Undrcaff3inatED Podcast: Episode 2.02

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How Do You Make A Podcast?

Really, how did we make a podcast, because the way you get started may look different.  However, we wanted to share our story so that if this is something you're interested in, you have our road map and take from it what works for you.

Our Concept
We started by figuring out our concept and content.  It was important to us that our podcast was short because we were all 3 coming at this from the perspective that we were busy and didn't have the time to listen to hour-plus long podcasts and we're banking that our audience doesn't have that time either.

Our Name
Going back to our concept of being very busy, we started looking at other things we had in common that our audience might feel the same way.  We also wanted to make sure that it fits Twitter's naming and sizing conventions.  When we finally landed on the fact that caffeine, not coffee, but caffeine was a driving force for all 3 of us, as well as a number of other educators, we worked on a website that helped us to become creative for Twitter.  Thus undrcaff3inatED was born.

Our Branding
Joelle is the mastermind behind our branding logo.  She attended a session on building your brand by Intelligent Hoodlums at CUENV.  She worked using a website called Tailor Brands.

And then we just had our ideas, our conversations, and we hit record within Anchor.  And that, is they say is that.  From that point on, we get together on a weekly basis to catch up and record any idea, question, or topic education related. 

Podcasting in Your Class

If you are interested in starting a podcast in your class for your students and you have any questions on how to get started, feel free to reach out to use at @undrcaff3inated, @joellemassari, @ebgtech, or @msgriffscorner on Twitter.

We wanted to share a couple of ideas on how your students could podcast.
1. Students can report weekly learning targets and activities
2. Students can share book reviews
3. Students can record lab reports
AND something for teachers and admin
4. Have you ever thought of recording your newsletters?!

Undrcaff3inatED Podcast: Episode 2.01

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ISTE 2017

In the Fall of 2016, a small group of teachers and our administrator sat down to discuss the idea of going to ISTE 2017.  One of the principal's goals was to have educators from our school present at ISTE.  I (Erin) had presented at ISTE during the summer of 2016, so I shared some of the experiences I had had submitting proposals and attending the conference in previous years.  In the end, we had 3 out of 4 proposals accepted and 5 of us attended ISTE 2017 in San Antonio, TX.  That time spent collaborating, traveling, exploring, and learning together created a bond, both professionally and personally.  

CUENV 2018

ISTE 2017 was the start of our collaborative alliance for presentations.  We presented a couple of webinars for NCEA.  We submitted proposals for CUENV 2018 and SNELS 2018.  The CUENV conference was another turning point for our trio.  We were in our session on climate and culture, and who else was there, but Dr. Randall Sampson.  At the end of our session, one of his comments was particularly uplifting.  He said that our trio, despite each being at a different location, scattered all across the Las Vegas valley, had something special and that we should continue our "work".  

It was that comment that became the catalyst for our desire to continue to work together and continue to provide professional development.  It was that comment that caused Joelle to reach out to me and Ashley and state, "Let's do a podcast!"  To which we of course unanimously responded, "YES!"

Now what?!