StartEdUp Podcast

Emma is a 4th grader with Brigantine Schools in New Jersey. Her Superintendent suggested we meet her. Jamal and I were blown away.

Her story of wanting to provide some lessons and reading time for a Facebook page will inspire you. Oh yeah, Rick Riordan, she would like to meet you!

Del Duduit is an award-winning freelance writer, blogger and author from Lucasville, OH. He is represented by Cyle Young, Hartline Literary Agency.

He is the author of Buckeye Believer: 40 Days of Devotions for the Ohio State Faithful (2018, BY Books) Bengal Believer: 40 Who-Dey-Votions for the Cincinnati Faithful (2019 BY Books) Dugout Devotions: Inspirational Hits from MLB’s Best, (2019, New Hope Publishers) and First Down Devotions; Inspirations from NFL’s Best (2019, New Hope Publishers).

As a former sports writer, he won both Associated Press and Ohio Prep Sports writing awards.

Del’s articles have appeared in Athletes in Action, Clubhouse Magazine, http://OhioStatehousenews.com, Sports Spectrum, The Portsmouth Daily Times, The Sports Column, One Christian Voice, The Christian View Online Magazine, and Portsmouth Metro Magazine. His blogs have appeared on One Christian Voice and its national affiliates across the country, on http://ToddStarnes.com and on Almost an Author and The Write Conversation.

In 2020, Del and his agent will release Michigan Motivations, and he will also release Bama Believer: 40 Days of Devotions for the Roll Tide Faithful, and Auburn Believer: 40 Days of Devotions for the Tiger Faithful, from New Hope Publishers. Then in 2021, he will release three more devotional books.

Dugout Devotions: New Hope Publishers: http://bit.ly/ShopDugoutDevotions

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2UxqWIx

First Down Devotions: New Hope: http://bit.ly/newhopefirstdown

Amazon: https://bit.ly/FirstDownDevotions

Michigan Motivations: release in July https://amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07Z1SKP7N?ref_=dbs_P_W_othr_edtn

Public education has a lot to reflect and improve on after the COVID-19/ coronavirus is over. Many are calling for an educational "autopsy" of our systems and processes for e-learning and how school carried out services for students.

BUT we also need a pre-mortem.

What might be the "6D's of Education after COVID?

We go over:

Digitalization

Deception

Disruptive

Demonetized

Dematerialized

Democratized

Jamal and I unpack what this means in #edtech and school.

Akira The Don is a musician blending beats with wisdom. His popular tracks and YouTube videos feature clips from Joe Rogan, Jocko, Jordan Peterson, and many others.

In 2017, Akira the Don released mixtapes in the form of a new genre he created, referred to as "Meaningwave" – a fusion of wave music with meaningful lyrical content and lofi hip-hop.

In this episode, we dive into Meaningwave, purpose, perspective, and education.

Find Akira on all these platforms:

https://www.meaningwave.com/

https://www.patreon.com/akirathedon

http://www.youtube.com/akirathedon

http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon

http://www.facebook.com/akirathedon

https://www.instagram.com/akirathedon/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsoiSpBvkr4Y-78Pj3recUw

Simple ideas can make for big impact for those struggling financially during this epidemic.

How can YOU help people now and in the future?

Jamal & I further discuss the effects of COVID-19.

Ed Andrew is a serial entrepreneur having built 4 companies on 4 continents across industry over 20 years. An ex lawyer and former head hunter he has advised some of the world’s biggest brands including Fortune 50 and ASX 20 companies. Ed has coached more than 15,000 people in 35 countries through career transition and life transformation from global CEO’s, world champion athletes to veterans, graduates and start up founders.

A cancer survivor Ed is also host of the top 100 podcast Human Impact talking to world leaders about bringing humanity to work and life.

You can find the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/human-impact/id1295787262

He lives with his wife and daughters in the Hunter Valley, Australia."

What happens when we "return to normal?"

What will be your employment status?

Will there be entire industries that shift?

Are you making plans for this now?

These are hard times we are in and we need to contemplate this now.

There will be a lot of lessons learned from the COVID-19 quarantine. One of the discussion Jamal and I had was if schools would ever consider going digital 2-3 days a week.

He said a resounding "no." Because parents want and need "educational daycare." And we shouldn't feel bad saying that.