Engage in Your School's Story Podcast
29 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 years ago -The Class Intercom podcast aims to help educators learn how to market their school through social media and empower students to engage in sharing their story. Our goal is to help schools provide a social learning environment which allows educators to teach students digital leadership and professional social content management processes.
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#29: Jessica Schwindt - Relationship Marketing Intern at Disney
April 10, 2018 15:46 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBJessica Schwindt studied marketing with an emphasis in finance and economics at Grand Canyon University. She moved to Orlando, Florida and is currently interning with Disney in Relationship Marketing. She manages campaigns with brands like Southwest, ABC, Wheel of Fortune, Freeform, and has had the opportunity to work with a lot of synergy talent (If you want to meet Katy Perry or Ciara, she's your girl). Growing up, Jessica was very involved; sports, clubs, honor societies, and still manage...
#28: Clay Reisler - Digital Learning Specialist at Pulaski High School
March 19, 2018 19:17 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBFor episode 28, Taylor is joined by Clay Reisler, the Digital Learning Specialist at Pulaski High School, in the Polka Captial of the world, Pulaski, Wisconsin. Clay uses social media and technology to connect with the world, individualize instruction, innovate classrooms with technology and to support 70 teachers and administration to tell stories. He has created a great resource for his district and beyond with his Twitter and Instagram accounts, along with his Youtube channel, blog, iPaddi...
#27: Bekah Vought - Digital / Social Media Assistant at Indiana University
March 05, 2018 16:22 - 31 minutes - 29 MBBekah Vought, of Three Lakes, Wisconsin works at Indiana University as their Digital / Social Media Assistant, where she executes social creative ideas for IU’s 24 athletic teams. This year, she worked with College GameDay, involving live content, as well as Instagram and Snapchat stories, Periscope, Facebook Live, and Instagram Live. No day is the same for Bekah, as her job changes from season to season; covering football games, live-tweeting volleyball games, creating GIFS for use on Twitte...
#26: Laura Kroll - K-12 Principal at Exeter-Milligan Public Schools
February 12, 2018 21:49 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBFor episode 26, Taylor is joined by Laura Kroll, the K-12 Principal and Assistant Volleyball Coach at Exeter-Milligan Public Schools. Laura knows the ins and outs of education in a small school from her 26 years of experience as a teacher, instructional coach and principal. She shares insight into how she maximizes the opportunity in a small school by consistently tweeting words of encouragement at 7 a.m., creating an in-school challenge and reward for teachers and students to discover new i...
#25: Andy Ohlson - K-12 Media Specialist/Technology Coordinator at Axtell Community School
January 23, 2018 17:26 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBFor episode 25, Taylor is joined by Andy Ohlson, the K-12 Media Specialist and Technology Coordinator at Axtell Community School. Andy has a degree in Secondary FCS and Mathematics and soon-to-be Masters in Instructional Technology. Andy shares his experience with social media in a rural school and how Twitter's trending hashtag #StealEDU has allowed him to gather new ideas for his classroom. Andy also gives great advice for rural schools who are still working to incorporate social media int...
#24: Kevin DeShazo - Founder of Fieldhouse Media
December 18, 2017 17:39 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBFor Episode 24, Taylor is joined by Kevin DeShazo. Kevin shares his thoughts on how early to start with social media education for students, trends he's seeing with students athletes in college, his new book Leadership Interrupted and if he were an Administrator how he would approach the conversation around social media with staff and students. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Kevin! Kevin DeShazo is the founder of Fieldhouse Media and a partner at Culture Wins Championships (the spo...
#23: Bonnie Noel - Technology Coordinator at Deshler Public Schools
December 11, 2017 14:39 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBFor Episode 23, Taylor is joined by Bonnie Noel, the Technology Coordinator at Deshler Public Schools. In her 9th year of education, Bonnie talks about the impact of social media on her being a teacher, how she balances being a Tech Coordinator and JH Math teacher and shares advice she’d give to rural schools who aren’t currently using social media. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Bonnie! Connect with Bonnie: https://twitter.com/bonnienoeldd https://twitter.com/DeshlerPublic https:/...
