Learning Machine: The Uncertain Future of Education
Interview-based show building bridges and demolishing barriers between educators, edtech companies, researchers, and learners. Three teachers discuss the big questions about the future of education, with people who (might) have the answers.
Episodes
27 episodes
Waiting on EdTech w/ The Tech Rabbi
On this week's episode we interview Michael Cohen, the Tech Rabbi. Michael is both a designer and an educator, as well as the author of the recent book
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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50:01
Efficiency vs. Equity w/ Martin Oliver
Teachers are bring tech into the classroom more than every before, but if those tech tools aren't designed for the reality and context of all students - can they really be effective? On this week's episode we speak with Professor M...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:03:06
EdTech & Equity w/ Ann Kozma
What is it about a simple undo button that fills young students with confidence? How can technology support diverse methods of assessment and create space for everyone to have a voice?On this week's episode we discuss Flipgrid and the i...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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37:18
Flipped Classroom w/ Mandy Rice
Flipping your classroom means swapping the work typically done at home with the instruction typically done in the classroom. Teachers use videos to introduce content to students at home and then use the in-class time for asking questions, apply...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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39:11
Virtual Classrooms, Virtual Worlds - Feat. Andreina Parisi-Amon
For two years during the pandemic, many classrooms went virtual. What have we learned about the pros and cons of virtual classrooms during that time? We are joined by education expert Dr. Andreina Parisi-Amon from Engageli as we discuss ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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31:09
Season Three Trailer
Learning Machine is a podcast about the uncertain future of education, and this season, season three, is our EdTech season. We want to know how technology is transforming the classroom, for better - and for worse. Join us each epis...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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6:27
CRT: A Year in Review (Season Finale)
That's a wrap for season 2! We have learned a lot about Critical Race Theory and Culturally Responsive Teaching this season from all of our education experts. In this episode, we reflect on where we started, what we learned, and how far we stil...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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35:56
Who Creates Equity in Education? w/ Tanishia Williams
Our guest this week is Tanishia Williams, a Critical Race Theory Research Associate at The African American Policy Forum, a Ph.D. candidate in Urban Policy, and an educator for twenty-two years. In this...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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What is QuantCrit? w/ Dr. Wendy Castillo
How do our biases shape the way that we think about numbers? Is data ever an unbiased source of truth? Dr. Wendy Castillo joins us on this episode to talk about these issues and the work she is doing to promote #Data4SocialJustice. We discus...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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33:08
CRT and the Culture War w/ Freddie deBoer
If we won the fight around CRT, what would we be winning? This is the question Freddie deBoer asks in his article, CRT could use a little cost/benef...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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27:56
Equality Not Sameness w/ Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden
Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden recently published her first book, The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality<...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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40:58
Embracing CRT in the Classroom w/ David Rosas
In this episode, we speak with David R. Rosas, an assistant principal at the Castle Bridge School in Washington Heights in New York City. David recently wrote an article for Chalkbeat titled,
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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28:09
Is fear over CRT stopping the conversation about racism? w/ Jania Hoover
Dr. Jania Hoover is an educator and teacher coach with over 16 years of classroom experience. As an expert on social studies education, Dr. Hoover discussed with us how teachers can navigate controversial topics in the classroom with the...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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What's really going on with CRT in schools? w/ Jazmyne Owens & Elena Silva
There’s a lot of talk about Critical Race Theory and Education in the media these days, but what’s really going on with CRT in schools? In this episode we spoke with educational policy experts from New America Jazmyne Owens and Elena Silva. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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Are Teachers Learning CRT? w/ Dr. Amy Samuels
Should teachers be required to study Critical Race Theory as part of their training? At this point, the teaching workforce is still predominantly white and female and does not reflect the diversity of students in classrooms. Preparing te...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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What is CRT doing in a nice field like Education? w/ Professor Janel George
Professor Janel George, Director of the Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy Clinic at Georgetown University speaks on the history of Critical Race Theory. In this episode we delve into the recent political outrage over Critical Rac...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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Season 2 Trailer - What is CRT and Why It Matters Now More than Ever
In Season 2 we are talking about Critical Race Theory, also known as CRT - what it is and why it has become such a politicized hot-button issue.We’re also exploring Culturally Responsive Teaching and equity in educ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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9:02
Season One Finale w/ Raven DeRamus-Byers
Series One of Learning Machine is in the books! It's been such an insightful and edifying experience to work on our eight interview episodes from our first series. We've learned a lot through the process - both about the education syst...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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19:22
Is Opportunity a Myth? w/ Deirdra Reed and Bailey Cato Czupryk
Does our education system make a promise that it doesn't keep? In this episode, we speak with Deirdra Reed and Bailey Cato Czupryk from TNTP about a 2018 report titled, "The Opportunity Myth." This report posits that there is a promise of op...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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22:51
The Future of Education is Fun w/ Karin Wu
Do you consider yourself a Math person? Most people don’t, and unfortunately the statistics back this up. Just 24% of high school 12th graders scored at or above proficient on the National Assessment...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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25:47
The Cost of Free College w/ Kevin Carey
Should college be free? Public education in the United States has guaranteed free school from Kindergarten through Twelfth grade, what we call the ‘K-12 school system’. But in a move that would create a once-in-a-generation expansion o...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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21:59
Tools of the Trade w/ Tim Truitt
Imagine you have an expert medical doctor - you would trust this doctor to give you medical advice, right? But would you trust this doctor to make the medicine they were giving you? Would you trust them to build the x-ray machine or to desig...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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Teacher Super-powers w/ Rene Kizilcec
How do you imagine education will look in 30 years? If you're old enough, does education today look the way you imagined it would 30 years ago? In our conversation with Dr. Rene Kizilcec we discuss the past, present, and future of educationa...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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20:39
We Should All Be Lurkers w/ Nia Dowell
Do you ever find yourself being more of a listener - a lurker, if you will - in a conversation than a participator? Maybe you thought you weren’t contributing much, and if so, you might be surprised by
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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17:53
A Window of Opportunity w/ Bree Dusseault
Bree Dusseault and her colleagues at CRPE are keeping close tabs on the education system as we transition out of the pandemic year and back to full in-person school across the country in the fall. And while there are real concerns and legiti...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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