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The Farm to School PodcastNot all Schools Have Walls: A visit With North Country School, Lake Placid NYJoin Michelle and Rick as they interview Todd Ormiston, the Executive Director for North Country School in Lake Placid NY. Todd shares the strategies, challenges and philosophies for farm-based education at their school. We would love to hear from you! Send us a message.2024-02-2925 min
Travel with Amateur Traveler PodcastTravel to Uluru and Central AustraliaAT#874 - Travel to Uluru and Central AustraliaHear about travel to Uluru and Central Australia as the Amateur Traveler talks to travel blogger Chris Fry from AquariusTraveller.com about her most recent trip to the red center of Australia. https://amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-uluru-and-central-australia/ Why should someone go to Central Australia? Chris says, "I Like visiting Uluru for the Aboriginal culture, the art, the history, learning about the Dreamtime. I think it's where I first started learning about the Aboriginal history and our First Nations people and it's one of the best places to actually learn about it there. Some of...2023-11-251h 01
Frost Brown Todd PodcastEpisode 122 - Shaping A Compliant And Privacy - Centric Data Privacy PolicyHow can an organization comply with a wide diversity of privacy laws being adopted and changed across the globe? How does an organization create a compliant and privacy-responsible policy to assure its customers that their privacy will be protected?
Join Rachael Ormiston, Head of Privacy at Osano, as we explore these questions. Osano offers a “No Fines, No Penalties Pledge” to its customers. The World's Most Trusted Data Privacy Software Platform | Osano (https://www.osano.com/). Consider how and why it does this and seeks to offer real-time compliance in an evolving world of data privacy regulation. Hear the trends of d...2023-04-2715 min
Talking with Green TeachersEpisode 40: Placed-based education and life cyclesWith Todd Ormiston of North Country School and Camp Treetops
How do students benefit from place-based learning? In what ways does it foster ruggedness, resourcefulness, and resilience? Why is it helpful for adolescents to bear witness to life cycles of fellow living things? While many educators and learners in public education systems are constrained by standardized tests and fixed learning outcomes, those at the North Country School in Lake Placid, New York, USA, have the freedom to adjust their teaching and learning journeys as they evolve. Todd Ormiston discusses the inner working of the North Country School...2022-07-2632 min
Take Me OutsideEpisode 40: Placed-based education and life cyclesWith Todd Ormiston of North Country School and Camp Treetops
How do students benefit from place-based learning? In what ways does it foster ruggedness, resourcefulness, and resilience? Why is it helpful for adolescents to bear witness to life cycles of fellow living things? While many educators and learners in public education systems are constrained by standardized tests and fixed learning outcomes, those at the North Country School in Lake Placid, New York, USA, have the freedom to adjust their teaching and learning journeys as they evolve. Todd Ormiston discusses the inner working of the North Country School...2022-07-2632 min
New Wolsey Theatre PodcastEpisode 11 - 'Much Ado About Nothing' is coming to the New Wolsey – Heidi Bernhard-Bubb from the Ormiston Sudbury Academy talks to us about putting this huge project together!Heidi Bernhard-Bubb from Ormiston Sudbury Academy chats to us all about the the upcoming 'Playmaking Festival' in which many schools will come together to put on a production of Much Ado About Nothing!We spoke about what the Playmaking Festival is and what her role is within the Royal Shakespeare Company's schools programme, and how this year's show is shaping up.Heidi also shares her view on Shakespeare, including her really interesting opinion on how to truly appreciate the famous playwright's work!We talked about the impact the experience has on...2022-07-0111 min
In the 'House Seats'Ep 62: Steve Elias, professional performer, choreographer and directorSend us a textSteve is an ex rugby playing welsh tenor, with a BA (Hons) Performance Art Degree specialising in choreography from Middlesex University. Most recently Director of Musical Theatre at Birmingham Ormiston Academy. Performing highlights Mr Braithwaite in the original cast of Billy Elliot, Frank Shultz in Show Boat at the Royal Albert Hall and The Beadle in Sweeney Todd at the Royal Festival Hall. As the presenter and choreographer of the BBC 2 award winning documentary Our Dancing Town, he saw four towns in Yorkshire, coming to together, celebrating the power of community throu...2021-07-1839 min
The UndeniableThe Self-Sustaining Campus of the Future (feat. Todd Ormiston)How do a 3,800-lb bag of potatoes, 2 buckets of sap and an "intentional tech" approach build leaders for the next generation? A junior boarding school in the Adirondacks may have the answer. Join us for a conversation with Todd Ormiston, Executive Director of the North Country School, who discusses how a low-res, low-tech environment sets today's students up for sustainable, self-sufficient success tomorrow.2020-05-1537 min