Living On The Edge of Chaos

As you listen, I have three listener challenges for you to consider participating in for ongoing engagement. Listener Challenge 1: "Empowering Learners" Based on Sarah's insights, how can you apply her approach to empower learners in your own setting? Whether you're a teacher, a manager, or a parent, we'd love to hear your thoughts. Share your strategies or experiences. Listener Challenge 2: "The...

Topics: Who is Andrea Stewart? What is her origin story? What is Learning Couture and why is this work important? What is deeper learning and  why it's so important for teachers and students to tackle real-world situations? How can creating a Profile of a Graduate help schools and districts set the stage for deeper learning? How is a profile or portrait different from typical mission and vision st...

Introduction: Embrace the challenges and goals of rethinking education and fostering critical thinking. Explore the importance of moving beyond traditional differentiation and personalized learning. Challenges: Moving beyond traditional differentiation and personalized learning. Fostering authentic connections and curiosity in learners. Balancing virtual and in-person interactions in the post-pand...

Show Notes: 🌿 Introduction: Meet Steffany Cartellone The woman behind A Snail's Pace blog A devoted mother, nature lover, and experienced educator 🌱 Steffany's Origin Story From the tranquil waters of Deer Lake, Minnesota to the classrooms of North Carolina, Texas, Iowa, and Maryland How teaching a high ropes course in the mountains led to her A-HA moment 🌳 Lessons Learned Through Teaching Acro...

Show Notes: Introduction: Who is Carol Hill? Carol's origin story and journey to LEGO Education Global insights that led to success Identifying a problem before falling in love with a solution The meaning of being agile Developing an agile, growth mindset in colleagues and students Building psychological safety and promoting a nimble approach Carol's preferred structure/framework for agile work Th...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE(giving tiny tidbit for inquiry in your behalf:) Who is Josh Reppun? His origin story from Hawaii to being a chef, hotel manager, then into education. What have been so of the impacts of MLTS as a springboard to create change in education over the years? What are the commonalities that Josh has been able to gather from all the perspectives and teaching in various locations? How do...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE(giving tiny tidbit for inquiry in your behalf:) In this thought-provoking episode, we dive into the world of education and technology with renowned expert, Gary Stager. Join us as we explore: The journey and accomplishments of Gary Stager The concept of "computing" as an action, shaping how we perceive technology The thought-provoking question: Does the computer program the child...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE Who is Leon Furze? Why did Leon go into a Ph. D in artificial intelligence prior to ChatGPT blowing up? How does Leon help educators working through the process of how AI can benefit the classroom? Why is the conversation on cheating is a distraction to the bigger issues to tackle? The big topic of ethics and AI How do we tackle these topics when most have no idea about these too...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE Note to listener: we recorded this episode mid February of 2023 prior to all the updates with ChatGPT 4 and more. Just providing context Who is Peter Pappas? Setting the stage with his teaching style and how it came to be by thinking about how to teach like an art teacher How has Peter navigated AI in the landscape of education? How is Peter trying to process AI in his teaching a...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE Who is Rafranz Davis? What is her origin story from education to her new job? How do we work to increase the opportunities to have someone take notice of us to make a difference? What are some of the parallels and areas of focus we need to continue in education based on her experience working in education, her life experience, and now LinkedIn. How do we connect community to educ...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE Who is Dan Fitzpatrick? What do we need to think about AI differently than just the latest shiny object? How do we consider accessibility and equity with devices, access, and teaching of skills? How do we go back to rethinking our media and digital skills? How do we stop and pause to consider ethics to these tools? How do we strike a balance of how to monitor or work with these t...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE Who is Zoe Weil? What is her origin story that has brought her to this place of being so passionate about humane work? What is a solutionary? What are ways to create opportunities for students to be solutionaries despite the barriers of the K-12 education system? What is the difference between a problem solver vs. solutionary? To be solutionary needs to address the root causes an...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE Who is Jenahlee Chamberlain? What is her origin story to find herself in her current role? How does she process all the resources and materials to determine a clean concise flow for teaching and learning? How to organize vertically K-12 and ensuring equity and access to be able to use lessons no matter the school? YOUR CHALLENGE Share ideas you gathered from the conversation with...

