Podcasts about modern learners

In a new crossover episode with the Febrile podcast, host Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, FPIDS, and Febrile creator and infectious diseases physician, Sara Dong, MD, discuss the power of digital education tools on infectious diseases training.

On today's episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, podcast host Shauna Cox was joined by Leslie Webb to discuss the importance of understanding your learner demographic to meet their needs effectively and the challenges that come with the data around them. 

This week, we're tackling big questions about how technology is evolving classroom learning. From the unsolved problem of search (just Google it!) to 1:1 device programs, from the possibilities of virtual reality to the intricacies of ChatGPT and its competitors: we're analyzing current trends, platforms popular with students in 2023, and what might come in the future as we brace for a digital dystopia potentially populated with deep fakes.Correction: During the show, the number of circulations of digital titles commonly used by publishers to "expire" eBooks in circulation was underestimated; rather than 10 circulations, the accepted standard seems to be closer to a whopping 26.Sources:EdTech Magazine: Tech-Savvy School Librarians Provide Value to Modern Learners by Amy BurroughsJacobs Media Strategies: Getting Schooled By A Bunch Of High School Students by Paul JacobsInside Higher ED: Pandemic Boost for Digital Course Materials by Doug LedermanStudy Finds: Libraries are more popular than ever — even as people borrow fewer books by Chris MeloreUNICEF - Accessible Digital TextbooksScience Direct - Understanding the role of digital technologies in education: A review by Abid Haleem, Mohd Javaid, Mohd Asim Qadri, Rajiv SumanWordsRated: Educational Publishing StatisticsScientific American - The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screen by Ferris Jabrjaltcalljournal - Virtual reality in education: The promise, progress, and challenge by Ryan Lege and Euan Bonnerstream - 36 EdTech Statistics & Facts: The State of Technology in Education by Sarah F. TechCrunch - US teens have abandoned Facebook, Pew study says by Amanda SilberlingeLending Position PaperThe Surprisingly Big Business of Library E-books

When Melissa Emler started bidding on RFPs to grow her event management business, she looked through a variety of opportunities and thought, ‘We could definitely do that.' But after a year of trying to figure it out on her own, Melissa wasn't winning contracts. And the frustration of losing left her playing small. Today, Melissa has changed her approach. She has identified the differentiators that set her organization apart and started seeking out best-fit opportunities for her business. Melissa is Owner of Modern Learners, a company that's designing the future of learning by building community, content and events. Prior to Modern Learners, Melissa enjoyed a traditional career in education, serving as a special education teacher, principal and Statewide Systems Coach for Universal Design for Learning. On this episode of the podcast, Melissa joins me to discuss how her proposal responses have changed since she started working with The RFP Success Company and why she only bids on RFPs in her team's niche. Melissa walks us through the process of ‘shredding the RFP,' explaining how it helped her uncover Modern Learners' unique value proposition—prioritizing community over course content. Listen in for Melissa's insight on using aggregators to identify opportunities and learn how investing in the right support helped Modern Learners leverage focused bidding for the win! Key Takeaways  How Melissa transitioned from a traditional career in education to entrepreneurship How prioritizing community over course differentiates Modern Learners from other organizations in the event management space Melissa's journey to finding opportunities for Modern Learners through RFPs How Melissa's RFP responses have changed since she started working with the RFP Success Company What it means to ‘shred the RFP' and how it helped Melissa identify her team's differentiators How Melissa is developing a strategy for networking before the RFP drops Why it's worth it to invest in support to help you respond to RFPs Why Melissa only bids on RFPs in her team's niche that they already have systems to execute How Melissa's mindfulness around the capacity of her team impacts which RFPs she bids on Melissa's experiences using aggregators to identify opportunities How the event management space evolved before, during and after COVID (and how that changed Melissa's approach to finding business) Melissa's commitment to the process of bidding on business with RFPs Connect with Melissa Modern Learners Modern Learners on LinkedIn Melissa on LinkedIn Email missy@modernlearners.com Connect with Lisa  Lisa's Website Lisa on Twitter Lisa on Facebook Lisa on LinkedIn The RFP Success Company on YouTube The RFP Success Company on LinkedIn Subscribe on iTunes Email podcast@rfpsuccess.com Resources Hopin altMBA Change School Wisconsin Procurement Institute Forecasting the Future of the SLED Market on The RFP Success Show EP111 RFPSchoolWatch Book a Call with the RFP Success Company Dare to Be Influential: Maximizing Your Positive Influence While Still Being True to You by Lisa Rehurek The RFP Success Book by Lisa Rehurek The RFP Success Institute

On today's episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, guest host Shauna Cox was joined by Craig Maslowsky to discuss the increasing competition among higher ed as learner demographics shifts, and how to scale frictionless experiences to best serve the modern learner. 

Modern Learners in a Digital World - Custom Curriculums and Learning Approaches in Med Ed and Beyond (EP:22)  With  Angela Robbins. Ph.D.  Our relationship with information is constantly evolving. Expectations and learners' skills shift as technology changes and how we access content changes.  Dr. Angela Robbins joins Stacy Craft to talk about the new education landscape that has emerged with cultural changes, post-pandemic adjustments, and the desire for a personalized curriculum and how to design around learner-driven "hidden" or custom curriculums. Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at edufi@mayo.edu Additional Resources: Videos Co-creating Rubrics with Students Articles Personalized Medicine in Undergraduate Medical Education: a Spiral Learning Model. Med Sci Educ. 2020 Aug 26;30(4):1741-1744. doi: 10.1007/s40670-020-01066-0. PMID: 34457840; PMCID: PMC8368415. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8368415/ What is hidden in hidden curriculum? a qualitative study in medicine. Yazdani S, Andarvazh MR, Afshar L. J Med Ethics Hist Med. 2020 May 10;13:4. doi: 10.18502/jmehm.v13i4.2843. PMID: 33088431; PMCID: PMC7569532. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7569532/ Using Student-Generated Questions to Promote Deeper Thinking - Youki Terada  https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-student-generated-questions-promote-deeper-thinking/  

