EdTech Café

In the penultimate episode of our first season, we invite Shanna Polley — artist, musician, sound designer, music teacher, and an honorary member of Stanford EdTech, especially given that she’s the newly engaged fiancée of our very own William Bottini — to the café where we discuss her creative process, her auspicious start to songwriting at 13 years old, her artistic inspirations (both famous and non-famous), the fulfilling and ch...

In this episode, we welcome Bindu Madhava, formerly of AV Tech at Stanford Medicine and currently a senior digital media specialist at Stanford EdTech. We discuss his upbringing in Bangalore, India when 16mm and video cameras first arrived, the cinematographer who became his first mentor, the Bollywood and Hollywood films that have inspired him, and the "Hollywood Dream." We also talk about his reasons for emigrating to the United ...

In this episode, we invite George Mauro, formerly of AV Tech at Stanford Medicine, to the café where we discuss birds, Piggly Wiggly, his experience in theatre, including those with Jessica, and his decades-long career in video production from college to Stanford Medicine. We also talk about the circumstances that led to his semi-retirement, along with how he's adjusting to the new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In this episode, we welcome Stanford EdTech's first instructional designer, Deila Bumgardner, to the café where we discuss her journey from media production to instructional design, including a brief stint as a wine bartender, and her experience working as a contractor at Apple. We also talk about what makes good (or bad) instructional design, and how working in academia has allowed her to think outside the box in the pursuit of me...

In this episode, we invite Jon Jamieson, the Director of Media & Design at Stanford Graduate School of Business, to the café where we discuss his band's new EP, his upbringing with punk music in Santa Cruz, the transition from music to video in college, and his journey from journalism to higher education. We also talk about how his team at Stanford GSB is adapting to COVID-19, along with his new role in the Media & Design t...

In this episode, we welcome artist Kat Cao, who also happens to be the newest member of our Stanford EdTech team. We discuss how a childhood of cartoons & animes influenced her artistic style, the thrill of being a part of online art communities, her experience at a research-based art program, her journey to educational technology, and what has changed (or not changed) for her during the COVID pandemic.

Our Treat of the Day con...

In this episode, we invite actor, instructional designer, and voiceover artist Maria Marquis to the show. We discuss the August heat, Jeff Goldblum, the power of improv's "Yes, and..." thinking, being present in the moment, the pros & cons of perfectionism, the necessity of narratives, and how all this applies to acting & instructional design. We also talk about Maria's new vocal booth, how fur babies can conquer that space...

In our second episode, we welcome Stanford EdTech's resident cat-lady, Lauren Watley. We discuss updates on William's finger, pesky computers, cats & dogs (of course), Lauren's personal website that she coded herself, how Lauren is adjusting to the "new normal" of working from home, and her career path before arriving at educational technology.

Our Treat of the Day concerns Wikipedia, its vast information database, biases &...

In our first official episode, we invite guests Semay Johnston & Carlos Sanchez from Stanford Digital MEdIC. We discuss how they are adjusting to the “new normal” during shelter-in-place, how they arrived at Stanford to be a part of Digital MEdIC, and the projects that the group is currently working on.

Our Treat of the Day concerns the July 6 directive by the Trump administration that would have required international students...