Natalie Conway wants to talk to you. Specifically, she wants to chat about online education, a subject she is well versed in. Natalie has worked in large, corporate-managed online schools; small independent online schools; and even worked as a consultant and instructional coach all while juggling the demands of raising a family and her own self-imposed reading regiment (list of recommendations below).

Before we turn Natalie loose, interviewing experts in the field of online education we thought it would be good if you got to know Natalie a bit more….

Timestamps 

• Introduction: How I met Natalie [0:55]

• What is Adventures in Online Education all about? [2:40]

• What was Natalie like as a student? [4:22]

• When did Natalie know she wanted to be a teacher? [6:41]

• How Natalie discovered Special Education. [7:27]

• How Natalie discovered online education? [8:58]

• Natalie’s first impressions of online teaching. [13:16]

• Natalie’s most rewarding moments as an online educator. [15:53]

• Natalie’s idea of fun. [18:01]

Selected Links from the Episode

• How the Academic Decathlon works 

• • https://www.usad.org/The-Experience/How-the-Events-Work.aspx

• A map of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)

• • https://www.pcta.org/discover-the-trail/maps/

• Natalie’s reading recommendations

• • https://rb.gy/okp0rp