Today, we're talking to Melissa Emler, who leads a community of educators & administrators over at Modern Learners. As you might guess from the name of her company, Missy has been through the wringer this year! The pandemic brought an intense urgency to the work she's been doing and the change she's been trying to create in education for years. Suddenly, schools all over the world knew they needed a new approach to learning. But that wasn't the only thing creating twists & turns for Missy this year. In this conversation, you'll hear how Missy balances leading her company with working in the "lab" of a day job, the 3-part framework she's used to lead educators through big change, and how she created space for conversation about injustice and systemic racism in education. Plus, you'll hear how Missy uses a key question about change and figuring out who we want to become to meet the moment to lead herself and others. The post EP 314: Discovering Who You Want To Become With Modern Leaders Co-Founder Melissa Emler appeared first on What Works.

This week Jared and Dani connect with Justin Anderson, an  educational technology team lead from the Canyons School District.  As part of the episode they explore what digital citizenship looks like for today's students.  We discussion issues such as:  What it means to be a good digital citizen. Beyond cyberbullying, what else does digital citizenship entail. How digital citizenship has changed in 2020.  How teachers can model digital citizenship and more...Check out more from Justin on Good Morning Utah.https://www.abc4.com/gmu/students-learning-to-be-tech-savvy-in-online-world/

Jenn Binis, President of Schoolmarm Advisors Consulting Group, shares her take on the purpose of American Public Education on today's show. She pulls the rubber band back further on the narrative of factory model schools to give us a glimpse at the more uncomfortable beginnings of public schools. She thinks the factory model narrative is comfortable, and that is why it prevails. As most people are looking to the future of schools during this global pandemic, Modern Learners is going to go back in time to see what can be learned from history and applied to our current contexts. Jen challenges listeners to ask whose story is not being told when reflecting and gathering stories from this moment. She believes that anti-racism education is at a tipping point and progress is being made towards honoring the experiences all children in schools. The hashtag movements of #disrupttexts, #cleartheair, and #31daysibpoc also get a shout out in this episode. We also explore the history of NCLB and how it came to be. Many believe it happened because people didn't trust teachers, but Jenn is convinced it has more to do with states wanting to have a better idea of what was happening in schools. There are parts of this conversation that may be uncomfortable depending your level of understanding of anti-racism work. We also talk about our use of the collective "we" which in this episode we defined as middle-aged white women who are teachers. This "we" was important as we also discussed the fact that 70% of the people in the education field are women, and yet women hold less than 30% of leadership positions in schools. The reasons for this also have a historical origin story. As always thanks for listening. If you haven't listened to the last episode with Dr. Kim Parker, please click over there and have a listen.  

Missy is the Director of Innovation at a regional service agency in Wisconsin and the Educational Administration Program Coordinator at the University Wisconsin-Platteville. When engaging in conversations with Missy, her energy and enthusiasm for learning are contagious. She is a relentless advocate for school leaders and their learning needs as they maneuver their way through this time of massive change in education. Missy is the parent of three children. You can also check out the first time Missy was a guest on the podcast here: Episode 20: Bonus Edition - Interview with Melissa Emler (https://alwaysalesson.com/episodes/20-bonus-edition-interview-with-melissa-emler/) (https://alwaysalesson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Interview-with-Missy-Emler.jpg) Quotables  I have stopped talking about the tools and started talking about the function. I always ask what they are trying to accomplish. We need to make sure that what we believe about learning connects to what’s happening in the world. So often, what we do in schools and what we do in classrooms may or may not match up to what we believe about learning. Do our kids find joy in our classrooms and what is the source of that joy? We never need to fix students. We need to create the spaces and the experiences that remove the barrier. Really hone in on what you want to learn and how that impacts the learners in your classroom. How are we celebrating all of our learners and how are we celebrating learning more than achievement? If we really want to learn and we really want to do the best work for our kids, it isn’t just roses, it is kind of a lot of thorns too. You have to find the balance. Stamp of Approval The Center for Humane Technology (https://humanetech.com/) Your Undivided Attention Podcast (https://humanetech.com/podcast/) Modern Learners.community (https://www.modernlearners.community/) Cast.org (http://www.cast.org/) Connect with MissyEmail: missy@modernlearners.com (mailto:missy@modernlearners.com) Twitter: @MelissaEmler Instagram: @melissa_emler SponsorshipThis episode is sponsored by Power School/Schoology’s Time for Teachers (https://www.powerschool.com/timeforteachers/?utm_source=always_a_lesson&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=time-for-teachers&utm_term=podcast-time-for-teachers-always-a-lesson&utm_content=podcast) initiative Connect with GretchenEmail: gretchen@alwaysalesson.com Blog: Always A Lesson Facebook: Always A Lesson Twitter: @gschultek Instagram: Always.A.Lesson Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College Shop AAL Swag https://alwaysalesson.com/product-category/swag/ (https://alwaysalesson.com/product-category/swag/) Join the Always A Lesson Newsletter http://eepurl.com/lJKNn (http://eepurl.com/lJKNn) Coaching CallGrab a Spot on my Calendar here:  https://square.site/book/FE6G600ZF0PPD/always-a-lesson (https://square.site/book/FE6G600ZF0PPD/always-a-lesson) Leave a Rating and Review: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2) Why?This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future. How?Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’ Under ‘Customer Reviews,’ click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send’

