Game Changers

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this second conversation of Series Nine, we talk with Daisy Turnbull, author, teacher, and former director of wellbeing at St Catherine's in Sydney. Before going into teaching, she worked in interactive advertising as a producer and in strategy roles. Daisy is an accredited Lifeline crisis support counsellor and regularly volunteers on the crisis support line.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/voyage

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this first conversation of Series Nine, we talk with Jared Cooney Horvath, Neuroscientist and Director of LME Global. Jared has a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Melbourne and an MEd in Mind, Brain & Education from Harvard University.  He has worked as a teacher, curriculum developer, brain researcher, and is currently an educational researcher at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/voyage

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this prologue episode of the ninth series of the Game Changers podcast, your hosts, Associate Professor of Education and Enterprise Philip Cummins and prominent educational Thought Leader Adriano Di Prato, explore the series theme 'The Science of Learning'. As they go they ask the question, 'How can we use emerging research about the science of learning to inform the design and development of transformative learning and the ecosystems which house this learning?'

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit https://www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/voyage

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions and supported by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education: www.circle.education. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this epilogue episode of the eighth series of the Game Changers podcast, your hosts, Associate Professor of Education and Enterprise Philip Cummins and prominent educational Thought Leader Adriano Di Prato, draw together their discoveries from their conversations with the Game Changers and share what they have learned about this series' theme: 'A Life of Purpose'.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions and supported by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education: www.circle.education. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

How do you find your voice? How do you find your calling? And how do you know that you are doing so in a good and honest way? In this eighth special series of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Jon Yeo and Blessing Akpan to get into the grit of character and learning. Blessing Akpan is Founder of The Innovative Child Network and and a HundrED Ambassador. The Innovative Child Network addresses the interlocking issues of literacy and youth unemployability by providing skill-based education to kids within the age of 5 to 17 in rural and low-income schools and communities in Africa. In recognition of her work, Blessing was shortlisted for the Global Student Prize.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow.(aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.education). The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this final conversation of Series Eight of the Game Changers podcast, we talk with Alan Duffy, Professor at Swinburne, Director of Space Technology and Industry Institute, Lead Scientist of RiAus, CEO and Founder of mDetec. His research is focused on using super-computers to build and test models of the growth of galaxies within vast dark matter halos, and in particular focuses on the formation of the first galaxies in the early universe during the "Epoch of Reionisation". These models aim to improve our understanding of the nature of dark matter, and the large scale properties of the universe. In this episode, he tackles the big questions, asking if we are alone, why there is something rather than nothing, and how we can belong.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.education). The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

How do you find your voice? How do you find your calling? And how do you know that you are doing so in a good and honest way? In this eighth special series of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Jon Yeo and Blessing Akpan to get into the grit of character and learning. Blessing Akpan is Founder of The Innovative Child Network and and a HundrED Ambassador. The Innovative Child Network addresses the interlocking issues of literacy and youth unemployability by providing skill-based education to kids within the age of 5 to 17 in rural and low-income schools and communities in Africa. In recognition of her work, Blessing was shortlisted for the Global Student Prize.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow.(aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.education). The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this penultimate conversation of Series Eight of the Game Changers podcast, we talk with Gahmya Drummond-Bey, Award-Winning Curriculum and Course Designer, sought-after global educator, and Impact Coach. Not only has Gahmya redesigned learning programs in over 30 countries, she has become a facilitator and guide for high performers who want to increase their impact and those who want to raise resilient, emotionally healthy kids. Everything that she does is centered around the ultimate goal of improving learning experiences for all children.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.education). The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

How do you find your voice? How do you find your calling? And how do you know that you are doing so in a good and honest way? In this eighth special series of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Jon Yeo and Blessing Akpan to get into the grit of character and learning. Blessing Akpan is Founder of The Innovative Child Network and and a HundrED Ambassador. The Innovative Child Network addresses the interlocking issues of literacy and youth unemployability by providing skill-based education to kids within the age of 5 to 17 in rural and low-income schools and communities in Africa. In recognition of her work, Blessing was shortlisted for the Global Student Prize. In this episode, she breaks down where she's come from to explain how she got to where she is today.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow.(aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.education). The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this sixth conversation of Series Eight of the Game Changers podcast, we talk with Nathaniel Diong, Founder of the Future Minds Network. Nathaniel Diong is an award-winning Gen-Z educator – unlocking the endless potential of youth, whilst tackling the unemployment crisis affecting 2.8 million young Aussies. Feeling helpless to make a difference in a world where thousands died each day, Nathaniel fell into clinical depression. Desperate to help youth realise they could make a difference, at 16, he founded Future Minds Network. Building socially-conscious start-ups, students solve big problems, practise skills for future employment like communication and problem-solving and create their own future jobs. Over 11,000 students from 50 cultural backgrounds have completed his programs - landing offers at Yale, TEDx and launching non-for-profits sending 2000 encouragement letters to tackle isolation.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.education). The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.