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In this episode Mike and Glen discuss how we can best celebrate graduation safely, debate whether we should be calling educators "Rockstars", shout out our amazing moms and wives. Our guest this week is Adobe’s Head of Global Education Programs Tacy Trowbridge.
Guest: Tacy Trowbridge
Tacy and her team at Adobe Education have been absolutely crushing it the last few years. 10 years ago if you had to come up with a list of top K-8 or K-12 resources, nothing from Adobe would have come up. NOW? Adobe Spark tools are must have's and the Adobe Educator Exchange has over 800,000 members. We had a great chat with Tacy about Adobe, her team, and this roll they've been on.
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In this episode Mike and Glen dive into experts predictions of what next fall could look like, debate, whether we should be worried about giant hornets & aliens and our guest this week is author Eric Kalenze.
Guest: Eric Kalenze
There are a lot of lessons throughout this whole podcast episode that tie into each other but the overwhelming sense is that we're living through a time where you can't just take someone else's work, or ideas, or plans, and use them in your school or district and expect success. Eric's book "What The Academy Taught Us" is his story of what they did to help students who were on the verge of leaving school entirely, before it was too late. It may not be the solution for everyone, but we're convinced the ideas in the book will work for a lot of people.
**Note: We had some issues cleaning up Eric's audio quality, normally we can overcome the discrepancy between the quality of our audio and our guests, but keep in mind it is completely out of our control.**
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Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. As stories continue to highlight the stress placed on educators amid the shift to remote learning, it’s important we recognize the students facing similar emotions. Our partners at Empatico are working hard to provide caregivers at home with resources to help children break through the isolation we’re all experiencing. To learn more about Empatico, visit participate.com/oneducation.
GoGuardian!: GoGuardian helps thousands of K-12 school districts maximize the learning potential of over 8 million students. GoGuardian's products enable productive and safe digital learning by helping educators identify learning patterns, protect students from harmful and distracting content, and support mental health. To support schools during their distance learning transition, GoGuardian is offering free access to their entire product suite until the end of the school year. To learn more about GoGuardian and download free resources about distance learning, visit their Distance Learning Resource Center at goguardian.com/distance-learning
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#ChatOnEducationLIVE is streamed on twitch.tv/insideparticipate EVERY FRIDAY at 8pm ET. It's largely unscripted, and this audio feed is completely unedited. Uploaded to the OnEducation feed for your optional listening enjoyment.
Feedback? Talk to us on Twitter at twitter.com/OnEducationPod
In this episode Mike and Glen discuss whether educelebrities are doing more harm than good, talk about why we should suspend K12 testing now, and our guest this week is the Chief Product Officer at GoGuardian Tyler Shaddix.
Guest: GoGuardian's Tyler Shaddix
It goes without saying that the world is an entirely different place than it was just 8 weeks ago. We’re teaching, and our students are learning, in ways we’ve never done before - certainly not like this. On the podcast to talk about that with us this week was GoGuardian’s Chief Product Officer Tyler Shaddix.
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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.
GoGuardian!: GoGuardian helps thousands of K-12 school districts maximize the learning potential of over 8 million students. GoGuardian's products enable productive and safe digital learning by helping educators identify learning patterns, protect students from harmful and distracting content, and support mental health. To support schools during their distance learning transition, GoGuardian is offering free access to their entire product suite until the end of the school year. To learn more about GoGuardian and download free resources about distance learning, visit their Distance Learning Resource Center at goguardian.com/distance-learning
In this episode Mike and Glen discuss what our classrooms could like like next fall, how video games are being used in Virtual Learning and our guest this week is technology consultant and author Rob Dunlop.
Guest: Rob Dunlop
Rob is a very engaging and captivating speaker. If you ever have the chance to see him deliver a workshop - DO IT. His new book, Strive for Happiness in Education is a guide on staying healthy and happy as an educator. This is something we should all probably try to do during this tough time.
