{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"174. Leading Education with What We Value with Jennie Magiera","description":"The possibilities are endless in education as technology offers new opportunities every year. But are we using that technology to support teachers, who can then support their students?   This week on the podcast, I\u2019m talking with Jennie Magiera, global head of Education Impact at Google. She\u2019s also a bestselling author and former teacher and school administrator. She found her way to education after a transformative school year as a young girl and that\u2019s helped her throughout her career as she tries to create that same experience for other students.   Jennie and I talk about her vision for facilitating teacher support. She talks about the need to reimagine professional learning experiences, allowing teachers to start with their hopes in training sessions. And she shares about the recently published Future of Education report, which studied the future of education across 24 countries. In her analysis of these reports, she provides a glimpse into the changing landscape of education. She emphasizes the ongoing need to understand and respect future users of educational technology and elaborates on how these changes affect students, schools, and the broader education system.   If you\u2019re looking for a sign that education CAN change, from the inside out, then this is the episode to listen to. With leaders like Jennie at the helm, anything is possible.   About Jennie Magiera:   Jennie Magiera is the Global Head of Education Impact at Google, the Corwin bestselling author of Courageous Edventures and the founder and president of the non-profit organization, Our Voice Alliance, whose mission is to elevate marginalized voices and perspectives to improve equity & empathy in education. Previously, she was the Chief Program Officer at EdTechTeam, the Chief Innovation Officer for the Des Plaines Public School District 62, the Digital Learning Coordinator for the Academy for Urban School Leadership, and a Chicago Public Schools teacher. Jennie uses her classroom experiences to inform her work supporting educators to create new and better opportunities for their students. She believes that despite the many challenges facing schools today, every classroom can be a place for \u201cedventures\u201d: student-centered, passion-based experiential learning. Her work centers around acknowledging problems and finding innovative ways to navigate them so as to allow teachers and students to dive into these classroom \u201cedventures\u201d.   Jennie is also passionate about reimagining professional learning to facilitate more relevant teacher support. She has served on the Technical Working Group for the US Department of Education\u2019s National Educational Technology Plan, helped develop the Dynamic Learning Project, and co-founded various conference concepts such as PLAYDATE and Teachers for Tomorrow. She has been recognized for her work as an Obama White House Champion for Change, Chicago Public Schools Innovator of the Year, TEDx Speaker, Golden Apple Teacher of Distinction, Apple Distinguished Educator, Google for Education Certified Innovator, and featured on various programs such as NBC\u2019s Education Nation, C-SPAN\u2019s Reimagining Education and NPR.   Jennie shares her experiences taking risks in the classroom and helping others to feel comfortable doing the same in her book, Courageous Edventures. You can follow her on Twitter at @MsMagiera and learn more about her work and her book at bit.ly\/edventuresbook.   Jump in the Conversation:   [1:52] - Where Jennie\u2019s story of school transformation began [3:49] - Teaching in NYC to south side of Chicago and seeing disparate opportunities [6:30] - What are Edventures?  [8:40] - Beyond the classroom, facilitating teacher support [10:56] - How can we allow teachers to start with their hopes in trainings [12:55] - The role of Google for Education [15:37] - Google\u2019s Trends in Education Report [16:10] - Future of Education Report [18:11] - Looking into the future [26:24] - What\u2019s next for Google Education [27:49] - What students, parents, educators can do to help be prepared for future [29:01] - Coming into it with curiosity [36:35] - Maureen\u2019s Takeaways   Links & Resources   Exploring the Future of Education with Experts Around the World Teaching for Tomorrow video series Courageous Edventures: Navigating Obstacles to Discover Classroom Innovation by Jennie Magiera Connect with Jennie Magiera on LinkedIn Email Maureen Maureen\u2019s TEDx: Changing My Mind to Change Our Schools The Education Evolution Facebook: Follow Education Evolution Twitter: Follow Education Evolution LinkedIn: Follow Education Evolution EdActive Collective Maureen\u2019s book: Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids Micro-school feature on Good Morning America The Micro-School Coalition Facebook: The Micro-School Coalition LEADPrep ","author_name":"Education Evolution","author_url":"https:\/\/educationevolution.org","html":"