High Tech High Unboxed

Oct 30 2024 135 ep. 34 mins 44

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Stories of learning in and out of school, and interviews with teachers, students, and school leaders. Artwork by the inimitable Enrique "Chikle" Lugo Brought to you by HTH Unboxed: A Journal of Adult Learning in Schools Visit us online at hthunboxed.org

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S6E5 - Ron Berger: Empower Children by Giving Them Learning Targets

Oct 30 2024 51 mins

Episode Notes Leaders of Their Own Learning by Ron Berger, Leah Woodfin, and Leah Rugen Other podcast episodes featuring Ron Berger: Ron Berger on Presentations of Learning Ron Berger on Student-Led Conferences Ron Berger on Whole-Class Close Reading Ron Berger on Beautiful Lessons and “No Lesson at All”

S6E4 - Ted Cuevas: How to Assess Students Like Scouts

Oct 16 2024 38 mins

Episode Notes Learn more about the “Light on Literacy” project Check out the platform that Ted uses for student portfolios, Inkwire We have another scouting-connected podcast episode! Eduard Vallory: What School Can Learn From Catalonian Scouting

S6E3 - Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford: What improvers can learn from civil rights organizers

Oct 02 2024 57 mins

Episode Notes Learn more about Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford’s work here Brandi’s other episodes on this podcast: Dr. Brandi Hinnant Crawford, Improvement as a Tool for Our Collective Liberation (High Tech High Unboxed podcast) Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford & Dr. Luke Wood at Gates CoP NSI (High Tech High Unboxed podcast) Articles, books, and people referenced in this epi

S6E2 - AI for Technophobic Teachers, with John Santos

Sep 18 2024 20 mins

Episode Notes John Santos's other episodes on the podcast: Rigor shouldn't mean Some Kids Fail (a better grading strategy—easy to implement too!) How to Design a Great Project Launch The AI project-planning tool that John talks about is the AI Kaleidoscope by Inkwire and the High Tech High GSE

S6E1 - Kicking A** by Taking Names, with Ben Daley

Aug 28 2024 13 mins

Episode Notes We start the episode by talking about the book Upstream by Dan Heath. It's really good—you should read it. You can find more find more podcast episodes, articles, and videos about Continuous Improvement here! You can find a transcript of this episode here.

S5E28 - Green School Student Louis Lacour on PBL, renewable energy, and biodegradable zip ties

Aug 06 2024 19 mins

Episode Notes You should also listen to Kelly's interview with Benjamin Freud, head of Green School's Upper School You can see the 2023 Greenstone presentations here Green School website

S5E27 - Green School: Regenerative Education in the Balinese Jungle

Jul 09 2024 41 mins

Episode Notes Cofounder John Hardy’s Ted Talk about the Green School Green School website Coconut Thinking

S5E26 - Derek Mitchell and Scott Sampson Have a Vision for "Regenerative Education"

Jun 19 2024 51 mins

Episode Notes The Nature article about the dinosaur Masiakasaurus Knopfleri Smithsonian article about Majungasaurus To find out about Derek’s history with cockroaches listen to this episode The UK’s National Education Nature Park project Dacher Keltner, the researcher studying awe, on the On Being podcast Reimagining San Francisco Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

S5E25 - Kofi B on the power of teachers, peers, and music

Jun 05 2024 50 mins

Episode Notes Kofi B’s opening performance at Deeper Learning 2024 Kofi B’s Closing Keynote at Deeper Learning 2024 Where to find Kofi B's music: Instagram TikTok Youtube Facebook Website Made in Akron documentary Do you want to come to a conference whose opening act is this good? Of course you do! Learn more about the Deeper Learning Conference!

S5E24 - People you meet at Deeper Learning: Superintendent (and High School Dropout) Jessica Waters

May 24 2024 12 mins

Episode Notes Learn more about Nowell Academy Here Learn more about the Deeper Learning Conference here Find all the podcast episodes from Deeper Learning 2024 here