Focus on EDU: EdTech and The Education Experience

Join us as we dive into some radical vulnerability, Wu-Tang, grace, science, humility, mistakes, Jay-Z, #HipHopEd, reality pedagogy, and so much more. Dr. Chris Emdin, professor at Teachers College at Columbia University, author of "For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood..." and the Upcoming "RatchetDemic" joins us for this week's EXTENDED CUT 30 minute episode of #FocusOnK12.

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In education, our curriculum rarely keeps up with shifts in the market, the economy, and other forces that shape the world we live in. While not all of our students are planning on starting a business, many can benefit from teaching and learning around the skills that are sometimes relegated to an entrepreneurship curriculum: defining and solving a problem, confidence and clarity of communication, and so much more. Today, I dip my toe into the water of student entrepreneurship with Rabbi Michael Cohen (@thetechrabbi). 

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Throughout the pandemic, we've seen an explosion of new resources being thrust into the world of education. As we continue to roll out new programs and tools in our schools, we need to make sure our teachers and staff feel prepared to integrate them into their instruction. Michelle Moore leads us through some thoughts around professional learning and what leaders can do to keep it as the focus of the work.

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Pav Wander is one half of the teaching and podcasting powerhouse Chey and Pav. In our conversation, we discuss how they got started with The Staffroom Podcast and The Drive on VoicEd Radio, how the podcasting informs her work as a teacher, and how she tries to balance the dual life of a content creator and teacher.

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Ken Shelton is a powerful voice for equity in education. Today we dive into the fact that digital equity isn't only about having access to a device and a hotspot, we've got to take a look at the lack of stable broadband access throughout our country. We also examine the views of screen time across socioeconomic lines and the importance of focusing on the learning that is available to those with access to the internet.

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Large, urban school districts tend to operate like their own city within a city- acting as a hub for learning and knowledge, but also supporting the areas that they serve. Today, I talk with Phillip Dunn, CIO for Broward County Schools in Florida (6th largest district in the country with ~270K students), who has also worked within NYC DOE (largest district in the country). We talk about some of the benefits and drawbacks of large systems and a few of his ideas about what might be a possible path forward in education.

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While MANY things in education changed in 2020, one thing has stayed the same (or actually grown in importance), and that is the need to build strong relationships with your students in the classroom. Today, I talk to Jess Boyce from Flipgrid and we share some stories of building positive relationships while creating an environment of safety and respect.

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For many of our students, the teacher who stands before them each day doesn't look like them or have any similar lived experiences. Sharif El-Mekki, founder and CEO of The Center for Black Educator Development, is looking to change all that and build a #BlackTeacherPipeline.

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Dr. Sarah Thomas is an educator, author, technologist, publisher, leader, and so much more. On this episode, we connected on what it means to share your voice and have your voice heard in a world with a lot of noise.

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