Episode 16

In this episode, I discuss the 5 #educational books or #podcast that are absolute must read or listen to.   

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Episode 15, Season 1

The Pandemic was an unsettling time for all, but even more so for the providers and edtech companies. How did companies adjust their business model to "win" in this pandemic era to support not only students but teachers?

How are you preparing your #edtech company to win out in this pandemic 'era'? 

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About The Edtech Guru:

Leena Marie Saleh aka The Edtech Guru has spent well over a decade helping to drive change within the education space. The Edtech Guru is a firm believer that with access and equity, we can drive even greater change.

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Looking around the country, one thing is clear, #education is getting the opportunity to mix it up. One #district has decided to really shake it up. Should we take a page out of Mountain View Whisman's book?

The earth is shaking? The seismometer is going off the charts. Are you ready to take the risk? With greater risk come greater reward.  Is the risk worth the reward? 

How are you changing how education is delivered as a result of this pandemic? Are you taking the opportunity to #Disupt education? 

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About The Edtech Guru:

Leena Marie Saleh aka The Edtech Guru has spent well over a decade helping to drive change within the education space. The Edtech Guru is a firm believer that with access and equity, we can drive even greater change.

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Episode 13,

In this episode, we discuss how listening to parents is going to be vital to the success of public school in education. We need to do MORE to include #parents into our conversation, as they are the ultimate stakeholders. Including parents in a pandemic era is more, one of the most important, take a ways from COVID-19. 

Parents are speaking out, are you taking the time to listen? 

About The Edtech Guru:

Leena Marie Saleh aka The Edtech Guru has spent well over a decade helping to drive change within the education space. The Edtech Guru is a firm believer that with access and equity, we can drive even greater change.

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Episode 12

With a world that is continuously trying to adapt to a world full of unknowns. One thing we know for sure is that teacher professional development has been much slower to adapt. Places like LAUSD and Pennsylvania public schools are making waves. 

How can we adapt and lifting our teachers up for our new COVID-19 era norm? 

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About The Edtech Guru:

Leena Marie Saleh aka The Edtech Guru has spent well over a decade helping to drive change within the education space. The Edtech Guru is a firm believer that with access and equity, we can drive even greater change.

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Episode 11

It's all we can do to think about tomorrow, let alone 5 years from now, but now is as good enough time as any to explore what #2025 will look like. In this episode, we discuss how can you position yourself as an educator for what is coming in a post COVID pandemic era crisis that has thrown our education system into a whirlwind. Education in the USA has been following behind. Let's focus on what we need to thrive for the next 25 years of #education.

About The Edtech Guru:

Leena Marie Saleh aka The Edtech Guru has spent well over a decade helping to drive change within the education space. The Edtech Guru is a firm believer that with access and equity, we can drive even greater change.

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Episode 10

In this episode, we explore 4 PBL projects that include a multitude of disciples, and they can be complete via remote or in person instruction to get kids back to school.   

About The Edtech Guru:

Leena Marie Saleh aka The Edtech Guru has spent well over a decade helping to drive change within the education space. The Edtech Guru is a firm believer that with access and equity, we can drive even greater change.

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Episode 9

Google for Education has been top of the education market with their ease of use, seamless tools, and collaborative technology. Not to mention the affordability of their products. Google, needs to step up to the plate. Google needs to give every student a Chromebook so that remote learning can be possible for ALL students. 

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Episode 8

Did you know that #ComputationalThinking is a way of thinking is not just is not just related to Computer Science or Math? Computational Thinking does not have to be taught in isolation. It has long been thought that computational thinking is only related to math or to #computerscience. However, computational thinking can be used as the core #problemsolving steps to work with all disciplines, no matter what you teach.   

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Computational thinking video: JULES is offering our "School of Fish" Computational Thinking curriculum for children ages 4 to 8 years old; FREE to parents and preschools for 2020. Please visit www.juleszone.com  

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Bonus Episode 1- 

Immersive learning is all the rage. But what tools do you need to make an immersive learning experience work seamlessly with student, teachers and the community?   

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