It’s hard to upload this now that she’s gone, but it’s one of my favourite memories of her. Leanne was a poet, educator and podcaster. She had a unique sense of wit. In 2015 Leanne was an Australian finalist in the National Training Awards Language…
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The Dock – A Tribute to Leanne Hanson
We lost a beautiful voice from the voicEd Radio airwaves this past week. Leanne Hanson was an active participant in both our broadcasting and podcasting community, as the cohost of The Edunauts, as well as a frequent contributor to the work of many…
In Loving Memory of Leanne Hanson
I was informed of the passing of Leanne Hanson, dedicated educator, poet, and #VoicEdFamily member. I am at a loss for words right now, but felt it was appropriate to remember her as I knew her best, a silly and deep-thinking podcast personality.
For…
What is Story Part 1
Edunaut Leanne Hanson is joined by Lisa Corbett, Derek Rhodenizer and Stephen Hurley to explore the meaning of stories in our lives. What is a story? What makes a story…well…a story and what is the difference between a story and a narrative?
Poetry: Storytelling in the Digital Age
Leanne Hanson is joined by Ramona Meharg and Lisa Corbett to talk about the enduring nature of poetry and ways to update it for the 21st century classroom
Nick Burnett – The Importance of Agency
Edunauts Leanne, Stephen and Jonathan were joined by ex-principal now leadership and futures expert Nick, who shared how elements from the FutureWe framework like a futures-perspective and believing we have agency to change the future can make all the…
Kustave Heino – Making Empathy Real with Empatico
Today on Edunauts the team recapped Empathy and why it’s being recognized as so key for education – but also made time to chat with teacher Kustave Heino about the free “Empatico” program. Kustave has taught in 5 countries, and was able to explain how…
Future Skills and Literacies – Terms of Reference
Edunauts Leanne, Liz and Jonathan chatted the current Mindhive.org discussion challenge, what terms best help us talk about the future skills and literacies we know education needs to get better at addressing, and how balance and diversity will be key.
Tony Ryan – Creating Our Future
Was a great privilege to have FutureWe advisor and long-time proponent of thinking skills and positivity in Education join us for the 4th Edunauts show of 2019. He shared some key predictions and ways of thinking about the future that everyone in this…
2039, Unconferences, Neighbourhoods, and the ShapingEdu project
The Second Edunauts of 2019 saw Samantha Adams Becker join us to share about this ongoing ShapingEdu.asu.edu project that maps to nearly all the Future Readiness Framework’s literacies as it works to bridge today and tomorrow with educators around the…
Rick Davis – Mars and Future-Ready Skills for Students
Edunauts launches in 2019 with an exclusive chat to NASA co-lead for Mars Human Landing Sites Rick Davis! This interview explores how his career has covered the future ready literacies, as well as how the challenge of Mars is the perfect one to…
Jonathan Nalder
This week on I Wish I Knew EDU I’m talking to Australian Educator Jonathan Nalder @jnxyz about Future We and the Future Literacies, the Edunauts Podcast and his First on Mars Project.
Stuart Maish – Curious Problem Solvers
Principal Stuart Maish helps us round out the year with the reminder to focus on curiosity and letting learners be problem solvers.
Nikolas Simat – Add Systems Thinking to your Education Pt 2
In this episode, the Future-We team is back with Nikolas Simat as they talk about recognising interdependence and transformative learning via a process of knowledge, understanding and insight, and then wisdom.
Hamish Curry – How Design Thinking Gets Students Ready by Focusing on Student Agency
In this show we got to hear from Hamish Curry, Executive Director asiaeducation.edu.au on his journey to empowering students with Design Thinking, and how powerful seeing Education as 12 years of experimenting can be!
Willow Pryor – Foresight and Futures Thinking for Education
This week, Jonathan and Leanne speak with futurist Willow Pryor.
Hear how Willow came to learn it’s all connected and how Futures and Foresight thinking from the TP (thinking and planning) literacy help us all navigate signals of change & plan our…
Noa Daniel – Students First
Leanne Hanson and Stephen Hurley talk with personalised project proponent Noa Daniel to find out how to plan for projects, academic rigour and an inclusive approach to curriculum.
The Agile Approach for education, with Michael Derwin
Jonathan and Leanne connect with Agile Approach expert and original FutureWe advisor and supporter Michael Derwin, whose expertise covers Education and Business in ways that we can all learn from as part of the team’s ongoing un-packing of the…
Dr Larry Johnson – Thinking, Planning and Community
Dr Larry Johnson shares the story of how NMC leveraged the 5 future literacies to grow a global education community that continues to this day. Host Jonathan Nalder and Edunauts regular, Paul Signorelli, join in this compelling conversation.
Shifting Thinking – Brad Shreffler
In this episode, we talk to The Planning Period’s Brad Shreffler about planning for new classes, fake news and spotting the silences.
The Dr. Who Effect with Ishita Thakur
The Edunauts learn about astronaut training via the app Space Nation, the importance of a great teacher and the sci-fi gateway to success. Special guest is 17 year-old Ishita Thakur (@Astro_Isha). Also, check out the Space Nation App at @SpaceNation
Community, Civility and Cyberbulling with Amanda Rablin
In this episode, Jonathan Nalder (@jnxyz) , NIck Burnett (@nick_burnett), Leanne Hanson (@LeanneHanson and Amanda Rablin (@ackygirl) dive into the issues surrounding online safety and civility through the lens of cyberbullying.
Be Excellent To Each Other
Leanne and Jonathan are joined by Elizabeth Heck and Paul Signorelli to talk about the integration of tech into physical communities and the importance of civil discourse.
Community in a Digital Era with Zak of Declara.com
Our show today covers entrepreneurship, how tech can connect us to the digital ‘teacher down the hall’, and set us up for our next major online discussion that starts soon –
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Community + Digital Storytelling (Welcome Liz Heck!)
Hear experienced digital storytelling advocate Liz Heck share her ideas about community and story with us.
