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Everything Is UpPassion & Purpose in Early Childhood Education with Dr. Melanie JohnsonDr. Melanie Johnson, CEO of Houston's Collaborative for Children, is a dedicated advocate for the enhancement of early childhood education. Her passion stems from her personal experience growing up in a small, underfunded school system, which led her to commit her career to finding innovative solutions for early childhood education. Dr. Johnson firmly believes in the critical importance of the first five years of a child's life, emphasizing the need for positive experiences and interactions during this period. The Collaborative for Children organization, which aims to provide high-quality early education opportunities to communities that lack the resources to establish...2023-10-0432 min
Empower Thyself with Hannah GarnerHOW FEAR SHOWS UP WHEN WE WANT TO TAKE THE NEXT BIG STEP AND HOW ABUNDANCE IS NOT JUST THE MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND TAPPING INTO IT w BEATE SIFKOVITSToday's episode is a really juicy chat with my guest where we dive into how fear can show up in the work place, in business and life and then the strategies of how to move through that and get to the other side. We also dive into what abundance means for us and how its not actually just the numbers in your bank account and how you can start tapping into abundance now. I am joined by my guest Beate Sifkovits who is an award-winning business mindset coach and specifically helps ambitious entrepreneurs to up-level their mindset...2022-08-311h 08
We Are EG PodcastS3E3: "It's a Safe Haven for People Like Me"EG Fierce is a unique group at Elk Grove High School. Focusing on the issues facing young women, the group works with high school girls to build confidence, navigate social media and build healthy relationships. In this episode, we speak with two of the sponsors of EG Fierce, Kristen Lesniak and Anna Glinksi. Plus, member Elly Vazquez shares her insight.2020-01-3100 minWe Are EG PodcastS3E2: "I Love Dungeons and Dragons"Elk Grove High School recently got a D & D Club. And D & D stands for "Dungeons and Dragons." On this episode of We Are EG, we speak to Jimmy Boadlin, a sophomore "Dungeon Master" who spearheaded the club. Through him, we learn a little about what D&D is and how it is played.2019-10-2800 minWe Are EG PodcastS3E1: "To Travel is to Live"On this, the Season Three premiere of We Are EG, we sit down with social studies teacher Ioanna Lo Destro to discuss her greatest passions in life: travel and teaching.
Visit http://www.weareeg.org for more information. Connect with us on Twitter and Instagram.2019-09-0500 minWe Are EG PodcastS2E12: "It's Something That's Actually Going to Help You in the Real World"On this episode of We Are EG, we are going back to to the EG Auto Shop as a class works on some brakes and talk with Monserrat Castro, EG's first female to become ASE certified.2019-05-0600 minWe Are EG PodcastS2E11: "I Like To Make Negative Energy Into Power"For this episode of We Are EG, I talked with Tuvshin Zuunbayan, an Elk Grove Sophomore whose love for wrestling has already carried him to tournaments around the world to places such as Mongolia and Japan.
Tuvshin and I sat down to talk about his experiences growing up in a wrestling family, learning to pave his own path, and joining the EGHS Wrestling Team this year for the first time. Throughout our conversation I learned a lot about the physical and mental demands of the sport, as well as how Tuvshin has learned to channel his emotions into competition.2019-02-2600 min
School ChatS1E8: Bruce Janu "Moving away from the traditional classroom"In this episode of School Chat, I sat down with Bruce Janu, a history teacher at Elk Grove High School. We both recently watched most likely to succeed and have since been inspired to try new approaches to our classes. Bruce started a project in which students could choose to create a podcast on World War I as an alternative to the traditional assessment. Our conversation pushes the boundaries of what a traditional classroom could be and how do we engage all of our students. I hope you enjoy.2019-02-2000 minWe Are EG PodcastWe Are EG - Special Review RequestA special thanks to all of your loyal listers! We could not do this podcast without you. We have many more stories to tell, but in the meantime, we ask you all for a small favor: please provide a review in iTunes. Reviews go a long way for us to expand our listenership. Just go to iTunes on your computer or phone, search for the "We Are EG Podcast" and write a review. It is that easy! On our next episode, we'll start reading the reviews on each episode of We Are EG!2019-02-1500 minWe Are EG PodcastS2E10: "We do more than autos down here. We do life."Jeff Zdenovec has been teaching at Elk Grove High School for 18 years. He has been running a functional autoshop with the kids while at the same time offering advanced auto certification for his students. On this episode of We Are EG we talk to Mr. Z about his philosophy of education and spend a little time in his shop.2019-02-1200 minSchool ChatS1E7: Jessica Maciejewski "My journey as a learner"Jessica had a non-traditional path to becoming a teacher. Her unique path of Elk Grove has lad her to embrace that mentality that teaching will constantly evolve. She says in the podcast, "Teaching will be refined for the rest of my life." She is an amazing educator and is passionate about her students and viewing them as learners.2019-02-0500 minWe Are EG PodcastS2E9: "Keep Going With It, No Matter What"Dino is a junior at Elk Grove High School, who is already making a name for himself in the DJ-ing world. Whether he's performing at a school function or a wedding, he is constantly spinning music and mixing beats of his own. In this podcast, he shares how he started getting into music and how it has evolved to him performing nearly every weekend. He also shares the process of creating his own music as well as his balancing his passion with his education.