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Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. If you are a parent, recent weeks have proven to be extremely difficult. From juggling remote work to walking the dog to making sure food is on the table, the last thing you need to worry about is online safety and encouraging positive social media use for your kids. The ICANHELP community on Participate has a free course for parents on encouraging positivity with increased social media use during this time. Visit participate.com/oneducation to start connecting and learning together for free.
GoGuardian!: GoGuardian helps thousands of K-12 school district's maximize the learning potential of every student by providing solutions that help enable productive and safe digital learning. GoGuardian’s products help educators identify learning patterns, protect students from harmful and distracting content, and support mental health. To support schools during their remote learning transition, GoGuardian is offering free access to their entire product suite until the end of the school year. To learn more about GoGuardian and download free resources about remote learning, visit goguardian.com
In this episode Mike and Glen discuss the state on remote teaching and learning, debate, whether we should be posting our old HS graduation pics on social media and our guest this week, is educator, author and speaker Mandy Froehlich.
Guest: Mandy Froehlich
Mandy is one of our favorite people, so when we asked her at the last minute to come on the podcast, we were so happy she said yes. We could talk for hours with Mandy because she has many awesome thoughts on teacher wellness and social and emotional learning among so many other things. This was an awesome chat!
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Participate: The NEW Presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. Podcasting, at its core, is about telling stories. At OnEducation, we’ve been sharing the stories of students, and educators, for two years now. That’s why we’re so thrilled to have Participate as our new presenting sponsor. They’re storytellers too. In this time we’ll work with our friends at Participate to highlight many of the amazing communities there - in the hopes you’ll seek them out, and join the conversation. To learn more about Participate, visit participate.com
GoGuardian!: GoGuardian helps thousands of K-12 school district's maximize the learning potential of every student by providing solutions that help enable productive and safe digital learning. GoGuardian’s products help educators identify learning patterns, protect students from harmful and distracting content, and support mental health. To support schools during their remote learning transition, GoGuardian is offering free access to their entire product suite until the end of the school year. To learn more about GoGuardian and download free resources about remote learning, visit goguardian.com
In this episode it’s an OnEducation Team roundtable! We are going to reflect on lessons learned during distance learning, share tips on avoiding burnout when working from home and we will discuss why some students are staying logged out during online learning.
Guest: The OnEducation Team
We asked Melissa and Dave to join us on the pod this week. We caught up. Checked in on how we're all doing. We had some great chats about equity, and devices, and issues with technology and learning. All four of us are coming from different perspectives, so it was great to have all those voices.
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Today's podcast is brought to you by:
GoGuardian! GoGuardian helps thousands of K-12 school district's maximize the learning potential of every student by providing solutions that help enable productive and safe digital learning. GoGuardian’s products help educators identify learning patterns, protect students from harmful and distracting content, and support mental health. To support schools during their remote learning transition, GoGuardian is offering free access to their entire product suite until the end of the school year. To learn more about GoGuardian and download free resources about remote learning, visit goguardian.com
In this episode Mike and Glen talk about how distance learning is going worldwide. We will debate who should win the EdTech March Madness tournament and we will discuss whether teachers and students prefer face to face or e-learning? Our guest this week is the president and founder of the StartEdUp Foundation Don Wettrick
Guest: Don Wettrick
Don is one our favourite people. He's passionate about what he does, and he just does it so well. Its no wonder that Mike always says he'll listen to Don talk about whatever Don wants to talk about for as long as Don wants to talk. Every time we're talking to Don, whether its in in a bar, passing in the concourse at a conference, or on the podcast, we learn something from him. His foundation, StartEdUp is one of a kind and doing amazing work.
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In this episode Mike and Glen talk about how we’re getting along in the strange world we’re living in. Our guest this week is our good friend Andy Leiser.
Guest: Andy Leiser
Andy is one of our great friends so this interview was a pure joy to be a part of. He's smart, passionate, and as you will hear, he's also a hell of a storyteller.
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