#22: Brent Catlett - Development Executive for Apple Education
December 04, 2017 16:16 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBFor Episode 22 we sit down with Brent Catlett, Development Executive for Apple Education in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota. Brent also is a husband, father of five children, current doctoral student, and Dads in Ed podcast co-host with Josh Allen and Devin Schoening. Brent and Taylor talk about the impact social media has had, personally and professionally, how he sees schools using social media, and what advice he’d give to educators who still aren’t using social media. Co...
#21: Eric Ewald - Principal at Van Allen Elementary
October 30, 2017 21:31 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBFor Episode 21 Taylor is joined by Eric Ewald. Eric is Principal (Grades PreK-6) at Van Allen Elementary School in the Iowa City Community School District located in North Liberty, Iowa. He’s an active blogger and sharer of his ideas on being a principal, day to day happenings, sharing stories through social media, and helped Co-found Dads as Principal’s which started as a hashtag at a summer conference and has turned into a great resource for admins. We hope you enjoy the conversation with E...
#20: Brandon Mowinkel - High School Principal at Milford Public Schools
October 16, 2017 03:30 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBWelcome to season 2, episode 20 of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School’s Story podcast! We are excited to share our interview with Brandon Mowinkel. He is the High School principal at Milford Public Schools and is very involved with sharing the Milford story on Social media. Brandon is the Nebraska State Association of Secondary School Principals President and the 2017 NSASSP Principal of the Year. Brandon talks at length about uncovering the history of the Milford Eagles and how he’s t...
#19: Jaclyn Day - Marketing Manager at FACTS | RenWeb
October 02, 2017 20:50 - 22 minutes - 15.1 MBWelcome to season 2, episode 19 of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School’s Story podcast! We are excited to share our interview with Jaclyn Day, marketing manager at FACTS | RenWeb. With over 10 years of experience in private education, she’s passionate about the study of marketing, #edtech, enrollmen, and retention at K-12 institutions. Prior to joining RenWeb in 2009, she worked in Washington, DC, where she specialized in public affairs. Jaclyn received her BA in Public Communication fr...
#18: Ian Coon - Director of Communications at Student Voice
September 25, 2017 22:17 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBWelcome to season 2, episode 18 of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School’s Story podcast! We are excited to share our interview with Ian Coon, a sophomore at Wartburg College. He is Director of Communications at Student Voice, a national non-profit strengthening the #StuVoice movement by empowering students to take action on issues that most impact their education. Prior to, Ian co-founded the Iowa Student Learning Institute as a sophomore in high school. This organization is dedicated to...
#17: Brittany Mascio - Marketing Director and Storyteller at Nebraska Loves Public Schools
September 12, 2017 21:14 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBWelcome to season 2, episode 17 of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School’s Story podcast! We are excited to share our interview with Brittany Mascio, Marketing Director and Storyteller at Nebraska Loves Public Schools, a Sherwood Foundation-funded documentary film project that showcases the good things happening in public schools. Prior to, Brittany worked as the Event Director of Big Omaha, where she worked alongside startup entrepreneurs from across the world including the founders of D...
#16: Sam Stecher - Superintendent at East Butler Public Schools
September 05, 2017 15:25 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBWelcome to season 2, episode 16 of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School’s Story podcast! We are excited to share our interview with Sam Stecher. Sam is the Superintendent of East Butler Public Schools. He is a coauthor of It Happens In The Hallway and co-founder of Mission Monday; a movement that gives people ways to interact with the student, staff, and volunteers allowing everybody a way to engage in their school community. He tells his story about getting started with social media an...
