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Episode 34: Namya Joshi, grade 9 Diana Award Winner & Minecraft EDU wiz
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In this episode, I speak with Namya Joshi, an impressive young lady who is the recipient of the 2021 Diana Award, UN Sustainable Development Goals Ambassador and a Minecraft EDU expert who has in-serviced thousands of teachers and created countless lessons. Find her on Twitter at @WonderNamya and her resources and other information can be found on …
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Episode 33: An interview with Global Educational Student Chat Leader
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In this episode, Anahit Hakobyan shares how the Global Educational Student Chat has impacted her. Find out more about the chat at globaledsschat.com and connect with Anahit on Twitter @AnahitH03
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Episode 32: Connection, Community & Kindness On and Offline with Melisa Hayes
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This episode is full of ideas for building community, kindness, technology, authentic audiences & teachable moments. Connect with Melisa on Twitter @Melisa_Hayes
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In this episode I interview Justine Abigail Yu, founder of Living Hyphen, a community that explores the experiences of hyphenated Canadians (and Americans). It is a magazine which amplifies the rich inner lives of diverse communities Living Hyphen Website Podcast Find them on social media channels: @LivingHyphen…
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Episode 30: Student Created Organization --> Bleed the North
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These students are passionate about a topic that many people consider taboo. Check out my conversation with Mia and Evelyn from Bleed the North. The event they reference can be found here and takes place on Friday, May 28th, 2021. Instagram: @bleedthenorth Twitter: @bleedthenorth TikTok: @bleedthenorth LinkedIn: @bleedthenorth Facebook: @bleedtheno…
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Episode 29: A Conversation with Valerie Lewis about Pros In Training (P.I.T.)
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Valerie Lewis is an administrator, founder of Pass the Scope EDU, and a new initiative called Pros In Training which empowers youth by offering mentorship opportunities in the Entertainment Industry. Check out Pros In Training online.
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In this episode I speak with an inspiring group of high school students who have created an opportunity for volunteers to support people impacted by Covid19. Learn more and volunteer by checking out their website here and listen to their podcast here. Follow Impact Without Contact on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.…
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Episode 27: A conversation with Trevor MacKenzie about Inquiry provocations on Instagram
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So many of our students (and parents and educators) have moved to Instagram for some of the great features it presents. Trevor talks about how he uses this platform for podcasting and Inquiry provocations. Follow him at @tntmackenzie
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Episode 26: Life in Quarantine with Liv McNeil
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In this episode, I speak to the grade 9 student who created the film, Numb about Life in Quarantine. You can find her on Instagram @livmcneil_ and Twitter at @libbyyliv Here is a link to her powerful film.
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Episode 25: With Amber Coleman Morley (LetsK12Better)
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Amber Coleman Morley is the director of social engagement at iCivics, a former teacher, a mom, and the future author of Fearless in the Face of Race published by DBC. Find her at @MomofallCapes Listen to her podcast with her children @LetsK12Better
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In this episode, I speak with Mila and Matthew, two University of Western students who created a program to help seniors feel connected. They look for submissions of videos, letters, postcards, etc... Check out their website here and check them out on Instagram and Facebook.
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Episode 23: Talk About Real Things (for Teens)
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In this episode, I interview psychotherapist, Lauren Muriello, founder of The Well being Therapy Center. She shares about a unique daily live stream support for teens, Talk About Real Things. We talk anxiety, teens, and parenting.
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Author Tamara Letter shares about the kindness Passion projects and her ideas for building a culture of kindness in time for World Kindness day (and every day). Check her out on Instagram & Twitter (@TamaraLetter) or Join her Facebook group, A Passion for Kindness. She also uses the hashtag #PassionforKindness to share out kindness ideas.…
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Episode 17: Wonder Ananya's journey to self-publishing
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Most of us dream of writing a book. This 11 year old made it happen. Connect with her on Twitter @WonderAnanya and check out her book Save our Planet, on Amazon.
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My conversation with the past and current president of ThisClubSavesLives from Carmel High School is awesome. You can find them at ThisClubSavesLives.org on Twitter at @ThisClubSavesLives on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Connect with them to start your own club.
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Keeley Aird is the co-founder of @StemKidsRock (with her brother Aidan who you might remember from Social LEADia) and an advocate for women in STEM. Here are a few of her recommendations for awesome women in STEM: @heysciencesam @BMSchmidt @CylitaGuy @azshirzadi @KarenMortfield @Bluebird__47 @EugeniaDuodu @allouttalemons @MarianneMader @SciCommSara…
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In this episode I chat with Louie DaCosta (@artfulouie)and his mom Diana (@dmdacosta13) who speak about Louie's YouTube channel, Saturday Sketches and his mom's mentoring role. You can find his YouTube channel here.
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Check out the first episode featuring @TheLivBits She will inspire you as she has inspired many.
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In this episode, you will hear about @aliciajpascual 's Youth for Reconciliation Instagram project.
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Young Ayush Chopra (@Ayushchopra24) shares his passion for #TeachSDGs, is the founder of @SDGSForChildren and is now writing a book for children.
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Check out high school student Isaiah Sterling (@isterlingn) and his "Student Voice" perspective on change in education.
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In this episode, Josh talks about project based learning and his educational game, Gimkit which is a great tool for review, assessment, and fun! You can find Josh at @joshgimkit
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In this episode I speak with Margaret Atkinson's (@fmargret) class about their Upstander brand project. Connect with them on Twitter @UpstanderBrand and check out Real World Scholars @RWScholars who have provided the class with #EdCorps grants in order to be able to do this work.
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In this episode, I chat with Allison Fuisz and Rylin W who are members of a student-led twitter chat, ONEdSschat which give voice to students and the topics they care about.
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Episode 8: Change Impacting Toronto Youth (CITY)
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In this episode I interview students from John Polanyi Collegiate Institute's Change Impacting Toronto Youth (CITY) club. Find out more about their YYZ t-shirts and their past and present initiatives at jpci.org
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Episode 9: Rebecca Chambers & Students at John McCrae SS
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In this episode I speak with Rebecca Chambers and her students Mackenzie, Rebecca Hayley, and Renee about how they "fail to learn". If people are interested in seeing the evolution of their passion based classroom they can check out Rebecca Chamber's blog here .
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Episode 10: 4th Grade Innovators & 5th Grade Futurists (Student Podcasting)
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In this episode Grayson McKinney (@GMcKinney2) and Zach Rondot (@mrrondot) and I talk about the "4th Grade Innovators" and the "5th Grade Futurists" and their journey to podcasting with their students. Be sure to check out the podcasts and connect with them.
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Episode 12: Award Winning Culture Podcast
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In this episode, I get to speak with Audrey F and Brayden P as well as their teacher-advisor, Hans Appel (@hansappel094) about The Award Winning Culture Podcast. You can find them online at awardwinningculture.com @awculture and @EMSWildcats1 on Twitter, and EMS Wildcats on Facebook.
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Episode 11: Nate and the Show About Politics
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In this episode I speak to the adorable 8 year old Nate who talks to us about meeting Ellen, his first podcast, The Show about Science and his new podcast The Show about Politics. Follow him on Twitter @NatePolitics
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I was excited to chat with Julie and Jillian Parsons and their teacher mentor, Tisha Poncio, who spoke about the SWAT tech team: what it is, and what impact it has made. You can find out more about them by checking out all of their social media accounts here: linktr.ee/cisdswat Tisha's email is: empowerededucators.tisha@gmail.com…
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