LinkedUp: Breaking Boundaries in Education

What are the latest trends in edTech in 2022? The LinkedUp team headed down to ISTE in New Orleans to find out! ISTE (the International Society for Technology in Education) holds a global conference each year where educators gather to explore and experience what’s new in educational technology.

In this episode, educators Adam Phyall III, Phil Hintz, and Megan Hintz share their perspectives on the conference and the trends dominating the field today.

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Adam Phyall III is a member of the ISTE board of directors and provides listeners with the behind-the-scenes work that goes into making ISTE a success. Listen to his podcast today!

Phil Hintz, a 2017 ISTE award recipient for his leadership and vision, discusses ISTE from the lens of a technology director.

Megan Hintz, an Illinois Golden Apple award recipient, and first-year teacher, shares what she finds useful as a young educator attending the massive ISTE conference.

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The research from the American Pediatric Association is clear: a later start time for middle and high school students could improve mental health, grades, and school success. So, why aren’t schools flipping the switch and starting later?

Superintendent Dr. Scott Rocco joins Jamie and Jerri in this episode to discuss his research on what exactly it will take for school districts to make this change. Tune in to learn why making the change to a later school day start time isn’t quite as simple as it seems.

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Dr. Scott Rocco entered the field of education as a middle and high school social studies teacher before entering administration and has served as Superintendent of Schools for Hamilton Township School District since 2017. Recently, Rocco was named the 2022 Superintendent of the Year for New Jersey.

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What can you learn in a coffee shop? In this episode, Jerri and Jamie link up with Kelli Huslig, a former educator and school administrator who made her dreams of opening Uplift Coffee Shop in Lawrence, Kansas a reality right before COVID hit.

Listen in as Kelli shares the lessons she brought from the schoolhouse to the coffee house, providing educators with wonderful examples of customer service and design that can benefit students in the classroom and beyond.

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A former educator, Kelli Huslig grew up on a farm where she learned the value of small-town community. Fostering relationships and embracing each day is her passion and operating Uplift Coffee Shop where those relationships can be nurtured has always been a dream for her.

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Barbara Kurshan and Kathy Hurley join the podcast to discuss their new book InnovateHERS, digging deep into the female entrepreneurial mindset of purpose-driven women.

Tune in to hear Barbara and Kathy share "aha" moments from their interviews with women who have navigated the pathways to successful entrepreneurship and leadership positions. Valuable insights into valuable minds, Barbara and Kathy’s research may reveal why purpose-driven women rise to the top.

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Kathy Hurley is a former senior executive for numerous educational publishing and technology companies, including IBM and Pearson. Currently, she is a senior advisor to educational technology companies, education associations, and school superintendent networks.

Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan is an education entrepreneur and an expert on how innovation and technology are transforming teaching and learning. She has spent more than 30 years working in, and researching, the education marketplace.

Explore their research and buy their book on Amazon.

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Balancing personal and professional development may seem like a scary task, but it’s easier than you think! In this episode, Jerri and Jamie sit down with author and educator Rich Czyz to discuss his new book, Rogue Leader, and gain insights into his own relationship with leadership.

Learn how to take control of your professional learning and empower others around you through flexible learning options. Perfect for busy educators, Rich provides practical advice for fitting learning into a busy lifestyle like “sneaky PD” and “copier PD” without sacrificing your well-being.

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Rich Czyz started his career as a fifth-grade teacher and has served as a Basic Skills teacher, instructional coach, elementary supervisor, and Director of Curriculum & Instruction. Rich is currently the Proud Principal of the Yardville Elementary School in NJ and Co-Founder of FourOClockFaculty.com, as well as the author of The Four O’Clock Faculty: A ROGUE Guide To Revolutionizing Professional Development, The Secret Sauce: Essential Ingredients for Exceptional Teaching, and his latest book ROGUE Leader. Check out Rich’s book on Amazon.

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How can design thinking processes be applied to education? In this episode, Jerri and Jamie sit down with Jessica Artiles, Founder and Chief Design Officer of Darte Design, to discuss how design thinking can help K–12 educators solve problems.

From wicked problems to solution-focused thinking, design thinking is a process for creative problem solving with empathy and end-users at the heart of its human-centered core. Learn how design thinking can apply to all age levels, what its integration in K–12 education could look like, how it prepares future leaders, and—most importantly—that it’s for everyone!

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Jessica Artiles is the Founder and Chief Design Officer of Darte Design, where she coaches and co-creates with businesses and change-makers on how to use design-based approaches to increase the impact of their ideas. Jessica believes everyone is born thinking like a designer—she just helps you shake off the dust and stretch back into it. Follow Jessica on LinkedIn.

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This week, Jamie and Jerri sit down with Serena Sacks-Mandel, US Education Customer Success General Manager for Microsoft. No stranger to innovation, Microsoft is revolutionizing education through Open Education Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

Focusing explicitly on reading and dyslexia, Sacks-Mandel takes listeners on a deeper dive into how Microsoft is improving student learning through tools you may use every day, including Microsoft Teams.

