The 21st Century Teacher Podcast
Creating meaningful learning experiences with Misty Paterson and the Pop Up Studio approach
In this episode, Misty Paterson, PhD Candidate in Arts Education, shares insights on about her Pop Up Studio approach as a way to engage learners and to build long-lasting impressions
Season 3
Advancing Education: Insights from Superintendent and Education Innovator Kevin Kaardal
In this episode, Kevin Kaardal, SD23 Superintendent, shares insights on educational impact, equity strategies, the National Nature EducationStrategy, and supporting teachers in developing adaptive expertise.
Promoting Equity and Inclusivity in Education with Claire Guy
Explore SOGI inclusivity with Claire Guy, an advocate for equity in schools. Gain insights into fostering an inclusive environment for every student.
Innovation and Creativity in Education: Insights with Jen Giffen
In this podcast episode, we dive into the world of education technology and innovation with special guest Jen Giffen. Known for her expertise in this field, Jen shares her extensive experience and discusses the profound impact of technology on education.
The Future of Education with Dr. Alec Couros: Navigating AI, Ethics, and Innovation
Catch Dr. Alec Couros as we explore the impact of AI and Chat GPT in education, uncovering their benefits for grading, lesson planning, and critical thinking skills. Discover the evolving landscape of AI in traditional education, and gain valuable insights for educators and policymakers 🤖
Insights on Climate Education with Ellen Field
Explore climate education and youth empowerment with Dr. Ellen Field, Assistant Professor at Lakehead University, Orillia, Canada. Gain insights into climate literacy and youth engagement. Join the conversation on a sustainable future. 🌍🎙️
Innovative (online) learning experiences with Adam Ghaddar
Adam is an instructional designer overseeing the additional qualifications course design, outreach and building relationships for the BC profile at the Continuing Teacher Education, Faculty of Education at Queen’s University. He shares insights about his favourite teaching tools, emphasizing the importance of digital tools that allow for feedback and support engagement. He offers models to help educators navigate technologies that prioritize effective pedagogy. Furthermore, he delves into what makes a memorable story or learning experience for learners, and discusses strategies for humanizing online learning in the AI era.
Empowering Student Success with Technology: Insights from Alice Keeler
Pedagogy before technology: it's not about the medium, but how you support your students. Alice Keeler, a teacher and mother of five, shares insights from her six books on creating engagement and fostering student interest. She discusses the role of technology in education, highlighting its potential to support teachers but also emphasizing its limitations.
The Power of Live It Earth
The episode features Angela Stott, the district principal of pedagogy in Gold Trail School District 74, British Columbia.
The conversation delves into various topics, including the role of technology in education, the shift in pedagogy during the pandemic, and the benefits of Live It Earth's platform in promoting inclusivity, personalized learning, and interdisciplinary engagement.
Season 2
Kaleidoscope of Inquiry
David Russell-Loewen, the Director of Education at Live It Earth shares his reflections from the Kaleidoscope of Inquiry Conference in Vancouver. Dave is a certified teacher, curriculum designer and learning technology expert. With over a decade of experience in blended learning, David brings his passion for experiential and inquiry based learning, creative problem-solving and educational innovation to the Live It Team.
Universal Design for Learning
Education Consultant, Katie Novak talks about UDL (Universal Design for Learning). How can UDL address the needs of everyone in the class? How can it help empower students by teaching them in a way that optimises learning. We discuss how to engage everyone in a classroom and some strategies that work? How can we allow freedom and movement in a classroom to support how all the students learn?
Decolonising and Indigenising Teaching Resources
Leona is a member of the Lake Babine Nation, and belongs to the Likh Tsa Mis Yu (Beaver) Clan. Leona has been an educator for sixteen years in northern B.C., having served as District Principal of Aboriginal Education for the past four years. In her current role as Director of Instruction-Indigenous Education, Leona helps improve the education and lives of learners through Truth and Reconciliation and Calls to Action.
