Getting Smart Podcast | Implementing Place-Based Education
The second podcast in our Place-Based Education campaign shares the perspectives of the teachers, leaders and learners at Teton Science Schools, with advice on how to implement PBE in your classroom, school, campus and community.
Getting Smart Podcast | Participate’s David Young on Building Global Competencies
David Young, CEO of Participate, sits down with Tom Vander Ark to discuss the importance of developing global competencies, providing quality teacher professional development and dual language learning for today's students.
Getting Smart Podcast | 10 Leaders on High Quality PBL: Doing it Well at Scale
At a recent High-Quality PBL steering committee meeting, we had the chance to ask ten EdLeaders to share their thoughts for this podcast around the benefits of project-based learning and the challenges to more high-quality PBL at scale.
Getting Smart Podcast | Mississippi District Personalizes Learning for Teachers and Students
In this episode of the podcast, we chat with Dr. Philip Hickman, Superintendent of the Columbus Municipal School District in rural Mississippi, about how Columbus is proof that personalized learning and innovative education can happen anywhere.
Getting Smart Podcast | District 51 On Building a Performance-Based Education System
In this episode of the podcast, Superintendent Steve Schultz and Executive Director of Performance-Based Systems Rebecca Midles share more on Mesa County Valley School District 51's efforts to shift to a competency-based education model.
Getting Smart Podcast | Google’s Jaime Casap on Inequity and Inquiry
Jaime Casap, Chief Education Evangelist at Google, shares more about inquiry-based learning, technology in education, bridging the digital divide and how a boy who grew up on welfare in Hell's Kitchen was able to beat the odds and succeed.
Getting Smart Podcast | Zoran Popovic on Accelerated Learning with Smart Tools
In this episode of the podcast, Zoran Popovic, Director of the Center for Game Science at the University of Washington, chats about computer science, gaming, virtual reality and how we can help today's students be successful using artificial intelligence.
Getting Smart Podcast | Teach to One: Inventing the Future of Math Learning
In 2007, Joel Rose conceived an idea for an innovative, blended way to teach middle school math. Today, it has spread to over 40 schools reaching 13,000 students. Here, Tom talks to Joel about the program and where it's headed.
Getting Smart Podcast | Special Ed Teacher to White House Tech Advisor
In this podcast, Tom chats with Seth Andrew, who shares insights gained in his journey from teaching special education, to founding an ambitious school network serving 5000 students, to becoming a White House Tech Advisor.
Getting Smart Podcast | McGraw’s Stephen Laster on the Path Forward for EdTech
McGraw-Hill Education is a leader in adaptive learning. In this podcast, Stephen Laster, Chief Digital Officer at McGraw, discusses the "Platform Revolution" in technology and his predictions for what's next in EdTech.