HiTech Podcast

145 | Discussing How Teachers Can Craft Their Own AI Learning Spaces with Trevor from SchoolAI

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready for a fun episode of the Hitech Podcast this week! We have the pleasure of chatting with Trevor Goertzen from  @schoolai  .Trevor, a forme...

144 | How to Have a Holistic Approach to Mental Health with Harrison Parker from Linewize

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Hitech Podcast, we delve into a profound discussion with Harrison Parker from Linewize. Harrison shares his unique insights into the ...

143 | Will the Apple Vision Pro Revolutionize Education? & a Look at Runway AI

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of the HiTech Podcast, we delve into a riveting discussion about whether the Apple Vision Pro will revolutionize education....

142 | Embracing Humanity in EdTech: A Deep Dive with Amanda Kocon from Edmentum

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we dive deep into a conversation with Amanda Kocon from Edmentum. Amanda shares her inspiring journey in the world of education and how Edm...

141 | Unlocking Course Clarity: How to Make Your Content Accessible with Expert Lauren from Stickity

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Hitech Podcast, Lauren Heil from the app Stickity shares her journey of making course content more accessible. Her goal is to shift t...

140 | Discussing Reflection.app with Dave Radparvar

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Hitech Podcast, Dave Radparvar from the one and only reflection.app joins us to talk about the importance of reflection and how refle...

139 | What is Culturally Responsive Teaching & Tarjimly? ft. Robin Jeffers

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Hitech Podcast, Robin Jeffers joins us for a jam-packed episode. She walks us through what culturally responsive teaching looks like...

138 | Mastering Figma for Education: Key Takeaways from David Curran

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Hitech Podcast, we talk to David Curran from  @Figma. Will and I use Figma all the time for our work, but it also is a powerful tool...

137 | Sphero, eLuma, Renee Dawson & Book Creator, Amy Dujon & FETC

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Several weeks ago the Hitech Podcast went to #fetc 2024 and while there we recorded a lot of content with amazing #teachers and #edtech apps! This wee...

136 | Discussing AI, Reading & Games with Shoelace, Antimatter & Beanstack at FETC 2024

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Several weeks ago the Hitech Podcast went to #fetc 2024 and while there we recorded a lot of content with amazing #teachers and #edtech apps! This wee...

135 | A Deep Dive with Chris from ClassVR & playing with Adobe Express at FETC 2024

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Several weeks ago the Hitech Podcast went to #fetc 2024 and while there we recorded a lot of content with amazing #teachers and #edtech apps! This wee...

134 | Is AI the Future of Curriculum Development? & Exclusive insights into Diffit!

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Hitech Podcast, we discuss if #ai is the future of curriculum development or not. Everyone is starting to try using AI to generate cu...

133 | Discussing AI & The Future of Education with Priten Shah from Pedagogy.Cloud

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Hitech Podcast, we are excited to welcome Priten Shah from Pedagogy.Cloud. They provide innovative technology solutions to help educa...

132 | Empowering Students with Immediate Mental Health Relief: ft. Elsa & Scott from Alongside

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Hitech Podcast, we are excited to welcome Elsa Friis and Scott Freschet from Alongside. This app, is all about getting immediate ment...

131 | Unveiling Why Will Left Education and Checking Out The Escape Classroom

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we discuss why Will left #education . This leads us to discussing what we perceive as issues in leadership at present and what we wou...

130 | Ted Lasso Goes to College: Put the Student Before Your Objectives ft. Dr Charles Illingworth

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh and WIll continue the #tedlasso goes to #college series. In this series, they leverage lessons from the show about #leadership, ...

128 | Ted Lasso Goes to College: Tips for Providing Excellent Student Care & Exploring CommonLit.org

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh and Will continue the #tedlasso goes to #college series. In this series, they leverage lessons from the show about #leadership, ...

129 | Ted Lasso Goes to College: We Need to Humanize Our Students ft. Steve Martinez & Kami

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh and WIll continue the #tedlasso goes to #college series. In this series, they leverage lessons from the show about #leadership, ...

