Digical Education

More with Mitch Weathers: A continued conversation on Executive Function

This was a longer conversation with my friend Mitch Weathers of Organized Binder about his work and book and general thoughts on our professional work.

Careers, Kids, and the Future of Work: Conversation with Michelle Cho of Gladeo

"Democratizing access to dreams and opportunity" is a line from the Gladeo website that caught my attention as I have gotten to know Michelle and her company, which seeks to help people prepare for the modern workforce and the future of work.
Michelle is co-founder and CEO of Gladeo, the Grand Prize winner of the US Department of Education Future Finder Challenge. Check out this short video on their work.

Education Policy for the Students conversation with Shaka Mitchell

In this conversation with Shaka Mitchell we talk about Education Policy and connect it with his blog and the Massai greeting, "How are the children?" As we see new policies created to empower parents and allow schools to become more distinctive we focus the conversation on the students and their opportunities and outcomes.
Shaka Mitchell is Senior Fellow at the American Federation for Children and Political Science Professor at Belmont University.
 

Human Connection through Technology: Conversation with Daniel Liebeskind of Topia

Daniel Liebeskind is the founder and CEO of Topia, a platform-as-a-service technology for real time social interaction and spatial video chat inside customizable virtual worlds. From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, Daniel’s mission is to foster human connection through technology.
Check out his work with Topia!

Slaying Zombies for Engagement: Conversation with Will Percy

Will Percy is Executive Vice President at TeamOptix, and he shares in this conversation about how we need to rethink leadership and talent development in our profession and schools.

Fun with Math: Conversation with founders of FunExpected

I had the opportunity to speak with founders and friends, Alexandra Kazilo and Natalia Pereldik of FunExpected along with their Scientific Advisor, Leonid Rybnikov. FunExpected is a math-learning app for 3-6-year-olds that utilizes gameplay to build math understanding and confidence. Check it out!

Teaching Executive Functioning: Conversation with Mitch Weathers

I love these conversations with Mitch Weathers of Organized Binder and the author of Executive Functions for Every Classroom.

The Entrepreneurial Mindset for Student Engagement: Conversation with Stephen Carter

Stephen Carter is the Director of the CHCA Entrepreneurship and Sustainability program and the author of Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset.

Growth of Unconventional Schooling: Reflections with Thomas Arnett

My friend Thomas Arnett joined me again on the podcast to talk about his new research report FAMILIES ON THE NEW FRONTIER: MAPPING AND MEETING THE GROWING DEMAND FOR UNCONVENTIONAL SCHOOLING. And we talk about New Value Networks, policymaking in Education, and his emerging wonderings about AI in our profession too!

Educating for Wisdom: Conversation with Ben Welbourn

Ben Wellbourn is an education innovator who co-founded Verto Education and check out his new project, Minerva Baccalaureate.