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In This Episode of OnEducation Presents: Eric Sheninger is an Associate Partner with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE). Prior to this, he was the award-winning Principal at New Milford High School. Under his leadership, his school became a globally recognized model for innovative practices. His work focuses on leading and learning in the digital age as a model for moving schools and districts forward. This has led to the formation of the Pillars of Digital Leadership, a framework for all educators to initiate sustainable change to transform school cultures.
Our Guest: Eric Sheninger
Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today. We will talk about the awesome benefits of eSports and we have two interviews this episode - the authors of the eSports Education Playbook and educator and speaker Dr. Peter Gorman.
Guest: Authors of the Esports Education Playbook
Our guest this week is Tom Murray. Tom is the Director of Innovation for Future Ready and will be delivering one of the keynote talks at FETC 2021.
Guest: Peter Gorman
Dr. Peter Gorman has more than 30 years of experience in education and business, including serving as Superintendent for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. He’s an author and speaker and the Superintendent in Residence for District Administration® Leadership Institute.
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Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. Lately, teachers from all over have been working together to find new approaches to provide quality, remote education. Participate’s sister company, Participate Learning, presents: United We Teach--a global gathering place for educators to share distance-learning resources and relatable discussions as we navigate these strange times. For these resources and more, including weekly live chats, visit participate.com/oneducation.
In this episode Mike and Glen discuss the best practices for remote teaching, why concurrent teaching is not sustainable, our thoughts on the ISTE virtual conference and our guest this week is Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools Tom Murray.
Guest: Tom Murray
Our guest this week is Tom Murray. Tom is the Director of Innovation for Future Ready and will be delivering one of the keynote talks at FETC 2021.
Notes:
Today's podcast is brought to you by:
Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. Lately, teachers from all over have been working together to find new approaches to provide quality, remote education. Participate’s sister company, Participate Learning, presents: United We Teach--a global gathering place for educators to share distance-learning resources and relatable discussions as we navigate these strange times. For these resources and more, including weekly live chats, visit participate.com/oneducation.
In this episode Mike and Glen discuss why accountability and compliance shouldn’t be our focus as educators and our guest this week is innovation consultant Brianna Hodges.
Guest: Brianna Hodges
Our guest this week is Brianna Hodges. Brianna is a Future Ready Instructional Coach, education and innovation consultant and one of the many keynote speakers at the upcoming FETC virtual conference January 26th - 29th. This is her second time on the podcast and we couldn’t be happier to welcome Brianna back to the pod
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A HUGE THANKS THIS WEEK TO STEPHEN HURLEY WHO HELPED US RESOLVE SOME MAJOR TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THIS EPISODE.
Today's podcast is brought to you by:
Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. Lately, teachers from all over have been working together to find new approaches to provide quality, remote education. Participate’s sister company, Participate Learning, presents: United We Teach--a global gathering place for educators to share distance-learning resources and relatable discussions as we navigate these strange times. For these resources and more, including weekly live chats, visit participate.com/oneducation.
In this episode Mike and Glen debate whether our students should be using keyboards, what one to one device is the best and our guest this week is author Alex Pate.
Guest: Alexs Pate
Our guest this week is a New York Times bestseller author. and the President and CEO of Innocent Technologies. He is the creator of the Innocent Classroom, a program for K–12 educators that aims to transform U.S. public education and end disparities by closing the relationship gap between educators and students of color. Prior to this, he was a professor and teacher at Macalester College, the University of Minnesota, Naropa University, and the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast Creative Writing Program. We’re excited to have on the podcast Alexs Pate!
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Today's podcast is brought to you by:
Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. Lately, teachers from all over have been working together to find new approaches to provide quality, remote education. Participate’s sister company, Participate Learning, presents: United We Teach--a global gathering place for educators to share distance-learning resources and relatable discussions as we navigate these strange times. For these resources and more, including weekly live chats, visit participate.com/oneducation.
In this episode Mike and Glen talk about all the new toys that have come out or been announced recently - which ones we’re buying, and which ones we’re taking a pass on. Everyone’s tired, we’ll talk about how sustainable our work this school year is. Our guest this week is educator, CEO of Edumatch and friend of the podcast Sarah Thomas.
Guest: Sarah Thomas
Our guest this week is the CEO of EduMatch and EduMatch Publishing. She’s a prolific speaker and Regional Tech Coordinator in the DC area. We’re so excited to have back on the podcast Sarah Thomas!
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Today's podcast is brought to you by:
Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. As long-time proponents of social learning and cross-cultural community-building, Participate invites you to explore virtual exchange and student leadership as Qatar Foundation International works to build meaningful connections to the Arab World. To become a member of QFI’s robust community of educators, visit participate.com/oneducation.
In this episode Mike and Glen give you our takeaways from the 2020 election results, discuss whether jeans should be allowed at work, how gaming has helped many through the pandemic and our guest this week is the amazing Audrey Watters.
Guest: Audrey Watters
Audrey Watters is a freelance writer who has appeared in The Atlantic, VICE, The Huffington Post and Edutopia among many others. She is the author of five books with another on the way, and best know as the author of the Hack Education blog. She has an opinion on almost everything, and is rarely wrong - which is why we love her.
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Today's podcast is brought to you by:
Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. As long-time proponents of social learning and cross-cultural community-building, Participate invites you to explore virtual exchange and student leadership as Qatar Foundation International works to build meaningful connections to the Arab World. To become a member of QFI’s robust community of educators, visit participate.com/oneducation.
In This Episode of OnEducation Presents: Victoria Thompson is a STEM Integration Transformation Coach, and Author, blogger and speaker on STEM. Her work focuses on K-12 mathematics instruction with research on decolonizing mathematics curriculum for teachers and learners, creating inclusive STEM environments, and using technology to bridge equity gaps in STEM education.
Our Guest: Victoria Thompson
In this episode Mike and Glen discuss how changing grading systems can combat racism, whether we should be giving zeros during distance learning, why we should not be going to school 5 days a week any longer and our guest this week is the President of Games for Change Susanna Pollack
Guest: Susanna Pollack
Susanna Pollack is the President of Games for Change, an organization with a mission to empower game creators and social innovators to drive real-world change using games that help people to learn, improve their communities, and contribute to make the world a better place. They also organize the Games for Change conference held every summer.
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Today's podcast is brought to you by:
Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. As long-time proponents of social learning and cross-cultural community-building, Participate invites you to explore virtual exchange and student leadership as Qatar Foundation International works to build meaningful connections to the Arab World. To become a member of QFI’s robust community of educators, visit participate.com/oneducation.
In this episode Mike and Glen debate the implications of President Trump’s "Patriotic Education", discuss why the presidential candidates are not talking more about education, and our guests this week are educator and author Kyle Anderson and global education consultant Jennifer Geist.
Guest: Kyle Anderson
Nevada educator Kyle Anderson is veteran educator and the co-host of the Beer EDU podcast and the podcast by Sons of Technology. Now, add author to the list of Kyle’s accomplishments with the release of To The Edge: Successes and Failures through risk-taking.
Guest: Jennifer Geist
Jennifer Geist is a Global Education consultant and curriculum developer. She collaborates with teachers, schools and foundations to help them engage students in our times’ critical issues. Among her many partnerships is working with Qatar Foundation International.
Notes:
Today's podcast is brought to you by:
Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. As long-time proponents of social learning and cross-cultural community-building, Participate invites you to explore virtual exchange and student leadership as Qatar Foundation International works to build meaningful connections to the Arab World. To become a member of QFI’s robust community of educators, visit participate.com/oneducation.
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