Holiday Gift Giving Guide for Techies from HiTech Podcast & Teaching Learning Leading K-12

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Steven Miletto, William Illingworth, and Joshua Swartz for this high-spirited holiday crossover episode! Our podcasts are both members of the Edu...

127 | Ted Lasso Goes to College: How to Mentor Your Students to Success & Looking at Mentimeter

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh and WIll continue the #tedlasso goes to #college series. In this series, they leverage lessons from the show about #leadership, ...

126 | Ted Lasso Goes to College: How Group Dynamics Can Transform Teaching & Miro

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh and Will kick off the #tedlasso goes to #college series. In this series, they leverage lessons from the show about #leadership, ...

110 | How SEL helps teachers connect with students! featuring Laura Lavery & Quizizz

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Laura Lavery joins us to talk about #socialemotionallearning. Laura has years of experience in the classroom and has seen this practi...

111 | How Fun Pedagogy Can Revolutionize Education! featuring Dr. Sharon Lauricella & Perusall

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr. Sharon Lauricella, aka Dr. Batgirl, joins us to discuss her new book, "Ludic Pedagogy: A Seriously Fun Way to Teach and Lear...

112 | Demystifying Student Engagement: What does it actually look like? & KnightLab Projects

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we talk about student engagement! Too often, we hear it thrown around that we need to engage students more, but what does student eng...

113 | Transforming Your Teaching with Flipped Classroom Techniques featuring Steve Martinez & Kami

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are excited to welcome Steve Martinez, an experienced teacher and EdTech user, to share his insights on how you can transform the learning experien...

114 | Tech & Questioning Lenses: A Recipe for Empowering Students ft. Batsheva Frankel & Edpuzzle

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the next episode of the HiTech Podcast, we are excited to welcome Batsheva Frankel, an experienced teacher, edtech user, and podcast host to share ...

115 | Are these Game Changers? The Role of Backchanneling in Education & Kami

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Will and Josh discuss the practice of backchanneling, where students are given a separate space to chat or collaborate during class. This can range fr...

116 | The Ultimate Interview: How Do We Answer the Tough Questions? + FabuLingua & Miro

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Will and Josh switch things up and interview each other. We discuss our favorite episodes, experiences in education, personal lives, and more. Over th...

117 | Mastering elearning development: Insights from David Patlut & RetroTools.io

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the next episode of the HiTech Podcast, we are excited to welcome David Patlut! David is an experienced elearning developer who has worked for @Cod...

118 | How Sophie Youngs' Digital Escape Rooms Are Revolutionizing Education & Google Sites

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out this captivating episode on how Sophie Young used Digital Escape Rooms to revolutionize education in her context. In this episode, we discov...

119 | Changing Education with Erica Ehrlich & Tina Lewis: The Power of Commonsense.org!

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we are joined by Erica Ehrlich and Tina Lewis, ambassadors for commonsense.org. Both have been teaching for years and work together t...

120 | How We Master the Art of Effective Learning? Discovering Universal Principles & Midjourney

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh and Will discuss what is universal to all good learning. Over the years, they have designed and taught across multiple levels an...

121 | How to Teach Through Memes ft. Jonathan Libov from Antimatter

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the HiTech Podcast, Josh and Will interview Jonathan Libov from Anitmatter. They discuss how Anitmatter helps teachers utilize memes as a...

123 | Unlocking the Secrets of Successful Educational Leadership & Revolutionary AI Tool ID-Assist

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh and Will talk about what makes a good #education #leader. They each have served under multiple leaders and have led in education...

125 | How to Continually Improve Your Course & the Game Changing Tool: Figma

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh and Will discuss how we can and should continually #improve our #courses. They have seen countless systems set up that don't...

124 | Learning How to be an Education Change Agent with Steven Miletto & Canva

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Josh and Will are joined by the legendary Steven Miletto from the Teaching Learning Leading K-12 podcast to talk about everything from #podcasting in ...

