Dr. Oliver (Ollie) Dreon is a professor in the School of Education and Human Services at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. At Millersville, Ollie teaches a wide variety of education and instructional technology courses both in face-to-face and online formats. Ollie is the co-author of the books Authentic Instruction with Technology: A Student-Centered Approach and The Power of Blended Learning in the Sciences and is the co-editor of the book, Teacher Education for Ethical Professional Practices in the 21st Century. Ollie has also published in various journals, including the Middle Level Journal, TechTrends, Teachers and Teaching, Science Education, Online Classroom, Distance Education , Academic Leader and Teacher Education & Practice. Ollie has spent almost thirty years teaching in various educational environments and provides regular professional development and consultation on online and blended learning. His work examines how technology can be used to support student development through physical, online, and hybrid learning spaces. Prior to coming to Millersville, Ollie taught middle school and high school science in the Pittsburgh and Harrisburg areas.
Ollie Dreon has hosted 219 Episodes.
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Episode 218: Sad Batman
November 6th, 2024 | Season 5 | 46 mins 38 secs
This week we talk about how to answer the question "when does the teacher intervene when a kid's idea is wrong?"
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Episode 217: Assessing the Assessments
October 30th, 2024 | Season 5 | 43 mins 16 secs
In this episode, we discuss the released sample questions for the PA Keystone exam in Biology.
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Episode 216: Gaps and Naps
October 23rd, 2024 | Season 5 | 42 mins 12 secs
In this episode, we revisit gapless explanations.
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Episode 215: CoPilot Failure
October 16th, 2024 | Season 5 | 40 mins 32 secs
This week we talk about failure in science and how we need to think about it in terms of teaching.
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Episode 214: A Phenomenal Episode!
October 9th, 2024 | Season 5 | 48 mins 4 secs
In this episode, we revisit the topic of phenomena and their selection and use in science classes.
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Episode 213: Answering Question #3
October 2nd, 2024 | Season 5 | 48 mins 29 secs
This week we talk about book clubs for professional learning and how to structure them.
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Episode 212: Playing Whack A Mole
September 25th, 2024 | Season 5 | 46 mins 39 secs
In this episode, we discuss the complicated nature of learning space, learning theory, and pedagogy.
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Episode 211: Practice with Morning Ollie
September 18th, 2024 | Season 5 | 38 mins 23 secs
This week we talk about why hands-on and lab activities are not the same as phenomenon-driven science practices.
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Episode 210: Our Nerd Era
September 11th, 2024 | Season 5 | 46 mins 54 secs
This week we talk about AI and what teachers should know about it.
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Episode 209: Celebrating Partnerships
September 4th, 2024 | Season 5 | 41 mins 42 secs
In this episode, we discuss the value of partnerships between higher education institutions and schools.
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Episode 208: Joys to the World, Vol. 4
August 28th, 2024 | Season 4 | 52 mins 5 secs
This is the end of season 4, so it is an all joys episode, so enjoy (see what we did there).
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Episode 207: Devil in the Details
August 21st, 2024 | Season 4 | 48 mins 1 sec
In this episode, we discuss conducting observations of phenomenon-based science classrooms.
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Episode 206: Craft of Carving
August 14th, 2024 | Season 4 | 49 mins 35 secs
This week we talk about teaching as a science, engineering, design, craft, or art practice.
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Episode 205: Project 2025 Explained
August 7th, 2024 | Season 4 | 41 mins 45 secs
In this episode, we outline the educational aspects of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 document.
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Episode 204: The Lark Owl Connection
July 31st, 2024 | Season 4 | 33 mins 55 secs
This week we talk about teaching climate and climate changes in the context of a new book from Mark Widschitl (lead author of the Ambitious Science Teaching book).
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Episode 203: Induction Junction, What's Your Function?
July 24th, 2024 | Season 4 | 41 mins 50 secs
In this episode, we discuss mentoring and induction of new science teachers.