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Serena Sacks-Mandel is an award-winning global technology and business leader. For over 30 years, she has helped corporate, public, and non-profit organizations fulfill their missions through effective leadership, process excellence, and strategy-focused execution. In the public sector, Ms. Sacks-Mandel was the CIO of Fulton County Public Schools where she implemented personalized learning at scale for nearly 100K students and led the first large school district into remote education at the start of the 2020 pandemic. Previously, she was CIO of Florida Virtual School, where she supported over 600K students in the nation’s oldest and largest online K-12 school. The recipient of several awards, Sacks-Mandel’s recent accolades include being recognized as a 2021 Global Top 100 Visionaries in Education and Technology Leader by GFEL, HMG Strategies’ 2020 Technology Executives Who Matter, and Global Women in IT Summit & Awards’ 2019 Woman of the Year.

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Jamie and Jerri interview Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Gregory Hutchings, Jr. and Georgetown professor Douglas Reed about the new book they are releasing soon titled, Getting Into Good Trouble at School: A Guide to Building an Antiracist School System. Hutchings and Reed discuss the six steps to creating an antiracist school system in this podcast. This provocative and eye-opening discussion helps listeners understand how school systems and policies have led to discrimination by sharing clear examples of discriminatory policies. Hutchings and Reed believe that racism is not always intentional, but anti-racism must be; getting into good trouble is the way forward. Begin questioning and changing institutional practices so that all students find success by listening to this podcast.

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Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. returned to Alexandria in July 2018 to serve as superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS). Before this role, he served as a teacher, assistant principal, and middle school principal before becoming superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2013. In 2009, he was named Tennessee Middle School Principal of the Year. In 2018, he was selected for the National Superintendent of the Year Award by the National Alliance of Black School Educators. He is a recent co-author of the book, Getting Into Good Trouble: A Guide to Becoming An Antiracist School System. Dr. Hutchings holds a doctorate in educational policy, planning, and leadership from the College of William and Mary. Dr. Hutchings is also a proud graduate of T.C. Williams High School at ACPS. Follow Gregory Hutchins on Linkedin and Twitter.

Doug Reed's teaching and research interests center on educational politics and policymaking, American political development, and American constitutional law. He recently wrote Building the Federal Schoolhouse: Localism and the American Education State (Oxford University Press, 2014). The book examines how changes in the federal role in public education have reshaped local politics and how, jointly, federal, state, and local actors have constructed the American education state over the past 50 years. "Politics of Proficiency: Common Core and the Inequalities of American Education." is the title of his second book.

Dr. Reed is the co-founder and director of the Program on Education, Inquiry, and Justice at Georgetown. This recently-created program views education and the teaching arts as a central element of the liberal arts. Doug Reed received a Spencer Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the National Academy of Education and was named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Getting Into Good Trouble at School: A Guide to Building an Antiracist School System is expected to release in mid-June 2022 and can be pre-ordered here.

Few people are famous enough to be known by just their first name, but Yaritza is one of them! Star of the #askYaritza series on Flipgrid, Yaritza Villalba, returns to LinkedUp to discuss culturally relevant teaching (CRT) and her newly released children’s book, McKenzie’s Time Machine. In this podcast, Yaritza discusses CRT, and provides great suggestions for educators to create meaningful connections between what students are learning in school, their cultures, languages, interests, and life experiences. Yaritza shares her new professional work announcement as Jamie and Jerri catch up with all things Yaritza.

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President and Founder of YV Educational Resources Inc., Yaritza Villalba has ten years of experience in education. She started her career teaching Social Studies to high school students in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. Throughout the years she has developed numerous curriculum materials and conducted a variety of professional developments. She is currently a lead teacher of an alternative high school in Bedford Stuyvesant, teaching over-aged and under-credited students history through a critical lens. Her overall mission, in education, is to provide teachers and students with an array of strategies and materials to assist them in the educational process. Website | Twitter | Pre-order her book here.

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Fasten your seat belt for this podcast!  International presenter and staff developer, Kevin Honeycutt fills this podcast with creativity. From the release of his new song, to tech tips and tools, to the 3D printed Steam Punk guitar, to playing the guitar on the iPhone, this podcast is filled with ingenuity, talent and inspiration. Kevin not only inspires listeners, but shares his valuable resources and ideas at www.kevinhoneycutt.org.

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Kevin grew up in poverty and attended school in more than 20 states before becoming the first high school and college graduate in his family. He taught K-12 art, summer art camps, and wrote and directed high school plays for 13 years. During that time he was nominated for Sallie Mae Master Teacher, Kansas Master Teacher, and won The Making IT Happen Award, as well as being published in educational art journals. He then transitioned to a role as a staff developer and keynote speaker at an educational non-profit service agency for the next 17 years. During that time Kevin conceived and developed multiple research based programs in the areas of project-based learning, trauma/poverty informed instruction, SEL, STEM/STEAM education, and Digital Legacy. He was an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2011 and delivered a TEDX talk in 2015.

Kevin has worked with teachers and students in 49 states plus Puerto Rico and has delivered keynotes to audiences all over the world in places such as Oslo Norway, Hong Kong, Shanghai, New Zealand, London, Manila, multiple provinces in Canada and multiple cities in Australia including locations in the Outback such as Groote Eylandt. He is a husband, father, grandfather, published author, and entrepreneur. In 2021 he partnered with his wife of 31 years to start his own company, Honeycutt Consulting, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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