Learning With Interesting People

In episode 2, DeMoine Adams (@DeMoineAdams) discusses his journey of learning from being raised by his grandparents in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to being a a Division I college athlete and successful student at the University of Nebraska.  DeMoine discusses the importance of having mentors and teachers who have a growth mindset and see the potential of their learners.  DeMoine discusses the importance of peer accountability and modeling.  DeMoine recognizes that learners who exhibit grit and determination are not afraid to ask for help and to utilize the resources around them.  DeMoine explains a difference maker for him as a football player and learner was he was surrounded by coaches who leveraged his strengths.
"Leaders don't create followers; they create leaders."-DeMoine Adams

www.DeMoine-adams.com

In Episode 1, Dr. Lang has a conversation with Mr. Tim Watson of the Denver, Colorado metro- area.  Watson and Lang crossed paths in the late 1990s as a teacher and student in vocal music, but the two catch up on life after K-12 education, director collegiate music, traveling the world, and working with senior citizens.  Watson shares his thoughts about engagement, motivation, growth mindset, empathy, technology, and much much more.  Watson highlights the importance of servant leadership and how to learn from iconic teachers without emulating them and not becoming your own.  Watson even shares a golf tip!

"Personal growth comes from humility, I was never looking for my idea to be the right idea, I just wanted the best idea."-Tim Watson

In this first draft episode of sorts, Dr. Chad Lang, the host interviews Mr. Rob Lindquist (@rob_lindquist) a high school journalism and English teacher from Council Bluffs, Iowa.  They discuss how learning changes when the context changes, and sometimes the greatest benefit of a training experience isn't fully realized until many years later.  Rob shares the trials and tribulations of 22 different part time jobs, being a teacher in 2020, and one big learning from being a contestant on Wheel of Fortune!