122 | Time to Roast Microsoft 365 & Introduce Eleven Labs, the Future of AI Audio

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh and Will finally roast #microsoft365 ! While it is a great tool, there are also many things that could be better, and they need ...

109 | Opening AI: How AI Can Change the Future of Education For the Better & Curipod

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We close out the Opening AI series with a quick chat on what education might look like in the future now that AI is here to stay. Then, as though the ...

108 | Opening AI: Will AI replace teachers?! featuring Joel Kupperstein of Learning A-Z

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The HiTech Podcast is thrilled to have Joel Kupperstein join us to answer the question, "Will AI replace teachers?!" Marketing teams worldwi...

107 | Opening AI: How to Write a ChatGPT Prompt & MidJourney / Adobe Firefly

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Let's start writing! Just Googling something is fairly simple these days, but ChatGPTing is not quite there. Many folks don't know how to make...

106 | Opening AI: Helping Teachers Teach & Learners Learn with MySchoolAI

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing the Opening AI Series, we feature Steve Howse and Harry Stiles of MySchoolAI! Their tool and community is focused on cultivating the Large ...

105 | Opening AI: Deciphering ChatGPT & Notion AI

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 105 begins a five episode series where we're taking on AI! This episode will set a lot of the tone and lay out the definitions needed to m...

104 | Mark at FabuLingua

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Back with another interview! Josh and Will chat with Mark Begert of FabuLingua. This platform aims to revolutionize language learning in the elementar...

103 | Productivity Tech Tips & Atomic Search for Canvas

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Josh and Will love tech. We use it in almost everything we do. Tune in for some quick tips and general tomfoolery about your every day tools that coul...

102 | The Roastery: Articulate & kanopy

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Turn the temps up: time to roast! On the grill this time is Articulate, the premier provider of eLearning software. They have tools like Rise 360 and ...

101 | Is Higher Ed Dying? & Research Rabbit

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Well, the title's the question: is higher education dying? We're post-pandemic, we're remote friendly, we're Zoom-crazed, and we'r...

100 | ExtravaCanva Event!

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Season 4 starts with a bang! In our first episode, we talked about Canva and how it works for education. To celebrate the podcast's milestone, we&...

Season 4 HYPE

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Here's what's coming in Season 4! AI and #ChatGPT, #Roastery episodes, new guests, new, new, new! Josh and Will have a special announcement fo...

099 | Community of Inquiry & Visme

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Will and Josh detail the Community of Inquiry and its impact on online and traditional education. The relationship between Cognitive, Teaching, and So...

098 | Nick at Arguflow

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you correlate arguments, logic, debate, reasoning, and the internet? An app to help train us in the process of reasoned debate: Argu...

097 | GK at Brain Racers

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This interviews find us with GK from Brain Racers, the fastest and funnest (yeah, I said it) learning tool for your classrooms. Pairing excellent musi...

096 | Interpersonal Communication Skills & Slack

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Josh and Will played a game called Hot Takes, and it spawned a podcast episode. The question came up about social media and its impact on interpersona...

095 | Ungrading: Where Do I Start? & Explain Everything

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We wrap up the ungrading series with a new beginning. Where do you start with ungrading? Listen in for a few easy ways to start small while aiming big...

094 | How Do You Assess Ungrading? with Dr. Timothy Shea & Twitter for Education

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Timothy Shea joins us for episode 4 in the ungrading series to discuss HOW we even assess ungrading. Isn't the point not to assess? Wrong. Ass...

093 | Ungrading in an LMS & TechSmith's Snagit

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The series continues with an informational how-to: setting up ungrading in an LMS! Now, this is not a detailed, step-by-step walkthrough for every LMS...

092 | Why Do Ungrading? with Dr. Justin Harbin & ResearchRabbit

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Long-standing friend of the podcast, Dr. Justin Harbin, returns to help us establish the rationale for ungrading. What's its purpose? Is it "good?" Sh...

091 | What Is Ungrading? & Adobe's Frame.io

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Starting a new series on Ungrading! Hear our two cents on the subject and join us for the series where we'll have some folks speaking to how they've u...

