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From Manual to Digital: Raptor’s Role in Revolutionizing School Safety
The importance of maintaining a secure learning environment in schools has gained significant traction across the country. To this effect, institutions have started to leverage innovative technology-centered approaches to safeguard their students and ensure a productive academic atmosphere. A crucial aspect of this involves having concrete emergency preparedness measures, such as structured drills and…
Apprenticeships are Vital in Developing the Next Generation of Workers
Trevor Matthews worked in refrigeration until he admittedly, lost his joy. Greg Crumpton refers to it as a complacency rut, “in a rinse repeat cycle.” Today Matthews, Founder of Refrigeration Mentor, has re-sparked his joy. “Refrigeration Mentor started because I have a passion for the refrigeration industry,” said Matthews. He recognized a void in…
The Highschooler Who Developed a Program to Avoid Virtual Lateness
If there’s one thing that came out of the COVID-19 pandemic that is likely here to stay, it’s virtual meetings and classes. Because lockdowns forced many closures, a lot of businesses and institutions relegated to using online meeting websites to pick up work as usual. But in that came lateness. On an episode of…
Lessons from Campus Safety Director of the Year Finalist Michael Reidenbach
Michael Reidenbach, Executive Director of Security and Emergency Management for the Charleston County School District 3999 in North Charleston, SC, spent a significant portion of his police career working with schools and universities as a campus police officer and school resource officer (SRO.) Reidenbach became a recent finalist for K-12 Campus Safety Director of the…
Reinventing the Workplace
A futurologist, not to be confused with a futurist, refers to an artist of the 1900s artist movement – Futurism. There are some crossovers. Both adore tech and love speed. Critically, a futurologist writes, speaks, and studies trends to forecast the future. Richard Watson, Futurist-In-Residence at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School Entrepreneurship Centre, says…
Michael Horn Discusses the Need to Reinvent Education
The pandemic has often been named as education’s biggest disruptor. A catalyst for change, the pandemic highlighted failing systems along traditional learning pathways throughout the K-12 educational system. After co-founding a non-profit thinktank focused on education disruption, education thought leader and author Michael Horn penned a new book entitled “From Reopen to Reinvent”. With…
The Impact Self-Reflection Has On Creating a Positive Environment
Education is about growth. Growth of skills, learning, and communicating. When Pete Hall, founder of educationhall.com was an educational leader, growth was his priority. The problem was, no one else seemed to know where to start. Hosts Ron Stefanski and Ceasar Mickens sit down with Hall to discuss his role in education as a disruptor and…
What Does it Mean to Have ‘Trauma-Informed’ and ‘Age-Appropriate’ Safety Drills?
In school security news, governors in New Jersey, Texas, and Washington state recently signed legislation with specific active shooter drill parameters. “These states have taken a stance on what they believe should and should not be included in active shooter drills in schools,” said Adam Coughran. “While the language is a bit different, all these…
K12 Summit Educator Series: Bringing Bilingual Education to the Forefront
To kick off its first episode, host of K12 Summit’s new Educator Series podcast, JW Marshall, spoke with Dr. Liz Garza Garcia, president of BEAM with 16 years in education. While “Lizzie,” as nicknamed in college, would have never been associated with teaching, Garcia began mentoring and tutoring students in junior college. The experience…
K12 Summit Educator Series: Supporting Bilingualism Across Texas
Host of K12 Summit’s Educator Series podcast, JW Marshall, sat down with David Nungaray, the public relations chair for the Texas Association of Bilingual Education (TABE) and bilingual consulting partner with The New Teacher Project. Growing up as a bilingual student himself, Nungaray has a mission of elevating the importance of multilingual education. For his…
The City of Dayton has a New Vision to Make Education Equitable
Education is top of mind for Jeffrey J Mimms, Jr., Mayor of Dayton, OH, and Dr. David Lawrence, Education Advisor for Dayton, OH. Mimms, a longtime educator himself with over forty years in education, is a pioneer in establishing equitable funding for public schools across Ohio. DisruptED’s Ron Stefanski and Ceasar Mickens spoke to…
AVIXA Officially Opens the Doors to AVIXA Xchange, a Community Platform for the Global Pro AV Industry
AVIXA has officially opened the doors of AVIXA Xchange to the entire pro AV industry. AVIXA Xchange is a unique community for the AV industry designed to connect thought leaders, industry-leading solution providers, and innovative manufacturers with AV solution seekers. The platform is where expertise and experience are shared, knowledge and connections are gained, news…
