This episode of “evolving with heart” is a master class in teaching during the Covid 19 pandemic and beyond. Award winning educators and authors Stacey Roshan and Lainie Rowell share their years’ of experiences with online learning. You will gain insights into how to build community and to create compassionate learning communities that empower students. It is both inspiring and practical for ALL educators! Their approach of “evolving with heart” is the healthiest and most productive way forward!
Michele Freed, General Manager of Microsoft Education Experiences Group, Michelle leads one of the most creative teams in the world around designing new tools to help more students access and excel at learning. My own mind has been blown many times while visiting Michelle’s team at Microsoft. I felt compelled to share some of that excitement with you.
Stacey Roshan: Director of Innovation, Math Teacher, Bullis School, Potomac, Maryland
Stacey began teaching online years ago and has amazing lessons learned; practical inspiring stories from the field I can proudly say I have met with Stacey’s students and I wrote the forward to Stacey’s new book, Tech with Heart: Leveraging Technology to Empower Student Voice, Ease Anxiety, & Create Compassionate Classrooms.
39 - Interview with Jennifer Abrams: Making Meaning from COVID19 – Self Reflection
Jennifer Abrams shares practical key insights into how we can all use this crazy time of COVID 19 to deepen our understanding of ourselves; knowing our identity, suspending certainty, taking responsibility, working interdependently, and building resiliency. Jennifer is a long time colleague and friend whose work as a communications consultant is in demand around the world. Enjoy.
Tue, 02 Jun 2020 - 14min
38 - Interview with Dan Rothstein: The Most Important Change – Students Asking Meaningful Questions
Conversation with Dan Rothstein on teaching students the skill and fostering the confidence for asking more meaningful questions across all disciplines. My own sense is that the process Dan describes (QFT) is a prerequisite for teaching students to design the most effective searches on the web. Dan is the co-author with Luz Santana of "Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions" and also the co-director of the Right Question Institute - https://rightquestion.org.
Mon, 01 Jun 2020 - 44min
37 - Interview with Lainie Rowell: Survival Guide to Helping Students Feel More Connected
Lainie Rowell was a contributor to the National Standards for Quality Online Teaching. She has worked with schools all over the world to build capacity for innovation with teaching and learning. Lainie is a co-author of the recently published book, "Evolving Learner", which is available for purchase here, bit.ly/evolvinglearnerbook, with more information available here, EvolvingLearner.org.
Tue, 12 May 2020 - 27min
36 - Interview with Eric Mazur: Socrates Meets the Web!
Eric Mazur, Harvard Applied Physics Chair, shares his pioneering work supporting online learning. Eric is a true seminal thinker about expanding the boundaries of learning by empowering students. Think Socrates meets the Internet!
Wed, 29 Apr 2020 - 40min
35 - Podcast with Dr. Zoran Popović: Learning from Learning Games
Podcast with Dr. Zoran Popović: Learning from Learning Games
Only listen to this podcast if you want your mind blown about how we can re-think motivation and achievement, especially for our lowest performing students. Get ready to unlearn! Dr. Zoran Popović is a seminal thinker and researcher who leads the game learning group at the University of Washington and we are proud to announce will be keynoting BLC17 in Boston July 26th.
Global News Podcast BBC World Service
