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Bonus Episode 12 – Megan Chen, author of Finding Tiger and Zack Jones, Director of Dual School

Lynn Fuini-Hetten and Randy Ziegenfuss

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In this bonus episode we are speaking with Megan Chen, author of Finding Tiger and Zack Jones, Director at Dual School.

Megan is a young learner who followed her passion and published a children’s book titled Finding Tiger. The book targets the problems of implicit bias and stereotyping. Megan is very interested in creating innovative solutions to problems and entrepreneurship!  Megan also started the entrepreneurship club at her school.

Zack is Director at Dual School, a supplement to the existing education system. The school delivers an elite learning opportunity to students from public, private and charter schools in New Castle County, DE. A graduate of Horn Entrepreneurship at University of Delaware, Zack is the author of The World Changer’s Handbook: A Young Person’s Guide to Creating an Impactful Life. He’s passionate about helping young people activate their potential by taking action on their ideas.

This is what we talked about:

  1. Tell us about the Dual School model and the kinds of opportunities it offers young people.
  2. Megan…teell us how you got connected to Dual School and how your work there ended up in your first published book, Finding Tiger.
  3. Tell us about the process of writing and designing the book. How did you go about choosing the subject and designing the process. What were the best high point moments and what were some of the challenges that you had to overcome?
  4. Zack….What are some other projects happening at Dual School? How are they impacting the community?  
  5. Megan and Zack….what advice would you give to school leaders working to shift the school experience toward learner-centered?
  6. Before we invite you to share what is next for you, let’s hear your answers to our lightning response questions:
    • Who is one expert our listener’s should connect with to learn more about co-designing more real world, entrepreneurial opportunities for learners in school?
    • If you were recommending one book to our listeners, what would it be?
    • What online site/resource/person do you learn from regularly?
  7. What’s next for each of you? What are you working on that you’d like to share?

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Bonus Episode 11 – 9 Billion Schools Interview with Dick Thomas and Lauren Della Bella

Lynn Fuini-Hetten and Randy Ziegenfuss

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In this bonus episode, we are speaking with Dick Thomas and Lauren Della Bella – coauthors of 9 Billion Schools – Why the World Needs Lifelong Personalized Learning for All.

Dick Thomas is vice president of architecture for SHP, a nationally recognized architecture firm focused on learning spaces of all kinds. Celebrating over 20 years of practice with the firm, Dick’s education portfolio reflects a wide spectrum of facility planning and design solutions. Dick has participated on long-range planning committees, assisted with curriculum strategy panels and developed strategic standards. As a former member of a future-oriented innovation board for a major technology company, he has a keen interest in how technology can facilitate the rapidly changing approaches to learning in all its manifestations. His first co-written book, 9 Billion Schools: Why the World Needs Personalized, Lifelong Learning for All, examines the importance of reimagining the worldwide approach towards education and learning in light of an expanding population and an increasingly rapid development of technology.

Lauren Della Bella is president of SHP, a nationally recognized architecture firm focused on learning spaces of all kinds. She is the first woman to lead the firm in its 100-plus-year history. Lauren spearheaded the development of SHP’s highly regarded community-engagement process, and launched Insite Magazine, an award-winning publication dedicated to innovative design ideas and industry success stories. Under her leadership the firm has become an authority on sustainability and 21st-century educational design. Her passion for design, education and planning is evidenced in her leadership roles in several industry groups. She currently serves as president of the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati and an executive board member of the Design Futures Council.

This is what we talked about:

  1. Let’s begin with a personal story about how you got connected to the need for personalized learning for all.
  2. You share about your book, “Every single person on Earth should be considered a school unto him- or herself. That’s because, for maximum human flourishing, learning should be a highly personalized experience that lasts an entire lifetime.” Tell us what you mean by this?
  3.  In section one, you share the foundations for the 9 billions schools movement. What is the why and the how?
  4. In section two, you highlight the first 20% of life and talk about national parks, early innovation, collaboration, and play. Share with us a couple of you ideas from this section with our listeners.
  5. In section 3, you focus on the remaining 80% of life. We made connections to our Profile of a Graduate in this section. We need to be able to think together, and practice curiosity and empathy.  Why is this important to the 9 billion schools movement?
  6. Before we invite you to share what is next for you, let’s hear your ideas about our lightning response questions:
    • Who is one expert our listener’s should connect with to learn more about lifelong personalized learning?
    • If you were recommending one book to our listeners, what would it be?
    • What online site/resource/person do you learn from regularly?
  7. What’s next for you? What are you working on that you’d like to share?

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Bonus Episode 10 – KnowledgeWorks Forecast 5.0 Interview with Jason Swanson

Lynn Fuini-Hetten and Randy Ziegenfuss

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In this bonus episode of Shift Your Paradigm, we are speaking with Jason Swanson, Director of Strategic Foresight at KnowledgeWorks. In his role, he gets to explore the future of learning, helping stakeholders translate future insights into forward thinking visions for transforming education. In his work, Jason has explored how trends and developments such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, augmented and virtual reality might impact learning today and into the future.

He has authored dozens of articles and forecasts including the future of work and readiness, the future of credentials, the expansion and diversification of educator roles and the creation of learning ecosystems.

In this episode, we talked about the following questions:

      1. How did you got connected to strategic foresight,  KnowledgeWorks  and the development of the forecasts.
      2.  Let’s dive into the new Forecast 5.0: Navigating the Future of Learning. What’s the why behind the forecast…why should school leaders and communities organize conversations around this work?
      3. At the core of the document, you identify five drivers of change. Tell us about the drivers and how you arrived at these particular five.
      4. The forecast also includes provocations. What is the purpose of the provocations and how are they organized in the forecast?
      5. You also developed three audience-specific discussion guides for: District, school and classroom leaders, Higher education administrators, faculty and staff, and Education thought leaders and changemakers. How can these stakeholders use the guides to organize their next steps after reading the forecast?
      6. With the forecast in mind, what does the future look like for learner-centered education?
      7. Before we invite you to share what is next for you, let’s hear your ideas related to our lightning response questions:
        • Who is one expert our listener’s should connect with to learn more about strategic foresight, either in or outside of the K12 domain?
        • If you were recommending one book to our listeners, what would it be?
        • What online site/resource/person do you learn from regularly?

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