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WEP 200: Magistrate and Mom, an Interview with Lorrain Croy

I Interview My Wife, Lorrain Croy

This is the 200th Episode of The Wired Educator Podcast!

To celebrate the 200th episode of The Wired Educator Podcast, I interview my wife, Lorrain Croy, an amazing mother of four wonderful daughters, an accomplished magistrate, and a super-cool wife that supports all of my projects. Lorrain is quite simply the most awesome person I know, and I am excited to share her story with you!

Lorrain Croy serves as a magistrate in the Sandusky County Juvenile Probate Court. She prosecuted for over twenty years, and has served the State of Ohio as an accomplished attorney for the past 26 years. She was featured on Court TV as she successfully prosecuted a high profile murder on the waters of Lake Erie. She ran one of most exciting political campaigns in American history. Lorrain is the mother of four wonderful daughters and the wife of the host of Wired Educator Podcast. When not actively serving the public in the court room, Lorrain enjoys helping people transform their bodies and lives as a premiere health coach.

Lorrain shares her story, transformation, and a behind-the-scenes peek of The Wired Educator household in this fun and informative interview. 

You are going to love this episode. 

Mentioned in this Interview: 

You can connect with Lorrain at: https://www.facebook.com/lorraincroy


Some of Lori’s favorites mentioned in the interview:

Dr. A’s Habits of Health: The Path to Permanent Weight Control and Optimal Health by Dr. Wayne Scott Anderson (affiliate link)

It Starts with Food by Melissa Hartwig (affiliate link)

Audible (Listen to audio Books)

The Ninja Food Cooker (affiliate link)

Bandi Travel and Running Belt (It’s a fanny pack, folks.) (Affiliate Link)

Mentioned in the pre-roll:

Chad Dumas’s book: Let’s Put the C in PLC: A Practical Guide for School Leaders (affiliate link)

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Invite Kelly to be your opening day speaker at your school, lead a leadership workshop, or share his What Everyone Needs to Know About Bullying presentation here. www.kellycroy.com

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Sign-up for Kelly’s newsletter here. Kelly Croy is an author, speaker, and educator. If you’d like to learn more about Kelly or invite him to your school or conference to speak please send him an email.  Subscribe to The Wired Educator Podcast with 200 episodes of interviews and professional development. • Visit Kelly’s website at www.KellyCroy.com. • Looking for a dynamic speaker for your school’s opening day? • Consider Kelly Croy at www.KellyCroy.com • Order Kelly’s books, Along Came a Leader and Unthink Before Bed: A Children’s Book on Mindfulness for your personal library. • Follow Kelly Croy on Facebook.  • Follow Kelly Croy on Twitter.  •  Follow Kelly Croy on Instagram 

 

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WEP 195: Project Based Learning. Real Questions. Real Answers, an Interview with Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy

An Interview with Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy

In this episode of The Wired Educator Podcast, I interview Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy about their brand new book titled Project Based Learning: Real Questions. Real Answers. How to Unpack PBL an Inquiry. If there’s one thing that teaching during a pandemic has emphasized it’s the need for inquiry and better student involvement. So many teachers have reported lack of engagement in remote learning. I think project-based learning is the future of school and a method of instruction that every educator should explore and apply. No matter where you are on the spectrum with project-based learning, you will appreciate and benefit from hearing from Ross and Erin.

Click here to listen to Episode 195 of The Wired Educator Podcast.

Ross Cooper is currently an administrator in the Chappaqua Central School District. Previously, he was an Elementary School Principal, K-12 curriculum supervisor, Elementary Assistant Principal, and fourth grade teacher. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator and a Google Certified Innovator. As a nationally recognized leader in project based learning, he has worked with thousands of educators across the country to implement PBL, and in 2016 he coauthored Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom. While his day job is his first professional priority, he finds time to conduct workshops and speak on project based learning, inquiry-based learning, student-centered learning, instructional leadership, his professional experiences, and more. When he is not working, he enjoys eating steak and pizza and provoking his four beautiful nephews and niece. He blogs at rosscoop31.com, and you can connect with him via email, RossCoops31@gmail.com, and on Twitter @RossCoops31.

