Dismissed with Jeremy Williams
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International educator Jeremy Williams interviews prominent expats, educators, and entrepreneurs from across the world. Dismissed is a global podcast that aims to make the world feel a little smaller through connecting educators through commonalities no matter their location.
Episodes
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#510 - COVID-19: The Students Tell All
I was joined by four students representing 3 continents to discuss how remote learning has impacted them. Tiago, Year 12, Dubai resident Lottie, Year 6, Dubai resident Free, Grade 6, Atlanta, Georgia resident and Blaine, Grade 12, Raleigh, North Carolina resident. We discussed how ready they are…
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#509 George Stewart II on advocacy, teacher leadership, and inspire students to be agents of change
I had the opportunity to have a conversation with George Stewart II about his work as a teacher leader, his advocacy work both at the local and state level, and being an agent of change. I also allowed him to have some time to share his feelings about George Floyd and what predominantly white...
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#508 The Parents Tell All - COVID19 Education with Jun Song, Jenny Mollon, Matt James, Hayley Lamb, and Jessica Daily
Five parents from all over the world share their experiences with their children's education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jun Song can be found on Twitter here. Matt James can be found on Twitter here. Jessica Daily can be found on Twitter here. Hayley Lamb can be found on Twitter here. Jenny...
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#507 with Chuck Rust - What are deep fakes? Why should educators care?
In this episode, I sit down with Chuck Rust, Esq. to discuss #deepfakes, what they are, and why educators (and humans in general) should care about this. We discuss - Legal responsibilities of social media companies to monitor deep fakes Shallow fakes and their potential impact on society the…
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#506 COVID19 stories with Tia Luker-Putra and Sydney Atkins
Tia Luker-Putra is an ex-pat teacher and blogger currently living in China. Sydney Atkins is an administrator living in Al Ain, UAE. We discuss our collective COVID19 experiences. Tia shares what life is like in China going back to school for her first day today. Sydney shares how his work has…
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#505 with Nate Bowling - El College Board es malo.
My special guest Nate Bowling and I discuss the inequities of the College Board and how they quite possibly have done the worst job in the world in terms of how they handled COVID19 as an organization. Nate can be found on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nate_bowling on the NerdFarm Podcast:...
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#504 ESports in Dubai with High School Student/Founder Shiv Bhagnari
I had the chance to catch up with 16-year-old Shiv Bhagnari, a Dubai High School student working tirelessly to get ESports of the ground for students in Dubai. Learn about Shiv on LinkedIn and Twitter. Esports Schools can be found on Discord.
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#503 with Justin Bedard of Jump! Foundation
Justin and I dive into the history of JUMP! Foundation, the value of finding a good mentor, the importance of process, and what education needs today. We also discuss the dirty word of innovation.
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#502 with Kevin Simpson, Patrick Harris, and Steve Bambury - Education in a COVID19 World
Kevin, Patrick, and Steve discuss COVID19 impact on schools across the globe with Jeremy. Kevin can be found on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/globalkdsl. Patrick can be found on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/presidentpat Steve can be found on Twitter at...
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#501 - Should online learning be regulated?
I update listeners on UAE life and discuss the Shaun Robison article "Now is the time to talk about quality.....". Find Shaun here: https://www.twitter.com/shaun_robison https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunrobison Find the article here:...
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#410 - Karen Giuffre', Founder of Voyagers Community School - Not happy with your children's school? Make your own!
Karen began her teaching career in Harvard, Massachusetts where she taught 5th, 6th, and 8th-grade social studies. This was followed by years of serving as a teacher and director of fitness and recreation programs. Karen developed an elementary interdisciplinary curriculum as a researcher and...
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#409 Jamal Shipman - CBS Survivor Contestant and Admissions Counselor
Jamal was a contestant on the 39th season of Survivor: Island of the Idols. When he’s not running around on a Fijian Island, he is the Admission Product Area Consultant for a database software company called Veracross. Before that, he worked as an admission professional at 2 independent high...
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#408 with Markus Finster of MyExpatTaxes.com
Markus’ favorite part of starting the company is being able to work with passionate people to make customers'lives easier. He has an engineering degree in information management and more than 20 years in information technology with a focus on project management, which makes him uniquely qualified...
