What’s Your Why? Accessible Knowledge with Dr. Lindsay Portnoy

Let's K12 Better

English - January 21, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB
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Previous Episode: What’s Your Why? Authenticity. Accountability. with Yaritza Villalba

Next Episode: What’s Your Why? Digital Media Storytelling with Clement Townsend

How are you going to pursue your passion this year?

We are celebrating the start of season 2 of the Let’s K12 Better podcast all month with the What’s Your Why -a series on exploring motivation and the imperfect journey to your authentic self. We hope you join us on January 27th for a LIVE show community discussion on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter on finding our authentic self.

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Lindsay Portnoy, Cognitive Scientist, School Board President, and mother who thinks about how we make research and best practices in learning more accessible and applicable for parents and educators.

Learn more about Lindsay’s work!

https://www.lindsayportnoy.com/https://www.lindsayportnoy.com/learntoday

Links to resources and where to buy her books:

https://bookshop.org/books/game-on-brain-on-the-surprising-relationship-between-play-and-gray-matter/9781951600426 https://bookshop.org/books/designed-to-learn-using-design-thinking-to-bring-purpose-and-passion-to-the-classroom/9781416628248 https://www.lindsayportnoy.com/designed-to-learn https://www.lindsayportnoy.com/gobo

Op-eds and published thought pieces:

USA Today - Coronavirus: Remote learning turns kids into zombies because we're doing it all wrong. The74 - A Mom’s View: Some Families Have the Resources to Manage Online Learning for Their Kids. Too Many Others Do Not. Where Is the Equity in That? The Washington Post - What is ‘design thinking’? And why does it belong in our classrooms? The World Economic Forum - Children should be playing more games in the classroom. Here’s why...

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