://coffeeforthebrain.blogspot.com/2013/11/coffeechugcafe-podcast-series-living-on_9.html#sthash.mj3sjKkq.dpuf

Listen to the episode





On Friday I set up several tables that looked like the following


I sent out the following email to all staff to come down to my room for Tinker Time

Just a reminder that Friday during periods 6,7,8 I will be hosting Teacher Tinker time. We will be looking at Augmented Reality

If you have a smartphone or tablet it would be great if you could download the following apps so you can begin to experiment and learn so we can create something very cool in the following weeks.

Aurasma
Layar
Blippar
colAR
AR Flashcards
Brain Scan
 
For Aurasma if you want to follow me (Coffeechug) and another teacher I know (pvjhscience) I can show you some classroom examples.

See you tomorrow.

Here are some past blog posts regarding Augmented Reality

Teach Like A Pirate Poster + Augment Reality = Awesome Classroom Poster FINAL VERSION - See more at: http://coffeeforthebrain.blogspot.com/2013/07/teach-like-pirate-poster-augment.html#sthash.AK6X5gzy.dpuf

Teach Like A Pirate Poster + Augment Reality = Awesome Classroom Poster FINAL VERSION

Speedgeeking Notes from #ITEC13 via Evernote (my presentation)

#ITEC13 Conference Presentations by Coffeechug  #coffeechugPLN

Theme Song: All credit goes to 

https://twitter.com/BigRonCrowley
https://twitter.com/schink10

Books I Am Reading This Week

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (finished and book review and future podcast coming)

Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day (will finish this weekend)

Lexicon (will start this week)

#CoffeechugCAFE Podcast Series: Living on Edge of Chaos - Episode 2 - Tinker Time for Teachers

11.10.13 Update - Audio levels increased to make listening easier.

Here is the second episode to the Coffeechug Cafe Podcast: Living on the Edge of Chaos

This episode I will be sharing out my new AMAZING theme song and how I am creating and developing Tinker Time for Teachers in my building.

I would love to hear from you so please leave any feedback, reviews, questions, etc.

Feel free to follow me on Twitter @coffeechugbooks

Please subscribe and leave a review on iTunes(I will be very happy for any help you can provide!): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coffeechug-concepts-podcast/id438001112?mt=2

Theme Song: All credit goes to 

https://twitter.com/BigRonCrowley
https://twitter.com/schink10

Books I Am Reading This Week

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day

Lexicon


Tinker Time Blog Posts

Tinker Time For Teachers: Where Is It?

Tinker Time Is Happening In My School

Tinker Time for Teachers #1 Reflection


If you want to listen to Living on the Edge of Chaos Podcast #1

Coffeechug Cafe Podcast #2: Why Classrooms Need To Go Global and Real World

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I do apologize for my voice during this podcast. I had a bit of a head cold as of late. I hope to be back to normal soon.

In order to go global in your classroom and develop a real world audience, you have to first understand WHY you need to go global and bring in a real world audience. I believe there are four key reasons WHY you need to connect with the world and bring down your classroom walls before you learn HOW to accomplish this goal.

• 1. Power of One

• 2. Idea Generated Jobs

• 3. Real World Skills

• 4. It is our reality

This podcast will address why these four reasons are so important for understanding why we need to expand our classroom boundaries to a global perspective.

I will be creating a future podcast about HOW to do this and share my experience and journey from starting very small to where I am today. There is not enough time in one podcast to do both.

Listener Questions

Brett Murrey @Sciology asked two great questions

1. How do you increase your audience to reach more people in a global classroom?
2. How can I develop myself as an educator to bring exposure to my teaching practices for real world or global classrooms?

Announcements

• Still looking for suggestions for a 10-15 second theme song.
• If you are interested in connecting for a podcast let me know. I am always open to ideas so if there is something I share online via the #coffeechugPLN, this blog or elsewhere that you want to know more about please let me know.