090 | Dr. Charles Illingworth: Online Acupuncture? & A Manual of Acupuncture

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Dr. Charles Illingworth (Will's big brother) to talk about how in the heck they managed to continue teaching acupuncture during the pa...

089 | Justin Phillips: Teaching Art Online & Google Jamboard

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Justin Phillips, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. Justin and Will met over a bagel, and ...

088 | Motivating Your Students, pt. 2 & Sutori

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Part 2 on motivation! What does it take to design motivational elements into your curriculum or an activity? We think there are a few key pieces to co...

087 | Motivating Your Students, pt. 1 & Asana

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Part one of a two part conversation on motivation. This episode focuses on underlying motivation theories as well as the relationship between motivati...

086 | Plagiarism Pandemic: ChatGPT & Diigo

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

That's right, folks! We're tackling the hot topic of OpenAI's ChatGPT. What is a chat bot? Are these things new? Why does everyone care so much? We an...

085 | Casey & Things You Wish You Knew (as a first time teacher)

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Casey returns for a fun conversation about the next stage in her journey: teaching! We've followed her from her master's degree in non-profit leadersh...

084 | Philosophy of Technology & Code.org

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Season 3 kicks off with a philosophical chat on technology. Why do we use it? How should we use it? Is it good for learning? Lots of fun. Then, we end...

Season 3 Trailer

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the new view of the HiTech Podcast! We're on the audio- and video-waves. Tune in to season three for more #hitechhijinx!

083 | Smartphones in the Classroom & Snipd (End of Season 2)

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we close out season two! In this episode, we tackle the age-old (well, most recently old aged) issue of phones in the classroom. Should we ...

082 | The Roastery: Big Publishers & Topia.io

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we put big publishers on the burner. Things get a little heated as we let'm have it. Yes, they have their redeeming elements, but big publis...

081 | Stevie Frank & OneNote

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are excited to share our interview with Stevie Frank for this week's investigation into HiTech. Stevie is a new friend from Twitter who offers up s...

080 | Tutoring & Readwise

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Will and Josh take on tutoring! What's its purpose in education and how do we cultivate it online learning. We think this will be the start of a serie...

079 | The Roastery: Large LMSs & Screencast-o-matic

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to The Roastery: a place where we load up a topic and roast it! That's right, the usual niceties are put to the side, and we open up some real...

078 | Maker Spaces & SteamHead

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Let's make it! No, this is not an episode of Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman's "Making It" (though I do recommend watching that). However, we take on th...

077 | Does every lesson need an assessment? & Honorable Mentions

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Josh and Will beg the question, "does every lesson need an assessment?" If you're nodding along, excellent, join us. If you're like, "wait, what?", th...

076 | Fink's Taxonomy & fan.school

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We conclude the Robin S. Jeffers Learning Taxonomy Series by doing a panel conversation with Robin. S Jeffers herself and Dr. Justin Harbin! This long...

075 | Kirkpatrick's Taxonomy & Zencastr

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Four for more! We get into our last solo conversation in the Robin S. Jeffers Learning Taxonomy Series. Kirkpatrick's Taxonomy is simple and straightf...

074 | Webb's Depths of Knowledge & Zotero

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Episode three in the Robin S. Jeffers Learning Taxonomy Series brings us Webb's Depths of Knowledge. The DOK taxonomy provides us some useful ins...

073 | Gagné's Taxonomy & Remind

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Episode two in the Robin S. Jeffers Learning Taxonomy Series (it's just a joke folks: this is not a memorial plaque) takes us to Robert Gagné's 9 Eve...

072 | Bloom's Taxonomy & Untools.co

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We start off the Robin S. Jeffers Learning Taxonomy Series by investigating Bloom's Taxonomy. This foray starts with a few definitions and quickly dev...

071 | Learning Designers React: LinkedIn Learning & Soundtrap

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Josh and Will wrap the series up solo as they review several LinkedIn Learning courses. Their insights pull from years of experience taking these cour...

