Hosted by John Mikton and Dan Taylor. Every two weeks we discuss all aspects of technology and life in International Schools.
Episodes
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Join our Facebook group for ‘Educator Entrepreneurs’: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EducatorEntrepreneurs/
Today was another fantastic chat in our ‘Educator Entrepreneurs’ series. Ryan Rasar started his career as an architect before going back to school for his teaching license. He moved to teach in an online school before moving to admin to become an IT manager for the school. In his spare time, he founded stemqwest.com, a website selling STEM lessons. We talk about a lot of things including:
- What it's like working for an online school
- How Ryan had a huge growth in business in the recent Covid19 crisis
- How Ryan has now grown his business to the point where he could leave his job but how he likes his work and colleagues so keeps working there
- Ryan's advice for budding educator entrepreneurs
I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us!
Some links:
STEMQwest: https://www.stemqwest.com/
Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rrasar/
Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube
Welcome to The International Schools Podcast, I’m your host Dan Taylor and on the podcast we discuss all aspects of technology and life in International Schools with New episodes live every two weeks. We focus on people currently working in International Schools and talk about life in their current country and dive into some specific topics.
This podcast is brought to you by Acer for Education. People ask us what Chromebooks and Windows laptops we recommend for schools and after trying them all we always recommend Acer. If you’d like more info please just your email at gg.gg/acereducation and we’ll get back to you.
We go to Acer HQ in Taiwan every year to be part of product discussions and they are genuinely the best thought out, cost-effective, and durable devices out there.
This podcast is also sponsored by ‘AppsEvents’. We’re a Google Education Partner and made up of former educators, all experts in helping schools integrate Google into their schools and classrooms. All training is customized for each school to make sure it has a lasting impact. We are also the experts on online Google training and deliver our certification bootcamps completely online to schools.
We have teams in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the US so we can help you wherever you are.
We are also an ISTE partner and delivering the ISTE Certified Educator worldwide through our subsidiary AE Learning.
ISTE Certification is a pedagogy focused, vendor-neutral professional certification aimed at educators wishing to transform their edtech practice.
We run 2-day certification bootcamps which are amazing fun, great networking, and will give a huge boost to both your career and your school. Get all the info at aelearninglab.com
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Daniela is a Tech Director for an international school in Lima, Peru who has also worked in Ecuador, China and Qatar. We talk about her background and what it was like to live in each of her locations.
We also talk about career progression and Daniela gives lots of great advice for aspiring school tech leaders.
Daniel is currently studying for a Ph.D. and she talks about how to approach this and balance it with work and family commitments.
I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us!
Daniela on social media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielasilvachong/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iLearnDSilva
Dan on social media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE
Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube
Welcome to The International Schools Podcast, I’m your host Dan Taylor and on the podcast we discuss all aspects of technology and life in International Schools with New episodes live every two weeks. We focus on people currently working in International Schools and talk about life in their current country and dive into some specific topics.
This podcast is brought to you by Acer for Education. People ask us what Chromebooks and Windows laptops we recommend for schools and after trying them all we always recommend Acer. If you’d like more info, please just your email at gg.gg/acereducation and we’ll get back to you.
We go to Acer HQ in Taiwan every year to be part of product discussions and they are genuinely the best thought out, cost-effective, and durable devices out there.
This podcast is also sponsored by ‘AppsEvents’. We’re a Google Education Partner and made up of former educators, all experts in helping schools integrate Google into their schools and classrooms. All training is customized for each school to make sure it has a lasting impact. We are also the experts on online Google training and deliver our certification bootcamps completely online to schools.
We have teams in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the US so we can help you wherever you are.
We are also an ISTE partner and delivering the ISTE Certified Educator worldwide through our subsidiary AE Learning.
ISTE Certification is a pedagogy focused, vendor-neutral professional certification aimed at educators wishing to transform their edtech practice.
We run 2-day certification bootcamps which are amazing fun, great networking, and will give a huge boost to both your career and your school.
Get all the info at aelearninglab.com
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Join our Facebook group for ‘Educator Entrepreneurs’: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EducatorEntrepreneurs/
I met Miika in Helsinki a few years ago. He’s an interesting guy: Teacher, game developer, and also sings in a Hardcore Punk band! I was interested to learn more about the highly-rated Finnish education system and what it’s like to be a teacher there. We then talk about why Mikka decided to go down the entrepreneurial route with his company https://lorugames.com/ . We talk about developing educational games and entrepreneurship in general, including why teachers have a huge advantage when it comes to making products and services for schools.
I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us a podcast review or YouTube comment it really means a lot to us!
Some links:
Loru games: https://lorugames.com/
Miika in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miika-anundi-2687885/
Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube
Welcome to The International Schools Podcast, I’m your host Dan Taylor and on the podcast we discuss all aspects of technology and life in International Schools with New episodes live every two weeks. We focus on people currently working in International Schools and talk about life in their current country and dive into some specific topics.