In which Dan discusses school belief systems, student agency, and the need for all of us to advance the conversation with Missy Emler, owner of Modern Learners. A self-described 'rebel' of progressive education, Missy offers a unique and insightful perspective on the urgency of real changes to education in the face of the coronavirus crisis. As always, we welcome comments on Twitter @BigIdeaEd

Last week, Dr. Nicki mentioned Peter Liljedahl's research on vertical, non-permanent spaces. That took me on a journey into Peter's work, and after reading all of Peter's work around Thinking Classrooms, I had to invite him to the Modern Learners podcast. Luckily, he made time in his busy schedule before we concluded our math theme. Meet Peter Liljedahl Peter Liljedahl is currently a professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He is also the President of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group and the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. He has an extensive body of work that he generously shares at Peterliljedahl.com. Thinking Classrooms Peter most prevalent work is his research on "Thinking Classrooms." In his forthcoming book, he writes, "a thinking classroom is a classroom that is not only conducive to thinking but also occasions thinking, a space that is inhabited by thinking individuals as well as individuals thinking collectively, learning together, and constructing knowledge and understanding through activity and discussion. It is a space wherein the teacher not only fosters thinking but also expects it, both implicitly and explicitly." Initially, his research indicated nine principles, and the initial publication can be viewed here. However, in the interview, Peter explained that the research has evolved, and there are now 14 principles in the Thinking Classroom. In the podcast we discuss just three. First, we discuss at length collaboration and vertical, non-permanent surfaces. The two compliment and enhance one another. Peter concludes the interview with a brief mention of the random grouping principle. He says the evidence for what random grouping does for classroom community is vast. The Bridge Between Math and Places and Spaces This podcast episode is the perfect bridge between our MLC themes. We've spent time exploring math through our Modern Learners Lens, and now we're moving into Places and Spaces. Peter does an excellent job in this interview explaining the research behind vertical, non-permanent spaces. He even mentions that he's never seen a classroom not be able to find space or budget to create more vertical, non-permanent spaces once they experience the thinking those spaces naturally produce. The research is clear, and now we just need to make it happen.

Today's show is the kickoff to our math theme in Modern Learners community. We'll be exploring our beliefs about math education. We'll look at what's working, what's not, and what's possible! Considering the impact that machine learning and AI are having on the world, it's important we start to consider how these fields will impact what our learners need to know and be able to do. In order to move our math classrooms forward in the next decade, we must consider our current practices and really question if they match our beliefs and serve our learners. In just a second, I'll be replaying the podcast episode Bruce Dixon recorded with Conrad Wolfram. But before I play that for you, I want to share the stories of my math education that shape my math identity. Math identity is on of the concepts we'll explore in MLC. My math identity started to take shape in the first grade when I was the first one to slam down my pencil with thirteen seconds to spare for the mad minute worksheet. Later that day I won "Around the World" twice. I was a math person! That all changed in eighth grade when my math teacher recommended the Algebra A/B track instead of Algebra. I was not a math person. I've always been self-determined and a little "sassy by design", and I was going to stand for that. I'd just work harder in Algebra, but I definitely wasn't going the down the slow track. Fast forward a couple of years, and I was copying every assignment in my Saxon Algebra II math book. I wasn't the only one, and the answers to the odds were in the back! I wasn't a math person. But why wasn't I a math person? What were the conditions in the environment that initiated and nurtured those thoughts? I'm also curious about the implication of those thoughts on my adult life...my parenting, my career choices and options, my finances? What opportunities have I missed out on because I'm not a math person? I really want to know what math classrooms around the world are doing to build every learners math identity. Truth be told, we are all math people. It's time we all work to understand and foster that! Conrad Wolfram has been advocating for an overhaul to math curriculum for years. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram/Alfa and Mathamatica. He is particularly interested in how technology and computation can move our lives and economies forward and in turn how that affects education. He believes math in school is almost totally irrelevant from it's real-world application. In this conversation with Bruce, Conrad says there are four parts to using math in real life. They are: 1. Define the problem 2. Turn it to symbolic representation if we can 3. Take questions to answer 4 Determine what this means and does it make sense There is so much to digest after listening to the conversation. Please join us in Modern Learners Community to continue the discourse. Simply click here and sign up or sign in!

So it's a new month, and that means a new theme for our conversations, and it's a theme I've been looking forward to diving into, namely "power" and the ways in which power relationships basically define the schools we're in. Power is not something we often talk explicitly about in schools. It's a complex dynamic that is a part of almost everything we do, and it has a huge impact on any efforts we are making to change the experience of school for kids. And we are thinking about it...I mean how many times have you heard people talking about "empowering" students or teachers, which ironically is something we wouldn't need to do if we didn't disempower them in the first place. And the way power works in the world is changing as well. As individuals gain more and more ability and agency to create and share ideas and make connections, they are finding ways to influence what happens in the world in good and bad ways, right? I don't know if you saw a recent study from Common Sense Media that found 54% of teens get news from social media, and “Of those teens, six in 10 say they are more likely to get it from celebrities, influencers, and personalities rather than from news organizations utilizing the platform.” And that's just one example. So, this month, the idea is to peel back some of the layers of power and look at what really happens in the interactions we have in schools, and to start that conversation, I got a chance to talk to Rob Fried, the author of several books, most notably The Game of School: Why We All Play It, How it Hurts Kids, and What It Will Take to Change It. And, importantly for me at least, Rob was the editor of The Skeptical Visionary: A Seymour Sarason Educational Reader. Those of you that hang around here for even a short while know that Sarason is one of my biggest influences and that his view of the world and particularly of power in schools is foundational to our work at Modern Learners. In this conversation with Rob, we talk about how teachers and students can work with existing power dynamics, the difficulties of change because of power, and how we can recover our personal sense of power that schools in many ways take away. As always, if you enjoy the conversation, why not head over to iTunes and give us a review and a rating? And tell your friends about our podcast as well. Thanks for listening everyone!

