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This post was last updated on 5 days ago at 5 days ago She’s kinda the reason for this podcast. When I think about people with fascinating interests or interests and passions I don’t completely understand, I think of Rafranz Davis. I’ve known her for years but her recent foray into all things BTS captured my curiosity. I’m grateful to have Rafranz tell us about why and how BTS has impacted her life. … Read the rest

Today we speak with the author of The Missing Voices in Edtech: Bringing Diversity into Edtech. Rafranz Davis. Rafranz is an instructional technologist and national speaker that uses her voice to challenge those in education communities on topics of edtech, equity, and diversity in education.  In this episode we speak with Rafranz on what experiences she’s had that shaped her beliefs and values on education, she shares what she thinks diversity is and what it is not, how we should teach students first and foremost, and how we educators can learn a thing or two from boy bands!  You’ll Learn:  What Rafranz says is Diversity and what it is NOT.  How we should teach students first and foremost.  how we educators can learn a thing or two from boy bands! Show notes: makemathmoments.com/episode43

In this episode I am joined by someone whom I look up and find to be an inspiration in many ways. I first met Rafranz Davis in person when she was a coach at the Google Innovator Academy in Toronto in 2016. After an amazing conversation with her over lunch one day, followed by some great learning Rafranz led for the group, I was enamored. She is a speaker, author, technology advocate, and BTS Fangirl who shares the personal side of her story. Don't miss this amazing episode with Rafranz Davis. You can learn more about her at www.rafranzdavis.com

In this episode I am joined by someone whom I look up and find to be an inspiration in many ways. I first met Rafranz Davis in person when she was a coach at the Google Innovator Academy in Toronto in 2016. After an amazing conversation with her over lunch one day, followed by some great learning Rafranz led for the group, I was enamored. She is a speaker, author, technology advocate, and BTS Fangirl who shares the personal side of her story. Don't miss this amazing episode with Rafranz Davis. You can learn more about her at www.rafranzdavis.com

What’s required to build support for change in a diverse community? How do you tackle the big issues around change, when so many small ones are gathering momentum? What does it take to ensure that the day-to-day distractions that every school leader has to address don’t distract you from maintaining a focus on long-term sustainable change? In this episode of the Modern Learners Podcast, Will, talks with Rafranz Davis who is the Executive Director of Professional and Digital Learning for Lufkin ISD. She is also a highly regarded speaker at education and technology conferences across the U.S. Rafranz’s passion for creativity and student centered learning has driven her work in supporting Lufkin’s transition to taking more innovative approaches to teaching and learning through integrated computational thinking, makerspaces and community driven personalized professional learning. When Rafranz is not disrupting the status quo in East Texas, she can be found connecting with the global education community as an advocate for STEM education, teacher voice, digital equity and diversity in edtech. Highlights from their conversation include: The steps to a more student-centered and self-directed learning environment. Just how much agency should students have? How can a leader find a balance between where they philosophically fall on that spectrum of possibilities, and where your school district realistically will fall. How might you resolve the gap? The importance of leadership knowing that you don't have to allow a state or a score to dictate who you are as a school, but rather you look at what learning can be, and that defines your identity. How important is it to have a vision for what change will look like in the end? What role should does passion and interest play?  In looking at teachers as learners, how does passion play a role in teachers as learners first of all? How important is it to share work, and to make that work transparent? What does it take to nurture a culture shift, so that’s about more transparency and more sharing? Setting priorities around the right tools. If teachers are using tools in the classroom that were completely outdated, and you don’t have wifi coverage, what can you do about that? What are some of the dispositions that leaders of change need to have?  What are the most important qualities that people who are devoted to or really passionate about change?  What do they need to have in their make up? The importance of being connected, and how that should be a priority at every level and across all staff. Reading books, doing research, participating in action research; the value in having to extend beyond what your domain is. How we keep diversity in the mix not just in terms of race and gender; to keep people that come from different point of views, different spaces at all times. Why being uncomfortable is a good thing. How do you think technology can amplify a change in practice? The importance of connecting and learning with and from people from other places, other cultures.  Why we should do more to encourage our classrooms to connect and learn from and learn with and not just connect to fix. Is technology for learning more of an opportunity or a challenge for schools? The urgent need for our students to understand that the world is bigger than the zip code they live in. Why it is so important that we see kids developing as learners as much if maybe not even more, as they’re developing being learned? Links to Topics Mentioned in this Podcast @RafranzDavis Minecraft Google Hangout Lukin ISD Maker Spaces and Maker Culture www.willrichardson.com www.modernlearners.com @willrichardson Transcript for the show What do you need to build support for change in a diverse community? How can you tackle the big issues, when so many small ones are gathering momentum? Specifically,

