23. Technology in Education: A Balancing Act, with Michael Soskil

Our guest today is  Michael Soskil. He is a teacher, an author, an international keynote speaker an education consultant and an inspirational leader. Michael is the 2017-2018 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, a recipient of the 2012 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, and was honored as one of the top ten teachers in the world by the Global Teacher Prize in 2016.

In this episode, Al and Michael discuss the use of technology in the classroom. They point out how technology can create a lot of educational opportunities for students, but - if not used wisely - it can also hinder their emotional and educational growth.

Listen and take note of how you can use technology more effectively in the classroom.

Quotes:

12:31 “Our children right now are struggling to deal with actual reality and yet we're trying to give them virtual reality”

33:05 “I think what we should do is start with really incredible experiences that make kids wanna beat down the doors of our classroom to get in”

Here are some resources mentioned in our discussion:

You can find more information about the book “Teaching in the 4th Industrial Revolution” here: https://www.michaelsoskil.com/book.html

You can find the podcast “Education For A Better World” here: https://www.ed4betterworld.com/

Where to learn more about Michael:

Michael on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patoy2017/

Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/msoskil

Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/msoskil/

Michael’s website: https://www.michaelsoskil.com/

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