I was joined by four students representing 3 continents to discuss how remote learning has impacted them.

Tiago, Year 12, Dubai resident

Lottie, Year 6, Dubai resident

Free, Grade 6, Atlanta, Georgia resident

and Blaine, Grade 12, Raleigh, North Carolina resident.

We discussed how ready they are to go back to school, if they are feeling any anxiety, what part of the social aspects of school will be impacted by social distancing, and much more.

I had the opportunity to have a conversation with George Stewart II about his work as a teacher leader, his advocacy work both at the local and state level, and being an agent of change.  I also allowed him to have some time to share his feelings about George Floyd and what predominantly white schools can do to help promote allyship.  George actually helped get a bill to support autistic students on to the House floor in Mississippi.

George can be found at https://www.twitter.com/gstew2

Five parents from all over the world share their experiences with their children's education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jun Song can be found on Twitter here.

Matt James can be found on Twitter here.

Jessica Daily can be found on Twitter here.

Hayley Lamb can be found on Twitter here.

Jenny Mollon can be found on Twitter here.

In this episode, I sit down with Chuck Rust, Esq. to discuss #deepfakes, what they are, and why educators (and humans in general) should care about this.

We discuss -

Legal responsibilities of social media companies to monitor deep fakes

Shallow fakes and their potential impact on society

the Nick Sandmann case

Find Chuck on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-rust-esq-3a97a630/

Tia Luker-Putra is an ex-pat teacher and blogger currently living in China.  Sydney Atkins is an administrator living in Al Ain, UAE. 

We discuss our collective COVID19 experiences. Tia shares what life is like in China going back to school for her first day today.  Sydney shares how his work has been impacted by being an educational leader.

Tia can be found on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TIAscience

Tia's latest blog can be found at: https://medium.com/@tialukerputra/covid-19-shanghai-schools-return-6e7851c55203

Sydney can be found on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/SYDNEYDXB

My special guest Nate Bowling and I discuss the inequities of the College Board and how they quite possibly have done the worst job in the world in terms of how they handled COVID19 as an organization.  

Nate can be found 

on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nate_bowling

on the NerdFarm Podcast: https://twitter.com/nerdfarmpod

on his blog: https://www.natebowling.com

I had the chance to catch up with 16-year-old Shiv Bhagnari, a Dubai High School student working tirelessly to get ESports of the ground for students in Dubai.

Learn about Shiv on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Esports Schools can be found on Discord.

Justin and I dive into the history of JUMP! Foundation, the value of finding a good mentor, the importance of process, and what education needs today.

We also discuss the dirty word of innovation.

Kevin, Patrick, and Steve discuss COVID19 impact on schools across the globe with Jeremy.  

Kevin can be found on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/globalkdsl. 

Patrick can be found on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/presidentpat

Steve can be found on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/steve_bambury. 

Jeremy can be found on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/jwilliamsEDU

Here is the INTELOC statement on China mentioned by Kevin: https://kdslglobal.wordpress.com/2020... 

Here is the article Kevin mentioned from CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/world/... 

Here is the article from Mark Steed mentioned by Steve: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/covid-... 

#learning #futureofschools #education

I update listeners on UAE life and discuss the Shaun Robison article "Now is the time to talk about quality.....".

Find Shaun here: 

https://www.twitter.com/shaun_robison

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

Find the article here:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/now-time-talk-quality-shaun-robison/