23 John Fallon and Paul Darvasi on Gaming and Holistic Literacy

John Fallon and Pual Darvasi discuss alternate reality gaming in the classroom.  In their breakdown of "Blind Protocol" they discuss how teaching English Language class turns into an exercise in holistic literacy where knowledge becomes, in the Deweyesque sense, actionable upon the context of the immediate environment.  Fallon and Darvasi are gaming pioneers who, impatient with the slow rate of change in education, create a way to mix physical and digital sensory reality with that of mental representation.  

22 Wiktor Przybylski and Jakub Kowalik on What Hackerspaces Offer that Work and School Do Not

Wiktor Przybylski and Jakub Kowalik run Hackerspace Krakow and here they discuss the freedoms of learning in a Hackerspace compared to work and school environments.

21 MH Rahmani on Perception and Cognition in a Making Process

M. H. Rahmani explains the prolonged space of problem defining in the process of making. His thesis project, reFrame, serves as an example of making as a long process for investigating scientific, psychological, philosophical inquiry. John Dewey called for "Art as Science". This talk breaks down interdisciplinary "technologies".

20 Sylvia Martinez on Invent to Learn 2019

19 Robert Sommer on Personal Space, the Behavioral Basis for Design

18 Stephanie Cox Suarez on Documentation and Making Learning Visible

17 YJ Kim on Playful Assessment in Maker Centered Learning

Yoon Jeon Kim, research scientist from MIT Playful Journey Lab joins Journeys in Podcasting to discuss her work with Playful Assessments, methods for keeping formative assessment a co-construction between teachers and students.

16 Monica Burns on Scannable Technologies in the Classroom

Journeys in Podcasting continues the theme of "Hacking Active Learning Spaces" by inviting Apple Distinguished Educator and author Monica Burns to discuss the potentials of augmented reality in the classroom. (from a 2016 podcast session)

*audio glitches, recorded on Google Hangouts

15 Angela Stockman on Making and Writing Workshop

Angela Stockman, author of Make Writing, Hacking the Writer's Workshop, and Hacking School Culture, discusses her experience mixing writer's workshop with maker centered learning. Angela talks about her visit to Reggio Emilia and the maker approach to early childhood.

Note: internet connections were a challenge, the audio clarity is limited, but the ideas discusses are incredible.

Music: the mini loop remix is from Snail Mail "Pristine".

14 Epunk of C-Base on the Mothership of all Hackerspaces

Epunk of C-base, the mothership of hacker spaces dedicates a part of his afternoon to discuss the GDPR and data privacy issues, crowdsourced environmental pollution monitoring projects, and open source education outreach projects.  Epunk explains the philosophy of the mothership, how hacker spaces are continuing a century old tradition of universities in keeping information free for all.  This is a great introduction to the future of alternative learning spaces.