Digical Education

Empowering Athletes & the SportsRecruits Story: Conversation w/ co-founder Matt Wheeler

SportsRecruits (www.sportsrecruits.com) is a platform I use in my daily work as the athletic recruiting advisor at Valley Christian High School, and I have found their mission of empowering student-athletes through their innovative platform encouraging and intriguing. I think you will enjoy this conversation.

What's Next: Tear up the Playbook & Start w/ the Pastoral Role w/ Rob Loe

I always enjoy conversations with Rob Loe who is in the midst of a transition from England to Australia. He really encourages leaders to tear up the traditional playbook and start rebuilding around the pastoral role that schools play in the lives of students, families, and communities.

What's Next: Framework for Learning & Student Autonomy conversation w/ Shannon Buerk and Chris Everett

The leaders of Engage2Learn (www.engage2learn.org) are some of my favorite leaders in education to learn from and follow on Twitter. In the next of the conversation on What's Next, I think you'll hear themes around engagement, empowerment, and professional learning, but I was most struck by the ideas around building Frameworks for Learning and how partner schools are seeing great success with students as they have autonomy of their own learning

What's Next: Humble Leadership w/ Emily Norman

We often see research on humble leadership, but it is sometimes difficult to see lived out. At this time we are seeing it all around us, and Emily Norman points this out as the way forward for when things return to "normal."
Emily Norman is Head of Networks for the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership.

"What's Next: Control what you can Control" advice for student-athletes from Matt Wheeler

Over the course of the next few weeks I'm asking friends "What's Next?" in regards to their work and what they see coming after the corona virus shutdown.
In today's conversation, Matt Wheeler, co-founder of SportsRecruits, encourages student-athletes to "Control what they can control."

What's Next: 5 Years of Change in 5 Days w/ Daniel Pampuch

In this conversation on "What's Next" I talk with Daniel Pampuch who is Executive Director of Christian Schools Australia. I have consistently found that Daniel and the Australians have been ahead of the curve of change as I've gotten to know him and Australian schools.
I think you'll enjoy his thoughts as you focus on creating student-centered environments and starting with your value proposition.

What's Next: Engagement, Feedback, & Relationships w/ Jon Eckert

In the course of the coming weeks I'm sharing short 5-10 minute conversations with friends about "What's Next?" as we prepare for what happens after this period of quarantine and emergency remote learning.
Jon Eckert is a friend that I've been having education conversations with for 18 years, and he is a professor of Education at Baylor University and author of Leading Together and Novice Advantage.

What's Next: Double Down on Learning w/ Mitch Salerno

I've been having a number of conversations and reading many articles about the future of Education and schooling in this time of "emergency remote learning" and shelter in place. Therefore, I thought I would ask my friends in innovation a single question, What's Next, to get their reflections and spur our thinking as we look ahead. So look for a short podcast coming on Tuesdays and Thursdays for April and May.
In this 8-minute conversation with Mitch Salerno of Monte Vista Christian School he shares his initial thoughts about how Nothing and Everything will change, but upon further reflection he is going to double down on "What does it mean to be a learner?".

Lyfta and Leaning into Surprises: Conversation w/ Serdar Ferit

I had the opportunity to meet Serdar Ferit during a recent trip to London where he shared more about his work as a former teacher, creator of documentaries, and how that all came together in his new company, Lyfta (www.lyfta.com). Lyfta is a subscription based digital platform where teachers and pupils can access immersive storyworlds and curriculum-based lesson and assembly plans.
I had the opportunity to experience Awra Amba in Ethiopia, which I asked Serdar about in this podcast. However, the most striking thing to me about this conversation were Serdar's comments at the end about "leaning into the surprises."

"Whole: What Teachers Need to Help Students Thrive" book conversation w/ Rex Miller

This is the third podcast I've had the opportunity to do with Rex Miller (https://rexmiller.com/) who is the principal for MindShift, a leading futures consultancy, human performance, coaching, and organizational strategy company. Rex is also the co-author of "Humanizing the Education Machine" and was a guide for a recent MindShift project I had the opportunity to help develop (https://mindshift.school/). 
This conversation is the third podcast I've had the opportunity to do with Rex and is about his recent MindShift project and new book "Whole: What Teachers Need to Help Students Thrive." See this website for more information on the book: https://hope.school/.
At the end of the conversation I get Rex's encouragement and prediction on what happens to "the system" after the coronavirus quarantine. I especially appreciated his comment that "there will be no going back."