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#407 with Brandon Busteed, President of Kaplan University Partners
Brandon Busteed leads Kaplan’s work serving U.S. colleges and universities, leveraging the organization’s highly-diversified, global educational offerings and insights. His mission is to help U.S. higher education adapt, grow and thrive. Prior to Kaplan, Busteed was Global Head of Public Sector…
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#406 with Dr. Donovan Garletts - The (Unanticipated) Life of an Educator
Dr. Donovan Garletts is an incredibly driven and decorated educator. A former state champion basketball coach, principal, and now Assistant Superintendent, Donovan never planned to be an educator but it became his calling. Learn about Donovan's story and listen to him share about the future.…
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#405 Justin Belt of The WhyCast - Naming our intentions and moving across the country
Justin Belt is a HS English teacher in Frisco, TX and is deeply passionate about connecting people to their purpose. He is one of the most thoughtful and beautiful educators I know. In this episode of Dismissed, we discuss moving a family of 7 across the USA, learning how a new school works, and...
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#404 with Rae Hughart of Teach Better - Growing your impact as a teacher
Rae Hughart is a Middle-Level Math Educator in Illinois, creator of the Teach Further Model, and the Director of Training & Development for the Teach Better Team. Rae continues to facilitate rich discussions with educators around mastering personalized learning, providing targeted student-focused...
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#403 Cris Saldaña - One Step EDU
Cris Saldaña is educational leader from Pflugerville, Texas. Cris tells his story of how he found education as a career pathway, talks about his work now in his school, and what his aspirations are for the future. Cris's Twitter Cris's Blog
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#402 with Aubrey Patterson of Nohea - Clarifi, Simplifi.....
Aubrey has taught K-12 and college, in Canada and Japan. His biggest contributions have come as a principal in elementary and high schools for 5 years and a district director/superintendent for over 12 years. He loves sports, music, travel and devouring leadership books. He believes in working…
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Dismissed celebrates 50! Top 5-ish episodes of DisruptEdTV presents Dismissed
I rank the top 5(ish) episodes of Dismissed as we pass the 50 episode mark. Honorable Mention Pam Moran Chris McNutt Priya Lakhani Inspire Citizens Top 6 in no particular order Dr. Olli Pekka-Heinonen Brad Barrett JT McCormick Pran Patel Lord Jim Knight Samson Williams
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#401 with former NFL Player Jedidiah Collins - Money as a verb, not a noun
As a former NFL player, Jedidiah Collins translates the mindset he learned on the field to other professions, whether it’s technology, sales, or start- ups. He has shared his Rookie to Veteran workshop with groups at Amazon, F5, Glasko Smith Kline, Sotheby's, and the Seattle Seahawks, among…
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#331 Pran Patel - White Fragility, Racism, and Decolonizing the Curriculum
Pran Patel has 14+ years of teaching experience working recently as an assistant principal. He has an interesting career in leadership; leading standards; behaviour management; professional development and curriculum. His NPQSL project was to lead whole-school coaching and as a mental health and...
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#330 Abby French - Snakes, Taking Control of your own PD, Student Voice and Choice
Abby French is a 6th grade teacher and NOHEA Kindred. She is deeply passionate about student-centered learning. We discuss her path to taking control of her own professional development, what she wants for her students, and balancing the excitement of all of the projects she's working on. I also...
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#329 Ira Cross - Public vs. Private vs. Charter and teaching 4-eva
Ira Cross is a fifth grade teacher from the great state of Ohio. He has had unique experiences teaching in the public, private, and charter sector during a three year span. Ira is an advocate for positivity and energy and has started his own youtube channel - That Energetic Teacher. Learn more...
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#328 Ryan Cowden of the School of Thought Podcast- Leadership and Communication
Ryan Cowden is the host of the School of Thought Podcast. He spent 7 years teaching public school in public schools in Southern California. He has also trained educators and leaders as an AVID Staff Developer and independent presenter. Ryan’s early struggles as a teacher caused him to reflect on...
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#327 Sue Jamback of Restorative US - What is a restorative approach?