Erin Murphy currently has the pleasure of serving as the Supervisor of Teaching & Learning for the Humanities subjects in the East Penn School District. She spent four years as a Middle School Assistant Principal and has classroom experiences ranging from kindergarten through fifth grade. She is a proud graduate of Penn State University’s Professional Development School, where she was trained in inquiry-based instructional approaches. Erin is coauthor of Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom (2016), and she consults internationally with leaders and learners regarding literacy, learning, and leadership. Erin, her husband, and her two daughters reside in Pennsylvania, and the family enjoys spending time gardening, watching football, and playing board games. You can connect with Erin through her blog, psumurphette.com, via email at psumurphette@gmail.com, and on Twitter @MurphysMusings5.

Mentioned in this episode: 

Ross and Erin’s book: Project Based Learning: Real Questions. Real Answers.

Follow Erin and Ross on Twitter @MurphysMusings5  and @RossCoops31.

Invite Kelly to be your school districts opening day speaker. www.kellycroy.com

Record a message and send it to Kelly by clicking on this link: https://wirededucator.com/ask-kelly/ As we move forward through this pandemic, what have you and your district decided to keep or do away with? Recored a short message and I may use it in a future episode.

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Sign-up for Kelly’s newsletter here. Kelly Croy is an author, speaker, and educator. If you’d like to learn more about Kelly or invite him to your school or conference to speak please send him an email. • Listen to Kelly’s other podcast, The Future Focused Podcast, and subscribe to the more than 42 episodes to help you level-up your leadership and design a more dynamic life. • Subscribe to The Wired Educator Podcast with over 195 episodes of interviews and professional development. • Visit Kelly’s website at www.KellyCroy.com. • Looking for a dynamic speaker for your school’s opening day? • Consider Kelly Croy at www.KellyCroy.com • Order Kelly’s books, Along Came a Leader and Unthink Before Bed: A Children’s Book on Mindfulness for your personal library. • Follow Kelly Croy on Facebook.  • Follow Kelly Croy on Twitter.  •  Follow Kelly Croy on Instagram 

 

 

 

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WEP 156: The Coach ADVenture, an Interview with Amy Illingworth

The Coach ADVenture: Building Powerful Instructional Leadership Skills that Impact Learning

In this episode of The Wired Educator Podcast, I interview Amy Illingworth, the author of an awesome book from Dave Burgess Consulting, titled The Coach Adventure: Building Powerful Instructional Leadership Skills that Impact Learning. You’re going to need two brains to take in and absorb all of the awesomeness that Amy shares with us in this interview.

Amy Illingworth, EdD, is a lifelong educator, a learner, a coach, and a leader. Her leadership vision is to create equitable learning opportunities where student and adult learners thrive.

She has served as a teacher, literacy coach, an administrator at the elementary, middle, and high school levels and has taught at the graduate school level. She currently serves as the assistant superintendent of educational services in the Encinitas Union School District in California.

Mentioned in this episode: 

Amy’s book: The Coach Adventure: Building Powerful Instructional Leadership Skills that Impact Learning

Amy’s website: blog reflectionsonleadershipandlearning.wordpress.com.

Follow Amy on Twitter at @AmyLIllingworth and with her #CoachADV hashtag.


Amy’s favorite reads: The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation by Elena Aguilar and The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Soultionaries by Zoe Weil

Amy’s favorite purchase under $20 is an essential oil diffuser. Find out why in this episode!

I’m reading The Path to Serendipity: Discover the Gifts Along Life’s Journey by Allyson Apsey.

