"Other Ink Thursday - Adam Watson." Wet Ink Games vodcast, 3/13/25.
"Teachers Create Vibrant Learning Experiences with tabletop role-playing games." Kentucky Teacher, 2/14/25.
"S4E204: Interview with Adam Watson of KyEdRPG." Teachers in the Dungeon, podcast, 1/28/25, 40 minutes. (Link in title to Apple Podcasts, link here to Spotify.)
"CAR-PGa Virtual Session: Adam Watson." The Committee for the Advancement of Role-Playing Games (CAR-PGa) Vodcast, 1/25/25, 61 minutes.
Elevating Competency-Based Learning in a PLC at Work® by Karin Hess, Brian Stack, and Jonathan Vander Els, Solution Tree, September 2024. Adam is quoted on page 1 (Introduction) and page 11 (Chapter 1).
"The Game Master Librarian" two part webinar series, led by Adam. Part One was May 8, 2024 with the Indiana State Library. Part Two was May 31, 2024, with the American Library Association/GameRT.
"Season 2 Episode 12: Adam Watson "The Impact of Game-Based Learning." Growth Over Grades podcast, 2/29/24 (41 minutes).
"'Ins' and 'Outs' of CBE in 2024." Aurora Institute's CompetencyWorks blog, 2/15/24. (Adam's blog entry "The Refurbishing of Artificial Intelligence" is hyperlinked in its "IN: Navigating Generative AI" section.)
"Season 2 Episode 2 Adam Watson - Gamification of Education." Education Perspectives podcast, 1/25/24 (43 minutes).
"Bonus Action: Catching Up with Adam Watson." Teachers in the Dungeon, podcast, 11/28/23 (56 minutes).
"Random Encounter: Adam Watson of Kentucky Educators for Role Playing Games," Teachers in the Dungeon, podcast, 5/16/23 (42 minutes).
"Learning by Role-Playing: How Tabletop RPGs are Changing Education," filmed interview as part of a feature story for Kentucky Edition, KET, 3/31/23.
"The power of role-playing games for deeper learning experiences," Kentucky Teacher, 1/13/23.
"Shelby County's Local Laboratory of Learning focuses on making schools the hub of the community," Kentucky Teacher, 12/7/21
"Crosswalking Edtech with Competency-Based Design Principles," Aurora Institute's CompetencyWorks blog, 7/14/21
"Featuring Adam Watson," Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks podcast, 8/4/20
"Shelby Speaks" SCPS vodcast series:
"Shelby Speaks: Looking Forward" (2020): Adam co-created the series and was the interviewer/host for several episodes.
"Looking Forward" was featured in a WDRB-TV story: "Teachers share how online learning lessons will transform their classrooms," 4/23/20. (Adam is briefly highlighted.)
"Shelby Speaks: The Concurrency of Our Classrooms" (2021): Adam was the creator and producer of the series and introduced each episode.
These vodcasts were acclaimed in the Next Generation Learning Challenge's report "Why Were They So Prepared?" published in March 2022; Shelby County was the only Kentucky school district mentioned by name in the report.
In an interview with Forbes magazine, NGLC's Andy Calkins discussed Shelby's vodcasts in detail as an example from the report ("Some K-12 Systems Thrived During COVID-19. What Made Them So Prepared?", 7/28/22).
"Star Wars Mega Pod Strikes Back (Episode 48)," Partial Credit Podcast, 2/17/20
The Digital Citizenship Handbook for School Leaders by Mike Ribble and Marty Park, ISTE Books, July 2019. Adam's digital citizenship work in SCPS is highlighted in a "District Spotlight" section on page 133.
"Edtech Stories: Kentucky to China with Edtech" (interview of Adam Watson), Peergrade, 6/30/17
KSBA's Kentucky School Advocate, May 2017:
"The Force Awakens with Jedi Adam Watson: Star Wars in the Classroom," TheatreCast podcast #79, November 2015
"Much to Learn You Still Have," Star Wars Insider #156, April 2015
Quirk Books, "William Shakespeare's Star Wars Unit," 2014
Star Wars In the Classroom, "Rogue 1 Bio," 2014
"Oldham County Schools embrace smartphones in the classroom," WDRB-TV, 8/29/13 (text and video)
"Literature podcasts 'really getting their voices out there'" (cover story on Adam Watson's student literature circle podcasting project), Kentucky Teacher, April 2009
"Bringing School Learning Home," NCTE's Inbox, 2/3/09
"Digital Discussions: S. Oldham High uses podcasts for literacy chats," The Courier-Journal, 1/21/09
"EXCELLENCE Begins in the Classroom," The Pioneer News, March 2006.
"Born to Teach," OVEC NEWSBYTES, January 2006 (volume 1, issue 2).