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Jim Perry Shares His Wisdom And Experience After Over 40 Years In Athletics | Education Vanguard # 63
Imagine you had a successful education career spanning back over 40 years. What sort of things would stand out to you and what would you want to pass on to future generations? Those are the kinds of conversations I was fortunate enough to have today with Jim Perry, president of the California Interscholastic Federation and […]
Kristin Ziemke Helps Us Understand What Digital Literacy Is All About | Education Vanguard # 62
The terms digital and media literacy have been around for a while now, but I am not sure we all know exactly what those terms mean or have a common definition for them. Is it just using the technology tools out there? Or is it using them in a certain way? Today I speak with […]
Nick Cotton Shares The Powerful Success Stories That Come With Experiential Education | Education Vanguard # 61
Experiential education. What does that really mean? What is it all about? More importantly, and after this interview you will also ask, why are we not doing it more in our regular classes? Today I talk with Nick Cotton, Executive Director for Outward Bound of Hong Kong. Nick takes us through the activities that are […]
Simon Power Brings Design Into a Design Studio at Shanghai American School | Education Vanguard # 60
As a part-time technology and learning coach I am keenly aware that the role of the technology coach is changing. Maybe even disappearing. But we also know there will always be a need for innovation, iteration and change as part of education. How else can we help our students keep up with the world? […]
Shelly Sanchez Terrell Helps Us Understand The Strength of Connecting With Each Other | Education Vanguard # 59
Sometimes when you first meet someone you immediately sense a positive vibe, energy and preference for helping and reaching out to others. This happened to me today within a few seconds of my meeting Shelly Sanchez Terrell, my guest today. Shelly is an instructional designer by day, and a connector by night. Actually she […]
Billy Krakower Cracks And Shares The Secrets of Twitter For Educators | Education Vanguard # 58
The Twitter! For many of us it is something we enjoy and use to connect, learn and maybe share what is going on in our lives. For others it is a mass of conversations with no obvious pattern and place where the Jenner family shares the most intimate details of their personal lives. For educators, […]
Louise Favaro Guides Us With Handling Overprotective Parents | Education Vanguard # 57
Parents are a huge part of our school culture and environment. Sometimes we might feel, depending on the school and the parent, that they have an incredible amount of influence or say about the workings of a school. Especially when they are upset and feel the need to protect their child from something related to […]
Susan Bearden Paints A Pathway For Good Digital Citizenship | Education Vanguard # 56
That’s it! My reputation, my career, my possibility of getting into a good university is over. All because of some silly things I posted online. This is sometimes the conversation we fear having with others about something we said online. Or more likely, something one of our students said online. Today I talk with Susan […]
Michael Matera Makes Gamification In Our Classrooms Possible For All Of Us | Education Vanguard # 55
Gamification in the classroom is all about creating something to motivate students in the classroom right? Well that is what I thought until I talked with my Michael Matera, my guest today. Michael, a middle school teacher and author of the book Explore Like a Pirate has changed, more like improved, my thinking on the […]