Win a copy of Amy’s book The Coach ADVenture by Tweeting out that you listen to The Wired Educator Podcast and include the hashtags #Wired2Teach and #CoachADV tag me @wirededucator and @amyLillingworth

Ohio Educational Technology Conference

EDU 2.0 Educational Conference in Monterrey, Mexico

Sign-up for Kelly’s newsletter here. Kelly Croy is an author, speaker, and educator. If you’d like to learn more about Kelly or invite him to your school or conference to speak please send him an email. • Listen to Kelly’s other podcast, The Future Focused Podcast and subscribe. • Subscribe to The Wired Educator Podcast with over 150 episodes of interviews and professional development. • Visit Kelly’s website at www.KellyCroy.com. • Looking for a dynamic speaker for your school’s opening day? • Consider Kelly Croy at www.KellyCroy.com • Order Kelly’s book, Along Came a Leader for a school book study or your personal library. • Follow Kelly Croy on Facebook.  • Follow Kelly Croy on Twitter.  •  Follow Kelly Croy on Instagram  

 

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WEP 155: EdTech Stories, an Interview with Richard Colosi

An Interview with Richard Colosi

In this episode of The Wired Educator Podcast, I interview Richard Colosi about his awesome new podcast titled EdTech Stories. It is an educational, narrative podcast that he is launching on February 10th. I talk with Rich about his work in education as an instructional technology specialist, being a consultant with the United States Department of Education, Office of Innovation in Improvement, and more! This is an incredible episode. Rich is brilliant and one of the kindest humans I know. You are going to love this episode.

Richard Colosi is an Instructional Technology Specialist from Rochester, NY. Since beginning his education career 15 years ago, he has established himself as an effective leader within instructional technology through creating and sharing effective integration practices to maximize student learning.  He’s been a featured presenter at numerous school districts and conferences and has worked as a consultant with the United States Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement.

Richard is also an Apple Distinguished Educator and has been profiled on local television and in print media including The Wall Street Journal and The American Teacher.  His latest project is a brand new, narrative storytelling podcast called EdTech Stories which will profile the origins behind the products used in your classroom every day.  Season 1 of EdTech Stories will launch on Monday, February 10th.

Mentioned in this episode:

Mark your calendar! Richard’s podcast EdTEch Stories will premiere on February 10th! Listen and subscribe!

Find and follow Richard’s journey and work on:

Richard’s favorite books to read: 

I am excited to be a featured speaker at the OETC conference on February 12 in Columbus Ohio. It’s a dream come true.  I am proud to represent Port Clinton City Schools and all of the great things we are doing there. We are on a journey!

My presentations at the OETC Conference are: The Future of Digital Learning: From Distracted Student to Content Creator (ballroom), Wired to Teach: Vanquishing the Myth of the Digital  Native Learner and Beyond, Start a Podcast, Teach the World, and co-presenting on a general session with our Director of Learning Technologies, Chelsea Moyer on Rock’em Sock’em Educators: Apple vs. Google, Battlemania of Educational Apps. I am honored to speak at OETC. It is a dream come true because it’s my home state! I’ve traveled around the world to speak at Educational Conferences, but this is the one I’ve been dreaming of since I started teaching. I’m excited to speak at other conferences too this year, and maybe one day being an opening day speaker at your school!

Thank you for your continued support and encouragement.

I am giving a free copy of my book Along Came a Leader away this week between now and February 5th  if you encourage other people to listen to the Wired Educator Podcast using the #WiredToTeach or #wired2teach on social media, I will choose a winner based on your enthusiasm, creativity, and multiple attempts. I’ll be giving away one book. I hope you encourage others to listen to the Wired Educator podcast. Feel free to use any social media you like. I most closely watch Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Feel free to tag me.

Sign-up for Kelly’s newsletter here. Kelly Croy is an author, speaker, and educator. If you’d like to learn more about Kelly or invite him to your school or conference to speak please send him an email. • Listen to Kelly’s other podcast, The Future Focused Podcastand subscribe. • Subscribe to The Wired Educator Podcast with over 150 episodes of interviews and professional development. • Visit Kelly’s website at www.KellyCroy.com. • Looking for a dynamic speaker for your school’s opening day? • Consider Kelly Croy at www.KellyCroy.com • Order Kelly’s book, Along Came a Leader for a school book study or your personal library. • Follow Kelly Croy on Facebook.  • Follow Kelly Croy on Twitter.  •  Follow Kelly Croy on Instagram  

 

 

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WEP 153: The Future of Education, An Interview Jakob Ebsen Hanson

In this episode of The Wired Educator Podcast, I interview Jakob Hansen. Jakob has more than ten years in education as an innovative educator and leader. He has now turned his attention to the future of education. He is an educational consultant helping schools now prepare students for the future. This is an amazing interview and conversation that will really get you thinking.

