EdReach Show

Last week at ISTE, host Dan Rezac had a chance to sit down and talk to Jeremy Friedman , the Founder of Schoology, to talk about the platform and its exciting future in the education space.

EdReach Special: Do you know how important Cisco is to education? Well, many teachers don’t realize that Cisco is everywhere, however, it’s usually in the walls, in the school servers, and in the Internet pipes. I think that teachers are going to be hearing a lot more of Cisco soon, and that’s because of their Flipped Classroom solution. I got a chance to talk  to John Touhy of Cisco, to find out how they could be the next force in global classroom telecommunications.   Follow John Touhy on Twitter Email us at edreachshow@edreach.us Daniel Rezac is the Editor in Chief of EdReach.us as well as the co-host of Monday night’s EduNationCast and producer of many other shows on EdReach. You can follow him @drezac on Twitter.

EdReach is happy to welcome back Eli Luberoff, Founder of Desmos.com, now that Desmos is growing so well in the education community. I got a chance to sit down with Eli and get a sense of where Desmos is going, how they've grown, as well as how excited students are to use this fantastic tool. Enjoy!

Had a great time learning about Remind101.com with Founder Brett Kopf. Remind101 is a group messaging service for teachers to safely get in contact directly with students and parents. Brett shares his inspiration and process for how Remind101 can help education.

This week on EdReach Show: We can't contain our excitement for the big Apple education announcement tomorrow, and in the wake of that, we speculate how an eTextbook could transform teaching and school districts. Also, there's more Matt Damon news- because when Matt Damon speaks, we listen (There's also the fact that he and his mom don't like Teach for America.) A Great reading app shared by Scott, and of course, Blackout Wednesday.

This week on EdReach Show:  We continue our new format as we introduce News Bits, thanks to our new Reddit account. It’s looking very likely like Apple will be talking about eTextbooks on January 19th- we explore what that means for us. Also, Greg shares his Texas-skewed ideas over the over-abundance of police arrests of students in that state. Our guest, William Chamberlain makes his EdReach debut and talks about #comments4kids, and great hashtag project for student bloggers. Show Host: Daniel Rezac Show contributors:  Greg Garner, and  William Chamberlain    Give us some feedback! Email edreachshow@edreach.us to send us a note. Or leave a comment below. 

This week on EdReach Show: We start our focus on Ed Media as we broach the article on the NY Times concerning Idaho's plan to de-fund teacher salaries to purchase laptops. Second, rumors have it that Apple is pushing more into the publishing realm, and may have something to announce about eTextbooks.

This week on EdReach Show:  We turn off the agenda as we run up to the holiday/winter/Christmas/non-religious break. In our discussion of Youtube for Schools- Scott, Greg, and I share stories of kids trying to subvert our networks, and the wonderful games they play to get around blocked sites. Show Host: Daniel Rezac Show contributors:   Scott Weidig, Greg Garner   Give us some feedback! Email edreachshow@edreach.us to send us a note. Or leave a comment below. 

This week on EdReach Show:  Is #Pencilchat the hashtag that gives education its due? Does it evolve or devolve?  Here we question whether this is the hashtag that gets those outside Twitter users interested (or even more confused). Also- If the Edublog Awards fall in a forest, will anyone hear? Show Host: Daniel Rezac Show contributors:   Scott Weidig, Greg Garner   The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki.     Give us some feedback! Email edreachshow@edreach.us to send us a note. Or leave a comment below. 

This week on EdReach Show: EdReach Show reaches a milestone 40 episodes, and becomes the longest running show on EdReach! This show brings us some great news from Wired.com  about Creative Commons images, as well as the newest Pew data about teens and social network bullying. Oh- and too many tools and resources to number. A great show overall! Show Host: Daniel Rezac Show contributors:   Scott Weidig, Greg Garner The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki.   Call us on our comment line! If you’d like to leave some feedback you can call us on our very own EdReach Comment line: That’s: (443) 93REACH.

This week on EdReach Show: Riffing off of an Apple Insider article via a Google Plus share from Esther Wojcicki about how schools are soon going to have more iPads than desktops, we react the the age-old debate of whether the iPad is a consumption device or if it can be a production device. Also, a million Google product changes and how they effect educators. Show Host: Daniel Rezac Show contributors:   Scott Weidig, The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki.   Call us on our comment line! If you’d like to leave some feedback you can call us on our very own EdReach Comment line: That’s: (443) 93REACH.

This week on EdReach: Finally some student loan relief for college graduates- or are we just kicking the can down the road? Also- let’s talk about 1 to 1 computing just one more time. Show Host: Daniel Rezac Show contributors:   Scott Weidig, Greg Garner, Katie Regan, James O’Hagan, and Todd Hinkie  The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki.   Call us on our comment line! If you’d like to leave some feedback you can call us on our very own EdReach Comment line: That’s: (443) 93REACH.

This week on EdReach: The struggles with updating iPads, and the promises of a Google+ and Google Apps integration lead us to re-think the future of media and broadcasting. Show Host: Daniel Rezac Show contributors:   Scott Weidig The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki.   Call us on our comment line! If you’d like to leave some feedback you can call us on our very own EdReach Comment line: That’s: (443) 93REACH.

This week on EdReach: We begin to uncover the true educational potential with Siri in IOS5, as well as reflect on Steve Jobs death, now that we are much more removed from the date of his passing. Also, we debate how he will and should be remembered. Finally, Vlingo, Splashtop.com/whiteboard, and some fantastic picture book apps as well in our One Thing to Share this Week. Show Host: Daniel Rezac Show contributors: James O’Hagan, Scott Weidig, and Greg Garner The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki.   Call us on our comment line! If you’d like to leave some feedback you can call us on our very own EdReach Comment line: That’s: (443) 93REACH.

Thank you Steve for Thinking Different. Tonight’s show was focused on remembering a true visionary: Steve Jobs. This special edition of the MacReach Show looks to honor a creative genius who changed the world as we know it. A very special thanks to Kelly Dumont,  Scott Meech, Kim Zimmer, Dan Rezac, Andy Losik, Mark Hammons, Greg Garner, and Scott Weidig for joining in to share how Steve impacted their lives. “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them. Disagree with them. Glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” – Apple Ad Campaign Show Host: Meg Wilson (@iPodsibiities) Co-Hosts: Kelly Dumont (@KDumont), Scott Meech (@SMeech), Dan Rezac (@DRezac), Kim Zimmer (@MacTeacher), Mark Hammons (@MHammons), Greg Garner (@classroom_tech), Andy Losik (@MrLosik), and Scott Weidig (@VanishingPoint) Subscribe to the MacReach Podcast on iTunes Subscribe to the EdReach Podcast Feed View the complete show notes here on the EdReach MacReach Wiki to see all the links discussed in the show. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” – Steve Jobs You will not be forgotten Steve Jobs. With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the best friend I never met.