Understanding what employers want and how we can improve education for students remains a constant pursuit for educators around the globe. Changing the future of education requires that we hone our craft as educators. I was lucky enough to have an opportunity to interview Tarek Kamil, the CEO and founder of Cerkl, and current member of the Madeira Board of Education. Tarek, like many entrepreneurs, has a history of building innovative products and services ranging from a metric driven...

Zach VanderVeen and Chris Rose from Hamilton City Schools (Cincinnati) created software called Abre that rivals most educational technology software on the market today. Most importantly, it is open source and free for anyone to use. Learn more about Abre at http://www.abre.io.   If you like the content of this podcast, visit my blog at http://www.hackEDleadership.com and read EdCircuit where I'm a contributor.

Listen to this interview with Mindy Trujilo, a high school ELA teacher that uses Sketchnoting in her classes as an alternative form of assessment, even with her AP students. 

bi·o·mim·ic·ry ˌbīōˈmiməkrē/ noun  the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes. -Google Biomimicry is an approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies. -Biomimicry Institute Nature provides the best examples of working processes yet we often engage in our world mindlessly or use brute force methods to...

The day before spring break in my elementary school (40 years ago) equated to extra recess, movies, and killing time. Not at Forest Hills. At Forest Hills, students were busy teaching and earning “street cred.” Yes, I said that right, students were teaching. They were teaching other students and staff in a Student Led Innovation Conference. The conference felt like an adult conference complete with two keynotes and a host of sessions from which to choose. Here are some of the...

Use Google Keep to stay organized, manage your time, simplify communication and make commenting on student work even easier! Google continues its tradition of simple, functional software flanked by second-to-none search capability with this Evernote competitor. For educators entrenched in the Google ecosystem, Google Keep beats Evernote hands down due to its tight integration with G Suite. Recently, Google Keep built integration into Google Docs seamlessly as well as offering a mobile...

Visit: http://www.hackedleadership for more posts! SUNDAY SPARK: THE POWER OF A QUESTION What impact would it have on students if they stopped doing homework? What is the value of homework? Those are big, hairy, audacious, and possibly frightening questions but questions that teachers of Biz Stone were forced to answer. Biz Stone, one of four Twitter co-founders, found himself running straight from school to lacrosse practice, then work for a couple of hours, forcing...

Kathleen McClaskey co-author of How to Personalize Learning, joins me to discuss personalized learning through the UDL lens of access, engage and express and how personalized learning connects to and inspires innovation. Kathleen, inspired by the work of Chris Watkins built numerous frameworks to help educators learn to personalize learning in the classroom. Her books, co-authored with Barbara Bray, provide easy-to-follow steps for educators and leaders. In this episode, Kathleen inspires...