This podcast is brought to you by Acer for Education. People ask us what Chromebooks and Windows laptops we recommend for schools and after trying them all we always recommend Acer. If you’d like more info, please just your email at gg.gg/acereducation and we’ll get back to you.
We go to Acer HQ in Taiwan every year to be part of product discussions and they are genuinely the best thought out, cost-effective, and durable devices out there.
This podcast is also sponsored by ‘AppsEvents’. We’re a Google Education Partner and made up of former educators, all experts in helping schools integrate Google into their schools and classrooms. All training is customized for each school to make sure it has a lasting impact. We are also the experts on online Google training and deliver our certification bootcamps completely online to schools.
We have teams in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the US so we can help you wherever you are.
We are also an ISTE partner and delivering the ISTE Certified Educator worldwide through our subsidiary AE Learning.
ISTE Certification is a pedagogy focused, vendor-neutral professional certification aimed at educators wishing to transform their edtech practice.
We run 2-day certification bootcamps which are amazing fun, great networking, and will give a huge boost to both your career and your school.
Get all the info at aelearninglab.com
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
Featuring: Mel Varga
Macao is a fascinating place: A former Portuguese colony and a ’Special Administrative Region’ of China, located close to Hong Hong. Mel Varga is the Technology Integration Coordinator at the International School of Macao and a long term resident.
Mel talks about living and working in Macao and there is some really good information for anyone considering living there. Next we discuss the return to school ‘post-COVID’ as Macao is one of the first places to have students return to school. This is useful information for educators in Europe as they look towards the return to school.
I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us!
Some links:
International School of Macao https://www.tis.edu.mo/
Mel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/varga_mel
Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube
Welcome to The International Schools Podcast, I’m your host Dan Taylor and on the podcast we discuss all aspects of technology and life in International Schools with New episodes live every two weeks. We focus on people currently working in International Schools and talk about life in their current country and dive into some specific topics.
This podcast is sponsored by ‘AppsEvents’. We’re a Google Education Partner and made up of former educators, all experts in helping schools integrate Google into their schools and classrooms. All training is customized for each school to make sure it has a lasting impact. We are also the experts on online Google training and deliver our certification bootcamps completely online to schools.
We have teams in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the US so we can help you wherever you are.
We are also an ISTE partner and delivering the ISTE Certified Educator worldwide through our subsidiary AE Learning.
ISTE Certification is a pedagogy focused, vendor-neutral professional certification aimed at educators wishing to transform their edtech practice.
We run 2-day certification bootcamps which are amazing fun, great networking, and will give a huge boost to both your career and your school.
Get all the info at aelearninglab.com
This podcast is also brought to you by Acer for Education. People ask us what Chromebooks and Windows laptops we recommend for schools and after trying them all we always recommend Acer. If you’d like more info please just send your email at gg.gg/acereducation and we’ll get back to you.
We go to Acer HQ in Taiwan every year to be part of product discussions and they are genuinely the best thought out, cost-effective, and durable devices out there.
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Featuring: Jodie Cook
Many teachers are interested in writing books for children and our latest guest on the podcast has done just that. Jodie is a successful entrepreneur who has not only built a digital marketing agency employing 16 people but also is a successful Children's book publisher. She walks us step by step through how she went about writing and marketing her successful range of Children's books.
Some links:
https://clevertykes.com/how-do-i-promote-my-childrens-book/
Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube
Welcome to The International Schools Podcast, I’m your host Dan Taylor and on the podcast we discuss all aspects of technology and life in International Schools with New episodes live every two weeks. We focus on people currently working in International Schools and talk about life in their current country and dive into some specific topics
This podcast is sponsored by ‘AppsEvents’. We’re a Google Education Partner and made up of former educators, all experts in helping schools integrate Google into their schools and classrooms. All training is customized for each school to make sure it has a lasting impact. We are also the experts on online Google training and deliver our certification bootcamps completely online to schools
We have teams in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the US so we can help you wherever you are.
We are also an ISTE partner and delivering the ISTE Certified Educator worldwide through our subsidiary AE Learning.
ISTE Certification is a pedagogy focused, vendor-neutral professional certification aimed at educators wishing to transform their edtech practice.
We run 2-day certification bootcamps which are amazing fun, great networking, and will give a huge boost to both your career and your school
Get all the info at aelearninglab.com
This podcast is also brought to you by Acer for Education. People ask us what Chromebooks and Windows laptops we recommend for schools and after trying them all we always recommend Acer. If you’d like more info, please just give us your email at gg.gg/acereducation and we’ll get back to you.
We go to Acer HQ in Taiwan every year to be part of product discussions and they are genuinely the best thought out, cost-effective, and durable devices out there.
I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us!