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No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age

The show is about learning with technology, the realities and exciting potential.Enjoying the show? Please take a moment to rate us, and leave a review wherever you"ve accessed the podcast. Find our listener survey at facebook.com/nosuchthingpodcast drop a like on the page while you"re there.The music in this podcast was produced by Leroy Tindy, a guest in episode zero. You can find him on SoundCloud at AirTindi Beats.The podcast is produced by Marc Lesser.Marc is a specialist in the fields of

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58:31

Layla's Got You

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2024/04/24

About Layla (From Yolanda Stewart)The importance of having a space for young women of color to inquire about sexuality and mental health is often a challenge – and nearly non-existent in some cases. For Tiffany Lloyd, this is among the reasons for creating the online big sister “Layla’s Got You.”The multigenerational chatbot is a space for women of color who are seeking answers to personal questions and focuses on the premise of being a community made for women, by women. Layla embodies the essence

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49:37

Virtual Reality as Learning Medium

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2024/04/04

BackpackX is a new educational initiative from Women Rise which uses short film VR animations to create immersive experiences. BackpackX is designed to educate children (aged 8-14) from marginalised communities where the educational systems are broken or non-existent and focuses on important topics of their time such as gender equality, climate change, refugee crisis, financial independence, emerging technologies and more. Using the power of art and innovative technology, BackpackX will provide

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1:25:43

NYC Partners Codify Pathway To Video Game Professions

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2024/02/26

Stakeholders in a nascent program in NYC talk about their roles building formal pathways from high school programs to careers in the growing video game economy. Marc joins the gathering to celebrate one of partners' latest achievements in Harlem, a youth-driven exhibition that celebrates the role of video games in the lives of young people, challenging negative tropes about being an enemy to positive growth and development. Special thanks to Harlem School For The Arts, host and without whose support

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58:54

Can AI Support Reflective Practice?

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2024/02/02

Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Ph.D., is a scientist turned designer with a knack for creating transformative learning experiences. She holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from Stanford's School of Medicine, and is a former member of the Research in Education & Design Lab (REDlab) from Stanford’s School of Education. She is the co-founder and co-Director of the University Innovation Fellows, a program of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school), which empowers students to be co-designers

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1:18:25

Can "The AI" Support Teens' Mental Health?

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2023/12/22

About Blue FeverA high trust, community diary where authentic self expression unlocks peer support and resources for your well-being.We are a new type of social well-being platform for young people that provides a bridge between their mental health and wellness needs and the resources that can best support them.Greta McAnany I'm a VC backed entrepreneur + empath with media roots who believes innovation should serve our most human needs- I think mental health is the greatest challenge of our

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57:58

How Big Is The Iceberg?

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2023/12/04

Eric Wang focuses on leveraging AI to improve learning experiences and promote academic integrity around the world. He leads the AI transformation of Turnitin as VP of AI. Turnitin is one of the world's largest EdTech companies. Turnitin AI, is a globe spanning AI research org that develops and deploys cutting edge scalable AI to improve teaching, feedback, efficiency, and academic integrity at over 16,000 educational institutions, reaching 40+ million students.Eric has over 15 years of hands-on

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46:15

AI and The Future of Education

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2023/11/09

Priten Shah, M. ED and B.A, Harvard, is the CEO of Pedagogy.Cloud, which provides innovative technology solutions to help educators navigate global challenges in a rapidly evolving world. He is also the author of the Wiley’s Jossey-Bass publication, “AI & The Future of Education: Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.“Pedagogy.Cloud has worked with over 200 different educational organizations to adapt and innovate during major world events including the Covid-19 Pandemic. He and his

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40:21

Make Your Own Simulations

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2023/10/16

David McCool is President and CEO of Muzzy Lane, a company that was recently awarded 1EdTech™ 's 2022 Gold Learning Impact Award. Since founding the company, Dave’s goal has been to build technology that empowers authors to create compelling online experiences and helps students practice skills with guidance and feedback. Dave was previously involved in the founding of two successful startups. He graduated from MIT with a BSEE. He can be reached at dave@muzzylane.com or LinkedIn:

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46:42

Fixing Bias in Teacher Training Simulations

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2023/08/30

Liza (Cope) Bondurant, PhD began her career in 2005 as a 7-12 math teacher in upstate New York and is currently an Associate Professor at Mississippi State University. Liza’s research focuses on bridging the gap between theory and practice in mathematics teacher education. She uses an equity-focused lens to study simulations, noticing, embodied cognition, and math action technology. She was a PI on two consecutive Department of Education Math Science Partnership grants (2013-2018) and has been a

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49:33

Are Chat GPT and Other Large Language AI Tools a...