Jakob was one of the leading forces behind FlowFactory, Denmarks’ first High School that was 100% based on Challenge Based Learning and cross-curricula, Real World projects, together with both local and international corporations and organizations (like LEGO Education, SamLabs and Danfoss). His mission is to inspire us to reinvent education … to dare to think differently about learning and to aim higher and to see new creative possibilities for learning that are based on future trends instead of historical traditions. 

Jakob Hansen has a background in industrial and interaction design and has been teaching Design, Entrepreneurship and Coding and App Dev. (Swift coding in X code.)

Last year Jakob left the classroom and works now with schools all around the world (South Africa, England, Ukraine, UAE, Germany, Denmark) as an independent consultant. The focus is on Challenge Based Learning, Leading Change and the Design of new Learning Spaces.

Jakob is one of three co-founders of the new nonprofit organization toward2030.org. The mission is to give schools and decision-makers the opportunity to dream big and set big goals for where they want to be in 2030, a decade from now, by providing creative tools and facilitate workshops and bring ambitious schools across the world closer together.

Mentioned in this episode:

Follow Jakob on Twitter and Instagram at: @jakobesben and Instagram

Jakob’s company is called, The Friendly Disruptor – www.FriendlyDisruptor.com (website temporarily offline – working on a huge redesign.)

Toward2030.org: www.toward2030.org (Will be online from the end of next week. (the 18 of Jan 2020))

Last chance to receive my eBook, The Greatest Year of Your Life, updated for 2020. This opportunity closes on January 15, 2020, and then the book goes on sale. To help you kick off the new year and to help you reach your goals and resolutions this year, I am giving away a free copy of my 64-page eBook, The Greatest Year of Your Life (2020 Edition) to everyone who signs up for my newsletter. Become more productive. Get things done. Level-up your leadership. Design a more dynamic life. All you have to do to receive the free copy is to sign-up for my free newsletter. Just click this link and enter your email. That’s it. It’s that simple. This eBook is available only until January 15, 2020.

2) Last chance to apply for coaching with me. This opportunity also closes on January 15, 2020. I am even giving away one seat away fro FREE. Would you like to work with me to help you achieve your goal of publishing a book, building a website, hosting a podcast, starting a business, becoming a speaker, or achieving another awesome life goal? Complete the following application before January 15, 2020. One lucky applicant will win free coaching. Here is the application: https://forms.gle/762GxbJ8b5oD8xEK9

3) I want to speak to your school or organization this year! I know January and February are two big months for organizations to start planning their professional learning and speakers for the year. I would love to work with your organization to level-up your leadership. To learn more about my speaking visit www.KellyCroy.com and www.WiredEducator.com. Last year I traveled as close as a neighboring town to work with a financial firm and as far as the Philippines to speak at an international education conference. I would love to speak at your event. No matter what the challenge, leadership is the solution!

Sign-up for Kelly’s newsletter here. Kelly Croy is an author, speaker, and educator. If you’d like to learn more about Kelly or invite him to your school or conference to speak please send him an email. • Listen to Kelly’s other podcast, The Future Focused Podcast and subscribe. • Subscribe to The Wired Educator Podcast with over 150 episodes of interviews and professional development. • Visit Kelly’s website at www.KellyCroy.com. • Looking for a dynamic speaker for your school’s opening day? • Consider Kelly Croy at www.KellyCroy.com • Order Kelly’s book, Along Came a Leader for a school book study or your personal library. • Follow Kelly Croy on Facebook.  • Follow Kelly Croy on Twitter.  •  Follow Kelly Croy on Instagram  

 

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WEP 148: Make Math Moments That Matter, An Interview with Kyle Pearce

An Interview with Kyle Pearce

In this episode of The Wired Educator Podcast, I interview Kyle Pearce about making math moments that matter. Kyle is an amazing resource and inspiration in education. This is an awesome interview for all educators because Kyle is so inspiring. Regardless of what you teach, I know Kyle has something for you to help you level up. Yes, he is that inspiring! This is a super-cool interview with a brilliant educational leader. You are going to love it.