Sue Jamback is a veteran K-12 public school teacher, principal. charter school founder, national charter school network leader, and educational consultant. She has served students, families, and communities in under-resourced urban environments with intent to level the playing field, eradicate…
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Dr. Kiko Suarez - Higher Education for all
Dr. Kiko Suarez is the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer for the American College of Education. Kiko has various experiences in different industries as an executive and has lived all over the world. We discuss the ACE business model, for-profit education, the future of higher education, and...
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#325 Pam Moran - The Barber and the Seamstress
Dr. Pam Moran is a nationally recognized Superintendent from the great state of Virginia and co-authored the progressive education must-read Timeless Learning. During Dr. Moran’s tenure, Albemarle County Public Schools has become one of the top performing school divisions for students in the…
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#324 - Steve Sostak and Aaron Moniz of Inspire Citizens - Empathy to Impact
Steve Sostak and Aaron Moniz co-founded Inspire Citizens. Inspire Citizens is a teacher-created collective that empowers all students and educators to co-create globally-minded, holistic, and customized project-based learning towards a more sustainable future. They work deeply with schools on...
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#323 Mike Washburn of On Education Podcast - What's your backflip?
Mike Washburn is the host of the On Education Podcast and is the Curriculum and Training Manager for Logics Academy, the largest STEM Education provider in Canada. We discuss Mike's recent keynote entitled "What's your backflip?" , photoshopping skills, and our mutual friend Don Wettrick. He's...
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#322 Samson Williams - The Impact of 5G On Modern Society
Samson Williams is one of the world's most interesting people and is the principal of Axes & Eggs, a DC think-tank aimed at helping businesses take on digital transformation. Additionally, Samson is considered a global authority on cryptocurrencies and bitcoin. Axes & Eggs We discuss: - What's…
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#321 Vernon Wright - The Many Voices of Grit
Vernon Wright is part of the DisruptEd TV family with his show The Many Voices of Grit. Vernon talks to leaders all over the world focusing on the topic of Grit and its' impact on leadership and education.
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#320 Scott Santens - Putting Humanity First Through Basic Income
Described by historian Rutger Bregman as "by far, the most effective basic income activist out there" Scott Santens has lived with a crowdfunded monthly basic income since 2016 and has been a moderator of the Basic Income community on Reddit since 2013. As a writer and blogger, his pieces about...
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#316 Nick Covington - Going Gradeless In Your Classroom (and Scaling It)
I talk with regular Human Restoration Project contributor and teacher Nick Covington about going gradeless. Nick is a brilliant educational mind who is talking the talk and walking the walk in terms of going gradeless. We discuss- - How do you communicate this to parents? - What does it mean? -...
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#319 Jason Shaffer Of Mybrandprofessor.com - K12 Personal Branding
Jason Shaffer is a nationally recognized educator for his work with teaching personal branding and responsible internet usage with students at his school in Florida. We discuss what personal branding is, how to inspire students to be producers and just solely consumers of content, and much more.…
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#318 With Brad Barrett Of ChooseFI, How To Make $750000 Without Even Trying (hard)
Brad Barrett is the co-host of the Top 50 Itunes business podcast ChooseFI, Personal Finance Expert, Certified Public Accountant; He has a passion for Financial Independence and helping people take action to make their lives richer in every way: wealth, health, connections and ultimately…
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317 Lord Jim Knight - The Future Of Higher Education
Lord Jim Knight is the Chief Educational and External Officer of TES Global currently living in London, United Kingdom. He also chairs XRapid.com - moving towards offering free malaria diagnosis across the globe. He is a former UK Government minister and current member of the House of Lords. His...
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#315 Chris McNutt - Human Restoration Project - Progressive Education And The Importance Of Research
Chris McNutt is a co-founder of the Human Restoration Project, a research-based progressive education mega-resource. We discuss the importance of research in progressive ed, sharing your content with your colleagues in your school, imposter syndrome and much more. Learn more about the Human...