Each month our Modern Learners Community (MLC) , we take on specific theme, and in August, our theme is "story." As in what is the current story of learning we are telling in our schools, how is that story changing, and what might the new story be? And so to kick things off this month, in this podcast I interview Stephanie Pace Marshall, whose life's work has been centered around the transformation of learning and schooling. She is the founding president of the National Consortium for Secondary STEM Schools, and a past president of ASCD, and most relevant to our conversation today, her book The Power to Transform: Leadership that Brings Learning and Schooling to Life, is all about her work to name a new story, create a new map, and design a new landscape for life-affirming learning and schooling. If you've been following our work at Modern Learners, you know that we talk a lot about being "in-between stories" as in the traditional story of education is breaking down but we've yet to really get clear on what the new narrative is. What I found so interesting about this conversation is Stephanie's perspective on how the story we've been telling got started, and why it's seems to be shifting so dramatically right now. As I wrote in our latest blog post, we choose the stories we tell about learning and schooling. We're not required to promote an old and dying narrative just because others want or expect us to. And to that end, the story that Stephanie tells at the end of our talk speaks to the power we have to create new narratives if we choose to do so. Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. For more resources and links from this conversation, just click on the "podcast" topic in our MLC.

Today, Maria interviews Melissa Emler. ‘Missy’ is one of the cofounders at Modern Learners, an online network dedicated to serving school leaders and educators to change the way they teach and facilitate learning for the future. Together they talk about her journey joining Modern Learners, building the community and coaching over 1000 school leaders in 22 countries. Missy shares her deep insights about the way each of us can disrupt the way we teach, learn and help students create their own learning journey. Production team: Host : Maria Xenidou Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian Introduction Voice: David Bourne Contact us: impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com Music credits: Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks Mentioned in this episode Modern Learners Change School Modern Learners Lab Melissa Emler on LinkedIn Seymour Saranson's book - What do you mean by Learning? Listen to this episode and explore: Modern Learners’ mission, genesis, and work (2:41) How Melissa met the founders and joined Modern Learners (5:32) Melissa’s career before Modern Learners (7:05) The group of leaders that Modern Learners seek to serve (8:11) The importance of working together to define learning at schools (13:15) How Modern Learners teach and cultivate learning (17:19) How to start your Modern Learners’ journey (19:34) Modern Learner’s online community (21:40) The ‘Labs’: a real-life workshop offered around the world (26:42) The Change School Program (28:32) Melissa’s reflection on her trajectory from teacher to community manager (30:39) Melissa’s hope for the future of learning and education (34:37)

Will Richardson is an internationally recognized speaker and author on learning and technology. He's authored six books, most recently "Freedom to Learn" and blogs at www.willrichardson.com. Most recently he was named one of the top 100 global thought leaders and changemakers in education by the Finnish group hundrED, and he is the co-founder of Modern Learners (www.modernlearners.com) In this podcast, I ask him an array of questions on schools and some statements from "10 Principles for Schools of Modern Learning" (https://modernlearners.com/10-principles-schools-modern-learning/), such as its impetus, changing vs. starting schools, the issue that schools were started with a scarcity mindset, and the role of technology as an amplifier of learning.  

  Change school became a powerful space for people to have powerful conversations about school. Change school brings a level of transparency and honesty that is really powerful. Have an ongoing conversation with people who have similar ideas and understandings and have had experiences to make it possible. People feel trusted inside this community. It can be a difficult conversation about what modern learning should look like. Constant learning is fascinating. Tried to create some space for people to connect who don’t have room for that in their physical spaces. It is very dependent on whether people are school leaders or something else. The dark ages of change - leadership from the middle. People who can be influencers - parents, students, suddenly it’s not just about one teacher or one principal. How to get parent and student feedback. You often see yourself very isolated in a school. People are looking for direct prompts and cues So much of the educational conversation is led by journalists and politicians. We have to stop that. People respond with a blank look to a blank slate because they don’t have the practice at it. Modern Learners Lens Existing schools - best vehicle for communication is your students. We’ve conditioned kids to do what we say. The notion of setting expectations. If we’re going to shift the goalpost, we need to spend a lot of time talking to parents about the what and the why. TED Podcast Do we trust kids? Four areas that we have to think hard about - Modern Learners Lens Schools don’t know what they believe, they don’t articulate what they believe Understand how literacy is changing. Understand what is actually possible in schools now. Peter Senge Most change efforts are not grounded in those conversations. Modern Learner Community Change.school for more information How to be a transformative principal? Bruce: Engage more deeply in the spaces we already referred to. Will: Have a willingness to see if you are actually doing what you believe in your classrooms! Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey    

Will Richardson, the co-founder of Modern Learners and author of Why School? joins us to explore the complex question: What should schools look like today & how can schools create environments that support learners in a modern, connected and information rich world?

