Bee Educated Show Brad James

This week's episode is an interview of Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council about Wisconsin's YES! program.

1:25 Tom explains his background

6:12 Any advice for people/educators who want to make a change in their school system?

11:53 What does the whole program entail?

15:57 What is the benefit of teaching entrepreneurship?

24:21 Closing statements

In today's episode of the BEE Educated Show, Brad sits down with Anthony Iracki to discuss his parks and recreation background and how that correlates to education.

0:53 Brad introduces Anthony

1:40 Anthony’s experience working for the City of Milwaukee

3:05 How Anthony got into parks & recreation/his background

6:30 Brad & Anthony talk about Beepods

12:45 Impact of global programs in parks and recreation

30:12 A learning experience from Anthony

See more of Anthony's work at anthonyinparks.com



Show notes can be found here. 

This week's episode is a deep dive into a survey that shows kids may be drifting away from sports and outside play. Is this a new normal?

0:01 Brad introduces the episode

4:59 Brad gives background about the survey:

9:35 National Geographic study

10:48 Play helps with

16:16 United Kingdom

17:04 Bangladesh

21:31 Conclusion



Show notes found here. 

This week's episode of #TheBeeEducatedShow discusses education and how educators can engage students through their learning activities.

0:16 Brad recaps past interviews

2:55 Book recommendation

8:10 Teaching during a pandemic

11:07 What stops educators from using the type of models they want

14:40 Brad’s call to action or “nugget”

18:07 Inquiry-based learning and the issues that come with it

22:43 Using Zoom



Show notes can be found here. 

This week's episode is an interview between Hannah Dresang and Nicole Stafford. Hear her talk about her educational practices and her endeavor as director of the Education Learning Center. 



CSU’s Environmental Learning Center:

www.csuelc.org

"The Colorado State University Environmental Learning Center aims to connect people to nature through high-quality environmental education experiences in and about the environment. As a learning lab within the Warner College of Natural Resources, we train and mentor future leaders in the field and bring the passion and expertise within the college to the outside community."



2:00 Nicole explains her start

4:50 What drew you to environmental education?

6:30 What goals of environmental education do you relate to the most?

12:30 What’s it like to be the director of the ELC?

15:51 How was the ELC established?

26:55 What are other organizations in the area doing?

33:30 What advice do you have for people running similar organizations or teachers in general?

36:00 What do you hope to see for the future of environmental education?



Show notes for this episode can be found here. 

Today's episode is about faking your way through teaching when you aren't fully knowledgeable on a topic. Have you felt that you had to "fake it till you make it" before while teaching? 

0:25 Talking about faking your way through education

1:08 Strategies for teaching when you don’t know much about a topic

1:40 Inquiry-based learning (IBL)

2:36 Adaptable, teachable moments

3:15 Importance of having backup activities

4:05 Being a teacher



Show notes can be found here.