In this episode guest host Mike and Glen discuss the power of student civic engagement through the act of protesting. The Bests are back this week and we will rank our top educational books and our guest this week is educator and speaker Ken Shelton.
Guest: Ken Shelton
Ken is a veteran educator and speaker on a variety of Educational Technology, Equity and Inclusion, Multimedia Literacy, and Instructional Design topics. He has been named to the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction's Education Technology Task Force.
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/k_shelton
- Website: http://kennethshelton.net/
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- Mike's Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/misterwashburn
- One of the nation’s biggest school systems will let students take time off to protest. The conservative backlash has begun: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/one-of-the-nations-biggest-school-systems-will-let-students-take-time-off-to-protest-the-conservative-backlash-has-begun/2019/12/26/7c2ebaf8-27e3-11ea-9c21-2c2a4d2c2166_story.html
- What is most important content knowledge or pedagogy?: https://twitter.com/iamDrWill/status/1211657863409655814?s=20
- Books about Race and Education: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1205830476524601345.html
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