Digical Education

Stories in Becoming More Human with Hailey Williams

In this episode of "Stories in Becoming More Human" Dennis and I get to talk to Hailey Williams who is an Art educator in Texas. She shares the story of "Matthew" leading us into a great conversation about 'struggle.'

Schooled: Bonus Episode with Podcast Friends

BONUS EPISODE: Schooled!
In this episode we connect with some of our favorite Christian school podcast friends and have some fun drafting our ideal schools using peculiar pools to choose from.
In round 1 we draft our school's name and motto using 80’s bands and their songs.
In round 2 we draft our school's sports teams, colors and mascot using a current pro sports team.
In round 3 we draft our school’s framework using some of the options from the Christian Deeper Learning network.
In round 4 we draft our school's building type.
In round 5 we draft our school’s mode of transportation.
In round 6 we draft our school's principal using characters from the Bible.
In round 7 we draft our school's lead teacher using characters from a TV show.

Stories in Becoming More Human with Darryll Ramsey Jr.

Darryll Ramsey Jr. is the principal of Eastwood Elementary School in Norwalk, CA, and he gets us kicked off for the 2022-23 school year in our continued conversation about how students change us as people and professionals. In this conversation he shares about the impact of belief and connection.

”The Treasures You’ll Know” conversation with Dan Olson

Dan Olson is managing director of the Anselm House at the University of Minnesota, founder and director of the Spreading Hope Network, and the author of an illustrated book "Oh, the Treasures You'll Know."
Our conversation is around this book, his reason for tackling a reimagination of a Dr. Seuss classic, and his hopes for future generations of students.

Faith and Sports Conversation with Paul Putz

Since starting my work at Baylor I've had the opportunity to get to know Paul Putz and his work with the Faith and Sports Institute, and he is one of my favorite people to follow on Twitter @p_emory. This is just a continuation of conversations we've had about youth sports in particular.
Keep an eye out for his book coming in 2023.
Paul Putz serves as Assistant Director of the Faith & Sports Institute, where he helps to lead and develop online programming and curriculum as well as assisting with communications and strategic planning. Paul received his bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Grace University, where he played basketball. He went on to get a PhD in history from Baylor. He has over a decade of experience as an educator in the high school and college classroom and his research and writing has been featured at Christianity Today, Slate, National Public Radio, Religion News Service, and more. His first book, which explores the history of sports and Christianity in modern American culture, is under contract with Oxford University Press.
 

Christian Innovation with Len Wilson

I wish I had met Len a long time ago and also read his book "Greater Things: The Work of the New Creation" twelve years ago when we started our educational innovation network. However, this conversation was quite timely as we think about our work as Educators during these very reward yet difficult days.
Len is the Executive Director of Invite Resources (https://www.inviteresources.com/). 

Learn How to Live: Conversation with Deani Van Pelt

I have come to be a fan of Charlotte Mason's ideas on education and learning through my friend and colleague Deani Van Pelt who is President of Edvance and on the Board of Directors for the Charlotte Mason Institute. Recently, I connected with Deani as I wanted her thoughts on what we might be able to learn from Charlotte Mason for the post-pandemic world of education.

The ’Beautiful Story’ School

Dave Loewen is the Superintendent of Surrey Christian School outside Vancouver. We were talking this March at an event where he mentioned his concept of a 'Beautiful Story' school, which I'd never heard him talk about before, so I asked him to unpack some of his thinking out-loud with us on this podcast.

Stories in Becoming More Human with Jim Knight

Jim Knight is a life-long educator who has been a teacher, coach, union leader, and school founder. In this episode he shares a story that caused him to look behind the behavior.

ASU+GSV Conversation with Jacob Kantor

Jacob Kantor has become a great friend and we chat it up after his attendance at ASU+GSV, which I had never heard of until he shared it with me.
Check it out: https://www.asugsvsummit.com/
And I thought I'd publish it on his birthday. Happy Birthday Jacob!!!