Explore this show and so much more at www.coffeeforthebrain.com In this episode of the podcast, I speak with the wonderful and incredible Jenny Buccos. Jenny Buccos is a multi-award-winning director and producer. She is the founder and Head of Content of EXPLR Media, a multimedia education strategist, and an agent for global citizenship. She is the Creator and Executive Producer of  Crash Test Wor...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE All profiles can be found here Who is Amanda Clark? Who is Erin Starkey? Who is Sara Lev? How did the three of these awesome people come together? Erin Starkey Misconceptions on PBL and Literacy Power words: Perception and Permission Sara Lev Misconceptions on PBL and Integration Pressure of foundation skills and "catching students up" Three layers to consider Amanda Clark Miscon...

See more at https://coffeeforthebrain.com/ TOPICS WE EXPLORE Who is Joey Cofone? Issues with education system and why there is a disconnect to needs of ourselves and others. Barriers of creativity built by invisible rules What can Alexander the Great teacher us about creativity? Power word "disruption" Making things different vs. making things better Activity to showcase our uniqueness mathematica...

In this episode, I speak with Pernille Ripp. Pernille Ripp is an expert in literacy and technology integration and dedicates her research and practice to developing engaged and empowered students and communities. She is a teacher, speaker, author, blogger, and passionate advocate for education. She is the recipient of the 2015 WEMTA  Making IT Happen  Award; and the 2015 ISTE  Award for Innovation...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE Who is Jeremy Utley and how did he find his way to education from business work around the globe? Young people need permission to not know Not asking a young person what they want to be when they grow The Einstellung effect where we cease to search when we think we have a plausible first answer AND how Ideaflow works to push through this issue of thinking. Connection of creativit...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE Who is Laura McBain in case you don't already know! How might we best deliver content to young people? AND... How do we bring an asset framework and mindset to our young people and educators? How do we solve the sticky issues that we not yet addressed in our education system? How do we separate the topic of failure from the larger issue in the education system that is so focused...

In this episode, I speak with John Miller, Founder of Agile Classrooms. John inspires future-makers in creating a culture of vibrant empowerment in their organizations. As a foster kid, John was motivated to learn how some empowered themselves to become victors over their circumstances and others became victims of them. As the Chief Empowerment Officer of Agile Classrooms, he is pioneering Agile i...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE     What is a prototype? There a tension between a prototype as a question and a prototype as a statement The struggle of the muckety muck phase of bringing ideas to life aka "the solution" It is really hard to sit in a room of silence and watch people think. Power of space and time to sit with ideas to marinate Prototyping with focus more on the learning journey vs. final produc...

In this episode, I am sharing a session I was asked to present at the IASB conference . I have provided both the video and audio versions of this session. The beauty of this session is that we brought in a robust powerhouse of project based learning experts from around the country to help shape the narrative around why this work matters so much. The session description is as follows: Looking for w...

In this episode, I am sharing a conversation I had with Loni Bergqvist. Loni Bergqvist serves as the Founder//Partner at Imagine If . Loni was (and always will be) a teacher.  Loni started her career in education teaching at a traditional school in San Diego, California. She became a project-based learning 'convert' when she started attending night school in Leadership at the High Tech High Gradua...

In this episode, I am sharing a conversation I had with Stephanie Yeldell. Stephanie Yeldell serves as the education integration lead for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. She manages a portfolio of projects and partnerships engaging students and the academic community in NASA’s space technology development and missions, with a focus on supporting...

TOPICS WE EXPLORE Who is Susie Wise? Define 'belonging' and 'design for belonging' Belonging is not an "it" Our experience of belonging comes from a series of small subtle cues How can we look at ourselves to become better aware of belonging? How can we create a sense of belonging if we don't feel like we belong ourselves? Emotional Journey Map - access with the toolkit on the book website Partici...