Inquiry Learning
Andrea has a Masters in Teacher Librarianship from the University of Alberta and has been working as a teacher librarian at the Surrey District for over 17 years. Andrea discusses some of the challenges of working as a teacher librarian and shares her passion for inquiry based learning with thoughts about how to collaborate with other teachers in the classroom.
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School Gardens & Outdoor Teaching
Megan has over 25 years of professional experience teaching in urban public elementary schools and teaches K-7 outdoors in the Richmond School District (BC) and advocates for unstructured nature play in schools. She is a qualified master gardener with hundreds of stories to share to highlight that elementary curricular content that can be taught in a school garden.
Bringing Joy in the Classroom
Dean has worked as a K-8 classroom teacher for 14 years and as a District Leader for 9. Dean believes that teachers and students ought to use technology to connect ideas and learners in safe, relevant, authentic ways to answer questions, share ideas and develop community. Learning he believes, can be, and should be, fun and personal.
Avoiding Burnout as a Teacher
Morgane is a primary educator, an author, a speaker, a mother of two young children and the creator of the Small Act Big Impact 21 day challenge. Morgane believes that we are all responsible for the cultures in which we learn, work, and live. She is the author of From Burnt Out to Fired Up: Reigniting your passion for teaching. Morgane is also the producer and host of KindSight 101, an educational podcast with game-changing guests.
Season 1
Inquiry Based Learning
Trevor MacKenzie is an experienced teacher, author, keynote speaker and inquiry consultant who has worked in schools throughout Australia, Asia, North America, South Africa and Europe. He has vast experience supporting schools across several years in implementation strategies in public schools, international schools, and International Baccalaureate programmes (PYP/MYP/DP).
Superintendent of West Vancouver Schools, Chris Kennedy is one of the most progressive voices in BC education. He was recently named one of the Top 10 Canadian Newsmakers in Educational Technology, was featured by Maclean’s Magazine as one of the “100 Young Canadians to Watch” and has been featured in various local and national publications.
Luke is on the SD22 Learning Directions Team as the Director of Instruction and well positioned to talk about core competencies within the BC curriculum. Luke is able to explain what they are, as well as how teachers, parents, and students are engaging with this new approach to education within the framework of the BC curriculum.
Dr. Gillian Judson is an educator, writer, researcher, and parent. She teaches at Simon Fraser University with a passion for an imagination-focused approach to teaching called Imaginative Education and the ways to engage imagination in leadership and in learning all aspects of the curriculum. She is also the primary catalyst behind imaginED.
Dr. Judy Halbert and Dr. Linda Kaser are co-authors of The Spiral Playbook (2017), and the founders of Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education. Linda and Judy are deeply committed to achieving equity and quality for all learners and have served as teachers, principals, district leaders and policy advisors with B.C.’s Ministry of Education.
Screentime Consultant, Emily Cherkin is a writer, parent, and former teacher who helps families go from tech-overwhelmed to tech-intentional. Her goal is to support parents who want to improve their kids’ lives and positively impact their communities by helping them navigate everyday life with technology and modeling healthy choices for our children.
Claire Hewson provides support services to students, parents, and school staff and helps students build resilience and improve their social and emotional wellbeing. She has worked as a healthy campus coordinator to promote and integrate health and wellness into day-to-day operations, practices, services, and educational programming.
“Logic will take you from A to B Imagination will take you everywhere” - A. Einstein. Diane Walters is an educator and consultant with over 36 years of experience in education. Listen to Diane talk about the future of education, the power of storytelling, and the fascinating and relevant topic of interdisciplinary learning in education systems.
Principal Mike Hurley shares how a wilderness education program is rethinking rural education and helping his remote mountain community school thrive. Learn about how the school has been able to meet the needs of the community through a robust and active outdoor program that has influenced the culture of the school and the success of its graduates.
In recognition of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day), this episode features Indigenous Educator, Patricia Collins. Patricia discusses the origins and meanings of Orange Shirt Day, place-based education, and approaches teachers can take towards truth and reconciliation in their classrooms including land acknowledgments.
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