TAF Presents: This Is The Work Podcast
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPodcast by Technology Access Foundation
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TAF Talks: "What I hope for my students" featuring Arron Wilkins and Jennifer Cooper
September 09, 2019 18:52 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBIn the first episode of TAF Talks, two principals from TAF's partner schools in Tacoma, WA discuss their hopes for their students as the school year begins. Arron Wilkins, principal of Boze Elementary shares how TAF Teacher Institute helps prepare teachers to offer relevant, project-based and STEM curriculum to engage students and how the Institute has become a community to grow professionally with other educators committed to TAF's model. Jennifer Cooper, Roosevelt Elementary's new principal...
TAF Presents: This is The Work Podcast Featuring Jamila Conley
May 22, 2018 01:59 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBJamila Conley is a VP in IT at F5 Networks providing strategic business solutions and a member of TAF's board. Social Media TAF: Techaccess.org www.facebook.com/stembytaf/ twitter.com/stembytaf www.instagram.com/stembytaf/ Jamila Conley https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamila-conley-5180456/ Zithri Saleem: zithri.com www.twitter.com/ZithriSaleem www.linkedin.com/in/zithrisaleem Mayowa Aina: MayowaAina.com twitter.com/mayowaaina_ www.linkedin.com/in/mayowaaina/ Domonique Meeks: DomoniqueMeeks...
TAF Presents: This is The Work Trish Millines Dziko | Dr. Sheila Edwards-Lange | Keisha Scarlett
April 06, 2018 16:03 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBTrish Millines Dziko cofounded TAF in 1996 after spending 15 years as a developer, designer and manager in the high tech industry. A native of New Jersey who attended Monmouth College (now Monmouth University) on a basketball scholarship, she graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science in 1979 at a time when few people of color and few women were entering the field. Her successful career brought her to Microsoft in the late-1980s, just as the pioneering software company was set to become a worl...
TAF Presents: This is The Work Podcast Featuring C'Ardiss Gardner Gleser and Solynn McCurdy
March 14, 2018 16:44 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBC'Ardiss "CC" Gardner Gleser is a Seattle Native who works as a Program Officer for the Satterberg Foundation. CC has spent her time working with nonprofits focused on equity and changing educational outcomes for underserved children; she previously worked at Rainier Scholars and TAF (Technology Access Foundation). Prior to working in the nonprofit sector, CC spent many years working in software as an engineer and project manager for GE Healthcare (formerly PHAMIS, Inc.). She is very involved...
TAF Presents: This is The Work Podcast Featuring MyTam Nguyen and Ian Freed
March 14, 2018 16:43 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MBMy Tam is an external affairs executive with a decade of experience in government relations, community engagement, new media strategy, and stakeholder development. She’s worked in government at the city and state levels, in political campaigning, and in modular housing technology to address the housing and homelessness crisis. She has a masters in urban planning from Harvard University and a journalism degree from the University of Washington. Her education and fellowships have taken her to w...
TAF Presents: This is The Work Podcast Featuring Dr. Nicole Joseph
February 19, 2018 20:21 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBNicole M. Joseph is an assistant professor of mathematics education in the department of Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt University. Her research explores two lines of inquiry, (a) Black women and girls, their identity development, and their experiences in mathematics and mathematics education and (b) Whiteness and how it operates and contributes to underrepresentation of Black women and girls in mathematics. Dr. Joseph’s work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the ...
TAF Presents: This is The Work Podcast Featuring Sherrell Dorsey
February 08, 2018 01:24 - 18 minutes - 17 MBIn this episode of TAF Presents: This Is The Work we speak to Sherrell Dorsey. Sherrell Dorsey is a noted technology journalist and social entrepreneur. She is founder of daily tech newsletter, ThePLUG, where she leads content strategy, business partnerships, and growth of the first daily tech newsletter covering black founders and innovators. With features in Fast Company, The Atlantic’s City Lab, The Root, Next City, and many others, Sherrell has covered high-profile founders, investors, ...