You can come see him live on Saturday at the Winter Formal: 7:30pm in the EGHS...2019-01-2900 minSchool ChatS1E6: Patrick McGing "Students as learners and leaders"Patrick McGing is a Career and Technical Education teacher at Elk Grove High School that learns with his students. He teaches a course in which students remodel an entire house that the district purchased from start to finish. He constantly focuses on learning and pushing students for them to find their passion.2019-01-1700 minWe Are EG PodcastS2E8: "There is a lot of eating and deep frying"As the year is coming to an end, here are some stories of family and friend traditions to brighten your day!
Music in the podcast was provided by:
-United States Marine Band "Auld Lang Syne" from the Holiday Music Selections album (Creative Commons License 3.0)
-Dee Yan-Key "holiday" from the "my christmas music" album (Creative Commons License 3.0)
-2018-12-2100 minSchool ChatS1E5: Anthony Furman "Change the mindset"In the fifth episode of School Chat, I sat down with veteran physical education teacher, Anthony Furman. He is ever-evolving and has made some incredible changes to the physical education program at Elk Grove High School this year. His reflection will inspire you to change your mindset about traditional practices to focus on the student and learning.2018-12-1800 minWe Are EG PodcastS2E7 Bonus: "Padre Lesniak"On this special bonus episode, Margarita Caldera tells a story about how she used to call Steve Lesniak, "Padre Lesniak."2018-12-1400 minWe Are EG PodcastS2E7: "Every Day We Can Make A Difference"Margarita Caldera has seen it all. And through it all, she has been a fierce advocate for students, for accountability, for empathy and kindness. On this episode of We Are EG, Margarita discusses her philosophy of life and education.
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The music in this podcast was licensed through audioblocks. The song, "You Shine on Me" was written by Bamtone and his work can be found at https://www.songtradr.com/bamtone
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We Are EG can be found on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Visit http://www.weareeg.org for more information. We Are EG is a production of the Elk...2018-12-1100 minSchool ChatSchool Chat S1E4: Natalia Habas "What I love about school"School Chat S1E4: Natalia Habas "What I love about school" by Elk Grove CollabLab2018-12-0400 minWe Are EG PodcastS2E6: "Everything Is On You"Adolfo is an incredibly artistic junior at Elk Grove High School. His artistic talents began through graffiti; actually getting in trouble freshman year for tagging at his prior school. Through self-discovery and strengthening his faith, he has found that his artistic talents are better to be used towards good, even creating a mural with other students at his church. Through the art program at EGHS, he has learned more about realistic drawing. Now his interests have expanded to music through the high school guitar classes. Adolfo discusses how music has become a bigger passion, and how he has expanded his...2018-11-2700 minSchool ChatSchool Chat S1E3: Kate Glass "Literacy is my passion"Longtime educator sits down with me to discuss the changes she has seen in her career, the direction she is motivated by, and how changing the mindset of literacy can refocus schools to an institution of learning.2018-11-2000 minWe Are EG PodcastS2E5: "I Just Want To Be Nice To People"Autumn is a junior at Elk Grove High School. She is a highly-motivated individual, working hard to excel in her AP classes. She is an athlete and an advocate. She is kind and always has a smile on her face. These are the things that her classmates and teachers would most likely say about her. But, that's not her entire story. In this episode Autumn shares the many obstacles she has had to overcome in order to be where she is today. Her story is one of gratitude and of strength; it is nothing short of remarkable.
We Are EG...2018-11-1400 minSchool ChatTrausch S1 E2 Alyssa Trausch "What I want school to be"This is this second episode of School Chat, I sat down Alyssa Trausch a current sophomore at Elk Grove High School. She wrote an amazing piece on what she wants school to be. Here is an excerpt:
I want school to be a place where I love to go to every day. A place where learning is new, innovative, and exciting. When learning feels natural and not like all the content is being forced into my brain I have a tendency to remember it more. Truthfully I think what I really want school to be is a place where I...2018-11-0500 minSchool ChatS1E1: "How to Celebrate Learning"This is the first, of what hopes to be a more frequent podcast series entitled School Chat. This episode is a conversation with Dan Saken. Dan talks about the relationships he builds with his students, uses psychological principles to focus on learning, and how he implements learning celebrations.2018-10-0800 min
PhDrinkingAI Winter (Ale)Machine learning is quite a hot-topic of research right now, with many different offshoots linking it to other fields of research. Scott Cambo, today's guest, studies the intersection of machine learning and human-computer interaction. In particular, he's interested in how mobile self-tracking (think FitBit) user design can increase healthy behaviors and how those apps can use better machine learning algorithms to provide more useful feedback.
Suggested Reading:
Course Scott is putting together on Human-Centered Machine Learning: https://scottofthescience.github.io/hcml_course/
The website for Northwestern's AI Journal Club: https://aijcnu.github.io/
Scott's lab (CollabLab): http://collablab.northwestern.edu/
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CRIC Podcast34: Connecting People with Lyndsay Westby-GibsonAt the center of the Naval Warfare Development Command and its innovation mission is a connector who seems to know everyone in the innovation world. My guest today is Lyndsay Westby-Gibson, who has helped connect me with innovators and great guests in the past. We talk about what's going on over on the East Coast, and why MCPON is visiting NWDC later this month (we like to think it's because he loves the podcast).
Links mentioned:
Athena East Registration page: https://navyathenaeast.eventbrite.com
Navy Brightwork (CAC enabled): https://www.milsuite.mil/book/groups/navy-collablab
CRICx Li...2014-08-0331 min