Living On The Edge of Chaos

TOPICS WE EXPLOREWho is Dan Fitzpatrick?What do we need to think about AI differently than just the latest shiny object?How do we consider accessibility and equity with devices, access, and teaching of skills?How do we go back to rethinking our media and digital skills?How do we stop and pause to consider ethics to these tools?How do we strike a balance of how to monitor or work with these tools?Fun brainstorming future possibilities :)YOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you?RESOURCES MENTIONED IN SHOWOPEN: How we'll work, live and learn in the future https://amzn.to/3ZxJVnJAI Educator website - https://theaieducator.ioThe AI Classroom: Teaching and Learning in the Artificial Intelligence Revolution (The Hitchhiker's Guide for Educators Series) https://amzn.to/3mpQnyrFollow Dan on Twitter and LinkedIn - https://theaieducator.io/#contact Just a few of my favorite ideas from the conversation!

TOPICS WE EXPLOREWho is Zoe Weil?What is her origin story that has brought her to this place of being so passionate about humane work?What is a solutionary?What are ways to create opportunities for students to be solutionaries despite the barriers of the K-12 education system?What is the difference between a problem solver vs. solutionary?To be solutionary needs to address the root causes and how this differs from humanitarian act(which is good to do) which does not solve a problem.YOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you?RESOURCES MENTIONED IN SHOWThe World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionarieshttps://humaneeducation.org/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HEV96dIuYJust a few of my favorite ideas from the conversation!

TOPICS WE EXPLOREWho is Jenahlee Chamberlain?What is her origin story to find herself in her current role?How does she process all the resources and materials to determine a clean concise flow for teaching and learning?How to organize vertically K-12 and ensuring equity and access to be able to use lessons no matter the school?YOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you?RESOURCES MENTIONED IN SHOWSession recording explaining how she created, organized, and put together her computer science flow for elementarySlides from presentation above that contains her work discussed in the showConnect with Jenahlee on TwitterJoin her webinar on graphic designJust a few of my favorite ideas from the conversation!

Explore this show and so much more at www.coffeeforthebrain.comIn this episode of the podcast, I speak with the wonderful and incredible Jenny Buccos.Jenny Buccos is a multi-award-winning director and producer. She is the founder and Head of Content of EXPLR Media, a multimedia education strategist, and an agent for global citizenship.She is the Creator and Executive Producer of Crash Test World- a family-focused TV series presented by Kari Byron (Mythbusters). (Available on Discovery+)​​In 2003, before the existence of YouTube, she founded ProjectExplorer, a free multimedia website designed to educate primary and secondary school students about global issues and world cultures and histories. She has directed and produced over 500 short films working with leaders and visionaries including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Belize’s First Lady Kim Simplis Barrow, Ziggy Marley, and Anthony Bourdain.​An international specialist in video and media-focused curriculum design, Jenny provides consulting services for educational, cultural, and non-profit organizations focused on increasing student access and engagement.Jenny has traveled to over 70 countries. When not traveling, she splits her time between Brooklyn, New York, and Amsterdam, Netherlands.Direct Link: Episode:   Find the this episode and all the previous episodes on Apple PodcastThe episode and previous episodes of the show is also on Spotify! TOPICS WE EXPLOREAll profiles can be found hereWho is Jenny Buccos?What is EXPLR Media?How do you think through the stories for curiosity to lead us into conversation and education?Real World, Relevant, RelatableHow do we weave these three R's into the story of the learning journey with time constraints and context of students?What has stayed the same and/or what has changed over time when it comes to telling quality stories and creating sparks of curiosities?Meet students where they are at and what is engaging them.What are some of the greatest AHA moments?How do you sift through all the ideas to determine which story to tell?Exploration of careers and bring these opportunities for students?What is her origin story?YOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you?RESOURCES MENTIONED IN SHOWhttps://www.explr-media.com/https://www.jennybuccos.com/ Just a few of my favorite ideas from the conversation! 

