How people connect and learn has evolved in the 50+ years since ACPE was formed. But our mission and ethos haven’t: (1) increasing collaboration and professional development opportunities and (2) fostering long-lasting relationships among our members. We’re eager to keep diversifying ways to connect, learn, and have fun together. The Plugged In podcast is a place for us to amplify the voices of our colleagues and celebrate the work we do in education technology. Join hosts Marc Elliott and R ...
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Send us a text Join Marc and Rachel for our sixth episode, the halfway point of our pilot season. We are navel-gazing in this week's short episode, reflecting on our first couple months of learning how to podcast. The people, conversations, the tech, the spirit of Plugged In, cold opens, how to choose a title, and a clumsy sign-off that may or may …
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We were all crazy about MOOCs for a while
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55:20Send us a text Join Marc and Rachel for our fifth episode and a very special guest, recently retired ACPE Board Member, Allen Miedema. We chat about music, Allen's long tenure and the meaningful changes in edtech during it, leadership, what snuck up on us in tech, what's coming next, differentiated learning, streaming media, server shower stalls, a…
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The Emotion Happens Between the Notes
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1:03:20Send us a text Join Marc and Rachel for our fourth episode that recaps this year's IncludeIT conference and also chatter about music tech and edtech. We chat with guests (ACPE DJ) Joe Yamada and (ACPE Board Member) Steve Langford about music, Wordle, love shoves (h/t Amy Poehler on Smartless podcast), mobile computing in K-12, device refresh cycles…
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Send us a text In this first B-Sides track from Plugged In S1 E1, Marc and Rachel chat with Shelby and Derek about student cell phone policies and approaches in their school districts, and the larger national debate.By ACPE: Association for Computer Professionals in Education
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Send us a text Join Marc and Rachel for our third episode that focuses on the lodge, schedule, and activities of this year's IncludeIT conference. Guest Cory Horton, ACPE Conference Coordinator, joins to chat about movies, music, Marc's jackets, and all the things to know about ACPE's Annual Conference. *Oh, and several weird, plus lovely, intersec…
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Send us a text Join Marc and Rachel for our second episode that focuses on IncludeIT, this year's conference theme. Guest Jennifer Clouser, current ACPE Board President, joins to chat about inclusion in the work we do as technicians and leaders, and the development of the theme for this year's conference. *Oh, and several hungry dogs.…
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Send us a text Join Marc and Rachel for this inaugural episode that focuses on the people and love for ACPE, our professional community that is now 50+ years in the making. Guests Shelby Reynolds and Derek Stewart join to chat about the excellent 2025 CoSN conference, School Library Month <3, continued classroom cell phone debate and conversations,…
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