Trading Up: The Rise of the Trades in B2B
Astronaut, singer, dancer, President of the United States – the future careers children dream about inspired by popular children’s media. But as children grow, they are encouraged by adults, as well as society, that they need to focus on realistic career paths that lead to a respectable profession. Encouraged to pursue popular career paths that…
Identifying the Missing Element in the Virtual Environment
Dr. Narine Hall, Founder & CEO of Inspace Proximity, made her second appearance on Voices of eLearning. This time she got to be in the studio with JW Marshall instead of a virtual appearance. While the world is still experiencing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are coming together more frequently, and remote…
School Safety Today: ESSER Refresher & New Opportunities in School Funding
Dr. Paula Love, Founder of RFP Match, joined Tyler Kern for a refresher on ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) to talk about the latest funding available to help schools. There were plenty of updates and opportunities to share. Since the pandemic, several different COVID relief acts and packages have provided much-needed funds to…
Evaluating the Global Educational Format Through More STEM Incorporation
For years now, a lot of discussion surrounding the STEM field has mostly focused on the lack of students pursuing the academic fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Although the shortage remains true, there’s also been a lot of work done to improve the numbers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In an…
New LearnPlatform Report Shows Educators Interact with 86 Different Tools
The pandemic has increased the use of tech-enabled learning in school districts across the nation. This rise in smart technology inside the classroom is here to stay according to Karl Rectanus, Co-Founder and CEO, and Mary Styers, Ph.D. Director of Research both with LearnPlatform, who sat down with Voices of eLearning hosts JW Marshall and…
Building Strong Volunteer Relationships
All over the country, volunteers are serving their school districts and communities. Finding them isn’t the only task but managing and maintaining volunteer relationships canquickly become a challenge without the proper tools and resources.. Host Tyler Kern talked to a school official with a lifetime of volunteer experience. Chris Robinson, the Volunteer Program Supervisor for…
School Shootings: Threat Assessment and Developing Community Response
The Sacramento, California mass shooting at the beginning of April 2022 left six people dead and a dozen others wounded. It’s not the first mass shooting this year, nor will it be the last. Adam Coughran, President of Safe Kids Inc., knows the importance of keeping up to date on safety protocols and understanding existing…
How Technology and Education are Vital Cycle Breakers of Social Inequality
Ron Stefanski and Caesar Mickens Jr talk with Jamey Fitzpatrick and David Richards on this episode of DisruptED. The episode focuses on optimizing technology in education requires professional development for teachers. The educators consider the lack of technology infrastructure to factor into 2020’s learning loss. Richards and Fitzpatrick share insight into how technology and education…
Educating the Industry is an Investment for the Future
If you’ve ever watched a movie with an image shot from above, odds are they used Candrone technology. But drones have more uses than just filming and President of Candrone, Justin Hannewyk, knows that. Hannewyk sits down alongside Lead UAS Pilot Zach Rolfe to discuss the future of drone delivery and education as a part…
Forging Student Leadership Skills in Schools
For many educators, encouraging students to learn and utilize leadership skills are qualities many aim to instill. The process can be challenging but having help facilitating this task makes the process more attainable and enjoyable, and that is the foundation of Leader in Me, a school-based educational program that helps students form proven leadership…
How Can Schools Help Ensure the Current Economic Recovery is Sustained and Inclusive
Taking on a new and relevant topic in the education space, DisruptED, hosted by Dr. Caesar Mickens and Ron J Stefanski, is centered on the disruption seen in the confluence of education today and the agents of change. In this premier episode, Co-hosts Dr. Mickens and Stefanski sit down with Karin Norington-Reaves, CEO of…
Who is Responsible When a Child Commits an Act of School Violence?
Key Insights: Parents potentially face criminal charges for their children’s behavior. Behavioral threat assessments are a valuable tool in creating safe schools. Schools and parents need to work together to identify and help children in crisis. School shootings have become increasingly common in the US. And after a brief reprieve from the horrifying nature of…
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