Kate Daversa is a Senior Online Programming Coordinator at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. We have flipped the roles for this episode and she joins me on this podcast as the interviewer. She's got some great questions about topics inc

Wei Zhu: Episode 009

Nov 29th, 2020 46m 17s

What is the state of Learning Experience Design? What should a person coming into this field be thinking about? Today on the podcast we’re doing something a little different. When we spoke back in the summer, Wei Zhu was a student in the Instru

Learning Financial Moxie in the COVID Recession: Ean Price Murphy: Episode 008

Aug 10th, 2020 32m 3s

There is no stress like financial stress. It can be suffocating, especially when you can’t spot a way out. In the early ’90s my dad was a real estate investor. He flipped houses, and he rented out his property. When the savings and loan scandal

Elizabeth Wilcox and her book The Long Tail of Trauma: episode 007

Jul 23rd, 2020 43m 56s

Preorder The Long Tail of Trauma by Elizabeth Wilcox here: https://www.amazon.com/Long-Tail-Trauma-Memoir/dp/1950584623As a child of the 80’s this is the second pandemic my generation has lived through. The first was, of course, the AIDS pande

“The classroom is the world, not the brick and mortar” - Micaela Bracamonte of the Lang School : Episode 006

Jun 10th, 2020 38m 44s

Today on An Imperfect Map I talk with Micaela Bracamonte, the founder and head of the Lang School in New York City. She founded the school because she couldn’t find the right school for her own young child years ago. That’s amazing enough, but

SYNAPSE and Dr. Christine Marshall : Eposide 005

Jun 4th, 2020 45m 24s

In the classroom, a great teacher is doing a lot more than teaching content. Cultivating bigger-picture skills and strategies is critical. A lot of educators argue that these bigger-picture skills are more important than the content. There’s a

Preparing teachers for the unforeseeable: Deborah Hirsch of the Woodrow Wilson Graduate School of Teaching and Learning: Episode 004

May 27th, 2020 45m 13s

Dr. Deborah Hirsch is currently the President of the Woodrow Wilson Graduate School of Teaching & Learning after previously serving as the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and the Founding Executive Director. Dr. Hirsch has provided lea

Trusst : An ingenious mental healthcare solution made for this moment : Episode 003

May 13th, 2020 29m 15s

A company called Trusst has figured out a way to expand access to mental healthcare just when the world needs it the most. The scary reality is that things have already been getting so much worse before this even hit. For instance, our guests t

Wendy Willard and her "no-school checklist" : Episode 002

May 6th, 2020 26m 14s

This moment, right now, might just be the biggest and fastest experiment in the history of education. No one probably feels this more than parents who have been thrown into the role of teacher. Sometimes as they are also juggling work and every

Boston Children's Chorus: Episode 001

Apr 29th, 2020 38m 30s

Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC) harnesses the power of music to connect Boston’s diverse communities, cultivate empathy, and inspire social inquiry. Perhaps now more than ever, the connective capacity of music is being redefined by values like e