This episode I sit with Tom Murray to discuss Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences that Impact a Lifetime.

In Personal & Authentic, Thomas C. Murray reveals the power of designing awe-inspiring experiences that are grounded in relationships and learner-centered by design. Inherently relevant and contextualized, it is this kind of learning that lasts a lifetime.

Tom serves as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools. He has testified before U.S. Congress and has appeared on various television and radio shows. Murray serves as a regular conference keynote, was named one of the “20 to watch” by NSBA, the “National/Global EdTech Leader of the year” in 2018, The “Education Thought Leader of the Year” in 2017, and the “Education Policy Person of the Year” by the Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015. His last two books, Learning Transformed and Personal & Authentic, have both reached Best Seller Status.

To connect with Tom, you can find him here:

https://www.thomascmurray.com/ and @thomascmurray on social media.

I sit down with educator, presenter, speaker Rachelle Dene Poth, to discuss her latest book Things I Wish [...] Knew.

In Things I Wish [...] Knew, Rachelle Dené Poth has brought in fifty educators with different experiences and backgrounds in education to share something they wish they or others knew. Each vignette shares an eye-opening experience, a valuable lesson learned, advice for overcoming challenges, or simply offers some inspiration or words of wisdom.

Rachelle is a Spanish and STEAM: What’s nExT in Emerging Technology Teacher at Riverview Junior Senior High School in Oakmont, PA. She is also an Attorney and earned her Juris Doctor Degree from Duquesne University School of Law and have a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology. She has presented at conferences such as ASCD, BETT, FETC, ISTE, ICE, iNACOL, PETE&C, PSMLA, Southern Oregon EdTech Conference, Spring CUE ), Summer Spark and local conferences, on emerging technology and more ways to benefit student learning.

To connect with Rachelle you can find her here:

https://rdene915.com/ and @rdene915 on social media.

In this episode I sit down with Todd Whitaker to discuss several of his books. From What Great Teachers Do Differently, Shifting The Monkey, to Your First Year.

We discuss the roles principals play in securing a great faculty as well as how teachers strive for greatness.

Todd is one of the nation's leading authorities on staff Motivation, Teacher Leadership, and Principal Effectiveness. He has traveled extensively training teachers and administrators, has written over 60 books and he took a moment to sit with us to share some insights.

You can connect with Todd on Twitter or through his website.

https://twitter.com/ToddWhitaker

@toddwhitaker

http://www.toddwhitaker.com/

Just a short bit about who I am and what I hope to accomplish with the show. Silos are for grain not Education.