Tomorrow's Tech in Today's Classrooms
What's coming at us and what will we do with it?
In this 4-episode series, Brad Waid and Ginger Lewman ponder the world of emerging tech and our place inside that world.
Join in ...
- if you're curious about the world that’s coming at us right now in terms of new and emerging technology;
- if you're someone who likes to have a moment to process possibilities;
- if you are a leader in the edtech field;
- if you want to steer your learning community in a direction to be able to thrive in the coming world.
Participants will see and hear what's on the cutting edge of technology from leading sources and be able to start making plans for community information dissemination and informed responses.
Episode 1: Future Forecast -- what tools are here, emerging, and just under the horizon of our daily reality? How do we know this? Spoiler: we're not just guessing
Episode 2: Automation realities -- Real examples of automation and what does automation mean for the world in general, and for education, specifically? Spoiler: everything you think you know is true about the world of work will shift.
Episode 3: The Realist’s Future Tech in the Classroom -- We'll pick a few pieces of emerging tech that are good to share and ponder and we'll go deep into those specifically. Spoiler: this is so much more than augmented reality and apps.
Episode 4: The Changing Face of Education -- What is our K-12 role (AND our role as humans on the planet) regarding the world of emerging technology? Spoiler: we're going to have to do something different.
Each episode is 40-45 minutes with additional time for Q&A.
"Anyone who thinks this is happening at some point in the future isn't paying attention."
~Michael Priddis, CEO, FaethmAI, an R&D firm that bridges labs and industry to build new businesses from new technologies
Your Instructor
Ginger is a national consultant & keynote speaker with Essdack, a non-profit education service center based in Hutchinson Kansas. She inspires and helps all levels of educators figure out the in’s and out’s of teaching and learning. Some of her specialty topics:
- Redesigning schools & learning environments
- Building Resilience in staff & students (self-care and co-care),
- Project/Problem/Passion-Based Learning,
- technology integration, and
- working with gifted and high-ability learners.
Ginger is deeply passionate about helping educators rethink and re-vision what teaching and learning can be in today’s world.
Combining nearly 30 years’ teaching & leading experience with her childhood background, rooted in incredible abuse and addiction which caused her to have 7 ACEs, Ginger is well-suited to helping schools and communities rethink their school systems and what we might do differently to better serve students from all backgrounds.
"There's nothing better than watching the face of a teacher, or a group of educators, or an entire school, as they watch their kids get excited about learning and doing things they never thought was possible. I know exactly what that feels like from the perspective of the learner, the teacher, and the school leader. Because in that moment, everything is possible. It’s the feeling of endless possibilities for all involved -- and we want to do it again and again."
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