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Long-time friend of InnEdCO Gitanjali Rao shares a much-needed message of hope and inspiration and what she wants to see for the future. Gitanjali is a sophomore at STEM School in Highlands Ranch with a passion for solving problems through STEM. Enjoy this incredible interview!

Links from Gitanjali Rao

Kindly Website: kindly.godaddysites.com

Personal Twitter: twitter.com/gitanjaliarao

Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gitanjalirao

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This week, we are so happy to bring you an interview with Eva Ortiz Benitez. Eva is an ELD teacher at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver Public Schools. Eva has a passion for using technology to both meet the needs of English Language Learners as well as provide an engaging and rich classroom environment. 

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This week, we have a special treat for our listeners! We interview the 2020 Colorado Teacher of the Year, Hilary Wimmer from Mountain Range HS. In this interview, we talked about her journey into teaching and how she teaches both her students and colleagues about financial literacy.

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To share your thoughts on this episode or your story of innovation, or let us know who we should interview next, be sure to leave us a voice message on anchor, send us an email at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at (970) 445-2520. We would love to feature you or a colleague on an upcoming episode.

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This episode is part 3 of our interview with Dr. Katie Martin. To learn more about D. Martin, check out her website at https://katielmartin.com/ or follow her on Twitter @katiemartinedu.

You can find her blog post with reading recommendations here.

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This episode is part 2 of our interview with Dr. Katie Martin. To learn more about D. Martin, check out her website at https://katielmartin.com/ or follow her on Twitter @katiemartinedu

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This episode is part 1 of our interview with Dr. Katie Martin. To learn more about D. Martin, check out her website at https://katielmartin.com/ or follow her on Twitter @katiemartinedu

To share your thoughts on this episode or your story of innovation, be sure to leave us a voice message on anchor, send us an email at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at (970) 445-2520. We would love to hear from you.

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BONUS: Audio from the June 18th morning session

In this keynote, Mattea Garcia shares thoughts on the importance of celebration, community, and storytelling to support us in our fight for pursuing an innovative future that better serves those students traditionally left out.

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In her keynote, Dr. Katie Martin asked us to rethink the traditional perception of what it means to be ‘smart’ and the importance of high expectations in impacting a student’s trajectory. She called for teachers to reflect on implicit biases and find ways to challenge the status quo. Knowing that pushback is likely, she encouraged us to be the good in the world that is needed.

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In her keynote, Dr. Katie Martin challenges us to look beyond the unknown logistics of the fall and turn our focus to creating authentic learning opportunities that connect to student personal interests. She made clear that the future of education lies not with technology, but with the evolving role of educators.

Video links from the Keynote

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In her first Keynote for the InnEdCO Summer Series, Dr. Katie Martin focuses on the importance of reflection in guiding our planning for the months and years ahead. She also highlighted bright spots and opportunities found in our rapidly changing environment, asking us to imagine ‘What if …’ for the future of education.

To view the 'Change' video from the keynote check out this link.

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