Ep45: Brett Salakas, Teacher, Speaker, Poet, & Author

Today my guest is Brett Salakas, a Teacher, Speaker, Poet, & Author. In this episode, we learn about Brett’s background as a primary school teacher in Australia and South East Asia. We find out more about Brett’s new book, A Mammoth Lesson: Teaching In The Digital Age. Brett shares insights into how he created this fictional story and its central use of metaphor to communicate ideas. Brett also reflects on why he wrote this book, recounting some of his professional and personal experiences and insights that got him moving with his writing process about ten years ago. We learn more about Brett’s central aim of supporting teachers to teach and learn in the digital age. Brett outlines the opportunities introduced with digital technology and the value of online connections, community, and conversation, such as those embodied by the group #aussieED, the largest online network of teachers in Australia. Brett emphasises the lesson in the metaphor, that is, the crossroads on which educators find themselves and the significance of core principles in addressing the challenges that prepare students to adapt and develop new skills, tools and approaches in a changing world.   Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-salakas-13380999/ https://twitter.com/MRsalakas A Mammoth Lesson: Teaching In The Digital Age https://amzn.asia/d/cay6uIs https://twitter.com/aussieEDchat