Hosted by John Mikton and Dan Taylor. Every two weeks we discuss all aspects of technology and life in International Schools.
Episodes
Saturday Jul 17, 2021
Saturday Jul 17, 2021
In this week's podcast, we spoke with Dr. Kristen MacConnell, Director of the Teacher Training Center Programs. Kristen shares her experience pivoting the Teacher Training Center courses, weekend seminars, and institutes to an online format. The learnings, opportunities, and pinch points moving 100's of participants/educators to this new venue and approach.
About Dr. Kristen MacConnell
I have a diverse educational background that includes teaching children with learning difficulties, school counseling, school psychology, university teaching, and school leadership. I spent 8 years as an educator in the US before moving overseas to Chile in 2010. I worked at Nido de Aguilas in Santiago, Chile as a School Counselor, a Literacy Specialist, Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning in the Early Years School and finally as the PK-12 Director of Curriculum and Professional Development. I am passionate about empowering children to be curious, solve authentic problems, and learn deeply about the world in which they live. I love collaborating with colleagues about teaching practices, action research, and engaging educators in meaningful adult learning experiences. I currently serve as the Director of the Teacher Training Center Programs at the Principals' Training Center (The PTC). I hold advanced degrees in School Leadership (M.Ed.) from the High Tech High Graduate School of Education, Special Education (Ph.D.) from the University of Oregon, and School Psychology (M.S.) also from the University of Oregon.
Pivoting adult learning in institutes and face-to-face settings to the online ecosystem of learning.
Dr. Kristen MacConnell on Social Media
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kristen-macconnell-08751231/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kristenmacc
John Mikton on Social Media
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton
Web: beyonddigital.org
Dan Taylor on social media
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE
Web: www.appsevents.com
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Saturday Jul 03, 2021
Saturday Jul 03, 2021
In this week's podcast, we spoke with Carlos Davidovich. Carlos has been working with organisations around the world, and with International school leaders. In response to the work and research, Carlos with a group of Psychologist have created a set of resources, strategies and protocols for leaders to engage and use to support them in managing leading organisations and team in the current context of the pandemic, the conversation would be an opportunity to hear more about the work, strategies and tips from Carlos, providing a resource and point of reference for others to us.
Free Download:
LEADING THROUGH CRISIS & TRANSITION A COVID-19 toolkit to help you lead with strength, intention and grace.
https://bit.ly/LTCTcovid19freetoolkit
Carlos Davidovich on Social Media:
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/carlosdavidovich
Twitter: @ncdavidovich
John Mikton on Social Media
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton
Web: beyonddigital.org
Dan Taylor on social media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE
Web: www.appsevents.com
Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube
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Saturday Jun 19, 2021
Saturday Jun 19, 2021
In this week's podcast, we spoke with Arnie Bieber, Director of the International School of Prague (https://www.isp.cz), on leadership, challenges, wisdom and reflection on being an international school leader of the last 25 years around the globe.
Arnie Bieber on Social Media:
https://school21c.org/
@arniebieber
John Mikton on Social Media
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton
Web: beyonddigital.org
Dan Taylor on social media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE
Web: www.appsevents.com
Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube
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Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
This week on the podcast we are delighted to have returning guest John Mikton. John is the Tech Director of a large International School in Luxembourg and we have a wide-ranging chat about the current situation with rolling lockdowns and schools having a fluid situation with opening/hybrid learning / teaching online.
Some of the topics we discuss are:
- COVID one year in - lessons learned
- Teaching online - are teachers adjusting their teaching style for online teaching - more flipped approach? Are there still some teachers resistant to this and trying to replicate classroom instruction?
- What have we seen in terms of teachers working from their existing classrooms or from home for remote learning
- How are the parents handling the current situation
- What's happening with PD - mostly on hold?
- School tech/IT teams teamwork and culture - Are most still going in to school, or hybrid/work from home? How is it going?
- Different support requests? The increased volume of work?
- How is existing software holding up? What new systems have thrived in COVID times?
- Are many schools signing up to both Google and Microsoft?
- How are tech coaches handling this - are they teaching 1:1 online or in person at the school. Are they helping teachers adapt their teaching styles?
- Future of PD and conferences?
- Changing role of Tech Director? Change in composition of their teams?
- Issues with International School enrolments if this situation continues through 2021
John Mikton on Social Media
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton
Web: beyonddigital.org
Dan Taylor on social media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE
Web: www.appsevents.com
Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube
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Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
In this week's podcast, we spoke with Peter Nicholson. Peter is Part of an organization called Baobabooks and they've been doing some amazing work in trying to leverage the capacity of young kids and adolescents to be able to publish creative writing, short stories, picture books and he has created an ecosystem to support schools in this project.
About Peter Nicholson:
Born and raised in California. UC Berkeley undergraduate degree (biochem & immunology) and then MBA at UCLA. Now fellowship at Stanford. Successful healthcare career but now more and more focused on social impact related initiatives that intersect with my interests.
About Baobabooks:
Platform arose out of my frustration with the amount of non-productive time my kids were spending on the internet. Facilitates differential learning and purpose built for classroom based and distance learning and available in six languages (more to come). Building a global community focused on creativity.
Baobaobooks Overview for schools: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nVi1ySWDt-PNj9qWzbFcUg6rpemq4g4_/view
Peter Nicholson on Social Media:
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-nicholson-b9b3ab1b7/
Baobabooks on Social Media:
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/baobabooks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Baobabooks
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baobabooks
Twitter:https://www.twitter.com/baobabooks1
John Mikton on Social Media
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton
Web: beyonddigital.org
Dan Taylor on social media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE
Web: www.appsevents.com
Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube
Would you like to have a free 1 month trial of the new Google Workspace Plus (formerly G Suite Enterprise for Education)? Just fill out this form and we’ll get you set up bit.ly/GSEFE-Trial