{"id":2930,"date":"2026-01-11T18:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2026-01-11T18:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:17:24","slug":"episode-92-seein-diamonds-new-years-wrap-up-derelict-lagan-jetsam-flotsam-take-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/teaching-decisions\/episode-92-seein-diamonds-new-years-wrap-up-derelict-lagan-jetsam-flotsam-take-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 92: Seein\u2019 Diamonds: New Years Wrap-up: Derelict, Lagan, Jetsam, &amp; Flotsam: Take 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&#8217;re taking a look at some of the highlights of 2025 with this episode in the hopes of digging deep and drawing succor and finding solace and other mental and emotional resources to power forward into what has the potential to be a highly lit newish year! Please join us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ed non-Tech Podcast 92: Seein\u2019 Diamonds: New Years Wrap-up: Derelict, Lagan, Jetsam, &amp; Flotsam 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IqKB5zlKM2E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is, unquestionably, our best episode of 2026 so far! #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ent-92-audio.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;d have to go back as least as far as 2025 to find audio of this caliber! #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/batman-glass-shattered.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2932\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5466447928826073;width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260111_0002.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">IMG_20260111_0002<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/33fdc80952b54d26e1f93b5b080ceab6.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2933\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doug&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>New Years Wrap-up: Derelict, Lagan, Jetsam, &amp; Flotsam: Take 4 (The happy version)<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>What we threw overboard, abandoned, noted to address, and addressed in 2025<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-632x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-632x1024.jpeg 632w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-185x300.jpeg 185w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-768x1245.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-300x486.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Derelict &#8211; goods sank to the bottom and abandoned<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lagan &#8211; goods sank to the bottom and tethered by a marker to be potentially recovered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jetsam &#8211; goods jettisoned and abandoned<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flotsam &#8211; goods floating on the surface and may be reclaimed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png 860w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-768x900.png 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-300x352.png 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-850x996.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 conclude that the human factor is often considered as the most influential factor on the chances of failure or success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirschner, P. A., Hendricks, M., Paas, F., Wopereis, I., &amp; Cordewener, B. (2004). Determinants for Failure and Success of Innovation Projects: The Road to Sustainable Educational Innovation. <em>Association for Educational Communications and Technology<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1.png 932w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-768x669.png 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-850x741.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two major issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where are we going?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How are we going to get there?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilbert, W. (1996, September). Supporting 50 classrooms full of whiz-bang technology. In <em>Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services<\/em> (pp. 65-66). Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2.png 930w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2-768x717.png 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2-850x793.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edtech is also an area to which people come from other disciplines, so there is no shared set of concepts or history. This can be liberating but also infuriating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weller, M. (2018). Twenty years of EdTech. <em>Educause Review Online, 53<\/em>(4), 34-48.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png 726w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3-265x300.png 265w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3-300x340.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historically, the research on teacher morale and its affect on student achievement has been positively correlated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Willis, M., &amp; Varner, L. (2010). Factors that affect teacher morale. <em>Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012), 8<\/em>(4), 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-646x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-646x1024.png 646w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-300x475.png 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music had originally included all the branches of intellectual and moral education &#8211; all departments presided over by the Nine Muses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laurie, S. S. (1887). <em>The rise and early constitution of universities: with a survey of mediaeval education<\/em> (No. 91). D. Appleton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-5.png 748w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-5-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-5-300x374.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 effective strategies for flourishing while overseas provide preliminary data which suggest that acculturation phenomena provide growth opportunities. \u2026Flourishing can be linked with acculturation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stasel, R. S. (2021). E<em>ducator acculturation while living and working overseas: Stories from seventeen sojourning teachers and school leaders at international schools<\/em> (Doctoral dissertation, Queen&#8217;s University (Canada)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-850x638.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Flotsam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">What Derelict, Lagan, Jetsam, &amp; Flotsam would the audience like us to address in more detail in a future podcast?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phrase of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally I dare to add \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&amp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">The human enterprise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&amp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Offloading that cognitive weight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&amp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Doomscrolling of grief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2947\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seein&#039; Diamonds\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tFDLrJk3xFQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember seein&#8217; diamonds<br>What ever happened to them? #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ratchet-and-clank-ratchetto.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2943\" style=\"width:699px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6130\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2930-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ent-92-audio.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ent-92-audio.mp3\">http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ent-92-audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ent-92-audio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=2930-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ent-92-audio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ent-92-audio.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt&#8217;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! 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