I do apologize for my voice during this podcast. I had a bit of a head cold as of late. I hope to be back to normal soon. In order to go global in your classroom and develop a real world audience, you have to first understand WHY you need to go global and bring in a real world audience. I believe there are four key reasons WHY you need to connect with the world and bring down your classroom walls before you learn HOW to accomplish this goal. 1. Power of One 2. Idea Generated Jobs 3. Real World Skills 4. It is our reality This podcast will address why these four reasons are so important for understanding why we need to expand our classroom boundaries to a global perspective. I will be creating a future podcast about HOW to do this and share my experience and journey from starting very small to where I am today. There is not enough time in one podcast to do both. Listener Questions Brett Murrey @Sciology asked two great questions How do you increase your audience to reach more people in a global classroom? How can I develop myself as an educator to bring exposure to my teaching practices for real world or global classrooms? Announcements Still looking for suggestions for a 10-15 second theme song. If you are interested in connecting for a podcast let me know. I am always open to ideas so if there is something I share online via the #coffeechugPLN, this blog or elsewhere that you want to know more about please let me know. Episode Resources In this episode I mentioned several resources, including: Book: The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas Friedman Book: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin Book: Purple Cow by Seth Godin Podcast: Episode #1: Passion Driven Classrooom Software: Audacity Choose2Matter Project Blog posts on Choose2Matter - Passion, or Email Discussion, Teacher Reflection #1, Teacher Reflection #2 Subscription Links http://coffeechug.podomatic.com/ iTunes Channel Your Feedback If you have an idea for a podcast you would like to see or a question about an upcoming episode, please email me at aarmau (@) gmail (dot) com or you can leave a comment. Also, if you enjoyed the show, please rate it on the iTunes Channel and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out! Thanks. Question: "What is the right kind of education to prepare our students for the future?" Please leave a comment with your answer! I look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas on what I shared. Thanks for listening.

This is not a pristine podcast, but it is real and raw. I don't have a theme song(anyone want to make one?) and the tools I have are quite simple: Audacity and my Mac mic. But the message I deliver is a strong one. A message about Passion Driven Classroom and this is one that has fueled my fire for several months now. I will be speaking on this topic at the WCGTC(World Council for the Gifted and Talented Conference) in August. I have been doing extensive research and also working on some key ideas. As I continue to work the outline of my speech I wanted to do a practice run speaking on passion as well as get started with my new Coffeechug Cafe Podcast series that I have been wanting to create. I figured I could kill two birds with one stone. I would greatly appreciate it if you would give my podcast a listen and give me feedback. I want to enhance this podcast as I go along. I also want feedback on the content. As I work through my presentation and you listen to this podcast I would love to know: 1. Did my passion come through? 2. Did you find the message and content helpful? 3. How was my delivery? 4. What else does the message need? I am still looking for more quality content and real life examples of passion based classrooms. My goal is to get teachers reflecting about their passions for being a teacher and ensuring they share that in the classroom. When that happens learning can be amazing. Thank you for listening and giving me any feedback that you think will make me better as a speaker, podcaster, and as well as the message. Here are the links mentioned in the show http://coffeeforthebrain.blogspot.com/2013/07/passion-starts-with-eyes-dont-lose-your.html - It starts with the eyes http://theglobalgeniushourproject.wikispaces.com/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/12/malala-day-at-un_n_3586266.html?utm_hp_ref=impact @coffeechugbooks Please leave comments at www.coffeeforthebrain.blogspot.com

Students want and have a real audience for their voices to be heard 2. Trivia Question

Good things in good people Good things happen when you are bored Jealous of not being a kid in this multimedia age

Coffee For The Brain/Flickr Photo Challenge 2. Dark Eden Book Promotion Materials 3. Positive Thinking

Coffee For The Brain/Flickr Photo Challenges 2. Dark Eden Book Promotion Materials 3. Positive Thinking

This is my first attempt at something new for the blog. This is a quick little audio I recorded on my iPhone using the Voice Memo. This is quick, rough, missing intro music and such, but maybe something I will continue to work if interest ensues. This episode discusses my thoughts on an Oprah episode I watched today(as non nerdy as that sounds)