Learning Counsel Report Podcast

LeiLani discusses with guest, Marty Reed of RANDA Solutions, the mass attrition of teachers during this historic perfect storm of Covid-19.  Educator frustrations with remote teaching, and a lack of elevation of the profession up to the digiverse has magnified the already crisis level issue of teacher retention.  Marty's take on teacher free agentry changes the entire dynamics of teaching.  By cre...

LeiLani and Lewis Johnson of Alelo discuss avatars used with artificial intelligence for asynchronous teaching and professional development.  A technology that has been around for awhile in the corporate sector and military is now coming to the rescue in education to create engagement and efficiencies. This technology is set to help teachers teach with more engagement and an iterative process wher...

LeiLani Cauthen discusses the general education tech chaos with Tricia Kennedy, Exec Dir., Instructional Development and Support, Gwinnett County Public Schools in Atlanta, Georgia.  Kennedy has been the leader for many years worth of preparedness to have a fully integrated learning ecosystem so that total chaos was never evident for them in America's March 2020 move to quarantines with all school...

  LeiLani discusses recent findings by researchers Dr. John Bielinski and Dr. Kyle Wagner at Illuminate Education on the effect quarantines and remote learning have had on K-8 learning outcomes.   Schools working through remote learning transitions have focused on engagement but the data indicates that there is a clear hierarchy of needs and educators will need the tools to pinpoint risk quickly a...

In this EduJedi Report Podcast, LeiLani talks about PODS, the new trend in homeschooling-tied-to-schools.  With the advent of the pandemic, a scenario she first talked about in her book, The Consumerization of Learning, is coming true.  She reads a purely fictional account of a student's journey in a POD from the last chapters of her book, giving a glimpse into the future.

Guests, Dr. Travis Taylor, Instructional Technology Specialist from Little Rock School District, Arkansas, and Berj Akian, CEO of ClassLink, have a lively conversation about one of the biggest organizational conundrums for schools as quarantines went into effect and how to better prepare for the future. Dr. Taylor shares how Little Rock is using single sign-on and analytics to bring order to remot...

Guests Tyce Miller, the CEO of Mobilemind and Sarah Porisch, Director of Technology, Brainerd Public Schools, discuss what's happening now with teaching the teachers.  Where schools once had those eight-hour days of intensive professional development, training is now shifting to on-demand and highly personalized through advanced technology.  The talk focused on the success from Minnesota, and how...

What's it been like to transition to digital remote learning in one of our nation's hot zones? One district with a "Keep Learning, Don't Miss Out" motto made every day in quarantines count.  

Leilani and Sakon discuss what is happening with the intersection of regular instructional design and the new digital instructional design paradigm with one of the nation's preeminently qualified UI/UX and instructional design experts found tucked away in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Sakon Kieh. In this podcast, Sakon and LeiLani discuss what's happened with the national COVID-19 cr...

LeiLani Cauthen and Dr. Barbara Nemko, Napa County Superintendent of Schools, Napa County Office of Education in California discuss what the ARRA Stimulus of 2009 did compared to the new CARES Act Stimulus intention. Many important comments are made regarding caveats for schools and district's to consider. On superintendents just using the Stimulus to save jobs, Dr. Nemko stated: "It's going to ki...

LeiLani Cauthen and Senator Howard Stephenson of Utah discuss concerns about the sudden shift of all schools to remote learning, and what it really means for the future.  Just one of Stephenson's great comments:  "The thing you need to focus on is those tools that provide immediate interactive, adaptive feedback while the student is doing the work. It's not about PDFs online. It's not about worksh...