In episode 49 of the Modern Learners podcast, Missy and Lyn talk with Superintendent Dr. Joe Sanfileppo of the Fall Creek School District in Wisconsin. Joe is known in educational leadership circles as "the relationships guy," a dynamic school leader who speaks often about the role of relationships in learning and who celebrates loudly the accomplishments of his teachers, students, and community. The #gocrickets message is more than just a hashtag, but a rallying spirit around the ideals this school community stands for. Throughout this podcast we talk with Joe about: *ownership of learning throughout the organization *how teachers share their learning at Fall Creek *buy-in vs. trust *the need to provide time, resources, and opportunities for learners and adults *making ownership of learning a priority in a time of standardization and mandates *his belief in the power of affirmation to approach critical conversations about learning #gocrickets! Resources mentioned: The Power of Moments (Chip & Dan Heath)

In the kickoff to our Modern Learners Community July 2018 theme of "Refresh, Renew, Relax," we hand the podcast reigns over to Missy Emler and Lyn Hilt of our Modern Learners team who talk with Dr. Joyce Young and Liza Engstrom from the High Health Network, an organization dedicated to helping leaders harness the power of networks to spread real health throughout their organizations. Missy shares why this topic is such an important one for educators, and Joyce discussed the work of their organization, addressing common misconceptions about employee health and wellness. Joyce and Liza outlined the 7 Essential Skills for Real Health, and they talked about the necessity of school leaders to not only plan to provide support for the well being of teachers and students, but to also commit to self-wellness in order to lead the changes we want to see in our schools. We'll be having month-long conversations with Liza in our community, and we hope you can join us for other health and wellness related events.

In this episode of the (https://www.teachercast.net/tep) , we welcome Lyn Hilt on the podcast to discuss Social Media and how it has evovled over the last decade for educators worldwide. In this episode, we discuss: How has Social Media evolved over the last 5-7 years? The evolving nature of social learning networksWhy are educators connecting via social? What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks? How does engagement in a social learning space differ in 2018 than it was ten years ago? What’s changed for the better? For worse? Strategies for engaging meaningfully in social networks – tips & tricks for educators Alternatives to open social for engagement with learning networks Lyn’s work with Modern Learners & as the facilitator of ChangeLeaders Community – how this community offers a unique, different perspective and opportunities for educators and leaders to engage in ways they cannot in open social Follow our PodcastThe TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network | @TeacherCast (http://www.twitter.com/teachercast) The @TechEdShow (http://www.twitter.com/techedshow) Visit the www.TechEducatorPodcast.com (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com/) Follow our HostsJeff Bradbury | @JeffBradbury (http://www.twitter.com/jeffbradbury) Dr. Sam Patterson | @SamPatue (http://www.twitter.com/sampatue) About our GuestLyn Hilt is an educational leadership and instructional technology Kiker Learning. (https://sites.google.com/site/kikerlearning/) Lyn is also the community manager for the vibrant and inspiring Modern Learners (http://modernlearners.com/) team. Lyn teaches future educational leaders through her role as an adjunct instructor and online course designer for Cabrini University. She holds K-12 principal, elementary, and middle-level math and science teaching certifications. Lyn began her career teaching fifth and sixth grades and always strives to focus her work to help best meet the needs of young people. Lyn has contributed to various publications in print and online. She authored a chapter on using social media to support professional learning in the 3rd edition of Connected Principals (http://connectedprincipals.com/) blog. Her work and experiences have been featured in Education Week, THE Journal, Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education by Will Richardson and Rob Mancabelli, and Eric Sheninger’s Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. About Modern Learners“Let's lead our students into the modern world. Together.” Leading Schools that Learn: Building Culture through Inquiry and Agency. (https://modernlearners.com/chicagolab/) Explore these ResourcesIn this episode, we mentioned the following resources: ChangeLeaders Community (https://www.changeleaders.community/)   #CLClearns @ModernLearners 10 Principles for Schools of Modern Learning (https://modernlearners.com/10principles) whitepaper -> short link Lyn will share in the recording: bit.ly/tep184 Hilt Consultants, LLC (http://hiltconsultants.org/) – Lyn is available for consulting and professional learning services! Join our PLNAre you enjoying the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by commenting on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/educational-podcasting-today/id972444781?mt=2) today? I enjoy reading and sharing your comments on the podcast each week. Let’s Work TogetherHost: Jeff Bradbury (http://twitter.com/jeffbradbury) Email: (mailto:info@teachercast.net) Voice Mail: (http://www.teachercast.net/voicemail) YouTube: (http://www.teachercast.net/YouTube) iTunes: (http://www.teachercast.net/iTunes) Check Out More TeacherCast ProgrammingTeacherCast Podcast ( http://www.teachercast.net/tcp (http://www.teachercast.net/tcp) ) Educational Podcasting Today ( http://www.educationalpodcasting.today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today/) ) The http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com...

Missy is the Director of Innovation at a regional service agency in Wisconsin and the Educational Administration Program Coordinator at the University Wisconsin-Platteville. When engaging in conversations with Missy, her energy and enthusiasm for learning are contagious. She is a relentless advocate for school leaders and their learning needs as they maneuver their way through this time of massive change in education. “I’m not asking you to change; I’m asking you to learn.” -Missy Emler Missy Emler Show Highlights: Compliance is detrimental to the learning process The best thing a school leader can say The Modern Learning Lense Improving equity on your campus What do we do about the test? Assessment means to make more sense How do we talk about the impact of testing for students? Use students to tell your story via social media Asking the question signals the expectation Missy Emler Resources: And what do you mean by learning? 7 Strategies to Win the War on Learning Missy Emler Contact Info Modern Learners Website Modern Learners Podcast Insta “Asking the question signals the expectation” -Missy Emler Show Some Love BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW?  iTunes SUBSCRIBE HERE! LEAVE A 5-STAR RATING AND REVIEW   Join my hybrid group coaching & leadership development community Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Grab your FREE 15 Phrases of Effective School Leaders Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn   SHOW SPONSORS: ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/ SCHOOL SPIRIT VENDING Hassle-free, year-round fundraising for your school. With School Spirit Vending, we do all the work, you just cash the check Increase school spirit with custom stickers for your school and raise funds at the same time -no upfront costs, no volunteers, no selling Sick of the same old ways of raising money for your school? Let School Spirit Vending's hassle-free, year-round fundraising program supplement the other fundraisers you're already doing. SSV is also giving away the Top 10 School Fundraising Ideas for 2018. Download the guide here.   Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

