The @MLTSinHawaii Newsletter
September, 2020
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Podcast Second Season Has Launched! |
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Together with Daniel Gilad of DG Sound Creations I launched the 2nd season of the What School Could Be in Hawaiʻi podcast. Woot! The first episode is a deep dive into sustainability, permaculture, adaptive networks and the future of higher education with the remarkable Matthew Lynch. Coming next week, my conversation with the equally remarkable Lory Peroff at Waikiki Elementary. Find this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn. Thank you for the 39,000 downloads last season! |
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Kupu Hou Academy
Special October Workshops
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Expanding your Teaching Practice in the Age COVID: Now What? A Joint Effort of Hawaii Technology Academy (HTA) and Kupu Hou Academy, this 2-day workshop will support teachers in applying practical, research-based ideas in how to support engaged learning. Whether you teach virtually or face-to-face you will see examples and put into practice strategies and routines that will add to your growing instructional toolset. |
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Hawaiʻi Business CHANGE Panel on Education |
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On September 17th at 3PM Hawaiʻi Business Magazine will host the education edition of their virtual gatherings on CHANGE. Hear panelists Jack Wong, Stacy Kunihisa, Ruth Fletcher, Lynn Babington and Susan Yamada address the following questions: The pandemic exacerbated inequities in education in Hawai‘i. How can we mitigate those inequities, especially now that money will be even tighter than before? What is the role of distance and remote learning going forward? Many of the public schools are further emphasizing career education. What are the best ways to accomplish those goals? Universities are key engines in successful local economies. How do we turn universities and colleges in Hawai‘i into a better engines for Hawai‘i? This panel will be moderated by Terry George. Virtual pau hana, after! |
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SOTF and the What School Could Be in Hawaiʻi Podcast Track |
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There is still time to register for the 2020 Schools of the Future Conference. Registrants will be able to follow a What School Could Be in Hawaiʻi podcast track. Meaning, there will be a series of breakouts with Season 1 guests who will deep dive into their respective areas of interest. Thank you, Phil, Deanna, Megan and Sophie at the Hawaiʻi Association of Independent Schools for this partnership. Yay! |
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@MLTSinhawaii is a big fan of the EntreEd Talk podcast. Hosts Toi Hershman, Laura Sheets McCall and Amber Ravenscroft do a wonderful job of bringing to light stories of innovation and entrepreneurship in education. They have featured Hawaiʻi innovators, Ian Kitajima, Aaron Schorn, Mark Hines, Melissa Handy, Trish Morgan, Miki Cacace and soon, Steve Auerbach. And, of course, they have also featured Ted Dintersmith who is my @MLTSinHawaii funder, backer, chief cheerleader and treasured friend. |
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From Our Friend, Kay Sturm at the Umi Project
Place-Based Projects for Homeschool
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Learning Policy Institute Blog Features SEEQS |
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Thanks to the Umi Project's Kay Sturm, I learned that SEEQS, the School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability was featured in a recent blog by Jeannette LaFors of the Learning Policy Institute. LaFors writes, "COVID-19 hit as middle school students from the School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability (SEEQS) in Honolulu, HI, were embarking on self-directed projects as part of their yearlong interdisciplinary exploration of sustainability. The students had more autonomy to design and implement their projects at home while sheltering in place, and many students connected their work to the emotional, physical, and economic threats of COVID-19. Projects included rain catchers and irrigation systems to sustain home gardens, developing a Twitter bot to remind people to wash their hands to prevent COVID-19 infection, creating sidewalk art, and researching and engaging in healthy activities to alleviate stress. You can “tour” the school’s virtual exhibition room by room as members of the SEEQS community did before the end of the school year. (For best results, view in “present” mode.)" |
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As I launch the 2nd season of my podcast, this time with a new production partner, DG Sound Creations, I want to acknowledge Ryan Ozawa, who worked with me to design, build and produce this epic series from August, 2019 to April, 2020. Without Ryan's keen insights and technical know-how, the stories we share each week would not have been possible. Thank you, Ryan! You are a true Jedi Master Creator. |
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