Podcasts about skills forum

Greetings & welcome back to the podcast. This episode we are joined by Mr. Steve Mesler - Olympic gold medalist bobsledder & CEO  of Classroom Champions - a non profit education organization that empowers children to thrive academically, socially and emotionally through the mentorship of world-class athletes. Classroom Champions has been featured in publications such as: Forbes, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, ABC News, the Washington Post, The Sporting News, USA Today, and the Yahoo Sports.In addition to winning a gold medial at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Mr.Mesler has also served on the Board of Directors for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee from 2015-2022, and spoken an many forums including the  Global Education and Skills Forum.Mr.Mesler graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree (Honors), in exercise and sports science in 2000.You can also learn more about Mr. Steve Mesler at www.stevemesler.org where he sends out an informative bi-weekly newsletter. Among other things, we discussed the value of listening, doing difficult things & a few lessons from the ups & downs in life.Enjoy.This podcast episode is sponsored by Connate Water Solutions.Do you need cost effective water sourcing options to supply your next drilling or completions program?Connate Water Solutions is a specialized hydrogeology company focused on water well drilling, testing and water management services in Western Canada and Texas.Contact info@connatewater.com or www.connatewater.com for more details.This podcast is sponsored by Headracingcanada.comLooking for high performance ski gear this winter? In partnership with 4x-Olympian Manny-Osborne Paradis, Headracingcanada.com is offering the lowest prices possible through its online storefront, by passing brick and mortar savings to customers. Check out  Headracingcanada.com for more info on high performance gear for the upcoming ski season.      Support the show

Deborah Netolicky talks with Jiang Xueqin about creativity, agency, and empowerment in the context of China's education system. Jiang is a Beijing-based school leader, educator, and writer who for the past fifteen years has promoted the teaching of creativity in the Chinese public school system. He has written two books about his work: ‘Creative China' (2014) and ‘Schools for the Soul' (2021). Jiang is a judge for the Global Teacher Prize, the Global Student Prize, and the World's Best School Prizes. He is a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Global Education Innovation Initiative, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. He has spoken at education conferences around the world, including the World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha and the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai. He has been interviewed by CNN and the BBC, and has written for the 'Wall Street Journal' and the 'Chronicle of Higher Education'. Want to know more? - WISE article on creativity and innovation in Chinese schools: https://www.wise-qatar.org/creativity-innovation-possible-chinese-schools-xueqin-jiang/ - Video interview with T4 Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVm3OqDVIwY Join the conversation on social media. - Jiang: @xueqinjiang on Twitter. - Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. - The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram.

A versatilist and somewhat of a polymath, Carla started her career in the performing arts, before moving into the digital domain. Becoming captivated by the international education landscape and the role of technology for learning, her focus turned to learning with technologies in diverse contexts. For many years, Carla managed international transformation programmes and innovation initiatives for education publishers. She was Global Digital Director of Education for Cambridge University Press and Director of Futures at UCL – Institute of Education, where she led the mentoring and training of 250 edtech start-ups. This summer Carla launched the Refracted! Inter- and transdisciplinary learning community - free to join - in order to facilitate essential dialogue and knowledge sharing that pierces through the education silos. Prior to this, Carla also set up and ran the Tmrw Institute, a thought leadership and catalyst organisation focused on the role of technologies for education and learning, from policy to practice. She runs the Next Billion EdTech Prize for start-ups working in resource-poor contexts, a Varkey Foundation initiative. Carla speaks at international conferences: including Les Rencontres à Aix, Global Education and Skills Forum, FT Live, Reimagine Education, EdTechX, e-Learning Africa, etc. Carla was involved in the 2019 workshop that led to the publication of the World Economic Forum Generation AI report, developed in partnership by UNESCO, CIFAR and WEF. Twitter: https://twitter.com/underthebanyan/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlaaerts/

Doreen Kessy is a Chief Business Officer at Ubongo. At Ubongo, she is instrumental in the growth of the organization, innovating, and finding ways to continually deliver fun learning to over 17 million families in Africa. She has expertise in business development and leadership in the edtech and fun learning space. Doreen has an MBA and BSc in International Business and Economics from Liberty University and has worked at the International Justice Mission in Washington DC, Wells Fargo and Smile for Africa in Zimbabwe. She was named “Entrepreneur of the Year in Education” by Women In Africa, is a Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum, and a 2018 Acumen Fellow. Doreen loves to have fun, she acts the English voice of one of Ubongo Kids cartoon characters, Ngedere (a playful monkey). With the huge number of children across Africa still lacking access to quality learning opportunities, it is so inspiring to hear about what Doreen and Nisha and the team at Ubongo are doing. And Ubongo is a great example of an organization working directly at the nexus between education and social entrepreneurship, not only working to support the learning of children and families across Africa, but also feeding back ideas and support into the education system itself. So I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did. Doreen, with the Ubongo team, won the Global Education and Skills Forum, Next Billion Edtech Prize in 2019 and, as a result, established The Building Brains Conference on early childhood learning and development. Dina L G Borzekowski is researching the impact Ubongo is having, which you can read more about here: The Impact of an Educational Media Intervention to Support Children's Early Learning in Rwanda