Kyle Pearce is a former high school math teacher and now the K-12 Mathematics Consultant with the Greater Essex County District School Board, where he uncovers creative ways to spark curiosity and fuel sense making in mathematics. He is the co-host of the Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast [makemathmoments.com/podcast] and founder of the websites TapIntoTeenMinds.com and MathIsVisual.com.

Mentioned in this Episode: 

Kyle’s website: www.makemathmoments.com/podcast

Kyle’s other websites: TapIntoTeenMinds.com and MathIsVisual.com.

You can find Kyle on social media @MathletePearce.

One of Kyle’s choices for most influential book is How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where and Why it Happens (affiliate link) by Benedict Carey.

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Check out the Teach Better Team Podcast and resources. I just enrolled in one of their courses; it’s awesome. The Teach Better Team is made up of Jeff Gargas, Chad Ostrowski, Rae Hughart, & Tiffany Ott. They are making an awesome impact in education.

Are you #Wired2Teach? Are you doing something amazing in education? I want to know. I want to recognize listeners of the podcast and share it out to the world on www.WiredEducator.com, and I may even choose to interview you on the show. Check the show notes for a link to a form so you can submit your EDUawesomeness. Here is a link to the form: https://forms.gle/ovd1cZjd7YCx1Vyg7

Thank you for taking time from your busy week to listen to the show, level up and make a difference in the lives of students. You are awesome. 

Many of you are purchasing Christmas presents this time of year; I also hope you will consider my book Along Came a Leader as a gift for yourself, a colleague, and administrator, and a family member this holiday season. It’s available on Amazon. It was a work of love. I am so proud of it. Level-up your leadership. Discover the 8 core attributes of leadership and how to put them work to impact lives and lead. We need leaders. If you’ve already read it, I hope you will leave a review. 

I also encourage you to follow me on Instagram between now and Christmas Day because I am sharing lots of my artwork. I am drawing a Santa Claus every day and posting the speed-painting video of me drawing it, which is so much fun to watch, alongside the art. You can only find it on my Instagram.

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Kelly Croy is an author, speaker and educator. If you’d like to learn more about Kelly, or invite him to your school or conference to speak please send him an email. • Listen to Kelly’s other podcast, The Future Focused Podcast and subscribe. • Subscribe to The Wired Educator Podcast with over 148 episodes of interviews and professional development. • Visit Kelly’s website at www.KellyCroy.com. • Looking for a dynamic speaker for your school’s opening day? • Consider Kelly Croy at www.KellyCroy.com • Order Kelly’s book, Along Came a Leaderfor a school book study or your personal library. • Follow Kelly Croy on Facebook.  • Follow Kelly Croy on Twitter.  •  Follow Kelly Croy on Instagram 

 

 

 

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Have Your Question and Voice Featured on The Wired Educator Podcast

Have Your Question and Voice Featured on The Wired Educator Podcast!

I want to feature your question and your voice on my podcast.

The Wired Educator Podcast will still interview amazing educators from around the world, promoting their work, writings, and inspiration, but now, with your help, it will feature a question or two each month that you submit. I will listen to the submitted questions and choose one that I believe I can offer some insight, advice, and opinion to help.

So… what question do you have about education, school, teaching, students, etc.?

Simply hit the record button below and record your voice and question.

Be sure to include at least your first name. (I’d really love to feature your first and last name and your school if I can. Add a little bit about yourself too.)

Ask a question that you’d like some advice. What is your biggest obstacle? What do you need help with?

I hope you feature YOU on The Wired Educator Podcast!

Thank you for considering.