Catholic Teachers' Lounge Podcast
Sep 15, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
What happens when ISTE, Google, and NCEA team up to train educators? A whole lot of innovation! Join Jill, Colleen, and special guest Dr. Karl Ochsner for an overview of an amazing nationwide…
Karl OchsnerGuestColleenHostJillHostSo we-- As you all know, if you, if you've listened to the podcast before, you know that, uh, we talk about a lot of other people's great ideas, but we don't always have them join us.
But this opportunity, because the other day, a couple weeks ago when we were talking about the, the Gemini notebook-
Yes
... like, my brain was, you know, in, in that space, and then I go onto LinkedIn and I see my old friend, Dr. Carl Oxner, had posted something about this robust training that he had done.
I'm gonna have him, you know, kind of brief that.
So imagine-
That's awesome
... all of that.
Yes.
That's huge, right? So he posts about that, and I was like, "What a great idea." He knows way more about this stuff than I do.
So, uh, so again, like, going back a little bit, Dr. Oxner and I worked together in the Diocese of Phoenix, and then he moved to Chicago, which is, you know, of course my, my hometown.
And he ends up working at a school where now one of my good friends is a principal, and, and I know the, the previous principal at the...
We are all connected-
[chuckles]
... by less than six dots, for sure.
But super excited, because I know that Carl is a, he's a STEM specialist, he's a science teacher extraordinaire, and always, always on the forefront and always on the cutting edge of, of all the good things.
So, so glad to have you with us today, Carl.
Yeah, it's really good to see you, too.
So we-- As you all know, if you, if you've listened to the podcast before, you know that, uh, we talk about a lot of other people's great ideas, but we don't always have them join us.
But this opportunity, because the other day, a couple weeks ago when we were talking about the, the Gemini notebook-
Yes
... like, my brain was, you know, in, in that space, and then I go onto LinkedIn and I see my old friend, Dr. Carl Oxner, had posted something about this robust training that he had done.
I'm gonna have him, you know, kind of brief that.
So imagine-
That's awesome
... all of that.
Yes.
That's huge, right? So he posts about that, and I was like, "What a great idea." He knows way more about this stuff than I do.
So, uh, so again, like, going back a little bit, Dr. Oxner and I worked together in the Diocese of Phoenix, and then he moved to Chicago, which is, you know, of course my, my hometown.
And he ends up working at a school where now one of my good friends is a principal, and, and I know the, the previous principal at the...
We are all connected-
[chuckles]
... by less than six dots, for sure.
But super excited, because I know that Carl is a, he's a STEM specialist, he's a science teacher extraordinaire, and always, always on the forefront and always on the cutting edge of, of all the good things.
So, so glad to have you with us today, Carl.
Yeah, it's really good to see you, too.
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