Digical Education

What's Next: Leadership, Sustainability, & the promise of Technology with Tim Van Soelen

Tim Van Soelen is a professor of Education at Dordt University and Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Christian Education (CACE), and in this conversation there is a ton packed into a 10-minute conversation.

What's Next: Structures for Curiosity with Darren Spyksma

Darren Spyksma is Director for Learning for the Society of Christian Schools in British Columbia and is someone I've had the opportunity to have many conversations about curiosity and the its impact on meaningful learning.

Experiments in the Real World: Conversation w/ Mitchell Earl of Praxis

Mitchell Earl is Chief Operating Officer of Praxis (www.discoverpraxis.com), which is a 6-month career bootcamp without the traditional college education. I enjoyed this conversation in particular because I work with high school students who are trying to figure out what to do with their lives. Praxis is an interesting alternative to the traditional college system, and I think you'll find some interesting tidbits as this is an innovative approach for providing meaningful real-world experiences for young people.

What's Next: Let's Play with John Pottenger

John Pottenger is the co-owner of Match Frame Creative and is working on a documentary about education through the lens of Friedrich Froebel called "Garden of Children" (https://gardenofchildren.org/).

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.