134: Ai Addyson-Zhang – Classroom without walls, using technology to reimagine education

Who knew at the time of recording that so many children would be forced to learn online because of countries being in lockdown. However there are many people who have been advocating this for a while. A timely bonus episode as we continue to share podcasts previously released on the network as Learning on Fire. Ai Addyson-Zhang, Ph.D is a Social Media Pedagogy consultant. She created Classroom without walls – Using technology to reimagine education and has recently been featured in Forbes.I am here to help you transform your classroom teaching.Social Media Pedagogy has elevated and transformed my classroom teaching as well as my career as a College professor. I want to help you experience the same transformation that social media pedagogy has brought to my classroom teaching and my professional career.BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA PEDAGOGYYour students are more excited about learning and are more proactive at self-directed learningYour students are getting hired and internships because of the strong personal and professional brands that you have helped them build through effective and strategic use of social mediaYou are building a learning community that transcends geographic barriers and interlinks education and practice, as well as the broader communityYour personal brand as a professor is gaining visibility and recognition. You become more known in your field as an authority in your subject matter.Your strong personal brand is attracting opportunities for you to speak at conferences and events, to contribute featured and paid, articles to blogs and major publications, to collaborate on research projects, to be interviewed on podcasts and live shows, and much more.Your teaching evaluations are improving.You are gaining more recognition from your school because of the visibility you have created for yourself, your class, your department, your university, and your broader academic and professional community.And much more …Questions asked on the PodcastWho are you?What does your life look like now and how is it different from when you were growing up?What was valuable about your school experience?Which teachers do you remember and why?Who did you admire when you were young?What was it about that person that had such an impact?What was the best piece of advice you have ever been given and who gave it to you?What advice would you give your younger self?What does your future look like?What podcast, book, video, film, song or other resource has had the biggest impact on your life and why?Resources MentionedOriginals – How non-conformists Change the World by Adam GrantMind your business podcast – James Wedmore Contact InformationFeatured in Forbes: https://goo.gl/yoK2UoTwitter: @AiAddysonZhangInstagram: @AiAddysonZhangMedium (Top Writer in Social Media): https://medium.com/@aiaddysonzhangFacebook weekly show (Classroom Without Walls): https://www.facebook.com/AiAddysonZhang/Website: https://www.aiaddysonzhang.com/ Show...

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Do you feel the education system is sucking the life out of you and the pupils you serve? I think many of us wish we could click our fingers and make it fit for purpose. A place of growth with shared learning that empowers pupils to be their best selves, so they can create a world they want to inhabit now and in the future. While a magic wand or a visionary politician might sound like the answer I believe change is already happening. Educators are changing futures one conversation at a time. New technology and the environments where we learn are beginning to look different both in and out of the classroom. I hope you are seeing this first hand and are excited about what you can share with your pupils. We are having conversations, sharing organisations and communities that are supporting education in a way that you may have not experienced. Educational change will come from us all working in way that supports the best interests of each of our pupils, personalised learning. Governments and policy makers will follow when they see fully how it can be different. So let us teach, coach, mentor and create an environment that fuels every child with feedback, inspiration, resilience and empowerment. The Education on Fire community is shining the torch, so no matter where you are in the world or how you are supporting children this podcast is here for you. ‘Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.’