Matt’s Notes Hey there! Welcome to our thirty-fifth embarkation into (podcasting) Parts Unknown-ish. This episode is all about attention and learning and technology. Nothing major, amiright? Insert witty #ednontech aphorism here! Or don’t! So, in effort to streamline the production process for this episode as much as possible… I’m actually preparing these notes BEFORE KNOWING…
Category: Episodes
Episode 34: Personality Crisis: Personal Education Infrastructure (PEI)
Matt’s Notes How strange for me… to be writing these words days before we record! For a change! In this episode we are all about Personal education infrastructure (PEI)… and uh, hence the title! Of course I’m not joking. Of course. ANYWAY Please click the links below as per your inclinations! There were times! And…
Episode 33: The Act We Act: Technology and innovative creation- How far we have come
Matt’s Notes I bid you good evening! And in the spirit of one yearish anniversary for this pod-thingy, we’re looking into a bit of what makes this podcast… and, as per usual, we go off on a few sidetracks! Please click below as per your interest! We’ve come with enough audio to blast that video…
Episode 32: Money For Nothing: Educator Career Satisfaction
Matt’s Notes Good evening! I’ll put that out there, cause it’s the evening where and when I am right now! We are glad you were able to find your way here for a discussion which in many ways dovetails nicely with our last topic… this time, instead of work-life balance… or perhaps, in extension of…
Episode 31: You Don’t Know What You’re Missing: Balancing the load- Educator work-life balance
Matt’s Notes Hi there! Thanks a lot for checking out this latest edition of the EnT! This episode we’re talking work/life balance! It feels appropriate given that we’re in the final days before we launch into a brand new academic year! Please click below to watch and/or listen as per your preferences! Too many strands…
Episode 30: Speak in Tongues: AI & Education – the writing impact so far…
Matt’s Notes And now, somehow, seven weeks since the last episode went out… here we are! A shout-out here to the patience… or is that resignation?… shown by my great colleague Dr. Doug! You’ll have more context for the absence later on, if you’re so interested! But… to the topic at hand… our look at…
Episode 29: Blueprint: Tool Investigation – Rubrics
Matt’s Notes There came a time! That time is now! It’s been a while. Maybe you noticed? I’m pretty sure Doug noticed… and likely Dan did as well, over at the punk podcast! My bad, guys! And anybody else who is interested! As per Doug’s notes, we did this one about rubrics! I’m sure it’s…
Episode 28: The Geeks Were Right: AI & Education – the visual impact so far…
Matt’s Notes Hey there, one and all! It’s been two weeks… and too long… since our last episode! But Life Happens! More on this later… In this episode we’re taking the first steps in what will doubtless be a longer engagement with AI tools, applications, and implications for education. Since this topic is “bleeding edge”…
Episode 27: Darklands: Tool Investigation – SPLOTs
Matt’s Notes Happy Victoria Day! For those who partake… in Quebec, you might be celebrating National Patriot’s Day… and elsewhere… it might just be Monday! This episode is the first in what will probably be a series of investigations on specific tools and applications… We’re leaning into the TECH of the Ed non-Tech this episode……
Episode 26: Great Expectations: Demonstrating learning
Matt’s Notes Happy Monday! Or whatever day it happens to be when you’re reading this! Doug & I dug into a fairly substantial topic over the weekend… namely the how’s and why’s and wherefores of demonstrating learning… an especially especially significant conversation in the world of ed tech… and, more broadly, the learning sciences in…