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#314 - Dan Jackson And Zach Abramczyk - Experiential Learning And Entrepreneurship with ASP
Dan Jackson is the architect and creator of the Applied Synergies Partnership in North Carolina. The ASP is a partnership between Dan's school, industry, and higher education aimed at accelerating the extraordinary. Dan's students are turned loose through experiential and personalized learning to...
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#313 DeJuan Marerro - When The Ball Stops Bouncing
DeJuan Marrero is a professional basketball player and podcaster. We discuss personal branding, content creation, and networking. Check out DeJuan's podcast here: www.twitter.com/theDMpodcast Check out DeJuan here: www.twitter.com/dejuanmarrero
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#312 JT McCormick - How To Create A Winning Organizational Culture
JT McCormick is the President and CEO of Scribe Media. Scribe Media was voted by Entrepreneur as the #1 Top Company Culture in 2018. Scribe Media Culture Bible - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cqXRwrk1fYuFTglAR3lpu94egZDfXN_M12qVX_t1ev8/edit We discuss JT's company culture at Scribe. We dive...
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#311 Christine Nasserghodsi - Co-founder of Mirai Partners - Project Based Leadership
I spoke with Christine Nasserghodsi as part of a multi-episode focus on Project Based Learning. Christine has worked with international companies, schools, and government agencies in the United States, Europe, India, Africa, and the United Arab Emirates to develop high-impact leadership…
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#310 Eric Nelson - Founder/CEO of FANschool - Fantasy Politics
Eric Nelson is a former Social Studies Teacher who created a fantasy football-like platform related to current events and politics. We discuss his educator to CEO story, do a stock watch, and talk OBJ to CLE. Find out more about Eric at: www.fanschool.org www.twitter.com/fangeopolitics
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#309 Olli Pekka-Heinonen - General Director of Finnish National Education Agency - Autonomy
Mr. Olli Pekka-Heinonen is the Director General for the National Education Agency of Finland. We discuss: - Finnish definition of student success? - Is the Finnish education system scalable? - Could it be applied to the UAE? - Are the Finnish results possible in a more diverse/larger society? You...
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#308 Robert Jones Of GentStyle - Get in where you fit in
Robert Jones is the creator of GentStyle, a youtube channel aimed at promoting men's fashion without breaking the bank. Robert is an alum from Don Wettrick's Open Source Learning and Innovation class. We discuss: - Don's fashion style - Finding your purpose and passion - Men's fashion advice
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#307 Ted Dintersmith - What School Could Be
This week I spoke with Ted Dintersmith. Ted Dintersmith is one of America's leaders in innovation, entrepreneurship, and education. Ted's professional experience includes two decades in venture capital, including being ranked by Business 2.0 as the top-performing U.S. venture capitalist for...
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#306 Ted Fujimoto - Execution Based Accountability
I had the pleasure of speaking with Ted Fujimoto. Ted Fujimoto is an entrepreneur and expert in leadership development and organizational redesign. At age 18, Ted founded his first company that designed and implemented logistics, customer relationship management and financial systems for large...
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#305 Ada Salazar, International Educator - Give me challenge
I talk with Manor Hall International School teacher Ms. Ada Salazar who has been a learner and educator in Mexico, USA, and the UAE. In this episode, Ada shares her story for how she indirectly ended up finding her purpose of teaching through a very unique set of circumstances. Learn more about…
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#304 Shane Lawrence Of The Ed Podcast - Finding your teaching passion
I'm joined by podcast host Shane Lawrence of the Ed Podcast. The Ed Podcast focuses on conversations about teaching life. Shane and I discuss: - Impact of PD - Media Narrative of Teachers - EdCamps - Microcredentialing PD - Educational Mercenaries/Stability of the teaching profession - Shane's...
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#303 Don Wettrick Of StartEdUp - Entrepreneurial Mindset
DisruptEd TV Presents Dismissed with special guest Don Wettrick. Don is one of the leaders in entrepreneurial education in the United States. We talk about his class, foundation, and how he gets students to be doers and put themselves out there. Also, I talk about how we get our entrepreneurship...
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International educator Jeremy Williams interviews prominent expats, educators, and entrepreneurs from across the world. Dismissed is a global podcast that aims to make the world feel a little smaller through connecting educators through commonalities no matter their location.
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