Check out Jason McKenna's book here: https://www.amazon.com/What-STEM-Your-Classroom-Collaboration/dp/1954631456/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38Q1NPMUD558H&keywords=jason+mckenna&qid=1675184800&s=books&sprefix=jason+mckenn%2Cstripbooks%2C967&sr=1-1

George Couros begins this episode with a quote from David Jakes:

“The fundamental question that all educators must ask is this: Is what I am doing helping students to be ready for their lives in the context of the future? Not for college, not for a job, but for a life worth living?” - David Jakes

This quote sets the tone of this episode as George Couros and Jason McKenna discuss all things education including McKenna’s new book, What STEM Can Do for Your Classroom. McKenna reflects on how his mindset has changed during his time in education while sharing how he keeps a focus on understanding what teachers need and on visiting classrooms to see what teachers are doing. Couros and McKenna talk about the importance of technology in education and McKenna gives a mini-MasterClass as he answers Couros’ question about technology in the classroom!

Quotes:

"What is the smallest thing you can do to get the biggest impact? Introducing hands-on activity with your students, I believe, is a very high-leverage thing that you can do in your K-2 classroom in order to be able to increase things like reading and math." - Jason McKenna

Links:

Jason McKenna Website - https://www.jmckenna.org/

Jason McKenna Twitter - https://twitter.com/MckennaJ72

Jason McKenna Book - https://www.jmckenna.org/whatstemcando

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