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2023/08/08

Today's episode is about AI in Education, but more specifically we're talking to the guy I once designated without his permission, my New Math Therapist back in Episode 76. Dan Meyer and I talk in this episode about AI's relationship to teaching math.Dan Meyer is the Chief Academic Officer at DesmosDan loves questions, the kind that rattle around in your brain at all hours, in the shower, etc. Math always had the most interesting questions for him as a kid. Then math education as an adult. He’s

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53:28

A New Toolkit For Multisensory Museum Learning

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2023/07/06

Lauren Race is an accessibility designer, researcher, and educator working in academia and industry. Her process combines human-centered, multisensory, and co-design methods to remove barriers to information access. After earning her master’s from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), she joined the NYU Ability Project—a research space dedicated to the intersection of disability and technology. There, she researches the design of accessible educational tools in formal and informal

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56:16

You're Doing It Wrong

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2023/06/13

Dan Garcia (UC Berkeley MS 1995, PhD 2000) is a Teaching Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at UC Berkeley. Selected as an ACM Distinguished Educator in 2012 and ACM Distinguished Speaker in 2019, he has won all four of the department's computer science teaching awards, and holds the record for the highest teaching effectiveness ratings in the history of several of the department's courses.He is a national leader in the "CSforALL" and "A's for All (as time and

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41:29

ETS CEO, Amit Sevak on The Present and Future of...

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2023/05/18

As President and CEO of ETS, Amit Sevak leads the largest private educational assessment organization in the world, delivering products and services across 200 countries, serving tens of millions of people each year. Sevak has been a driving force in education, learning and workforce development around the globe. He has led the University of Europe in Madrid in Spain, INTI International University in Malaysia and Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC) in Mexico. His transformational style of

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1:14:05

Live from SXSW Edu 2023: Research Storytelling in The...

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2023/04/25

Dr. Elizabeth Bishop is an educator, researcher and youth advocate with two decades of instructional and administrative experience in public schools, universities and non-profit organizations across the United States. Bishop currently teaches on the faculty of the City University of New York and the University of San Francisco. She is Co-Founder of Global Turning Points, an international consulting collective based on the praxis of critical pedagogy. Bishop’s writing includes her 2015 “Becoming

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49:59

Purpose Mindset

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2023/03/28

Aaron is an award winning social entrepreneur. The author of the Purpose Economy, he is one of the foremost experts on the science of purpose and fulfillment. He founded the Taproot Foundation, the venture-backed Imperative and has recently launched Purpose Mindset. He began his career working in education in Chicago. He authored Fast Company’s ‘Purposeful CEO’ series and has written for or been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg TV, Newsweek, MIT Management Review,

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1:06:43

Technology's Child

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2023/03/17

Dr. Katie Davis is Associate Professor at the University of Washington (UW) and Director of the UW Digital Youth Lab. For nearly 20 years, Katie has been researching and speaking about the impact of digital technologies on young people’s learning, development, and well-being.Katie uses the insights from her research to design positive technology experiences for youth and their families and to provide practical guidance to parents, educators, policymakers, and technology designers. At UW, she mentors

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56:27

Creative Hustle

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2023/02/27

Olatunde Sobomehin is CEO/co-founder of StreetCode Academy, an organization that offers free tech classes to communities of color. He has taught classes at the Stanford Haas Center and the d.school.Sam Seidel has taught in a variety of settings, from first grade to community college, and directed youth programs for young people affected by incarceration. He now works with several networks of innovative schools, speaks nationally about education issues, and writes for the Husslington Post and other

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54:36

Learning Virtually Anything with Outschool

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age ·

2023/02/06

Today, Outschool offers more than 140,000 live online classes to more than 1,000,000 learners in 183 countries worldwide. Outschool is an innovative education platform that offers a variety of engaging, small-group classes online. Unlike traditional classes, Outschool classes give kids the unique opportunity to explore their interests in-depth via interactive, live video by experienced, independent educators.Amir Nathoo is CEO of Outschool, a marketplace for live online classes for K-12 learners. He

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1:04:51

This is a Prototype

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2023/01/17

Scott Witthoft is as an educator, designer, and author. Wielding knowledge from his past life in the practice of forensic structural engineering, he is sought out for his expertise in space design — teaching & speaking widely. As a former Stanford University d.school fellow, Scott is also a co-designer of the d.school’s space and a co-author of Make Space, a tool for creating collaborative environments. He pursues his life and work with a mix of whimsy and rigor, and brings people along for the

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46:13

What Teens Say About What They Watch

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2022/12/20

The Center for Scholars and Storytellers works with leading social scientists to develop research insights and tools that are useful for content creators crafting authentic and inclusive stories for youth (ages 2-25). We work with a wide range of organizations from traditional media, tech and gaming, consumer products, and public health and education. When content is created from a research-informed perspective that is authentic and inclusive, it can deliver strong financial returns and support the

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