Podcasts about rafranz davis

TOPICS WE EXPLOREWho is Rafranz Davis?What is her origin story from education to her new job?How do we work to increase the opportunities to have someone take notice of us to make a difference?What are some of the parallels and areas of focus we need to continue in education based on her experience working in education, her life experience, and now LinkedIn.How do we connect community to education to help students become aware of the opportunities around us all?How do we look back at our work and journey to move forward in a positive light?The power of posting in a globally connected network.YOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you?RESOURCES MENTIONED IN SHOWRafranz LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafranzdavis/ She also has a newsletter on the platformPencils and Popcorn podcast she just launchedJust a few of my favorite ideas from the conversation!

In this compilation episode of the podcast in honour of Black History Month, Kyle & Jon highlight six educators of colour that have had a significant impact on their pedagogical practices as they continue their journey to craft a more culturally responsive classroom experience for all students. You'll hear from Rafranz Davis speak about diversity, Lauren Baucom's passion towards de-tracking;  Mindfulness and identity in the classroom from Christina Lincoln-Moore; the importance of catalyzing change from Robert Q. Berry; Kris Childs shares insights on access and equity in task selection; and, Jose Vilson's ideas on the importance of teacher voice in the education system. You'll learn: What diversity is and what it is not; Why we should consider how we track (stream) students in our schools;Why mindfulness is needed in mathematics classes;How you can implement equitable teaching practices into your classroom;How to promote access and equity in the mathematics classroom; and, How we should reimagine the work in math classrooms.Resources: Episode 43: The Missing Voices In Math: An interview With Rafranz DavisEpisode 56 Authoring Our Math Identities – An Interview with Lauren BaucomEpisode 116: How to Use Mindfulness to Change Trajectories – An Interview with Christina Lincoln-MooreEpisode 86: Catalyzing Change – An Interview with Robert Q. BerryEpisode 68: Gradual Release Of Responsibility SUCKS! An Interview With Kristopher ChildsEpisode 51: Reimagining the work done in math classrooms: An Interview with Jose Vilson

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

Think “digital natives” don't need digital guidance? Think again. Researchers Sam Wineburg and educator Rafranz Davis bust that myth and discuss ways to help students exercise their power. Visit the show notes for this episode to find a full transcript and a list of resources to help you teach the ideas explored by our guests. And educators! Get a professional development certificate for listening to this episode—issued by Learning for Justice. Listen for the special code word, then visit learningforjustice.org/podcastpd.

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

In this episode, Mike and Glen dig into teacher walkouts in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and elsewhere. They talk about what is next for the students of Stoneman Douglas, and talk life and K-pop with Rafranz Davis!

In episode 57, Dan and Michael talk with Rafranz Davis about real tech.

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,

On this episode, I chat with Rafranz Davis about everything education.

