Getting Smart Podcast | The Voices of Tomorrow’s Leaders
Student leaders at this year's iNACOL's Symposium shared how they reimagined and personalized their own educations to overcome many challenges in their lives and succeed in school.
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 | Involving Teachers in the Process of Innovation
Teacher voice and engagement are crucial to the success of a pilot program. In this podcast, we hear more about how those seeking to design a pilot can ensure that teachers are a valuable part of the process of innovation.
Getting Smart Podcast | The Role of Trustees in Shaping, Supporting and Monitoring the Innovation Agenda
Juan Cabrera, superintendent of El Paso Independent School District, shares more with Tom on what he feels the trustees' role is in implementing the innovation agenda in a school district.
Getting Smart Podcast | How Personalized Learning is Transforming Adult Education
In this week's episode, listen in to a conversation on adult education with Tom Arnett, Senior Research Fellow at the Christensen Institute. Tom shares trends, tech, entrepreneurship in curriculum and orgs adopting blended learning.
Giving the Gift of Place
In this episode Tom & Emily take you on a virtual field trip to Murie Ranch, in the Grand Teton National Park, to talk about place-based education with Christen Girard and Nate McClennen
Helping Students Thrive in San Diego
This week we're bringing you a bonus episode to share the great interviews we got to do at iNACOL. Grab your headphones and hear the story of Thrive Public Schools. How it started, what they've learned and where they're headed next.
Erika Giampietro and Destiny Egbuta on the Massachusetts Early College Promise
On this episode we’re joined by Erika Giampietro, Executive Director at the Massachusetts Alliance for Early College and Destiny Egbuta, a student at Salem State University.
Podcast: Tech Tips, Podcasting and Computer Science with the Tech Squad
Tom speaks with teacher, David Platt and his students, Kayla and Gabe from Covina High School about their podcast series, Tech Tips With Tech Squad. They discuss the inspiration that led to the development of the series and their mission to provide tech support across the school as well as a platform to discuss technology, events and tips from the lens of a student.
Podcast: Tony Wagner on Learning By Heart
This week on the podcast, Tony Wagner is joining Tom Vander Ark to speak about his most recent book and all that he has learned throughout his career in education.