Getting Smart Podcast

Olin College of Engineering students chat with Tom about what makes Olin different, their higher education project-based learning experiences and how they feel these experiences have made a difference in their college education.

iNACOL's 2016 Symposium featured a Student Plenary Panel keynote where a group of diverse students shared how they reimagined and personalized their own educations to overcome barriers and succeed. We were able to capture their amazing stories and experiences for our podcast, so listen in on the voices of tomorrow's leaders.

Andrew Frishman is co-executive director of Big Picture Learning, where the mission is the education of our nation "one student at a time." Listen to Andrew and Tom Vander Ark as they chat about what that means in real terms in schools across the United States.

Nate McClellan, VP of Education & Innovation at Teton Science Schools, takes Getting Smart's Carri Schneider on a tour of the four TSS campuses to speak with students and staff about their experiences and show her firsthand this school's powerful place-based approach to learning.

David Ross, the new CEO of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, sat down with Bonnie Lathram to talk about global education, artificial intelligence, parenting, lifelong learning, how this is the golden age for project-based learning and how it connects to the importance of social and emotional learning.