Teach Like TED with Rachael Mann

Teach Like TED with Rachael Mann

Founder and Managing Director of #TeachlikeTED, Rachael Mann assists educators in applying the principles of effective presentation delivery. She trains educators across the country on how to transform educational leadership and the classroom through these principles, and how to transform the lives of students by teaching them how to share their ideas in a TED-style…

“Innovation Is The Key” with Daniela Fairchild of RI’s Office of Innovation

“Innovation Is The Key” with Daniela Fairchild of RI’s Office of Innovation

The Office of Innovation in Rhode Island is a unique collaborative environment in that it partners with the Governor’s Office and with the Rhode Island College in order to bypass Red tape (whenever possible) to accelerate growth in 3 different Innovation Clusters: Education, Government and Technology. Specifically the Education Cluster is involved with putting together…

Connected Learning, Deconstructed, with Connie Yowell of Collective Shift
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Connected Learning, Deconstructed, with Connie Yowell of Collective Shift

Connie Yowell is the CEO and Visionary of LRNG one of the key initiatives for Collective Shift, a non-profit organization in Chicago. Prior to her current role Connie was an Academic and Professor with the MacArthur Foundation for 15 years. She credits her experience and time there with the path that has led her to…

“Incremental Change Matters” with Kari Keefe, KC Social Innovation Center

“Incremental Change Matters” with Kari Keefe, KC Social Innovation Center

In this episode Kari Keefe, Co-Founder and CEO of the KC Social Innovation Center, shares her background and inspiration for seeking out avenues, collaborators, investors and opportunities to create long-term impactful education changes in Kansas City. Kari is rather unique in that she is not an educator by profession. Her formal education and experience relates…

“Creating Lifelong Learners” with Michael Golden, Educurious

“Creating Lifelong Learners” with Michael Golden, Educurious

Michael Golden, CEO and Co-Founder of Educurious, presents a comprehensive overview of the great endeavors Educurious is making in the area of project and program-based learning. Michael shares insight and program approaches that incorporate the collaboration of communities, educators, employers and students to offer opportunities to students unparalleled in a traditional school environment. Educurious currently…

“Helping Young People Chart Their Own Path” with David Rothschild, Fossil Foundation

“Helping Young People Chart Their Own Path” with David Rothschild, Fossil Foundation

David Rothschild is the Director of Social Entrepreneurship for the Fossil Foundation and leads the global grants program. He personally has over 20 years experience from first-hand, on the ground work to philanthropy and strategy. He has worked internationally in the Amazon during his career at the Skoll Foundation, working with indigenous people to enable…

Let Kids Play! With Mike Lanza of Playborhood

Let Kids Play! With Mike Lanza of Playborhood

Mike Lanza is author of Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Place for Play. Prior to becoming an author he was a software and Internet entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. He recently gained a great deal of exposure both positive and controversial from a New York Times Article, “The Anti-Helicopter Parents Plea: Let Kids Play!”, featuring Mike,…

Providing an Unschool Challenge Enhances Student Learning! with Art Smith

Providing an Unschool Challenge Enhances Student Learning! with Art Smith

Art Smith as an innovative educator who is instrumental in changing the structure and practices of traditional learning. He has spent the past 20 years teaching History in Middle School. From the very moment he set foot in a classroom he’s sought to change the traditional classroom environment, removing desks and shifting to tables. These…