On this episode, I Zoom in Lyn Hilt and we chat about her journey from classroom teacher to becoming a teacherpreneur. Lyn Hilt is an educational leadership and instructional technology consultant who uses her experiences as elementary principal, instructional technology coach, and classroom teacher to facilitate meaningful professional learning experiences designed to help promote innovative teaching & learning. As instructional technology integrator and coach in Pennsylvania, she served three elementary schools. She worked with teachers and students by providing professional development opportunities and resources to staff, writing curricula, designing learning activities, and pushing into classrooms to work with students on technology-infused project work. Prior to her coaching position, Lyn served as elementary principal for five years in the same district, and it was while serving in this leadership role that she discovered the joys and benefits of connected learning and leadership. Lyn is also the community manager for the vibrant and inspiring ChangeLeaders Community, a space created by the Modern Learners team, designed for current and aspiring educational leaders, dedicated to pushing the boundaries of learning. Lyn is an avid blogger and contributor to social networks and has presented at various local, state, and national conferences on topics ranging from professional development to networked educational leadership. Lyn is a Google for Education Certified Trainer and Apple Teacher. Lyn provides many Google for Education trainings with the fine team at Kiker Learning. Lyn has contributed to various publications in print and online. She authored a chapter on using social media to support professional learning in the 3rd edition of Powerful Designs for Professional Learning, published by Learning Forward. Lyn teaches future educational leaders through her role as an adjunct instructor and online course designer for Cabrini University. She holds K-12 principal, elementary, and middle-level math and science teaching certifications. Lyn began her career teaching fifth and sixth graders and always strives to focus her work to help best meet the needs of young people. You can find Lyn on Twitter @lynhilt and via her blog, Learning in Technicolor. You can reach the Hilt Consultants team by visiting their website: http://lynhilt.com/

Last week on the podcast we gave our thoughts on the Learning Technologies conference. Today, we ask whether we should resist the urge to jump on the latest tech and focus on learners instead. Author and consultant Patti Shank joins Ross G and Owen to discuss. If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can tweet us @RossGarnerGP, @OwenFerguson, and @PattiShank. You can also find us @GoodPractice or @GoodpracticeAus. To find out more about GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com. For more from Patti, see pattishank.com. The chess paper that Ross described was: Chase, W. G., & Simon, H. A. (1973). Perception in chess. Cognitive psychology, 4(1), 55-81, available at:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0010028573900042  Learn Better, by Ulrich Boser, is available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Learn-Better-Mastering-Business-Anything/dp/1623365260  Tim Harford's guide to statistics in a misleading age is online at: https://www.ft.com/content/ba4c734a-0b96-11e8-839d-41ca06376bf2 The Freakonomics podcast on Harold Pollack's financial advice is here: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/everything-always-wanted-know-money-afraid-ask/  Footage of the two Space X booster rockets landing in unison can be found at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42969020  Scott Kelly's biography, Endurance, is available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Endurance-Year-Space-Lifetime-Discovery/dp/1524731595  The Apollo 11 transcript is available at: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11transcript_tec.html  And Public Service Broadcasting's album, The Race for Space, can be heard on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/65KwtzkJXw7oT819NFWmEP 

Happy Holidays everyone, and welcome to the final Modern Learners podcast for 2017. We've really enjoyed putting these together, and we hope you've enjoyed listening to them even more. This week, Bruce and I cover a couple of different topics. First, we pull back some of the layers around the language we use in schools, building on this week's blog post on the topic. And second, we announce our first annual ML Podcast Award winners for Word of the Year, Book of the Year, and EdTech Trend of the Year, as well as discuss what the outlook is for change in the New Year. Remember, if you like what you're hearing, do us a favor and head on over to iTunes and give us a review. We've got a good start, but would love your help. Also, tell your friends to listen! Finally, warm wishes for an amazing holiday from all of us at Modern Learners, Bruce, Lyn, Missy, and me. It's been an amazing year for us due in large part to your continued support of our work. So, thanks again. We have some big plans for 2018! See you in the New Year! Show Notes: Scott Looney interview replay The Importance of Common Language blog post. Our consensus choice for Book of the Year Bruce's second choice for Book of the Year Audrey Watters' post

Why is the current state of math education not suited for the modern world of computers and phones and other devices? That's the bigger question that Conrad Wolfram answers in our 28th Modern Learners podcast. Bruce and the founder of the amazing Wolfram Alpha have a wide ranging conversation around  the state of current math instruction, the impact of technology on learning, and what we need to do to move in a more relevant, engaging direction for our students. Some of the highlights from the conversation: Wolfram talks about the four parts of using math in real life: Define the problem Can we turn it into a symbolic representation? Take the question to an answer What does it mean? Is that right? He points out that Step 3 is where technology can be most useful, yet we spend 80% of our math time in schools on that step by teaching hand calculating. Instead, he says, we should be focused on steps 1, 2, and 4 which are what people really need to be good at today. He suggests we start with "fuzzy questions" that are relevant to kids' lives and will engage them. He says that confidence to tackle new problems is now a basic skill in life. He says that teachers should be taught programming and to think programmatically, And, he says that changing the current math paradigm in schools is difficult and time consuming, yet must be done. And a whole lot more. If you enjoyed this episode (or past episodes) why not head over to iTunes and give us a rating and a review. And don't forget to subscribe so as not to miss the next episode of our podcast next week! Show Links Wolfram Alpha Computer Based Math Mathematica

