Matt’s Notes Welcome, all, to our first episode of 2026! In these deep winter post-holiday weeks it can be easy to get deep in the winter doldrums! It can be a challenge to see the light at the end of the cold, snowbound, wintery tunnel, so to speak! So we’re taking a look at some…
Category: Teaching decisions
Episode 70: El Dorado: New Years Wrap-up- Derelict, Lagan, Jetsam, & Flotsam Take 3
Matt’s Notes For our first episode of 2025, we’ve opened up our various variousnesses (sic) ahead of the winter semester proper to consider where we’ve been and where we hope to be in the early days of the new year! Y’all don’t need a weatherfolk to know which way the wind blows! #ednontech If it’s…
Episode 49: Crystal: Clear guidance in education
Matt’s Notes Welcome to the backend of a Minneapolis Punk-themed twopeat of the EnT! In this instance, Doug & I are talking about guidance in education… of the clear variety! Please click below as per your interests! 67 minutes and 27 seconds… OF YOUR LIFE! #ednontech In keeping with the modus operandi of the previous…
Episode 48: I Will Dare: Reinforcement not replacement
Matt’s Notes Hey there, howdy! This is the first of a twopeat of episodes… linked insofar as Doug crafted these notes and those for episode 49 at the same time… or, at any rate, I received both Google docs at the same time! I, for my part, have aimed for some GIF consistency— silent film…
Episode 47: Fully Completely: Preparation in Education
Matt’s Notes Welcome everyone to the latest episode episode of the EnT! After a pair of awesome EnT conversations, we are back to the regular format… for now! On this outing we are talking about one of the most important processes in any educational enterprise… namely, preparation in education! Please check out the video and/or…
Episode 45: Who Made Who: Exclusionary Language
Matt’s Notes It’s been some time! Can it be there are fewer than fifty-one weeks left in 2024? And yet somehow, after all this, it’s only our first episode of the year. On this outing we bring to you a positively scintillating discussion about exclusionary language… it’s time to start getting caught up! And to…
Episode 44: March On, Electric Children: What makes a tool or technique worth using with students?
Matt’s Notes We are leaning into something which is entirely innovative… and/or old as teaching itself! And in keeping with recent chats to do with curatorship and mindful decision making, we’re taking a step further in the direction of authenticity in teaching and learning! Unless Doug claims otherwise! Please click below according to your interests!…
Episode 43: Good Morning, Captain: New Years’ Eve Special- Derelict, Lagan, Jetsam, & Flotsam (Take 2)
Matt’s Notes Welcome to what has turned into the THIRD of a marathon fourpeat of recording and/or re-recording our final run of episodes for our year! It was kind of exhilarating in its own way… and let’s agree never to do it again! Anyway! This episode is all about Derelict, Lagan, Jetsam, & Flotsam as…
Episode 42: The 12 Grievances of Ed Tech
Matt’s Notes Welcome, welcome! We are moving ahead full-steam through the season! We are positively affected by it! This is the long-murmured-of “surprise” episode! We are as surprised as any of you that we’re still going after nearly a year-and-a-half! So… without further adieu, click like nobody’s watching! We went a bit long cause that’s…
Episode 38: (I am a) Ghostwriter: Fonts and presenting educational material
Matt’s Notes Making it up as we go is our M.O.! #ednontech This week has been interesting from a work perspective, and from a life perspective. Rather than attempt to relate how specific aspects of this relate to the topic du jour, I present for your consideration the latest installment of Matt’s Emails to His…









