Technology is integrating it more and more in our lives, with smart devices, improved internet access on the go, and improvements in nearly everything we touch. The jobs are also following the better tech format, and STEM education is the base for these jobs. We… Read More »Encouraging STEM Education at Home with Hank Green
What if you could have skipped all the awkward social situations from school and just do the learning bit? Did you ever find the classes lasted so much longer because the teachers had to move at a pace slower to your liking? Or that they… Read More »Internet, Internet, Internet High School with Amar Kumar
Science education to supplement at home learning, or, in the case of Sal Khan’s actual son, a way to keep up his education while out of the country during the school year. We chat with Sal Khan, of the Khan Academy, about his school and… Read More »Don’t Neglect Your Kids Education While On the Road with Sal Khan
We have our real lives, and our internet lives, but shouldn’t we live by the same societal rules in both? We’re celebrating Digital Citizen Week, with Google’s Aaron Stein and Sesame Street Workshop’s Dr. Jeanette Betancourt, and learn how parents and teachers can make better… Read More »Being Awesome on the Internet with Google and Sesame Street with Aaron Stein, Dr. Jeanette Betancourt
In part 2 of our coverage of Digital Citizenship Week, we talk to with Eisha Buch of Common Sense Media about a joint initiative with the Department of Education to make better Digital Citizens. While the initiative is focused on educators, parents will find this… Read More »The Common Sense of Digital Citizenship with Eisha Buch
Tech and business classes collide at a new institution – ISDI Digital University. We talk to a co-founder from the school, Steven Cardigan, to find out exactly why this school is opening up, and what makes it different from other business or tech focused colleges.… Read More »Brave New Tech World with Steven Cardigan
In a world of spaceships and aliens of a variety of shapes, colors, and environmental needs living side by side, Becky Chambers creates a world teaching the same lessons we need to learn today. We talk with the author about her book “A Closed and… Read More »A Space Story with Becky Chambers Part 1
In part 2 of our chat with Becky Chambers, author of “A Closed and Common Orbit,” we ask the very tired but still necessary question: Aren’t you sick of people asking you what it’s like to work in sci-fi as a woman? We also get… Read More »A Space Story with Becky Chambers Part 2
What kind of leader are you? Do you have a cut-throat approach to business, or do you maintain some semblance of personhood and compete at the same time? We talk to Dr. Jeff Thompson, author of “Lead True: Live Your Values, Build Your People, Inspire… Read More »Keeping your values in the workplace with Dr. Jeff Thompson
The Good: Jonathan Rochelle, a Google Education expert, defines how Google Classroom is helping kids explore outside their normal geographical range using tools Google provides teachers, and how they get their hands on them. The Bad: You know that Anti-Diversity Manifesto by James Damore? We… Read More »The Good, the Bad, and the Google with Jonathan Rochelle, Andi Simon
