Education X.0
The world has changed and education needs to follow suit. We are educators and parents who believe there's a better way to do school. These podcasts reflect our ongoing dialogue about the purpose and best practices of school. We hope to stimulate conversation and provide resources to people who are ready to take education to the next level.
Episodes
10 episodes
Be Careful What You Wish For - A Teacher's Journey, Part 2
What happens when a group of rabble-rousers get the chance to start their own school? AJ, Christy, and Tedd discuss how in trying to reinvent education, they “broke everything.”
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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27:28
From Rookie to Rebel: A Teacher's Journey
Lesley guides AJ and Christy to discuss the influences that transformed them from traditional classroom teachers into revolutionaries who believe we need to redefine education. Guests Tedd Wakeman and Joe Wise reflect on their roles as A...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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51:13
Role Playing and Simulations in Learning
Thanks to Covid isolation and people seeking connection and entertainment, role-playing games like “Dungeons and Dragons” are having a moment. The Education X.0 team (AJ, Christy, and Lesley) discuss how to use the principles of role-playing ga...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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53:18
Purposeful Play and Learning
Why does education have to be so serious? AJ and Christy discuss how teachers can incorporate play into their classrooms to increase student engagement and encourage resilience. Guest contributor Brie Tompkins, an educator at the Sycamore...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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41:43
Curation & Taxonomy Toolkit
Whether it's baseball cards or bottle caps, humans have a natural impulse towards collecting things. How we sort and evaluate our collections involves curation, a critical thinking skill with many academic applications. AJ explains how to use t...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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17:32
Overhauling English Class with Communications Literacy
Vlogs, blogs, memes, tweets, photo essays, movies, tv, songs -- these are all ways modern people communicate. So why do schools focus solely on formal, academic writing? English class needs an overhaul. We suggest using the Communications Liter...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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41:03
Rethinking Math
Question: What causes anxiety, fights over homework, and an unhealthy obsession with multiplication tables? Answer: Outdated concepts about what math is and how to teach it. Discover how to change your relationship with ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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43:16
Design & Education
School is an institution with a long history, but it has taken many forms over the years. The current form is not handed down from on high. It is one design, and we can change designs to something better. Join us as we talk about how the curren...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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51:07