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar with special guest presenter, Rafranz Davis, December 5, 2015. Looking for creative ways to showcase student or teacher voice? Join us on Saturday, Dec. 5 to hear from the always inspiring Rafranz Davis and learn how tools like Adobe Slate, Voice or even Microsoft Sway can be used to share unique perspectives and ideas from almost any device making your classroom globally accessible and sharable! Rafranz Davis is the Executive Director of Professional and Digital Learning for Lufkin ISD. In this role, she supports the growth of district leaders, teachers and students through the lens of personalized learning, creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. She is a Google Certified Innovator, Microsoft Innovative Education Expert and serves in advisory roles for multiple technology companies and organizations including the ISTE community as the chairperson of the digital equity network. Rafranz uses her voice in education to speak at local, state and national events on topics such as connected learning, digital equity, student data and privacy, creativity, digital learning tools and diversity in edtech. In 2014, Rafranz was invited to the White House as a speaker for the official launch of the ConnectEd Initiative where she spoke on future ready professional learning through the lens of her district. She is the author of the book, The Missing Voices in Edtech: Bringing Diversity into Edtech and is a two-time Bammy Award finalist for school technologist of the year. http://rafranzdavis.com/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar with special guest presenter, Rafranz Davis, December 5, 2015. Looking for creative ways to showcase student or teacher voice? Join us on Saturday, Dec. 5 to hear from the always inspiring Rafranz Davis and learn how tools like Adobe Slate, Voice or even Microsoft Sway can be used to share unique perspectives and ideas from almost any device making your classroom globally accessible and sharable! Rafranz Davis is the Executive Director of Professional and Digital Learning for Lufkin ISD. In this role, she supports the growth of district leaders, teachers and students through the lens of personalized learning, creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. She is a Google Certified Innovator, Microsoft Innovative Education Expert and serves in advisory roles for multiple technology companies and organizations including the ISTE community as the chairperson of the digital equity network. Rafranz uses her voice in education to speak at local, state and national events on topics such as connected learning, digital equity, student data and privacy, creativity, digital learning tools and diversity in edtech. In 2014, Rafranz was invited to the White House as a speaker for the official launch of the ConnectEd Initiative where she spoke on future ready professional learning through the lens of her district. She is the author of the book, The Missing Voices in Edtech: Bringing Diversity into Edtech and is a two-time Bammy Award finalist for school technologist of the year. http://rafranzdavis.com/

In this episode, I have the privilege of talking with Instructional Technology Specalist Rafranz Davis, who hails from the Dallas area.  We move beyond just the SAMR model, and she does a great job of always bringing it back to the student perspective, as you can read about in her new book, The Missing Voices in EdTech: Bringing Diversity Into EdTech.  Among other things, we dive into cell phones in schools, the effect that technology initiatives can have on students in poverty, and her personal story as an "eduparent."  This episode is a little longer, but I think it could've easily been double the length and still been a fresh conversation because Rafranz is very inspiring.  I would highly recommend checking out her website as well as following her on Twitter.   Rafranz's Website and Blog Rafranz on Twitter