  Transformative moments: The moments where you come face to face with a stark realization, that changes how you see yourself, your life and the world around you. And life from hereon - is different - if you choose to make it so. That's what happened to our guest, Justin Schleider, who comes to realize his privilege as a White, Straight, Middle Class Educator. But that's not all, we're also talking Fear: Fear of The Other. In this case, refugees seeking asylum in our countries. It's a fear that has Justin facing his own family history. And of course, we've also got the Lightning Round where we're pushing the edges of Money, Discomfort, Growth Mindset, and being a white educator. Plus we ponder - can we ever stop being educators? For full Show-Notes, go to: http://PushingTheEdge.org/28 Episode Run-Down: ▪ How Justin Pushes the Edge (2:09) ▪ How Justin came to branch out beyond what's normal for him (2:51) ▪ How Justin came to realize his privilege & began stepping out beyond it (6:30) ▪ Learning to keep our mouths shut (8:55) ▪ Learning, reading, conversing, and finding out more (11:24) ▪ Facing conflict online - Justin's experience and how he responded(14:10) ▪ 'One Word Fear' | Justin confronts his fear of refugees seeking asylum (18:14) ▪ Justin connects to his grandparents' story and The Holocaust(21:48) ▪ Why Justin published his post about his fear (23:03) ▪ How Justin teaches about difference in Health Classes (25:56) ▪ How reaching out beyond what's familiar has benefited Justin and his students (28:34) ▪ The Lightning Round - White Educator, Money, Discomfort, Growth Mindset, White Privilege, Ever Stop Being a Teacher (32:01) ▪ Justin's parting thoughts on the 'hidden curriculum' and teaching about difference and empathy (36:52) Related Podcasts: ▪ How to navigate social justice in the classroom with Rusul Alrubail - http://PushingTheEdge.org/13 ▪ Ending White Silence on Race in Education with Greg Michie - http://PushingTheEdge.org/26 ▪ Being a Better Ally for Social Justice with Christina Torres and Bill Ivey - http://PushingTheEdge.org/27 Episode Links: ▪ Justin Schleider on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SchleiderJustin ▪ Justin's blog - https://slowchatpe.wordpress.com ▪ Justin's article - One Word Fear - https://slowchatpe.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/one-word-fear/ ▪ Rafranz Davis - http://rafranzdavis.com ▪ Rusul Alrubail - http://www.rusulalrubail.com ▪ http://www.Tolerance.org Additional Resources: The Pushing The Edge Podcast Archive: http://PushingTheEdge.org or https://goo.gl/yJAZFm Social Justice Resources: http://PushingTheEdge.org/social-justice-resources Greg Curran on Twitter - https://twitter.com/GregBCurran

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/

A discussion with Chris Aviles @techedupteacher about his new job and how to bring PD to a new district. This show includes hosts Rafranz Davis @rafranzdavis and Jon Samuelson @jonsamuelson. Listen to this show and learn on your commute to work. Tune in every Monday for the live show at 7PM PST.

Rafranz Davis LEARNER! Math & Tech Geek! Tech Specialist, Google Certified Teacher, Disruptor of Ridiculousness, Social Media writer for @DiscoveryEd Math #educolor Subscribe on iTunes   In this episode you will learn: What enabled her to transition from a middle school math teacher into tech specialist How you can have an impact on a classroom in a country you've never visited Why Rafranz does not get to have an off day as a teacher of color How she learned to challenge her students in new ways when her lesson plans were upended Why passion is something she will never tire pursuing and advocating for Why reading should be important to teachers and why she read Jose Vilson's This is Not a Test three times Why five words can change your relationship with students How reflective listening can improve your classroom visit rafranzdavis.com     The post #69 Rafranz Davis: The Five Words That Can Change a Student’s Life appeared first on Talks with Teachers.

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    

A discussion about conferences and how to improve them. This show includes hosts Rafranz Davis @rafranzdavis, Karl Lindgren-Streicher @ls_karl, Victoria Olson @msvictoriaolson, Amy Fadeji @mrsfadeji and Jon Samuelson @jonsamuelson. We chat amongst ourselves about Educon and ways to foster a growth mindset for teachers.

A meet and greet with the new hosts of Techlandia. The new hosts are David Theriault @davidtedu, Rafranz Davis @rafranzdavis, Amy Fadeji @mrsfadeji, Karl Lindgren-Streicher @ls_karl, Victoria Olson @msvictoriaolson, and Jon Samuelson @jonsamuelson. We talk about the new show format, Edcamps, Martin Luther King Day, and TedX Langley. Tune in every Monday for the live show at 7PM PST.

In this segment from the 9/10/13 #Edchat, we look impact of poverty on what goes on in the classroom. Follow:@blairteach, @tomwhitby @rafranzdavis @bamradionetwork Edhcat Archive: http://edchat.pbworks.com/ Rafranz Davis is an instructional technology specialist and math educator in Texas. Nancy Blair is a school improvement consultant who frequently worked with the High Schools That Work and Making Middle Grades Work initiatives. Tom Whitby is contributing Editor at SmartBrief, founder of #Edchat,Twitter-Using Educators, and NYSCATE Network.