{"id":42,"date":"2007-05-20T21:02:52","date_gmt":"2007-05-20T21:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrmaher.wordpress.com\/2007\/05\/20\/the-drive-for-lifelong-learning\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T22:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:27:26","slug":"the-drive-for-lifelong-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/2007\/05\/20\/the-drive-for-lifelong-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Drive to Lifelong Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
Believe it or not, there\u2019s something good about a 48-mile (one way) commute. <\/span>It may not offset the hit on the wallet from gas prices or the hit on the schedule from a 10 hour a week part time job driving, but it does provide one tangible benefit, it provides more time to learn.<\/font><\/td>\n\"Route<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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My dad commuted from East Brunswick to West Orange, New Jersey for more then twenty years, and he could only listen to what AM and FM radio had to offer. <\/span>Nothing but pop music or news stations and talk show pabulum punctuated by almost constant commercials. <\/span>He had found an obscure station that broadcast only classical music (WNCN), which was a rarity in the seventies. <\/span>With the new age of information, not only can I listen to exactly what I want, but I can \u201cattend\u201d the most prestigious universities and professional conferences in the world. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

I can listen Charles Dziuban talk about the University of Central Florida\u2019s Information Fluency<\/a> initiative at the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, or catch up on the latest web tools from the folks at EdtechTalk<\/a>. <\/span>Educause<\/a> has hundreds of audio files from conferences and EdtechTalk has an archive of four main programs from its grassroots community of education professionals. <\/font><\/p>\n

If I\u2019m in a introspective mood I can listen to Harvard Psychologist Dan Gilbert<\/a> explain his concept of “synthetic happiness” in 21 minutes at the TED Conference<\/a>. <\/span>If I want to follow that path a little further, I\u2019ll listen to Peter Kreeft<\/a>, a professor of philosophy at Boston College, whose Catholic wedge of philosophy takes more than a couple listens to sink in.<\/span> <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Preparation for AP European and AP US classes this year would not have been complete without attending a class at UC Berkley on the way to school. Thomas W. Laqueur’s European Civilization<\/a> and Jennifer Burns US History<\/a>, both provided the insight of a different <\/span>perspective and the synthesis of a survey course. <\/span>On specific events and issues, Melvyn Bragg from BBC 4\u2019s In Our Time<\/a> are just now escaping the Read Audio straightjacket and offering MP3 downloads of their shows. <\/span>And Dan Carlin\u2019s Hardcore History<\/a> is well written and well produced.<\/font><\/p>\n

It is not uncommon to find lists of educational audio, here are my suggestions for the best chance for an intellectual drive to work: <\/font><\/p>\n

EdTechTalk –<\/font><\/a>Simply the best place to start, a must for every teacher who wants to remain relevant.<\/font><\/p>\n

TED<\/a> \u2013 Ideas worth Spreading \u2013 the best thinkers and doers across the spectrum of disciplines and industries, yet all have to make their point in under twenty minutes<\/font><\/p>\n

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Educause<\/a> \u2013<\/font>
\nConference Coverage<\/a> \u2013 You may not get the frequent flyer miles, but you can attend a conference every day with this audio archive.<\/font><\/p>\n

Pocket Edition<\/a> \u2013Hosted by the \u201cClick and Clack\u201d of instructional technology, this is a catalog of quick explanations of tech tools and web sites. <\/span>Even if you already make podcasts and use wiki\u2019s and blogs in the classroom, you never know when you\u2019ll find another ingenious way to use them.<\/font><\/p>\n

K12 online conference<\/a> – A catalog of great presentations ranging from the latest in professional development, to strategies to overcome obstacles in your school.<\/font><\/p>\n

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The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce<\/a> <\/a>-Sort of like TED, but the presentations are much longer and inquiry much deeper, several panel discussions spanning a range of subjects, most involving current affairs.<\/font><\/p>\n

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WGBH <\/font><\/a>– <\/font>just good stuff<\/font>
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<\/font>American Radioworks –<\/a><\/font>I\u2019ve found at least half a dozen lesson plans here, from a AP Euro lesson that focuses on the destalinization speech of Nikita Khrushchev<\/a> to an APUS lesson on presidential tapes<\/a>. <\/font><\/p>\n

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UC Berkeley – <\/font><\/a>Why not have the students get their content from UC Berkeley, your class becomes a seminar. <\/span>Don\u2019t forget to check the previous semesters for other courses.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Although it sometimes seems that I spend my life on Route 78, it is not at all time lost, it is just another opportunity for lifelong learning.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not, there\u2019s something good about a 48-mile (one way) commute. It may not offset the hit on the wallet from gas prices or the hit on the schedule from a 10 hour a week part time job driving, but it does provide one tangible benefit, it provides more time to learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-2020","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/1090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infinitude.maherpages.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}