#15: Mickie Mueller - Educational Technology Facilitator at Norfolk Public Schools
August 28, 2017 15:46 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBWelcome to season 2, episode 15 of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School’s Story podcast! We are excited to share our interview with Mickie Mueller. Mickie is the Educational Technology Facilitator for Norfolk Public Schools in Norfolk, NE. As Educational Technology Facilitator, Mickie develops training for district staff and helps teachers use technology in their classrooms. She also oversees the district’s 1:1 Chromebook initiative. Prior to becoming the Ed Tech Facilitator, Mickie spen...
#14: Ben Pankonin - CEO & Co-Founder of Social Assurance and Class Intercom
August 21, 2017 14:27 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBWelcome to season 2, episode 14 of the Engage in Your School’s Story podcast. Host Taylor Siebert has a special guest, Ben Pankonin of Lincoln, Nebraska. Ben is the founder of a few companies, including Social Assurance, which works with banks and their social media marketing, and one with your very own, Taylor Siebert, on Class Intercom. Ben shares his expertise on the new life of entrepreneurship and how to bring young people into this growing environment while touching on the importance ...
#13: Lance Smith - Assistant Principal/Activities Director at York High School
August 14, 2017 16:40 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBWelcome to season 2, episode 13 of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School’s Story podcast! We are excited to start the 2017-2018 school year and share how schools across the country are using social media to share, connect and learn. Host Taylor Siebert is joined this week by the Activities Director at York High School, Lance Smith. Lance shares the two pillars he uses to reach people: The YHS Website and a Podcast while feeding social media, Twitter and Instagram, through the pillars. He ...
#12: Karen Haase - KSB School Law
June 28, 2017 14:23 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBWelcome to the 12th episode of the Engage in Your School’s Story podcast. Host Taylor Siebert is joined by Karen Haase. Karen is an attorney representing public schools & related entities through her firm KSB Law in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is a former teacher at the high school and college level and has used her experience as a base to help teachers and admins integrate and use technology in the positive role. Learning how to help students navigate social media and using it correctly has been ...
#11: Mitch Fisher - Northwest (NE) Grad & Founder of The Fog Squad
June 15, 2017 13:36 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBWelcome to the 11th episode of the Engage in Your School’s Story podcast. Host Taylor Siebert is joined by recent Grand Island Northwest graduate Mitch Fisher. Mitch caught the entrepreneurial bug from his family, which lead to creating The Shipyard student section twitter account, and has moved on to a full business called Fog Squad, just as he’s ready to begin college. This is a great peek into the mind of a young entrepreneur. We hope you enjoy the conversation with Mitch and his story. C...
#10: Jack Sheard - Communications and Marketing Coordinator at Grand Island Public Schools (NE)
June 08, 2017 13:49 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MBWelcome to our tenth episode of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School’s Story podcast! Host Taylor Siebert is joined by the Communication and Marketing Coordinator at Grand Island Public Schools, Jack Sheard. Jack is a long time journalist and joined the staff at GIPS five years ago. He has been helping share the #WeAreGIPS story through Facebook and Twitter for the district that represents over 9,000 students. We are excited to share our conversation with Jack and how Purple and Gold has ...
#9: Justin Wittrock - Business Teacher at Litchfield High School (MN)
May 30, 2017 15:48 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBWelcome to our ninth episode of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School's Story podcast! Host Taylor Siebert is joined by the Business teacher at Litchfield High School (MN), Justin Wittrock. Justin has been at Litchfield for 11 years as an innovative business teacher and coach. He does a great job of empowering his students in and outside of his classroom. We are excited to share our conversation with Justin and how he's using Class Intercom in his classes! Connect with Justin online: http...
#8: Jeremy Borer - Tech Director at Sandy Creek Public Schools
May 22, 2017 14:08 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBWelcome to our eighth episode of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School’s Story podcast! Host Taylor Siebert is joined by Tech Director at Sandy Creek Public Schools, Jeremy Borer. Jeremy has been at Sandy Creek for 14 years and has seen the importance of sharing the Cougars story evolve and grow by empowering students. We’re excited to share our conversation with Jeremy and the great things he and his team are doing using Social Media at Sandy Creek Public Schools! Connect with Jeremy onl...