Pierre Krähenbühl is changing the world. As Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) he is leading through a time of extraordinary uncertainty. Over almost 70 years, UNRWA has provided services to Palestine refugees. In the beginning, UNRWA provided care to 750,000 people; today, around 5 million Palestine refugees are eligible for their services. UNRWA is one of the longest-standing examples of the international community working together to promote peace and development and for many decades its staff have found ambitious and innovative solutions to deliver on its mandate. Delegates at the Global Education and Skills Forum in 2019 will hear the Commissioner General talk about why he believes UNRWA still matters, and why the international community should care about its future. #GESF @VarkeyFDN

Jan Lynn-Matern, seed investor and Co-Founder and CEO of EmergeLab talks to Mike Butcher about what it takes to attract the interest (and funds) of investors. Jan founded Emerge Education in response to the lack of capital available for exceptional edtech entrepreneurs in Europe. Hosted at the Global Education and Skills Forum, this is a unique opportunity for thirty EdTech start-ups selected from a global search and early rounds of pitching, to learn the secrets of pursuasive pitching. #GESF @VarkeyFDN

Mark Pollock is changing the world. Unbroken by blindness in 1998, Mark went on to compete in ultra endurance races across deserts, mountains, and the polar ice caps including being the first blind person to race to the South Pole. In 2010 he was left paralysed after falling from a second story window. At the Global Education and Skills Forum in 2019, Mark inspires delegates with his new field of exploration - the intersection where humans and technology collide. In discussion with Olivier Oullier (President of EMOTIV, the global leader in mobile neurotechnologies and personalised neuroinformatics), Mark talks to the catalysing collaborations that we can expect to see changing our world. #GESF @VarkeyFDN

Sophie Bailey, founder, EdTech Podcast hosts a panel with teacher practitioners. They share with an audience of EdTech entrepreneurs how EdTech is shaping their classrooms and what they are looking for to improve student and teacher experiences. Hosted at the Global Education and Skills Forum, this is a unique opportunity for thirty EdTech start-ups selected from a global search and early rounds of pitching, to hear directly from those who use technology with students. #GESF @VarkeyFDN

Moussa Kondo is changing the world. As the Country Director of Accountability Lab and 2018 Obama Fellow, he advocates for integrity in the public service and communities. He believes that the skills and knowledge to participate in the 21st century must include an emphasis on values. By launching a global TV show called Integrity Idol to "name and fame" honest government officials and mobilise role-models, Moussa has created national conversations on integrity and accountability in Mali, Pakistan, Nepal, Nigeria and Liberia. Delegates at the Global Education and Skills Forum heard more about how Integrity Idol is re-building trust; helping young people be part of positive change; and providing the moral platform on which the future of good governance can be built.   #GESF @VarkeyFDN

What's in this episode? Hi everyone, and welcome back to The Edtech Podcast the show about improving the dialogue between “ed” and “tech” for better innovation and impact. This week we throwback to my visit to Dubai in March. I was visiting the Global Education and Skills Forum, which hosts the global teacher prize and the next billion prize. The next billion edtech prize was launched by the The Varkey Foundation to recognise the most innovative technology destined to have a radical impact on education in low income and emerging world countries. In this episode you'll hear from;  People Sophie Bailey is the Founder and Presenter of The Edtech Podcast | Twitter: @podcastedtech Doreen Kessy, Chief Business Officer, Ubongo Khadija El-Bedweihy, Founder, Praxilabs Sneha Sheth, CEO, Dost Education Arushi Wasan, Program & Growth, Dost Education Eliza Erikson, Investment Partner, Omidyar Network Carla Aerts, Director, Tmrw Institute Show Notes and References   Check out https://theedtechpodcast.com/edtechpodcast for the full show notes and references. Plus, news, events and other bits and bobs.    Tell us your story We'd love to hear your thoughts. Record a quick free voicemail via speakpipe for inclusion in the next episode. Or you can post your thoughts or follow-on links via twitter @podcastedtech or via The Edtech Podcast Facebook page or Instagram.

