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Social LEADia: Celebrating Awesome on and offline

Social LEADia: Celebrating Awesome on and offline

By Jennifer Casa-Todd

This is Social LEADia, the podcast where we celebrate kids and adults who are making a positive difference on and offline and are changing conversations around using social media for GOOD!
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Episode 32: Connection, Community & Kindness On and Offline with Melisa Hayes

Social LEADia: Celebrating Awesome on and offlineJul 15, 2021

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Episode 34: Namya Joshi, grade 9 Diana Award Winner & Minecraft EDU wiz
Aug 29, 202112:25
Episode 33: An interview with Global Educational Student Chat Leader
Jul 29, 202111:47
Episode 32: Connection, Community & Kindness On and Offline with Melisa Hayes
Jul 15, 202114:14
Episode 31: Living Hyphen
Jun 21, 202110:24
Episode 30: Student Created Organization --> Bleed the North
May 27, 202111:38
Episode 29: A Conversation with Valerie Lewis about Pros In Training (P.I.T.)

Episode 29: A Conversation with Valerie Lewis about Pros In Training (P.I.T.)

Valerie Lewis is an administrator, founder of Pass the Scope EDU, and a new initiative called Pros In Training  which empowers youth by offering mentorship opportunities in the Entertainment Industry. Check out Pros In Training online. 

Jan 03, 202116:23
Episode 28: Impact Without Contact
Oct 18, 202015:47
Episode 27: A conversation with Trevor MacKenzie about Inquiry provocations on Instagram

Episode 27: A conversation with Trevor MacKenzie about Inquiry provocations on Instagram

So many of our students (and parents and educators) have moved to Instagram for some of the great features it presents. Trevor talks about how he uses this platform for podcasting and Inquiry provocations. Follow him at @tntmackenzie 

Jul 31, 202011:19
Episode 26: Life in Quarantine with Liv McNeil
Jul 09, 202013:09
Episode 25: With Amber Coleman Morley (LetsK12Better)

Episode 25: With Amber Coleman Morley (LetsK12Better)

Amber Coleman Morley is the director of social engagement at iCivics, a former teacher, a mom, and the future author of Fearless in the Face of Race published by DBC. Find her at @MomofallCapes Listen to her podcast with her children @LetsK12Better

Jun 15, 202015:49
Episode 24: Stay in Touch Initiative
May 17, 202012:29
Episode 23: Talk About Real Things (for Teens)
Mar 29, 202014:04
Episode 22: Carter Compliments

Episode 22: Carter Compliments

Such a great conversation with a student who has created an Instagram account to compliment the students at his school. Please note that this account is not officially affiliated with the school or District. 

Mar 01, 202015:47
Episode 21 : Photography and Empathy
Feb 19, 202017:01
Episode 20: Ethan Duncan
Jan 20, 202007:53
Episode 19: Adam Hill & Media By Example

Episode 19: Adam Hill & Media By Example

In this episode I talk with Adam Hill (@AdamHillEDU), a PYP educator and award-winning education blogger from the UK, now working in Hong Kong. Media By Example is his Google Certified Innovator project that was born at the Sydney Innovator Academy in May 2019.

Dec 22, 201910:60
Episode 18: A Passion for Kindness

Episode 18: A Passion for Kindness

Author Tamara Letter shares about the kindness Passion projects and her ideas for building a culture of kindness in time for World Kindness day (and every day). Check her out on Instagram & Twitter (@TamaraLetter) or Join her Facebook group, A Passion for Kindness. She also uses the hashtag #PassionforKindness to share out kindness ideas. 

Nov 13, 201915:51
Episode 17: Wonder Ananya's journey to self-publishing
Oct 19, 201907:45
Episode 16: This Club Saves Lives
Sep 22, 201911:28
Episode 15: Keeley Aird & STEM Kids Rock
Aug 18, 201917:28
Episode 14: Artfulouie

Episode 14: Artfulouie

In this episode I chat with Louie DaCosta (@artfulouie)and his mom Diana (@dmdacosta13) who speak about Louie's YouTube channel, Saturday Sketches and his mom's mentoring role. You can find his YouTube channel here.

Jul 31, 201916:19
Episode 1: Olivia Van Ledtje

Episode 1: Olivia Van Ledtje

Check out the first episode featuring @TheLivBits She will inspire you as she has inspired many.

Jun 16, 201915:32
Episode 2: Alicia Pascual

Episode 2: Alicia Pascual

In this episode, you will hear about @aliciajpascual 's Youth for Reconciliation Instagram project.
Jun 16, 201916:20
Episode 3: Ayush Chopra

Episode 3: Ayush Chopra

Young Ayush Chopra (@Ayushchopra24) shares his passion for #TeachSDGs, is the founder of @SDGSForChildren and is now writing a book for children.
Jun 16, 201910:23
Episode 4: Isaiah Sterling

Episode 4: Isaiah Sterling

Check out high school student Isaiah Sterling (@isterlingn) and his "Student Voice" perspective on change in education.
Jun 16, 201915:23
Episode 5: Josh Feinsilber

Episode 5: Josh Feinsilber

In this episode, Josh talks about project based learning and his educational game, Gimkit which is a great tool for review, assessment, and fun! You can find Josh at @joshgimkit

Jun 16, 201916:49
Episode 6: Upstander Brand

Episode 6: Upstander Brand

In this episode I speak with Margaret Atkinson's (@fmargret) class about their Upstander brand project. Connect with them on Twitter @UpstanderBrand and check out Real World Scholars @RWScholars who have provided the class with #EdCorps grants in order to be able to do this work.
Jun 16, 201907:17
Episode 7: ONEDSschat

Episode 7: ONEDSschat

In this episode, I chat with Allison Fuisz and Rylin W who are members of a student-led twitter chat, ONEdSschat which give voice to students and the topics they care about.
Jun 16, 201913:39
Episode 8: Change Impacting Toronto Youth (CITY)
Jun 16, 201911:13
Episode 9: Rebecca Chambers & Students at John McCrae SS

Episode 9: Rebecca Chambers & Students at John McCrae SS

In this episode I speak with Rebecca Chambers and her students Mackenzie,  Rebecca  Hayley, and Renee about how they "fail to learn".  If people are interested in seeing the evolution of their passion based classroom they can check out Rebecca Chamber's blog here .

Jun 16, 201921:60
Episode 10: 4th Grade Innovators & 5th Grade Futurists (Student Podcasting)

Episode 10: 4th Grade Innovators & 5th Grade Futurists (Student Podcasting)

In this episode Grayson McKinney (@GMcKinney2) and Zach Rondot (@mrrondot) and I talk about the "4th Grade Innovators" and the "5th Grade Futurists" and their journey to podcasting with their students. Be sure to check out the podcasts and connect with them. 

Jun 16, 201915:23
Episode 12: Award Winning Culture Podcast

Episode 12: Award Winning Culture Podcast

In this episode, I get to speak with Audrey F and Brayden P as well as their teacher-advisor, Hans Appel (@hansappel094) about The Award Winning Culture Podcast.  You can find them online at awardwinningculture.com @awculture and @EMSWildcats1 on Twitter, and EMS Wildcats on Facebook. 

Jun 16, 201918:41
Episode 11: Nate and the Show About Politics
Jun 16, 201913:18
Episode 13: SWAT Tech team
Jun 16, 201918:30