Getting Smart Podcast

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On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Orly Friedman Head of School at Red Bridge in San Francisco, a unique learning environment that builds agency in young people. Orly has worked in the DC public schools, Khan Lab School and with Transcend - among many other experiences. We had the chance to catch up with her at ASU-GSV and she was excited to share the story of the school.

Links:

• Red Bridge

• Orly Friedman

• Bogota, Columbia: Colegio Fontán

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Rebecca Midles is joined by a former guest on the Getting Smart Podcast and a friend of Getting Smart, Stephanie Malia Krauss. Stephanie is the author of multiple books, including Making It and the new Whole Child, Whole Life: 10 Ways to Help Kids Live, Learn, and Thrive.

Links:

• Whole Child Whole Life

• Stephanie Malia Krauss Website

• Past episode with Stephanie

We've recently released a new publication that synthesizes years of research on AI and its impact on teaching and learning. You can find it at GettingSmart.com/artificial-intelligence/

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Nate McClennen is joined by Bodo Hoeden co-founder and CEO of Nolej, a generative AI tool that automatically convert documents (Text, Video, Audio) into dynamic active learning content through the use of our AI. What used to take instructional designers hours, can now be done by anyone in minutes.

Nolej is focused on doing the following:

1. Creating a tool that can generate bite size e-learning packages from any content in real-time.

2. Mapping these experiences into a multi-dimensional latent space - almost like a map of ignorance for search and visibility.

3. Building A GPS to help guide you through these learning experiences and to help you interact with mentors, experts and other learners.

In this conversation, Nate and Bodo discuss the vast potential of AI, the past and future of collective intelligence, the structure of Nolej and much more.

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is supported by the JFF Horizons Summit. Find out more at horizons.jff.org.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Michelle Blanchet, Founder & Director of the Educator's Lab and author of Preventing Polarization: 50 Strategies for Teaching Kids About Empathy, Politics, and Civic Responsibility co-authored by Brian Deters.

Michelle is also serving as a Senior Fellow for our New Pathways campaign as she helps us to highlight and share stories around keeping sustainability and citizenship at the core of pathways.

Links:

• Educator's Lab

• Michelle Blanchet

• Civics Through Play

• The Startup Teacher Playbook

• Preventing Polarization Amazon

• Basehor-Linwood Student designed park

• Lies My Teacher Told Me

• UnTextbooked Podcast

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr. Scott McLeod, a Professor of Leadership for Educational Organizations at University of Colorado Denver and author of numerous books, most recently Leadership for Deeper Learning. Scott is also a Senior Fellow at Getting Smart.

Links:

• Different Schools for a Different World

• Leadership for Deeper Learning

• Scott McLeod Twitter

• Scott McLeod Fellow Page

• LeaderTalk

• Redesigning for Deeper Learning

• Dr. Don Haddad and Dr. Jackie Kapushion on St. Vrain Schools and Innovation Centers

• New Village Girls Academy

• Butler Tech

• CAPS Network

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by JFF Horizons.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, we're rebroadcasting a recent Getting Smart Town Hall where we discussed various Portraits of a Graduate, Graduate Profiles, and Student Learning Goals with hopes of identifying a set of learner capabilities and skills that will prepare young people for whatever is next. We're joined by Tim Taylor of America Succeeds who helps shine a light on Durable Skills, conversations with industry leaders and much more.

Links

• Links from chat

• Link to website post

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is brought to you by our new Credentialed Learning Interactive Publication, check it out at GettingSmart.com/Credentialed.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Rebecca Midles and Victoria Andrews are joined by Kathryn Kennedy, Executive Director of Wellness for Educators, a nonprofit that is invested in and passionate about supporting educators worldwide with research-based, trauma- and equity-informed trainings, coaching, and strategies for social, emotional, mental, and physical health and wellbeing.

They're also joined by Dr. Rebecca Itow the Treasurer on the Board of Directors at Wellness for Educators. She is also the Principal of Indiana University High School Online. We recently had the pleasure of meeting Kathryn and her team at the Digital Learning Annual Conference (DLAC) where we hit it off quickly and HAD to learn more.

Links

• Well4edu

• Kathryn Kennedy

• Dr. Rebecca Itow

• Dena Simmons

• Well4Edu Podcasts

• Shomari Jones

• Unrulr

• Aaron Schorn

• Voice for Equity

• Center for Ed Justice

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia is joined for a second time on the podcast by Awaachiáookaate', or Jason Cummins Ed.D. He is an enrolled member of the Apsaalooke Nation, and recently served as a principal at Crow Agency Public School. As an Indigenous scholar and school leader he has innovatively worked to lead schools towards authentically serving Native American students PreK-12 and their communities by implementing culturally sustaining, trauma-informed, and restorative approaches. Dr. Cummins is currently serving as the Deputy Director for the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities, Office of the Secretary.

Links:

• Department of the Interior: Boarding School Report

• Dr. Jason Cummins and Mike Ruyle on the School Wellness Wheel

• Exterminate All the Brutes

• Lanny Real Bird

• Difference Making

• Sweeney Windchief

• Alex Redcorn

• Ethan Chang: Dangerous Leadership

• Trail-Cast Podcast

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a part of our New Pathways campaign. In partnership with American Student Assistance (ASA), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Stand Together and the Walton Foundation, the New Pathways campaign will question education's status quo and propose new methods of giving students a chance to experience success in what's next.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Stephanie Short and David Zasada to discuss Design for Delight's (D4D) latest case study which highlights core takeaways from the recent D4D camp and course. Earlier this year, America Succeeds and Design4Delight partnered to articulate the effectiveness of Intuit's Design for Delight program and how well it cultivates Durable Skills.

Stephanie Short is Vice President of Partnerships at America Succeeds, a non-profit education advocacy organization committed to improving educational opportunities, outcomes, and equity by harnessing the influence and acumen of the business community in accelerating systems change.

Dave Zasada is Vice President of Education and Corporate Responsibility at Intuit, a global technology firm specializing in software and the creator of the Design for Delight program.

Links

• Design for Delight: Building Durable Schools with Learners

• Design for Delight: Durable Skills Case Study

• Design for Delight Resources

• Stephanie Short

• Design for Delight

• Dave Zasada

• CompTIA

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On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr. David Dimmett, President and CEO of Project Lead the Way. Prior to Project Lead the Way he served for over a decade at the Evansville Vanderburgh school district in a variety of roles.

Links:

• LinkedIn

• PLTW David Dimmett

• PLTW

• Project Lead the Way 2022 Annual Report

• Sam Seidel and Olatunde Sobomehin on Creative Hustle

• Stoked