Anne McElvoy asks the former prime minister of Italy what lessons the European Union should take from the turmoil of Brexit. They discuss where the power lies in the union today, why Europe needs to make friends with China and why Westminster is looking rather Italian. This interview was recorded at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anne McElvoy asks the former prime minister of Italy what lessons the European Union should take from the turmoil of Brexit. They discuss where the power lies in the union today, why Europe needs to make friends with China and why Westminster is looking rather Italian. This interview was recorded at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A music teacher from Bradford, England, was nominated for an international award for teachers. Out of over 10,000 nominees around the world, Feversham Primary Academy teacher Jimmy Rotheram [ROTH-er-uh m] is among the 50 teachers shortlisted for the Varkey Foundation's “Global Teacher Prize.” This recognition was created to highlight the importance of teachers. The Varkey Foundation, a London-based charitable organization, annually awards the prize to exceptional teachers who had done something remarkable. The winner will be announced in March 2019 at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai. This person will receive a cash prize amounting to $1 million. Rotheram's nomination comes amid talk that England's national education curriculum will no longer include music. Nevertheless, Rotheram decided to place music at the forefront of his school's curriculum. He created a program in which he holds an hour of music assembly and teaches his students music at least thrice a week. His teaching method follows the Kodály [koh-DAHY] approach, a Hungarian teaching style that uses singing and musical games to improve students' writing, reading, and math skills, among others. Rotheram's music program has become a success. Through his method, he has greatly improved the quality of education in his school, which nearly failed the UK government's education standards. Now, his school is among the top 10% of schools in England in terms of students' progress in core subjects, such as reading, writing, and math. In an interview, Rotheram said that he is ecstatic to be shortlisted. He is delighted that the importance of teaching music is finally being acknowledged as the subject is often swept under the rug.

This episode features an interview recorded at GESF. This episode is sponsored by Cool Initiatives, RocketFund and features part one of our mini-series with Canvas by Instructure. What's in this episode? This week’s episode features my conversation with Geoff Barton, the General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders. We talk about what the top priorities are for education leaders, in which situations technology can be a useful leadership tool, and why podcasts are flipping brilliant. This interview was recorded at the Global Education and Skills Forum six months ago.  This episode also features part two of our mini-series feature on digital transformation with Kenny Nicholl from Canvas. I kick off by asking him about moving on from his VP role to take on the title of GM for EMEA and all that entails. Our outro includes event and job details. Did you know The Edtech Podcast Festival is coming up? Tickets are available here.  A huge thank you to our guests, listeners and sponsors!  People Sophie Bailey is the Founder and Presenter of The Edtech Podcast | Twitter: @podcastedtech Geoff Barton, the General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders | Twitter: @RealGeoffBarton @ASCL_UK Kenny Nicholl, GM, EMEA, Canvas by Instructure | Twitter: @kennynicholl @CanvasLMS Show Notes and References   Checkout https://theedtechpodcast.com/edtechpodcast for the full show notes, including event news and partner offers.  Tell us your story We'd love to hear your thoughts. Record a quick free voicemail via speakpipe for inclusion in the next episode. Or you can post your thoughts or follow-on links via twitter @podcastedtech or via The Edtech Podcast Facebook page or Instagram.  

ASCL General Secretary Geoff Barton talks to: • Professor Becky Francis, Director, Institute of Education: on teacher training, recruitment, and teachers using research • Russell Hobby, Chief Executive, Teach First: on the developing role of Teach First and the new leadership development programme • Mary Myatt, writer and consultant: on hopeful schools and sensible school improvement • Neil Carberry, Managing Director, Confederation of British Industry (CBI): on developing the skills of young people and what business looks for in an age of automation • Professor Sam Twiselton, Director of Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University: on collaborative approaches to teacher recruitment, training and retention • Anne Murdoch, General Secretary, Principals’ Professional Council: on the work of PPC, on being a former principal of a further education college, and on the role of FE colleges in their communities • Martyn Oliver, Chief Executive, Outward Grange Academies Trust (OGAT): on the way OGAT works, on moving from headship to executive leadership, and the joy of developing the next generation of educational leaders • Jonathan Simons, Director of Policy, the Varkey Foundation: on the Global Education & Skills Forum in Dubai and the work of the Varkey Foundation • Michelle Thomas, Executive Principal, New Wave Federation, London: on fast-paced school improvement and the use of technology to improve teaching and learning • Stephen Tall, Director of Development, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF): on the ways the EEF Toolkit should be used and what research says about the impact of teaching assistants • Carolyn Roberts, Headteacher, Thomas Tallis School and Chair of the Ethical Leadership Commission: on the need for an ethical framework in education and why all schools school have an art gallery

We are proud to present you with a podcast featuring Global Teacher Prize Award Winner Maggie MacDonnell. She was selected from among 20,000 nominees worldwide at the Varkey Foundation’s Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai last year.

Patrick Coleman of the Business Council of Australia talks about profession skills for university graduates from a business perspective. This keynote was presented at the Professional Skills forum held at Swinburne University of Technology in December 2008.

David Norman from Melbourne Water describes what employers look for in University graduates. This keynote was presented at the Professional Skills forum held at Swinburne University of Technology in December 2008.