EdTech Adventures

Jan 28 2025 42 ep. 34 mins 6
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Welcome to EdTech Adventures. Join us as we explore the role of technology, STEM, and creative play in education. With expert guests, we’ll discover how learning is always an adventure.

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Professional Play with Matt Barinholtz

Jan 28 2025 31 mins  
Why is it important to make time for play, both with students and with educators? Matt Barinholtz, Founder & CEO of FutureMakers, is passionate about creating playful hands-on learning and encourages educators to find ways to play!FutureMakers' mission is to spark playful hands-on learning focused on educators confidently integrating engineering, tinkering, making, and play in

Equity-Centered Design with Sheryl Cababa

Feb 06 2024 37 mins  
Why should we care about equity-centered design in education? What impact does it make? In today’s episode, Sheryl Cababa, Chief Strategy Officer at Substantial, shares her experience and advice on how we can practically and effectively design learning experiences with equity in mind.Sheryl shares how she became interested in education and design research and discusses her work w

Teacher Burnout with Francie Alexander

Jan 09 2024 34 mins  
What do educators need to battle burnout? How do they feel about AI in the classroom? Francie Alexander, SVP of Research at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, shares key takeaways from HMH’s 9th annual Educator Confidence Report.Recommended Resources from the InterviewHMH's 2023 Educator Confidence ReportWritableAbout Our GuestFrancie Alexander is the SVP of Research at Houghton Mifflin

Multifaceted Representation with Louisa Kiwana Olafuyi

Nov 28 2023 32 mins  
Do you see yourself in the stories you read? Are your beliefs, culture, and traditions embraced? Do you see heroes that look like you? In this episode, Louisa Kiwana Olafuyi, Co-Founder of Kunda Kids, shares how she practices multifaceted representation and her mission to inspire children around the world with inclusive stories that celebrate diverse cultures - particularly African

Unstructured Play with Tanner Higgin

Nov 14 2023 38 mins  
What makes a successful unstructured play experience and how can unstructured play impact the future of EdTech? In today’s episode, Tanner Higgin shares how unstructured play can be integrated into education and EdTech.Play is a powerful force for learning and unstructured play is a type of play that gives players a system of tools that they can use to create their own experience

Women in STEM with Naomi Harm

Oct 31 2023 35 mins  
Women have been underrepresented in STEM education and STEM careers for as long as STEM has existed. Why do we need more representation and why does that disparity continue to exist? How can we encourage more women to explore STEM careers? In this episode, Naomi Harm, CEO and Founder of Innovative Educator Consulting, discusses her decades long journey in bringing more representati

Designing Tactile Tech with Dan Klitsner

Oct 17 2023 30 mins  
Bop It…Twist It…Pull It! From the 90s and beyond, these sounds have been an integral part of many people's childhood. In today’s episode, Dan Klitsner, multi-award winning Toy Inventor and creator of Bop It, joins us to discuss leveraging tactile technology to transform play experiences. How did the idea for Bop It evolve? As is the case with many inventions, success can come

Learning to Code II with Ami & Luka

Oct 03 2023 26 mins  
This episode was recorded in April 2023.In this episode, two very special guests from CodeCombat’s Live Online Classes, Ami and Luka, share their coding adventures together as instructor and student. These two have been coding together for years and have an inspiring teacher-student relationship.Luka describes his early experiences in coding and shares his thoughts on the most ch

Digital Learning with Joel Kupperstein

Sep 19 2023 27 mins  
Digital learning refers to the use of digital technologies to facilitate and enhance the educational process and is becoming increasingly popular given the advancement of technology and widespread reach of the internet. In this episode, Joel Kupperstein, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Learning A-Z, discusses creating digital learning content that empowers educators wi

Data Equity with Christine Reich

Sep 05 2023 32 mins  
“EdTech has this great potential if we design for inclusion of mind, if we involve users of diverse backgrounds in what we develop to create more equitable learning experiences.” - Christine ReichAn important part of data equity is making sure that you have the data that you need to make equity-based decisions and to think about the design of the learning experience from a univ