070 | Learning Designers React: Assignments & Susannah Simmons

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our Learning Designers React series continues with Susannah Simmons joining us to debrief several assignment prompts. This conversation feels like man...

069 | Learning Designers React: Wendy's & Lynée Sanute

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our Learning Designers React series starts off with Will, Josh, and their friend Lynée reacting to this video: a Wendy's cold drinks training video. ...

068 | Robin Jeffers: Taxonomies & Dotstorming

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robin joins us again to talk learning taxonomies: Bloom's, Fink's, Webb's and more! If you're unfamiliar or just like nerding out as much as we do, li...

067 | College: Jobs or Learning? & LinkedIn

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What is college good for? We open up the conversation on whether college and academia should be for learning or workforce development. The implication...

066 | Accessibility & Equatio

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

More house metaphors in this episode - what can we say? We like metaphors! Join us as we learn what about accessibility, why it's important, and the s...

065 | User Experience & Microsoft Office Lens

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Metaphors galore in this episode: we talk about designing content for your students in an affective and clear method. User Experience in a virtual lea...

064 | Absence in Online Courses & Airtable

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many elements of the physical classroom translate to the virtual learning environment: but does absence? Can a student be tardy to an online class? Do...

063 | Academic Integrity & (Don't) Turnitin

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Some strong opinions and hot takes in bound! Josh and Will sink their teeth into the conversation on plagiarism, cheating, and dishonesty. How should ...

062 | LMS as Surveillance, pt. 2 & Miro

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing the conversation on the LMS. Josh and Will have worked in this field for quite some time, so it's no surprise that their pros and cons list...

061 | LMS as Surveillance, pt. 1 & Mentimeter

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Will makes his best effort to put his tinfoil hat away, but Josh eggs him on. Is anything new? We talk about the impact of the LMS on higher education...

060 | Cognitive Dissonance & Around

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Josh and Will (and their surprise cohost?!) start a conversation off on cognitive dissonance. This topic proves a little fuzzy for them to agree on, b...

059 | Robin Jeffers: Instructional Design & Gimkit

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we chat with Robin Jeffers, one of Josh's colleagues, about Instructional Design: what is it, why, who, what, and all of the fun info. Robin...

058 | Micro Learning & EdApp

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We start a long conversation on a short topic: micro learning! It's a trendy topic and we all engage with it at some level in our lives these days. So...

057 | CREATE & ThreadIt

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode dives deep into discourse development. We highlight the CREATE system created by Dr. Marcela Borge (Twitter). This research-based ...

056 | Game-Based Learning Series: Game Away & Construct 3

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wrapping up our three-part series on game-based learning with breakdown and summary. Josh and Will love video games, so we hope that these episodes pr...

055 | Game-Based Learning Series: Dr. Justin Harbin & Notion

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Justin is back to chat games and play with us. While he may be less into the video games than we are, he brings an equal or greater measure of researc...

054 | Game-Based Learning Series: Chris Morris

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Back with another series! This time, game-based learning. We plan to dig into the big areas of games and how they play into teaching and learning. In ...

053 | Reflection & Reflection.App

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our level of meta knows no bounds. Once more, we pick a topic and go deep down the rabbit hole. In this conversation, we discuss the impact of reflect...

052 | Sean at iorad

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with an interview! This time we have Sean Adams, Head of Sales, from iorad. This tool still wows Josh and Will, so we hope that you will en...

051 | Cognitive Load & Otter

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Breaking down the concept of Cognitive Load can take some effort. Hopefully, Will and Josh make it a little easier for you this week to integrate extr...

050 | Talk Time & Adobe Rush

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

*celebrate* :clapping: Let's go! We are so excited for this episode. Seriously, 50 episodes is no small feat! More importantly, we've joined the Educa...

049 | Accelerated Learning Series: Our Breakdown

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Josh and Will conclude the Accelerated Learning Series with a debrief and review. Many thanks to Justin, Casey, and Alex for joining us in this conver...