TOPICS WE EXPLOREAll profiles can be found hereWho is Amanda Clark?Who is Erin Starkey?Who is Sara Lev?How did the three of these awesome people come together?Erin Starkey Misconceptions on PBL and LiteracyPower words: Perception and PermissionSara Lev Misconceptions on PBL and IntegrationPressure of foundation skills and "catching students up"Three layers to considerAmanda Clark Misconceptions on PBL and Sustained InquiryInquiry, Investigation, ExperimentationField Trips vs. Field WorkThe power of being seen as an early childhood educator from the leadersPower of not dismissing the misconceptions, but embracing and working forward to create solutionsUniversal ideas from this work to all learnersYOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you?RESOURCES MENTIONED IN SHOWPBL WorksBook: Implementing Project Based Learning in Early Childhood: Overcoming Misconceptions and Reaching SuccessAmazonRoutledgeWebsite: www.earlychildhoodpbl.comTwitter: @ec_pblInstagram: @earlychildhoodpblFacebook: Early Childhood PBL (private group)Article: 30 PBL Ideas for Young ChildrenCourse: https://earlychildhoodpbl.teachable.com/Just a few of my favorite passages from the book!

See more at https://coffeeforthebrain.com/TOPICS WE EXPLOREWho is Joey Cofone?Issues with education system and why there is a disconnect to needs of ourselves and others.Barriers of creativity built by invisible rulesWhat can Alexander the Great teacher us about creativity?Power word "disruption"Making things different vs. making things betterActivity to showcase our uniqueness mathematicallyWhy is weird accepted on a global scale, but not a local scale?How did Joey use the Laws of Creativity to build a notebook company?Language shapes how we think and how he coined the word "Thinkers"Tale of Two Gloves: Power of belonging to a communityCreativity is misunderstoodFinal thoughts from JoeyYOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you?RESOURCES MENTIONED IN SHOWhttps://www.joeycofone.com/https://baronfig.com/ The Laws of Creativity: Unlock Your Originality and Awaken Your Creative Genius https://amzn.to/3XWFDFw

In this episode, I speak with Pernille Ripp.Pernille Ripp is an expert in literacy and technology integration and dedicates her research and practice to developing engaged and empowered students and communities.She is a teacher, speaker, author, blogger, and passionate advocate for education. She is the recipient of the 2015 WEMTA Making IT Happen Award; and the 2015 ISTE Award for Innovation in Global Collaboration.In 2010, Pernille founded The Global Read Aloud, a global literacy initiative that began with a simple goal in mind: one book to connect the world. From its humble beginnings, the GRA has grown to connect millions of students in around the world.She is the author of Passionate Readers -The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child and  Passionate Learners – How to Engage and Empower Your Students, now in its second edition, and Empowered Schools, Empowered Students, both focusing on creating learning spaces and communities where students thrive and all stakeholders are empowered and passionate about learning. She has also authored Reimagining Literacy Through Global Collaboration published in 2016 by Solution Tree.  Her work has also been featured in many print and online journals including Edutopia, The New York Times, School Library Journal, The Guardian, and MiddleWeb.You can follow Pernille’s work on Blogging Through The Fourth Dimension, her personal blog and a frequent Teach100 top-rated education blog.Pernille’s current research interest is in creating passionate literacy environments within the restriction of our current educational systems to helping students fall in love with literacy again. She uses her own classroom as a laboratory, as well as learns from the many educators she works with across the world.Pernille is now also part of The Author Village, a collective of forward-thinking children’s book authors and educators available for school and library visits, conferences, festivals, panels, and professional development opportunities.  To see her page there, please go here.Direct Link: Episode:  CHECK OUT THE SHOW AND EPISODES ON ITUNESThe show is on Spotify!TOPICS WE EXPLOREWho is Pernille Ripp? And what does she have going on?What are some AHA moments in the transition to living back in Denmark after being the US for a long time?What are differences in education between US and Denmark?What are similarities in education between US and Denmark?Why are we going backwards since COVID?Power of moderation, not thinking in extremes told through lens of the recent reading warsThird edition of her book, Passionate Learners, is about how do we let go in a system that teaches us that control is the best way to manage?Dealing with our own control demonsPower of trustHow do you start off the year co-creating community with students?How is power at the core of classroom about power and positional control?And how you do you this in the daily class, not just a one activity lessonYOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you? RESOURCES MENTIONED IN SHOWInstagramTwitterPatreon communityBlogAnd pre+order of my her edition?https://linktr.ee/PernilleRippall the goodness of her website AND more!Pernille Ripp Website Her website contains everything you would ever need to find all of her work! 

