Getting Smart Podcast | Partnerships Propel Readiness Results with a Focus on Equity
College Spark senior program officer Heather Gingrich and Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, discuss the importance of helping today's students become college, career and life ready, and how a partnership approach to this goal is really the best option.
Getting Smart Podcast | High Quality Professional Development at Eagle Rock
In this podcast, we hear from Michael Soguero, Director of Professional Development at Eagle Rock, about his organization's strategy for leading high-quality learning experiences for teachers.
Getting Smart Podcast | Accessible, Affordable, Achievable HigherEd for Working Adults
Southern New Hampshire University has become one of the most important innovators in higher ed. In this episode, Tom interviews Paul LeBlanc, president of SNHU to learn how it’s become one of America’s leading non profit online universities, as well as hear more about the student experience and what LeBlanc’s learned about building a culture of innovation.
Getting Smart Podcast | Network Effect Fuels Personalized Learning in Rhode Island
This episode features a discussion Tom Vander Ark had with Shawn Rubin, Chief Education Officer at the Highlander Institute and recipient of the iNACOL Outstanding Individual Contribution to Personalized Learning Award. Listen in to hear more about Shawn's work and why networks are such a catalyst for change.
Design Thinking and Its Impact on Education Innovation
Have you heard of design thinking? Are you using it in the classroom? Emily and Adam from the Getting Smart team dive into the topic to share what it is, how it can improve practice and how educators can rethink how they facilitate learning.
The Backstory Behind The Microsoft Refresh
Download and listen in to this episode featuring as Greg Shaw and Jill Tracie Nichols discuss the importance of the cultural refresh at Microsoft (based on Carol Dweck’s growth mindset), valuable tips on writing and publishing and more.
Business Partners Define Badges for San Diego Students
How industry defined digital badges are supporting authentic, competency-based learning and work experiences that help students build rich, digital portfolios to support their college applications and career aspirations.
David Conley on Next Generation Assessment
In the latest Getting Smart podcast, Dr. David Conley, a professor in the college of education at the University of Oregon, discusses his new book and offers 10 principles for better assessment—and a vision for how assessment can be integrated into learning.
Justina Nixon-Saintil on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Rise of P-TECH
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom sits down with Justina Nixon-Saintil to discuss PTECH, pathways and social responsibility.
Podcast: Exploring Inquiry with Kimberly Mitchell
By: Getting Smart Staff. On today's podcast, Kimberly Mitchell speaks about her new book, Experience Inquiry: 5 Powerful Strategies, 50 Practical Experiences, that explores five strategies any teacher or parent can use to promise inquiry and curiosity.
