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Radio EPLT – Episode 9 – Pets! Pets! Pets!

Apr 8th, 2011 by Dave Roy

Radio EPLT Episode 9 is now live!

In this episode, we have a good overview of some of the benefits and precautions about having classroom pets. The right pet can add just the right touch to a classroom, and we’ll show you how.

In addition to that, we interview Jeff Miller, who has been instrumental in maintaining the quality of many courses in the MET program. We talk mainly about two of the courses, ETEC 510 (Design of Technology-Supported Learning Environments) and ETEC 540 (Text Technologies: The Changing Spaces of Reading and Writing). We talk about what each course entails, how they work, and the incorporation of social media not just in these two courses, but many other MET courses as well.

We’d love your feedback on anything brought up on the episode, or just the podcast in general. Who knows? Maybe it will even get read on the air. Email us at podcast.eplt@ubc.ca

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Just a note that the views expressed in the podcast are those of the hosts, and not necessarily the views of either EPLT or the Faculty of Education at UBC.

More details, including the link to the episode itself and the times for each segment, after the jump.

Radio EPLT – Episode 9 (60:45)

Just play it in the handy web player below.

Segments:

1) Intro

2) Interview – Jeff Miller (04:05)

3) Pets in the Classroom (37:40)

Kids4Research - Caring for Classroom Pets

Kinderart - Pets in the Classroom

University of Saskatchewan – The Care of Live Animals in the Classroom

Pets in the Classroom.org – Classroom Pet Grant

Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association – Considerations as Teacher and “Owner” of Classroom Pets