With all of the problems associated with standardized testing and school assessments in general, is it finally time to start a different conversation about how we assess learning in schools? That's the question that Will and Bruce discuss on this our 26th episode of the Modern Learners podcast. This conversation stem from a post from Bruce a few weeks ago titled The Testing Emperor Finally Has No Clothes which raised some hackles on the Interwebs. In this discussion, we cover the myths of assessing learning, take a look at ways in which different countries and provinces are rethinking testing, and talk about some of the alternatives for standardized and traditional assessments. And, we talk a lot about what common sense looks like when it comes to grades and assessments of kids and teachers in schools. Don't forget, if you enjoyed listening, why not head over to iTunes and give us a review, or join us in our Modern Learners Community where we're engaging in conversations just like this one on a regular basis. Some of the links discussed in this episode: Beyond Testing: Seven Assessments of Students and School More Effective Than Standardized Tests by Deb Meier The Case Against Grades by Alfie Kohn Assessment by Alfie Kohn A Good Prompt is Worth 1,000 Words by Gary Stager Constructing Modern Knowledge Mastery Consortium High Tech High Student Exhibitions

Ken Wallace and Adam Roubitchek sit down with author, speaker, and learner Will Richardson. They discuss the future of education, how to shift the focus in schools from teaching to learning, and how leaders can best support teachers in this transition.   You can find more about Will at change.school, modernlearners.com, and willrichardson.com   Learn more about the Chicago Coaching Center at ChicagoCoachingCenter.org

If you can change the culture of a huge business that has over 124,000 employees, does that mean you can change the culture of schools that in many cases have only a few hundred, or in some cases a few dozen employees? That's the question Bruce and Will kick around in this the 24th episode of the Modern Learners podcast. They do a pretty deep dive into a profile of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Fast Company, pulling out the key culture changing moves that he's made in his five-year tenure, and reflecting on Bruce's long consulting relationship with Microsoft over the first 15 years of this century. (Yes, Bruce has pow-wowed with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.) After that, they discuss the recent news that one large Maryland district has gone back to a letter grading system at the behest of frustrated parents. It's a bit of a different discussion from Will's post on the same subject in this week's Shifting Conversations piece, and Will coins a new phrase that represents how most schools go about this business: "change in a vacuum." As always, we appreciate you taking the time to listen. If you like what you're hearing, why not head on over to iTunes and give us a review and rating. And, send us a SpeakPipe voice message below that we'll fold into our next discussion. Thanks for all of your support to build a high bar, serious conversation around reimagining schools.

Will Richardson (https://willrichardson.com/) has spent his professional life trying to connect what goes on in classrooms to how kids actually learn.  He is a parent, author, and speaker doing his part to shift vital conversations in education. I sat down with Will in his Modern Learners office in Flemington, NJ. He shared his years of acquired wisdom around how teachers, parents, and leaders, can do their part to improve learning every day.  1% Better Ideas Worth Sharing: How schools have remained the same for decades The ineffectiveness of homework What Will recommends teacher's say on the first day of school The divide between what we know and what we do How to think about what curriculum to teach The importance of self-directed learning And so much more. Buy your favorite Will Richardson book at https://willrichardson.com/books/  Register for a learning experience with Will at https://change.school/  Thank you for listening. Please share this with a leader in your life. --JF

Is it now riskier for some people to go to college right out of high school than instead to take some time off, do apprenticeships, or create a unique path to expertise? That's the question that Seth Godin asked in a recent podcast, and the core of this week's Modern Learners podcast conversation between Bruce and Will. Specifically, Seth's quote was "I can clearly show you that going $200 in debt to go to a standard college, to get a standard education, to learn how to do average stuff for average people is way riskier than a motivated, intelligent person spending those same four years doing something else." While college is still a viable and useful path for many students, we explore the ramifications of the expense, the depth to which the college narrative is engrained in our expectations, and what some of the alternatives might be. Don't forget to leave us a comment or a question using our SpeakPipe app. Links from this episode are below. Don Wettrick's interview with Seth Godin. Bryan Alexander on doomsayers in higher ed. Is the college degree outdated? Deep partisan divide on higher education. The impact of student debt on the economy. DIYU

Greeting from San Antonio, where Bruce, Missy, and I are gathering for our second Change School retreat, our first Change School Social, and, of course, the mammoth #ISTE17 conference where something like 17K educators from around the world are getting the latest about technology and how to (or how not to) use it in the classroom. Full disclosure, ISTE is always a bit of a love hate for Bruce and I, and you'll get that sense in this episode. The conference is always heavy on tech but, in our minds, light on real learning. Rare are the discussions truly about creating agency for the learner and letting them do amazing things that change the world. (Hence the Papert quote below.) We hope you enjoy Episode #17 from ISTE17.

