Conversations from ISTE Live with Thomas Riddle
from Integrate This! Ed Tech Podcast
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! David Berner talks with Thomas Riddle at his first ever ISTE, author of Imagineering Education and assistant director at Roper Mountain Science Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Thomas is featured in the Timeless Heroes documentary and spent the days before the conference at Disney World with his sons, which sets up the whole conversation perfectly. His book asks one question: what if we designed schools the way Disney designs theme parks? Thomas breaks it down into four pillars, story, space, experience, and people, and explains why a tool or a beautiful building only matters as much as the person using it. He also gets into why transformation has to start with the educator before it can reach a single student, using the same logic as putting your own oxygen mask on first. They geek out over using pop culture to teach, from Star Wars and world mythology to Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings, and Thomas shares what is coming next, including an audiobook version of Imagineering Education dropping before the start of the school year and two additional projects he can not talk about just yet. Check out Imagineering Education Here
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