Digical Education

Writer, speaker and podcast host Christina Crook has been studying the relationship between joy and technology for over a decade. Whether you’re seeking presence, peace, focus or productivity, Christina has shaped tools and teachings to reconnect your habits with your happiness.  With all of the conversations of happiness, well-being, and current mental health issues this was a fun conversation fo...

This is a continuation of a conversation with Thomas Arnett from earlier this fall that talks about educational innovation and the necessity to create new value networks.   Take a read of the report he wrote.

Namita Prasad is a Confidence Educator and in this podcast with my friend Mitch Weathers of Organized Binder we talk with her about her work and her book "The Power of Why Not." 

Happy 2023, and I think this is a great conversation to kick-off the New Year and 2nd Semester of school. Dr. Erik Demeulenaere of Clark University wrote a journal article that intrigued me called Disrupting School Rituals based on a class he co-taught with two other local teachers in Worcester, MA.  I hope this encourages you as you think about this in your classroom and schools and how it might...

Ben Bajarin is a great friend, a parent, and a great chef who introduced me to ChatGPT a couple weeks ago. In this conversation I wanted Ben's thoughts on this transformative technology and how we might reframe our thinking about how to best use and steward this technology. Ben has been with Creative Strategies, inc since 2000. He covers consumer technology, personal computing devices, semiconduct...

This Future Ready conversation is with Dean Nicholas who is Head of School at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy .

Stephen Carter is Director of Entrepreneurship at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy in Ohio that was part of the Future Ready book/research.

Bill Sterrett serves as Department Chair and Professor of Educational Leadership in Baylor University’s School of Education. Before joining Baylor in 2022, Sterrett served as Associate Dean and Professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Prior to Sterrett’s 12-year tenure at UNCW, he was a principal and teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia. Some resources mentioned in the podcast: Bi...

Kathleen Peercy shares her story of moving from the classroom, to a specialist role, and now to an instructional coach and how it has shaped her love for students, colleagues, and our profession.

Joel Gaines is the Head of School at The City School in Philadelphia.

Jon shares the joy we experienced at Hope Academy and other lessons from the research. Check out his new podcast Just Schools .

David Smith led the Civic Hospitality project, and he invited me to be part of the project team. In this podcast conversation I get to ask him how he got interested in a pedagogy of hospitality, how the fit with the Civics classroom, and some of his reflections on this project. Learn more: https://civichospitality.com/

Lynn Swaner who was a primary researcher and author for this project shares some of the background of this project, some ways to use the book, and questions to ask throughout the journey.

David Hunt is the Education Director for Cardus who was a partner in the production of this research and book.

Traniece Brown-Warrens is a doctoral student at Baylor University and an elementary school principal. Check out her story that leads to some deep wisdom, and enjoy the energy and passion she brings to our profession.

I've had Thomas Arnett on the podcast before to talk about Innovation in Education, but this conversation stems from an article I really enjoyed entitled " New Value Networks: The missing piece in the K-12 disruption equation ." I hope that you will read it and take a listen to this podcast conversation, and keep an eye out for more from and with Thomas.   Thomas Arnett is a senior research fellow...

Future Ready is a new book that came out of a research project, and this is the first in a series of conversations with the researchers/authors or educators from the schools researched. This is a great start with my colleague Matt Lee who pushes us to think about "What is Possible."   Info on the book: https://www.amazon.com/Future-Ready-Lynn-Swaner/dp/1583312234/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ZNLVACE8KCB9&keyw...

In this episode of "Stories in Becoming More Human" Dennis and I get to talk to Hailey Williams who is an Art educator in Texas. She shares the story of "Matthew" leading us into a great conversation about 'struggle.'

BONUS EPISODE: Schooled! In this episode we connect with some of our favorite Christian school podcast friends and have some fun drafting our ideal schools using peculiar pools to choose from. In round 1 we draft our school's name and motto using 80’s bands and their songs. In round 2 we draft our school's sports teams, colors and mascot using a current pro sports team. In round 3 we draft our sch...

Darryll Ramsey Jr. is the principal of Eastwood Elementary School in Norwalk, CA, and he gets us kicked off for the 2022-23 school year in our continued conversation about how students change us as people and professionals. In this conversation he shares about the impact of belief and connection.

Dan Olson is managing director of the Anselm House at the University of Minnesota, founder and director of the Spreading Hope Network, and the author of an illustrated book " Oh, the Treasures You'll Know ." Our conversation is around this book, his reason for tackling a reimagination of a Dr. Seuss classic, and his hopes for future generations of students.

Since starting my work at Baylor I've had the opportunity to get to know Paul Putz and his work with the Faith and Sports Institute , and he is one of my favorite people to follow on Twitter @p_emory. This is just a continuation of conversations we've had about youth sports in particular. Keep an eye out for his book coming in 2023. Paul Putz serves as Assistant Director of the Faith & Sports Inst...

I wish I had met Len a long time ago and also read his book "Greater Things: The Work of the New Creation" twelve years ago when we started our educational innovation network. However, this conversation was quite timely as we think about our work as Educators during these very reward yet difficult days. Len is the Executive Director of Invite Resources ( https://www.inviteresources.com/ ). 

I have come to be a fan of Charlotte Mason's ideas on education and learning through my friend and colleague Deani Van Pelt who is President of Edvance and on the Board of Directors for the Charlotte Mason Institute. Recently, I connected with Deani as I wanted her thoughts on what we might be able to learn from Charlotte Mason for the post-pandemic world of education.

Dave Loewen is the Superintendent of Surrey Christian School outside Vancouver. We were talking this March at an event where he mentioned his concept of a 'Beautiful Story' school, which I'd never heard him talk about before, so I asked him to unpack some of his thinking out-loud with us on this podcast.