This week's episode is an interview of Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council about Wisconsin's YES! program.

1:25 Tom explains his background

6:12 Any advice for people/educators who want to make a change in their school system?

11:53 What does the whole program entail?

15:57 What is the benefit of teaching entrepreneurship?

24:21 Closing statements

In today's episode of the BEE Educated Show, Brad sits down with Anthony Iracki to discuss his parks and recreation background and how that correlates to education.

0:53 Brad introduces Anthony

1:40 Anthony’s experience working for the City of Milwaukee

3:05 How Anthony got into parks & recreation/his background

6:30 Brad & Anthony talk about Beepods

12:45 Impact of global programs in parks and recreation

30:12 A learning experience from Anthony

See more of Anthony's work at anthonyinparks.com

Show notes can be found here. 

This week's episode is a deep dive into a survey that shows kids may be drifting away from sports and outside play. Is this a new normal?

0:01 Brad introduces the episode

4:59 Brad gives background about the survey:

9:35 National Geographic study

10:48 Play helps with

16:16 United Kingdom

17:04 Bangladesh

21:31 Conclusion

Show notes found here. 

This week's episode of #TheBeeEducatedShow discusses education and how educators can engage students through their learning activities.

0:16 Brad recaps past interviews

2:55 Book recommendation

8:10 Teaching during a pandemic

11:07 What stops educators from using the type of models they want

14:40 Brad’s call to action or “nugget”

18:07 Inquiry-based learning and the issues that come with it

22:43 Using Zoom

Show notes can be found here. 

This week's episode is an interview between Hannah Dresang and Nicole Stafford. Hear her talk about her educational practices and her endeavor as director of the Education Learning Center. 

CSU’s Environmental Learning Center:

www.csuelc.org

"The Colorado State University Environmental Learning Center aims to connect people to nature through high-quality environmental education experiences in and about the environment. As a learning lab within the Warner College of Natural Resources, we train and mentor future leaders in the field and bring the passion and expertise within the college to the outside community."

2:00 Nicole explains her start

4:50 What drew you to environmental education?

6:30 What goals of environmental education do you relate to the most?

12:30 What’s it like to be the director of the ELC?

15:51 How was the ELC established?

26:55 What are other organizations in the area doing?

33:30 What advice do you have for people running similar organizations or teachers in general?

36:00 What do you hope to see for the future of environmental education?

Show notes for this episode can be found here. 

Today's episode is about faking your way through teaching when you aren't fully knowledgeable on a topic. Have you felt that you had to "fake it till you make it" before while teaching? 

0:25 Talking about faking your way through education

1:08 Strategies for teaching when you don’t know much about a topic

1:40 Inquiry-based learning (IBL)

2:36 Adaptable, teachable moments

3:15 Importance of having backup activities

4:05 Being a teacher

Show notes can be found here.

Today's episode is an interview between Hannah and our special guest, Vanessa Montgomery. Stick along to learn more about her journey in the Peace Corps and what she's up to now! #BEEeducated

1:41 Q1 What started your environmental interest and what led you to pursue biological teaching?

7:57 Q2 How did you become a Peace Corps volunteer? How did your Peace Corps services affect you?

14:44 Q3 Engaging students in foreign languages

18:21 Q4 Teaching experience that you’d like to share?

26:50 Q5 Is there someone who inspired how you’ve gone through your teaching experience?

34:40 Q6 What do you hope your students get the most out of your lessons?

In this week's episode, Hannah explains how the Coronavirus Pandemic has caused some major shifts in the field of education.

0:16 How Covid is influencing environmental education topic begins

2:20 We cannot predict what the future may hold

3:55 Convos with organizations and teachers

6:16 Hannah thanks the listeners

Show notes for this episode can be found here. 

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On today's episode of BEE Educated, Hannah leads a group interview with Aileen Palma, Anna Eick, and Julie Dauer!

3:28 What brought Anna to environmental education

4:47 What brought Julie to environmental education

6:15 What brought Aileen to environmental education

7:42 Were there specific moments growing up that showed you that environmental education was a thing?

11:48 How do you think that environmental education should be integrated more and more centralized around our school systems?

18:00 Covid & Environmental Education

AILEEN PALMA:

Instagram: @aileenback24

Mentioned in the interview episode:

Beetles Project: (as a source for educators): http://beetlesproject.org/

Latino Outdoors: https://latinooutdoors.org/

You can also look for different chapters on Facebook and Instagram.

“We inspire, connect, and engage Latino communities in the outdoors and embrace cultura y familia as part of the outdoor narrative, ensuring our history, heritage, and leadership are valued and represented.”

ANNA EICK:

Instagram: @anna_plays_outside

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annaeick

Canyonlands Field Institute link (mentioned in all episodes with Anna): https://cfimoab.org/

JULIE DAUER:

Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliedauer33/

Show notes can be found here. 

Today's episode is an interview between Hannah and our special guest, Julie Dauer. Stick along to learn more about her journey at the ELC and what she's up to now! #BEEeducated

1:07 Q1 Is there a particular outdoor experience or natural area that you especially connected with when you were growing up?

2:48 Q2 What made you switch career paths from nursing to natural resource management?

4:02 Q3 Do you see any aspects of nursing that also hit on ecological values?

5:30 Q4 Thorne Nature Experience

7:15 Q5 What brought you to work at the Hydromet?

10:43 Q6 Do you have any techniques for speaking to customers/students?

11:53 Q7 Specific teaching experience that is memorable?

13:47 Q8 Was there another teaching challenge that you’ve struggled with and have you found particular ways of overcoming them?

15:57 Q9 What do you think it was about this educator role that led you to realize the importance of inclusivity in environmental education?

17:23 Q10 What does access look like today?

CSU’s Environmental Learning Center:

www.csuelc.org

"The Colorado State University Environmental Learning Center aims to connect people to nature through high-quality environmental education experiences in and about the environment. As a learning lab within the Warner College of Natural Resources, we train and mentor future leaders in the field and bring the passion and expertise within the college to the outside community."

JULIE DAUER:

Personal LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliedauer33/

Show notes can be found here.