#7: Hunter Radenslaben - Founder of Athlete Nation
May 15, 2017 13:15 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBIn our seventh episode of the Class Intercom Engage in Your School’s Story podcast host Taylor Siebert is joined by Hunter Radenslaben the founder of Athlete Nation. Hunter is currently a senior at Waverly High School and what started as a Twitter account when he was 12 years old has grown the account to nearly 70k followers and a social media-based sports apparel brand with the ultimate goal of positively impacting athletes around the world. We’re excited to share our conversation with Hunte...
#6: Matt Soeth - Co-Founder of #iCANHELP
May 08, 2017 13:18 - 38 minutes - 35 MBIn our sixth episode of the Engage in Your School's Story podcast we chat with co-founder of #iCANHELP, Matt Soeth. Matt taught Video Production (CTE) and Student Leadership at Kimball High School in Tracy, California. Matt was on the board of the California Association of Directors of Activities providing leadership training and technology integration in schools. He is also an adjunct professor at the Teacher College of San Joaquin where he instructs teachers in technology and mobile applic...
#5: Cameron Hudson - Principal at High Plains Community Schools
May 01, 2017 12:34 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBIn our fifth episode of the Engage in Your School's Story podcast we chat with Principal, Cameron Hudson of High Plains Community Schools, Polk, NE. Cameron is a rural Nebraska administrator who was recently named the winner of NETA’s 2017 Excellence in Leading with Technology Award. Sharing the Storm story and empowering students on social media is something he is very passionate about at High Plains. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Cameron! We talk with Cameron about how they are a...
#4: Tim Huls - Principal/AD at Hampton Public School
April 24, 2017 21:19 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBIn our fourth episode of the Engage in Your School's Story podcast we chat with Principal/AD, Tim Huls of Hampton Public School in Hampton, NE. Tim is a rural Nebraska administrator who is always looking to give his students new learning opportunities and share the Hawks story. We talk with Tim about how his perspective of social media has changed over the years, the importance of sharing their school's story, student voice and digital citizenship and his involvement with Mike Smith LIVE and...
#3: Josh Allen - Technology Integration Specialist at Lewis Central Community Schools
April 18, 2017 13:05 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBIn our third episode of the Engage in Your School's Story podcast we cross the Missouri river and are joined by Technology Integration Specialist, Josh Allen, at Lewis Central Community Schools in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Josh is the NETA board’s Past-President, host of the Dads in Ed podcast, and was the co-founder of EdCamp Omaha. We talk with Josh about starting EdCamp Omaha, his first tweet in 2007, sharing the Lewis Central story on social media and hosting the Dads in Ed podcast. Connect...
#2: Craig Badura - Technology Integration Specialist at Aurora Public Schools
April 10, 2017 12:57 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBIn our second episode of the Engage in Your School's Story podcast we are joined by Tech Integration Specialist, Craig Badura, at Aurora Public Schools in Aurora, Nebraska. We talk with Craig about his first tweet in 2009, documenting over creating, Digital Citizenship + more! Craig is one of the leaders on tech education and digital citizenship in the country. He has over 10.5k followers on Twitter and over 1.3k on Instagram. He’s a NETA board member. Sharing his story and the #aurorahuskie...
#1: Heather Callihan - Technology Integrationist at Northwest Public Schools
April 04, 2017 00:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBIn the first episode of the Engage in Your School's Story podcast we had the privilege to chat with Tech Integrationist, Heather Callihan, at Northwest Public Schools in Grand Island, Nebraska. Heather has been helping share the Vikings story for four years and has been one of the leading educators in the state of Nebraska on Digital Citizenship. We talk about how Northwest is sharing their story through social media, empowering students, digital citizenship and advice for your school to get ...