Episode Resources

In this episode I mentioned several resources, including:

• Book: The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas Friedman

• Book: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin

• Book: Purple Cow by Seth Godin

• Podcast: Episode #1: Passion Driven Classrooom

• Software: Audacity
• Choose2Matter Project
• Blog posts on Choose2Matter - Passion, or Email Discussion, Teacher Reflection #1, Teacher Reflection #2

Subscription Links

• http://coffeechug.podomatic.com/

• iTunes Channel

Your Feedback

If you have an idea for a podcast you would like to see or a question about an upcoming episode, please email me at aarmau (@) gmail (dot) com or you can leave a comment.

Also, if you enjoyed the show, please rate it on the iTunes Channel and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out! Thanks.

Question: "What is the right kind of education to prepare our students for the future?" Please leave a comment with your answer!

I look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas on what I shared. Thanks for listening.

Coffeechug Drive Home Podcast #3: 10.26.11

Training - Week 3 - Friday 4 Mile EZ Run & IT FELT EASY!!

I had to switch days in my first week of marathon training this week. I was supposed to run 4 miles yesterday, but after storms all morning and teaching Lego Robotics in afternoon I did not run. My legs felt like crap anyways so maybe it was a good move.

I ran today despite being up since 4:00 with Ava. I forced myself out the house to run and once I began I actually felt wonderful despite my body feeling like poop still.

I was supposed to run 4 miles easy. I made sure to run easy because I have a 10 mile run tomorrow and I have not ran double digits in about 2 months. I am actually nervous, but I need to get over the mental wall.

I ran 4.53 miles in 36:04 for a pace of 7:58. I felt really good. This run felt easy the entire time and when I finished I was not tired or worn out. The day of rest was a good move and this is also a sign that what I am doing must be working. I have trying to eat healthy and really just listen to my body while running.

I hope I feel this good tomorrow morning when I run.

I tried something new today. Instead of going without music and instead of listening to music I decided to try a podcast. I have experimented with many podcasts and actually listen to a few while in my basement on my Mac, but never while running.

This morning I listened to an episode of NPR: Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. It was awesome. It really helped me lose track of time and just run. I saw this recommendation is the July issue of Triathlete magazine that I subscribe to(this is May issue to the left and not the one I am referring to.).

The magazine has some wonderful tips and training(I would like to do a triathlon at some point in time) and one of the pages listed five podcasts to listen to.

NPR: Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me will have you laughing while staying current with news events from around the world. I just downloaded all the old podcasts to listen to in my future running.

What do you listen to? I am always up to trying new things.

Last, I knocked out the third day of week 1 in the 100 Push-Up Challenge I am working on.

Set 1: 14
Set 2: 16
Set 3: 12
Set 4: 12
Set 5: 16+ (I fought for 20)

Off for a long run tomorrow. Until next time........

Coffeechug Concepts Podcast Ideas

I have fallen behind on my podcast series.

Coffeechug Concepts Podcast is officially available on iTunes. I know about anybody can get accepted, but it sure makes me feel good.

Anyways, I have been working on some topics for my next few podcasts and just thought I would throw the bait out to see if anyone wanted to chomp at the bit and suggest a few other topic ideas.

I am open to about anything.

Otherwise, I will continue with nerdy rants.

I leave you with a lyric, can you find out where it is from?
"So many people talking, I cannot remember what I was going to say."

Leave suggestions in the comments

Coke Machine of Happiness

I love this video. So simple, but yet is spreads so much happiness.

I am not going to ramble this time because it is not necessary.

What are you providing each day to help spread happiness to those around you?

I think if we took time each day to work on spreading happiness we would be amazed at how quickly it would spread. This would only takes seconds each day.

This goes back to my first podcast about taking the time to not cast a critical eye, but to show your happiness and appreciation for others.

So I begin another technology tool experiment

My new toy came in today. This is old news for many bloggers and educators, but I am going to experiment with podcasting. Why? I would like to get to the point where I can record some of my teaching moments and post online for students to use. I would really like to use it in a few days as I explain a new project idea that I will be unveiling to my 8th grade extension students, but not sure if I will be ready.

To practice podcasting, I need a topic. What should my first podcast be about? Leave suggestions in the comments and I will take the first one that strikes my fancy.

Podcast will be posted here on the blog.

Suggest away my fellow nerd clansmen.