Big Ideas in Education

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares an article from EdWeek that talks about the challenges schools are facing to resume music instruction in the physical classroom. Ryan shares a few articles that talk about concerns when requiring students to t...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares a article that talks about the future of education post COVID-19 and how education can emerge stronger than ever before. Ryan shares an article that talks about school protocols to effectively manage student d...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, we continue our series of interviews with Ed Tech innovators from the Future of Education Technology conference in Miami Beach, Florida. Our guest on the program this week is Danielle Sullivan, National Director, Content a...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares a few articles that provides suggestions on how best to engage early learners during remote instruction. Ryan shares an article from Edutopia that talks about a background knowledge approach when teaching stud...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares an article that talks about positive student teacher relationship building during distance learning and its effects on students’ academic outcomes. Ryan shares an article that talks about how school yearbooks...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares an article that talks about a educational program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in which allows youth to take advantage of a experiential learning opportunity to make observations about the natural world. Ryan s...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares an NPR article that talks about the safeness of reopening schools by providing a safety procedure checklist that complies with the CDC guidelines. Ryan shares an article from Edutopia that talks about teaching...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares an article that talks about Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School in New York how and how they are reimaging what classrooms will look like when facilitating an Equity by Design approach to meet the needs of stud...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares an article that talks about the power of play in creating a fertile environment to strengthen the levels of creativity in students. Ryan talks about an initiative from the Los Angeles Unified School District w...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah talks about an article that shares effective instructional methods, online activities, and additional distance learning strategies to help better serve English Language Learners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ryan tal...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, we continue our series of interviews with Ed Tech innovators from the Future of Education Technology conference in Miami Beach, Florida. Our guest on the program Christine Umayam, the senior content marketing manager of sc...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares an article that talks about the role that Khan Academy is playing in closing the digital divide and democratizing learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ryan celebrates the new National Teacher of the Year, Taba...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, we continue our series of interviews with Ed Tech innovators from the Future of Education Technology conference in Miami Beach, Florida. Our guest on the program is Raigan Irwin-McCabe and Ryan Ogle of Trox, a company that...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares an article from EdWeek that talks about what schools will look like in the fall by sharing recommendations on implementing social distancing routines. Ryan shares an article that talks about “microschooling” a...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares a few reputable resources that talk about racial inequities and ways to engage in meaningful conversation about race with students while raising awareness. Ryan shares an article from EdWeek and a study that d...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, joining us on the program from the University of Miami is John Haller, the Vice President of Enrollment Management and Nate Crozier, the Assistant VP for Undergraduate Admissions and Marketing. John and Nate talk to our ho...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares a series of articles that talk about academic integrity and the potential dangers of aggressive contract cheating in the virtual learning setting. Sarah provides suggestions on how to better serve our students...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares a few articles that talk about the teaching profession through the lens of a parent and how educators are being recognized for their remarkable work efforts during the pandemic. Ryan shares an article from Edu...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, we continue our series of interviews with Ed Tech innovators from the Future of Education Technology conference in Miami Beach, Florida. Our guest on the program is Nate Shelley, the product marketing manager of Vernier So...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares a few articles that talks about the efforts that are being made to reopen schools in the fall while implementing social distancing guidelines. Ryan talks about Alexis Lovares, a 16-year-old student who has cre...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah shares an article from the Washington Post that talks about a 23-million-dollar initiative that aims to ensure each K-12 student has access to high speed internet and a tablet to further distance learning in Detroit,...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah and Ryan are joined by special guest Curtis Callands of LifeWorks Schools in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania. Curtis is the Principal and Special Education Director of LifeWorks Schools. On this episode, Curtis talks a...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, we continue our series of interviews with Ed Tech innovators from the Future of Education Technology conference in Miami Beach, Florida. Our guest on the program is Dan Cavalli, Chief Sales Officer at Flinn Scientific, Inc...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Sarah talks about student privacy and the dangers of sharing identifiable information about our students on social media platforms. The panel shares best practices and alternatives on how to respect student privacy. Ryan t...

Don't just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasinEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed. This week, Ryan and Sarah are joined by Mike Hernandez, IT Director at Academica. Mike shares an article about the role that education technology and online resources will play once students return to the physical classroom environme...