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Brandon sits down with guest Kyrk Morris and they discuss Kyrk's "Better Together" fireside chat from the program in November, his RECESS summer program for students in Cambridge, the Suffolk University Restorative Justice Project, his group Citizens of the World, and their trip to visit Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the spring. If you're interested in donating to the GoFundMe to help fund the HBCU trip, click the link here

https://www.gofundme.com/f/citizens-of-the-world-inc 

Brandon sits down with Victoria Thompson, a former math educator, current STEM coach, and education in technology consultant with a passion for using technology to innovate teaching, learning, and pedagogy through an anti-racist lens. They talk STEM, social justice in mathematics, and more. Follow her on Twitter @VictoriaTheTech

Brandon is joined by Rick Rogers, a 35 year educator, most recently an interim principal in the Malden Public Schools. They talk about how best to support teachers and administrators, cultivating a culture of collegiality, trust, and reflection, how to best to filter and translate district and state mandates so as not to impact teachers, and how administrators can be fully present and listening. Rick Rogers is also the program facilitator for the Soul of Leadership, a leadership renewal program, and an adjunct professor at Salem State University. 

In the season three premier, Brandon sits down with Dr. Joe Sanfelippo, superintendent of the Fall Creek, Wisconsin School District and 2019 National Superintendent of the Year. They talk about changing the narrative of how we approach school, recognizing teachers for their good work, and sharing that good work with a wide audience using tools like social media. "School perception is often based on the narrative of those who attended years ago. Telling the real story of schools helps create a narrative that builds culture and gives everyone in your community an identity."

Jen Thomas, instructional technology specialist of the Dartmouth Public Schools, joins Brandon to talk all things Google PD in the 30th episode of the Get a CUE Podcast. They discuss the Google Certified Coach program, perks and benefits of joining, as well as the Google Educator Group of New England that Jen co-founded with a group of like minded educators. 

Dr Cathy Collins, a technology teacher at Sharon Middle School, sits down with Brandon to discuss digital news media literacy, how students can best identify misinformation and disinformation, and how Cathy uses her previous positions to benefit the students in Sharon. 

Brandon sits down with fellow MassCUE SCITT special interest group members Colleen Terrill (Seekonk), Jonathan Gallishaw (Dartmouth), and Karen Winsper (Norton) and they discuss the successes and difficulties of being a tech director in the era of Covid.

Brandon sits down with MassCUE President Rayna Freedman and Board Member Heidi MacGregor and they talk about all of the events surrounding the upcoming MassCUE Virtual Conference, to be held from February 9-12. Register online at https://future.swoogo.com/masscue

Brandon sits down with Christina Scilingo, the Pre K-12 District Technology Integrator for the Norton Public Schools and they talk about all things tech coaching. In this episode, Christina gets into some of her favorite tips, ways tech coaching is similar to teaching, and the tsunami of work that comes with teaching in the Covid era. Check out Christina's tech site of helpful hints, tricks, tutorials and tips at https://sites.google.com/norton.k12.ma.us/nps-instructional-technology/home