Episodes

  • Episode 23 - @The Meadow Crosspost Podcast with Gary Stager

    Episode 23 - @The Meadow Crosspost Podcast with Gary Stager
    Jun 7 2024
    In this episode, Gary Stager, and Las Vegas school administrator Joseph Carver discuss Gary's work with teachers, Seymour Papert, 1:1 computing, teaching computing to children, the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute, and inventing the future of education.
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    55 mins
  • Episode 22 - Rethinking Tinkering with Gary Stager

    Episode 22 - Rethinking Tinkering with Gary Stager
    Apr 10 2024
    After about fifteen years of the maker movement and the adoption of makerpsaces in education, Dr. Gary Stager, co-author of Invent to Learn - Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, has some thoughts on tinkering. This keynote reviews lessons learned and launches educators towards a future students deserve.
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    45 mins
  • Episode 21 - Alfie Kohn at CMK 2022

    Episode 21 - Alfie Kohn at CMK 2022
    Mar 27 2024
    Fearless educator, author, and guest speaker Alfie Kohn has been featured at Constructing Modern Knowledge on three separate occasions, including our very first year. Here is a a recording of his most recent CMK conversation.
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    48 mins
  • Crossover Episode 20 - Tinkering 15 for 15

    Crossover Episode 20 - Tinkering 15 for 15
    Mar 27 2024
    Ryan Jenkins of the Wonderful Idea Co. recently sat down with Constructing Modern Knowledge founder Gary Stager to discuss the lessons learned from fifteen years of leading his summer institute.
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    34 mins
  • Episode 19 - Jonathan Kozol at Constructing Modern Knowledge

    Episode 19 - Jonathan Kozol at Constructing Modern Knowledge
    Mar 27 2024
    Jonathan Kozol is a National Book Award-winner who abandoned his Rhodes Scholarship to teach in the still largely segregated Boston Public Schools following news of the murder of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney in Mississippi. He was subsequently fired for reading a Langston Hughes poem to fourth graders. That experience led to his first book, Death at an Early Age in 1967. Kozol has been urging each of us to do the right thing ever since, including as a guest speaker at Constructing Modern Knowledge!
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    53 mins
  • Episode 18 - Nikole Hannah-Jones at Constructing Modern Knowledge 2019

    Episode 18 - Nikole Hannah-Jones at Constructing Modern Knowledge 2019
    Feb 1 2024
    Episode 18 - Nikole Hannah-Jones at Constructing Modern Knowledge 2019
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Crossover Episode 17 – Future Learning Design Podcast: Overhyping Tech & AI in Education

    Crossover Episode 17 – Future Learning Design Podcast: Overhyping Tech & AI in Education
    Feb 1 2024
    A special crosspost episode from the Future Learning Design podcast about AI and educational technology
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    49 mins
  • Crossover Episode 16 - Dr. Gary Stager on the New, Now, & Wow in Technology

    Crossover Episode 16 - Dr. Gary Stager on the New, Now, & Wow in Technology
    Jan 9 2024
    With a focus on mathematics, Academy Master Teacher Colin Chapman is joined by international thought leader, Dr. Gary Stager. This episode delves into the ever-evolving technology and computational environments used to support both student and educator learning. With a focus on practical and engaging project-based numeracy development, this a must-listen episode for classroom teachers with the desire to improve student outcomes in mathematics.
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    Less than 1 minute