How I learned to say yes to the right people, and no to the wrong people.

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Joshua Williams is a Ransom Everglades high school student from South Florida who discovered his passion for

philanthropy when he was 4 and a half-years old. Believing that no child should ever go hungry, for over ten years, Joshua has been dedicated to helping to “stomp out world hunger” through his organization Joshua’s Heart

Foundation.

I was startled by happened in my classroom and felt that I had to do something. I would never respond as I did again.

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After teaching middle school for eleven years, John Spencer is now a professor of instructional technology at George Fox University. He is passionate about creativity, design thinking, and digital literacy. He blogs at spencerideas.org.

Fortunately, I had a mentor who was willing to sit me down and set me straight.

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Tom Murray is the State and District Digital Learning Policy and Advocacy Director. He joined the Alliance 2014 as the state and district digital learning policy and advocacy director, where he works alongside state education departments, corporations, and school districts across the country. Tom’s wealth of experience in K12 digital leadership has been recognized at the national level.

I was focused on what I wanted to say and neglected my audience. Lesson learned!

Follow: @j1berger @Jonharper70bd @bamradionetwork Dr. Jonah Berger is a marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and bestselling author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On and Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior. He's spent over 15 years studying how social influence works and how it drives products and ideas to catch on. He’s taught Wharton’s top ranked online course, published articles in top-tier academic journals and consulted for a variety of Fortune 500 companies.

I kept my burnout from my students and realized years later I made a big mistake.

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Rae Pica is an education consultant, keynote speaker, radio host, and author, specializing in the development and education of the whole child. Her most recent book is What If Everybody Understood Child Development?: Straight Talk About Improving Education and Children’s Lives.

This week we check in with a college student who shares what he's learned from his mistakes.

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Cameron McCoy is a freshman at Morehouse College pursuing a Double Major in Business Administration and Economics with a Minor in Spanish. Works as a essayist, orator, and civil rights activist within the youth community.

We were so excited that we jumped the gun and changed our teaching, but we forgot to prepare our students and parents. We learned why setting expectations is critical.

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Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy are co-authors of the forthcoming Hacking Project-Based Learning. Ross is the Supervisor of Instructional Practice K-12 in the Salisbury Township School District (1:1 MacBook/iPad) in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Erin serves as the Assistant Principal at Eyer Middle School in the East Penn School District.

It took me a while to realize that creating growing relationships is more important than being right.

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Kristen Swanson is Edcamp founder, senior educational technology leader at Bright Bytes, and author of Professional Learning in the Digital Age and Teaching the Speaking and Listening Standards.

Our guest is famous for his social experiments with students. Most are very enlightening, but today he's talking about one that was an epic fail.

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Nicholas Ferroni is a revered high school teacher who mentors his diverse students with deep personal commitment and care. Nick was recognized as one of the "Most Influential Educators in America," as well as named "Upstander of the Year" by the HRC.

How I learned that sometimes the lesson plans and grades just don't matter.

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Bonnie K. Curran, M.S.

is a Library Media Specialist Richboro Middle School, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and is in her 15th year of teaching the middle-level student. Mike Curran is a professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Rider University and served as a classroom teacher and department chair in New Jersey public schools. He has served as a supervisor, bureau manager, and interim assistant commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Education.