TOPICS WE EXPLOREWho is Jeremy Utley and how did he find his way to education from business work around the globe?Young people need permission to not knowNot asking a young person what they want to be when they growThe Einstellung effect where we cease to search when we think we have a plausible first answer AND how Ideaflow works to push through this issue of thinking.Connection of creativity and an arm splintWe are not practicing what we are saying we are saying in education? How do we do this type of work of Ideaflow and the space for it?What do we mean by creativity?Don't always evaluate. Simple challenge going, "Oh good! and fill in with a response" Start with a gift of good and the try a gift of bad.What if we couldn't do, then what would we do? Repeat this process for your first new idea to work to get past our first idea.Power of framing a prompt or challenge where it is more on the approach vs. the answer."Curiosity can pull you where discipline and willpower would otherwise have to push"YOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you?RESOURCE MENTIONED IN SHOWIdeaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters Blog: jeremyutley.designTwitter: @jeremyutleyStanford's Masters of CreativityLeading Disruptive InnovationLaunchPadAstro Teller who is the head of Google X

TOPICS WE EXPLOREWho is Laura McBain in case you don't already know!How might we best deliver content to young people? AND...How do we bring an asset framework and mindset to our young people and educators?How do we solve the sticky issues that we not yet addressed in our education system?How do we separate the topic of failure from the larger issue in the education system that is so focused in a deficit framed mindset?What happens when a teammate of yours loses their way and fails in front of you? What is our responsiblity when each of us fail?Missed opportunity when we don't have a process to unpack the moments when things don't work.Michael Pryor story of compliant engagement (do as I say, and THEN we can have a great time)Misconception that when we pivot to a new idea means that our previous work is "wrong"Page 63 – Part of the mystery behind failure is this opportunity to surprise yourself. (my favorite line in the book!)If everything is prescriptive, then the magical moments of learning and a strong sense of learning to learn won't happen.Curiosity is what sustains us through moments of failure. YOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you?RESOURCE MENTIONED IN SHOWMy Favorite Failure: How Setbacks Can Lead to Learning and Growth d.school profileLaura on TwitterLaura on LinkedIn119: The landscape of questions and listening in education with Laura McBain from d.school https://coffeeforthebrain.com/119/A video Laura provided as we explore Authentic Learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbvn0KjtNag&feature=emb_title 

In this episode, I speak with John Miller, Founder of Agile Classrooms.John inspires future-makers in creating a culture of vibrant empowerment in their organizations. As a foster kid, John was motivated to learn how some empowered themselves to become victors over their circumstances and others became victims of them. As the Chief Empowerment Officer of Agile Classrooms, he is pioneering Agile in schools to empower teachers and students to thrive in 21st-century learning, life, and work. As the founder of Rightshift Coaching, he helps organizations in their Agile transformations through coaching and training.His work and ideas are not only reinvigorating education but he is also revitalizing ways to engage in Agile transformations through his Agile Resonance Coaching method. He has helped a spectrum of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to at-risk schools, in pivoting their culture to achieve in a fast-changing, competitive world. He holds a Certified Enterprise Coach® certification and is a Certified Professional CoActive Coach, Associate Certified Coach, and a Project Management Professional.When not focused on work, John loves to surf (well, wiping out more than actually surfing), make silly faces with his seven-year-old daughter, volunteers as a life coach for students, co-leads a Nonviolent Communication Group, and makes insanely delicious drinking chocolates. Say hi to him on Twitter @agileschools.TOPICS WE EXPLOREWho is John Miller?What do we mean by "agile" and "SCRUM"?(resources below)Power of the word "permission"What are some ways to get this work to work when change is tough?See, feel, changeFail smallMisconceptions about this workCommunication is a skill that needs to be taughtHow let go of lower level needs to be needed for deeper levels of thinking.YOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.What resonated with you?RESOURCE MENTIONED IN SHOWAgile ClassroomsIowa ALN Agile and SCRUM Support