In this new podcast episode, Will and Bruce discuss the barriers to making change happen in schools. First, they reflect on the work they have done with school leaders recently. They often begin work with school leaders by asking the leaders to identify the barriers to school change. Before they get too far, it is important to define the school change Will and Bruce and the rest of the Modern Learners team is aiming to push. School change is not only about adding technology, Genius Hour, and Makerspaces. The change we support is change that moves agency over to the learners. Bruce took a guess as the barriers Will heard from leaders at his workshop a few days ago, and he divides the typical responses into two categories: compliance and hesitation on the part of faculty. Those two components were certainly shared by the leaders Will was working with in addition to parent expectations, higher education's traditional expectations, time, and budget. Will tells the story of asking the question, "Of all the barriers we talked about, how many of them are impossible to overcome?" The truth is none of those barriers are impossible to overcome. All of the barriers have been overcome somewhere. Bruce and Will are impressed with the change work in New Zealand schools. As a country, they are working to create the conditions necessary for modern learning. They have great examples. Bruce tells the story  of leading two workshops within a couple of weeks of each other. One in Wellington and one in Aukland. Same workshop content. Same demographics. The people in Wellington approached the work with great breadth and depth. They had a sense of professional freedom. They had guidance but were encouraged to experiment. The people in Aukland were different. They said they can't make the changes being suggested.  Why in one city within a country the people take on the work and in another city reject the work? Complacency -- people are in a place of comfort and familiarity, habit and tradition. That becomes harder to break out of. Culture can break barriers. The culture said you have the professional freedom to do what you know is best because you know what is best for kids. Doing different means putting everything on the table and examining it in the new contexts for learning. Obstacles are internal. We create external obstacles so that we don't have to work on the internal obstacles. It becomes a personal challenge and not a systems challenge. If we admit that we can't overcome an external obstacle, then we have to ask why aren't YOU overcoming the obstacles. The provocation for school change needs to come from leadership. Leaders foster attitudes and dispositions. Leaders influence school culture. School change will consist of 9 Cs (and we might add more as we continue to work with leaders in Change.School): Courage - This work is not easy. Commitment - This work takes time. Curiosity - This work requires us to ask lots of questions. Conversation - This work demands discussion. Confidence  - This work is the right work. Culture - This work creates positive cultures. Clarity - This work is defined by our beliefs about learning and without them, we can't do the work. Context - This work needs to embrace the modern world and the rate in which change is happening. Consistency - This work means creating the conditions for learning and those conditions should not be starkly different from one classroom to the next. We must tell the new story of learning. Parents and communities understand school from the lens they looked through as a student. The world is changing and so is school. If we don't prepare our young people to meet the changing demands of the modern world, we will fail them. Change will not happen in schools until there are foundational principles centered on beliefs about learning and the practices needed to live out the beliefs. These discussions about beliefs and practices about learning need to ...

This week Mike and Suzanne dive into some of the underpinnings of modern learning, a study comparing ebooks and tactical books, and an interview with Wendi DeForest.Links from the Show:http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/11/09/do-digital-natives-prefer-paper-books-to.htmlhttps://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/04/26/the-essential-underpinnings-of-shifting-to-modern-learning/https://modernlearners.com/welcome-to-educating-modern-learners/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/07/18/how-can-schools-prioritize-for-the-best-ways-kids-learn/https://modernlearners.com/10Principleshttp://modernlearners.com/pam-moran/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/tag/design-thinking/https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/modernlearners/Modern+Learners+10+Principles+for+Schools+of+Modern+Learning+whitepaper.pdfhttps://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/21/what-would-be-a-radically-different-vision-of-school/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/02/26/five-guidelines-to-make-school-innovation-successful/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/

This week Mike and Suzanne dive into some of the underpinnings of modern learning, a study comparing ebooks and tactical books, and an interview with Wendi DeForest.Links from the Show:http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/11/09/do-digital-natives-prefer-paper-books-to.htmlhttps://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/04/26/the-essential-underpinnings-of-shifting-to-modern-learning/https://modernlearners.com/welcome-to-educating-modern-learners/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/07/18/how-can-schools-prioritize-for-the-best-ways-kids-learn/https://modernlearners.com/10Principleshttp://modernlearners.com/pam-moran/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/tag/design-thinking/https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/modernlearners/Modern+Learners+10+Principles+for+Schools+of+Modern+Learning+whitepaper.pdfhttps://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/21/what-would-be-a-radically-different-vision-of-school/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/02/26/five-guidelines-to-make-school-innovation-successful/https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/

In our newest podcast, Will and Bruce discuss the new Change.School learning community, and they talk about the history of Modern Learners and how it's led to this new push to raise the bar on reimagining schools. It's a little bit of backstory, but it's a lot of how we got to the "How?" Change.School has its genesis in the thousands of conversations that Will and Bruce have had with leaders from around the world who are guiding change projects in their schools. In fact, it's built on the idea that despite being really hard work, reimagination is possible, that the ingredients are clear, but that every school is on it's own unique path to change. Right now, building leadership capacity to do high-bar change in existing schools is where the most important work in education lies. The notes for this episode are short because everything you really need to know can be found at change.school. Yes, .school is now an extension!

In our newest podcast, Will and Bruce discuss the new Change.School learning community, and they talk about the history of Modern Learners and how it's led to this new push to raise the bar on reimagining schools. It's a little bit of backstory, but it's a lot of how we got to the "How?" Change.School has its genesis in the thousands of conversations that Will and Bruce have had with leaders from around the world who are guiding change projects in their schools. In fact, it's built on the idea that despite being really hard work, reimagination is possible, that the ingredients are clear, but that every school is on it's own unique path to change. Right now, building leadership capacity to do high-bar change in existing schools is where the most important work in education lies. The notes for this episode are short because everything you really need to know can be found at change.school. Yes, .school is now an extension!

Modern Learners Podcast Welcome to the Modern Learners podcast. We are excited to be launching this podcast as a way of connecting with our community. We'll use this medium to give you a glimpse into the discussions we have at Modern Learners with each other and others in the education space doing interesting work. We are always willing to continue the conversations inside our private Facebook group. Please join us there and let us know what you think...especially if you disagree. We want to create the conditions for learning, and dissonance and discourse is a definite path to learning. Finally, if you haven't grabbed our most recent whitepaper, you should grab it. 10 Principles for Schools of Modern Learning will reiterate the need for change in schools and begin laying the foundation for deepening our understanding of how to change.