In our second podcast episode, Sandra Krüger and Nadine Dittert from the DiOLL project share their experiences of working with the Calliope mini microcontroller. They give an insight into their previous work with primary school pupils and secondary school pupils, and also discuss working with the microcontrollers from a scientific perspective. You can hear here what opportunities, challenges and tips the scientists have identified when working with the Calliope mini!

In the current podcast episode, we deal with questions about data protection in the school context. Ira Diethelm and Karen Vogelpohl from DiOLL talk to Barbara Thiel, State Commissioner for Data Protection in Lower Saxony, and Stefan Mörschel, Data Protection Officer at schools, universities and local authorities.

The data protection professionals will answer specific questions about data protection in schools and provide recommendations for practical day-to-day school life, for example in dealing with declarations of consent, the recording and publication of images and sound from lessons or data protection risks for teachers.

The current podcast episode is about everyday tips on technical data protection for teachers. Ira Diethelm talks to Peter Leppelt, an expert in data security and technical data protection. In a relaxed conversation, Peter Leppelt gives tips on what you can and should set on your own devices to increase the security of your data on your private devices and that of your pupils on your work devices.

Topics include phising, emails, encryption, browsers, ad blockers, tracking, the Tor browser and the darknet.

In our fifth episode, Alina Großmann from the DiOLL project talks to Heidi Hallier-Haselmann about the use of Instagram as a textbook. Heidi explains how she uses Instagram in her subjects as a teacher, what advantages the medium offers for teaching and what skills it can promote on the part of the learners. She also gives practical tips on how social media can be used profitably in the classroom and what needs to be considered when doing so. Take a listen and get some inspiration for your lessons!

Music in the intro and credits: Microship by CavalloPazzo is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.

In the sixth podcast episode, Nadine Dittert talks to media educator Anja Roß about podcast production in the classroom. In a relaxed conversation, they talk about what is special about podcasts, why they have becomean integral part of young people's lives and how the production of podcasts can be meaningfully integrated into lessons. The discussion will also cover media skills, free audio editing programmes and downloading royalty-free music. The question is also whether podcasts can also be produced in PE lessons and if so, how? Listen for yourself and be inspired!

In the seventh episode of the podcast, Timo Feierabend talks to his physics and maths colleague Mario Reimer about 3D printing in schools. After a brief technical introduction, the two talk about the many possible applications in lessons and extracurricular projects. Mario explains how he came to 3D printing and how intensively he now works with the 3D printer. Of course, the two also talk about limitations and problems. Finally, Mario presents his favourite projects. If you are curious about 3D printing, then listen in!

In the eighth episode, Kirsten Gronau and Karen Vogelpohl from the DiOLL project talk to Tim Krieger and Jannik Streek from kits.blog (Kompetent in Technik und Sprache) about open educational resources (OER) and open source in schools. Kits.blog is funded by the Lower Saxony State Institute for School Quality Development (NLQ for short) and follows an OER and open source strategy in the development of its applications. In this episode, you can find out exactly what this looks like and what advantages and disadvantages OER and open source have for teachers.