327: Yellowdig with Shaunak Roy
Shaunak is the founder and CEO of Yellowdig. Yellowdig is a community-driven active learning platform adopted by over 130 colleges and universities, K12 schools, and corporate training clients.
Yellowdig’s mission is to transform every classroom into an active, social, and experiential learning community.
Shaunak graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Bombay and completed his graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Prior to founding Yellowdig, Shaunak spent a decade advising global companies on technology, strategy, and growth.
Website
Social Media Information
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunak-roy-65231b/
Resources Mentioned
Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World – David Epstein
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326: The science of achieving equity in schools with Don Berg
Whether you are a principal, a superintendent, a school board member, or a leader without a title, Don Berg wants to help you understand what he has discovered about the psychology of learning.
And how knowledge of that psychology will enable you to be the best school leader you can be from whatever position you happen to occupy.
His work on educational leadership includes innovative ideas like Holistic Equity, Catalytic Pedagogy, and Back to Basics 2.0 which you can learn about through his books, videos, and other works.
Don wants to help you make deeper learning become the norm, not the exception. He will show you how to manage the hidden curriculum, not just worry about it. But most importantly he paints a picture of Holistic Equity and how to achieve it by putting the psychology of learning into policy so that policy stops undermining the learning.
Website
Resources Mentioned
The Unschooled Mind – Howard Gardner
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325: The missing parts of history teaching with CARGO Classroom
CARGO is led by Lawrence Hoo, a POET and Charles Golding filmmaker and creative director. From their own experiences in school and from their observations today, they understood that there are large parts missing from the History that is taught in schools across the UK. These missing parts include:
The perspectives of individuals of African and African Diaspora descent.
Recognition of the resilience, contributions and visionary leadership of individuals of African and African Diaspora descent.
CARGO Classroom resources are made so that these stories could be included in the History that is taught in schools at Key Stage 3. The lessons use poetry, film and illustrations to help pupils engage with the lives they are learning about. The lessons have been designed so that they can either be taught in a sequence, or experienced individually.
Website
www.cargomovement.org/classroom
Social Media Information
instagram.com/cargomovement
twitter @cargomovement
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324: How to support Mental Wellness in our children with Adrian Moreno
Adrian Moreno began his career inside the health & fitness space while also gaining unparalleled experience with hypnosis & NLP, establishing himself as a behavior transformation specialist working with entrepreneurs to release the anxiety and worry that keep them from enjoying their life.
Now a social entrepreneur, Adrian is working on ending child suicide through gamification, humanistic psychology, and mainstreaming emotional intelligence. He spends his time designing and building the product, Zamio – Where gaming meets mental wellness.
Zamio combines the technology children love with the education they need to:
- Build resilience
- Unlock their genius
- Develop confidence
- Build emotional intelligence
Don’t Let Your Child’s Insecurities Linger Into Adulthood Give Them The Emotional Skills We All Needed Growing Up.
Website
Social Media Information
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086511931137
Resources Mentioned
www.zamio.live/theultimateguide
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323: Big Education Challenge – £1 million prize fund to help transform education
Big Change’s brand new challenge prize – Big Education Challenge. The £1 million prize fund seeks to reward bold ideas with the potential to transform education. The Challenge is split into two prizes – the Groundbreaker Prize (for youth-led innovation from applicants aged 18-25 with a bold idea) and the Gamechanger Prize (for experienced innovators of any age with a track record of leading innovative approaches with social impact). The prize launched in November 2022 and applications will close in February 2023.
The prize was launched with new statistics from Big Change showing:
Key stats
• 65% of UK adults think that the education system doesn’t prepare young people for their futures
• 75% believe our country needs a bold, long-term vision for education that all parts of society have contributed to.
• 76% say that ideas about improving education need to come from grassroots communities including teachers, parents and students.
The new statistics reinforce the need for change – which is exactly what the Challenge hopes to achieve.
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Caitlin Ross is Head of Impact for education charity Big Change. Caitlin leads on the identification, funding and support of Big Change’s pioneering project partners. She also leads on Big Change’s impact strategy, making sure they gather the insights we need to keep growing and learning, both as a charity and as a funder. Caitlin has a frontline background in microfinance and in youth work, working on the ground with organisations in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. She brings her experience delivering scalable, impact-focused interventions to Big Change’s grant giving and impact work to support pioneers who are helping young people thrive in life.
Liz Robinson is CEO of Multi-Academy Trust, Big Education.
Liz’s motivation comes from a profound belief that schools can play a transformative role in children’s lives, but also in shaping whole communities. Social justice and wider change underpin her views that school simply must be about the whole child, the whole family and the whole community.
As the head at Surrey Square for many years, Liz used values as a key driver to redefine the purpose of the school and radically reshape the culture and approaches. She is exceptionally proud of how the school continues to develop and innovate.
Liz has deep expertise and a particular interest in capacity development and growing leadership. Her philosophy is based on a client-centred approach, actively empowering others into thoughtful action. She created The Big Leadership Adventure, our flagship programme supporting changemaker leaders in the sector.
Liz co-founded Big Education to be a place where those who believe in more radical change in the sector can come together; to collaborate, share, challenge and encourage one another. Let’s do more, together.
As mum to two young girls, Liz works flexibly to manage her role. She advocates for and seeks to model an authentic, reflective and relational approach to leadership.
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