ActOnLearning

In this episode with Mickelle Weary, teacher, mom of  17-year old daughter and 13-year-old son, world traveler, and much much more, we talk about really interesting matters like could we move through times of shifting paradigms by transforming small risks into small risks, or could we actually do the learning and education with conversations rather than assessing outputs and proof of learning. Mickelle courageously shares and inspires us with unlearning (letting go of) like "less planning" or how I call it " do that planning, thoroughly and then really be ready to through it up the window when the moment invites. Another interesting one is "looking at mastery", how one of very inspiring university professors from Reimagining Education Conference 2022 organized by Ecoversities very precisely explained about present math pedagogies " it is not about 3rd grade or 4th-grade math, these are just maths it is not about the age", you want to hear Mickelle moving through this math challenge we truly let's be honest face. You want to listen to this episode, it is joyful, relaxing and a friendly invitation to look at what you are already doing through this Journey as a student, teacher, parent, assessment expert, and facilitator and you would really like to do more of that.  

In this episode, we meet 6th graders from Galapagos Island together with their teacher Adi Benea. Many thanks to the school and teachers for organizing the interview.

In this episode, we are listening to the voice of students from Marie Curie Highschool, Giulianova, Italy, many thanks to the teacher Vanessa Ridolfi that has facilitated the dialogue. Multiculturality, epistemology, and practical issues like investing in diverse youth paths, their access to higher education, supporting women in STEAM, education prepared for web 3.0, more investments in culture are just some of the topics you will interact with. This is part 2 of the episode, where the other 2 students join and explore further. 

In this episode, we meet 4 students from Arkas Art& Science Center, Izmir, Turkey. Many thanks for their self-organizing effort and of course to the teacher for supporting their participation and making this interview possible. In this interview, we start from what we know " success feels possible when I achieve my learning objective" and we build towards hearing the courageous students' voices " should we be able to imagine many different jobs?", "imagining school leadership with human skills developed for teachers, besides the subject and pedagogical ones. Brave voices, inspiring ones.

In this episode, you will meet students from students from Radviliskio Lizdeikos gimnazija. Can we imagine a school and a learning context in which technology facilitates students' ability to open up to teachers and express their emotions in a safe way. And so much more, a short yet very deep chat with students. Many thanks to students joining, Skirma, English teacher, and to the rest of the teachers for helping us with all zoom organizational challenges. 

In this episode, we are listening to the voice of students from Marie Curie Highschool, Giulianova, Italy, many thanks to the teacher Vanessa Ridolfi that has facilitated the dialogue. Multiculturality, epistemology, and practical issues like investing in diverse youth paths, their access to higher education, supporting women in STEAM, education prepared for web 3.0, more investments in culture are just some of the topics you will interact with. This is part of one of the episode.

In this episode, we meet with the same questions about "Reimagined education", the students from Arc Metropolitan School Bucharest. You will hear what they think about the self-image of success and what one needs to feel successful in learning, how can technology transform learning relations, what kind of leadership we need in education, and one of my favorite future images for schools "..school should be close to nature, outside the city, so we can breath the fresh air". This episode hosts the voice of 15 students or more, for which we send many thanks for the self-organizing effort to teachers& students. This is a wonderful powerful episode with the voice of the many! Enjoy.

In this episode, we meet six students from Suvemäe Democratic Led School in Tallinn. The same questions will be addressed during the entire season to different students, young ones, as we explore a sense of destination from their perspective. What success feels like in education and learning, how can technology assist learning relations, how do schools of the future feel like, what can we do today so when we will think back 10 years from now we will consider we were wise. Some of the topics students explored, stay tuned, share, and join us in the next episodes.   

Sanjay Fernandes is from Bogotá, Colombia. He is the father of 2 beautiful boys, an economist, interaction designer, educator and electronic musician. His work at SOLE (Self-Organised Learning Environments) Colombia seeks to create a simple powerful solution to transform the future of education. SOLE is a disruptive education methodology developed by TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra. With his work he empowers communities to develop: autonomy, collaboration, deep learning, and most important of all: it helps them solve real-life problems! Since 2014, Sanjay has scaled the methodology to reach more than 417,000 people of all ages in more than 800 schools, 1,400 public libraries and hundreds of public spaces with connectivity, in collaboration with the government, private companies, the social sector, and citizens. Due to their work, SOLE Colombia was nominated for the 2017 Best Leaders of Colombia Award from the Leadership and Democracy Foundation, Semana Magazine and Telefónica.

Wellbeing movement, where we start with? Prototyping from Wellbeing Lab, with Shashi Nair, India