{"id":137,"date":"2018-08-06T14:11:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T14:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/?p=137"},"modified":"2018-08-30T12:51:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T12:51:07","slug":"episode-014-talking-coding-robots-special-education-with-jen-duda-chris-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/podcast\/episode-014-talking-coding-robots-special-education-with-jen-duda-chris-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 014 &#8211; Talking Coding, Robots &#038; Special Education With Jen Duda &#038; Chris Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9507\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-137-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ask_the_flipped_learning\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/askfln014.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ask_the_flipped_learning\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/askfln014.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ask_the_flipped_learning\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/askfln014.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ask_the_flipped_learning\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/askfln014.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/?powerpress_pinw=137-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ask_the_flipped_learning\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/askfln014.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"askfln014.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 25:51 &#8212; 54.4MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('137-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_137-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_137-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/?powerpress_embed=137-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/mx\/podcast\/ask-the-flipped-learning-network\/id1210173458?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.flippedlearning.org%2Faskthefln%2F%3Fp%3D137\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><h2>Show Notes<\/h2>\n<p>This week\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthew_t_moore\">Matthew Moore<\/a>\u00a0joins <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DynamicDuda338\">Jen Duda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Principal_H\">Chris Harris<\/a> from the FlipTech East Coast 2018 conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DynamicDuda338\">Jen Duda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Principal_H\">Chris Harris<\/a> talk with Matthew about reaching students in a special education classroom using robots and coding.\u00a0 Jen and Chris talk about the impact that motivational and intentional activity has on all aspects of a classroom that includes students who are chronologically 3rd to 6th grade but have significant challenges.\u00a0 Listen to the powerful and uplifting message of a teacher and administrator that use technology as a motivator to create success with these students.<\/p>\n<p>The conference was held on June 29 and 30 at Collingswood High School in New Jersey. We are in the planning stages for future FlipTech conferences, feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/flippedlearning.org\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> if you would like to participate in bringing a FlipTech conference to your city or country.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the show and we welcome feedback via comments, tweets to hosts and\/or the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/askthefln\">AskTheFLN<\/a> Twitter account or as a comment via iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support The Flipped Learning Network, please <a href=\"http:\/\/flippedlearning.org\/supportfln\/\">visit our page<\/a> where you can consider how to support your not-for-profit community.<\/p>\n<h2>Guest Bio(s):<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Jennifer Kressler Duda is a Special Education Teacher at Mercer Elementary School at Mercer County Special Services School District<\/strong>. She works primarily with Autistic students and is given the most behavioral students due to her ability to exceed expectations in terms of her students growth and success. Several years ago Jennifer began to incorporate coding and robotics in her class as a way to expose her students to her passion for technology and prepare them for the future. Jennifer frequently incorporates American Sign Language (ASL), music and song into her high energy lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer is a co-organizer of SpEdcamp New Jersey (spedcampnj.org) and recently joined the organizing team for Edcamp New Jersey (edcampnewjersey.net). She is also a member of the Future Ready Schools New Jersey Leadership Task Force.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jennifer has approximately 10 years experience in Special Education. You can follow her on Twitter <strong>@DynamicDuda338<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Christopher Harris is the Director of Technology at Pennsauken Public Schools<\/strong>, a Pre-K to 12 public school district serving over 5000 students located in southern New Jersey. He is also the Principal for the Burling School, a K-4 Elementary school housing regular and special education programs. Christopher is responsible for creating and executing the district technology plan, as well as, the day-to-day operations of the Burling School. Prior to joining Pennsauken Public Schools, he served as the Principal of Mercer Elementary School, a grade 3-8 special needs\u2019 school at Mercer County Special Services School District (MCSSSD) and the Principal of the Salem Campus at Salem County Special Services School District (SCSSSD), where Christopher created and oversaw special needs\u2019 educational and vocational programs for students aged 5 through 21.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris has 20 years experience in education serving as a Principal, Assistant Principal and Teacher. You can follow him on Twitter <strong>@Principal_H<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The Questions<\/h2>\n<p>We did not address any questions from the community but we welcome more questions to add to our program. When sending a question, comment or reply, please include the episode number in the subject and\/or body of your message as well as any contact information such as Twitter handle that you would like us to include. We will include your name in the text and audio unless you request otherwise.<\/p>\n<h2>Matt&#8217;s Take<\/h2>\n<p>In the last few years my view of special education and the amazing teachers who work with students in that area has matured and grown, but this conversation opened my eyes yet wider to the potential in the hearts and minds of these students.\u00a0 Not only is the work that Jen does amazing, she insists it is repeatable in a variety of environments.\u00a0 In the end I think that sometimes I underestimate my own students, and I think I underestimate the motivational power of robots and success.<\/p>\n<h2>Your Turn<\/h2>\n<p>I would also like to remind everyone that anyone contributing to the community that is the Flipped Learning Network actually <em><strong>*is*<\/strong><\/em> part of the Flipped Learning Network. We are a community and grow together by pooling our resources. See how <a href=\"https:\/\/flippedlearning.org\/fln-updates\/contribute-to-flipped-learning-network-site\/\">you can contribute to this community<\/a> through contributing blog posts, joining us on this podcast as well as participating in our <a href=\"https:\/\/flippedlearning.org\/fln-updates\/join-the-flipped-learning-slack-community\/\">Slack community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Music Credit<\/h2>\n<p>The music (titled Aloft) clip at the start and end of the podcast is copyright by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmergingEdTech\">Kelly Walsh<\/a> and used with permission.<\/p>\n<h2>Podcast Logo Credit<\/h2>\n<p>The image of a microphone used in the logo for our podcast is courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLownoted\">Eric Harvey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Featured Image Credit<\/h2>\n<p>Photo is copyright of Chris Harris and Jen Duda (respectively) who shared the photo for this episode with Matthew over private Twitter direct message.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FLN-BIO-PIC-DUDA-HARRIS-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-150\" src=\"http:\/\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FLN-BIO-PIC-DUDA-HARRIS-1-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FLN-BIO-PIC-DUDA-HARRIS-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/podcasts.flippedlearning.org\/askthefln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FLN-BIO-PIC-DUDA-HARRIS-1.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Show Notes This week\u00a0Matthew Moore\u00a0joins Jen Duda and Chris Harris from the FlipTech East Coast 2018 conference. 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