262 - Getting Smart on the Innovation Opportunity

<p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Today, the Getting Smart team is bringing you an episode on the innovation opportunity ahead.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">As we all try to make sense of the health, economic, and education crisis we’re all experiencing, the Getting Smart team has been participating in dialogues with educators from around the world about how to make the best of a bad situation. And now that the end of the school year is here, the team is shifting their Getting Through series from stories and advice to supporting remote learning and long-term closures, to the now challenging work of reopening schools in the fall.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">In this episode, Tom Vander Ark and Rebecca Midles (the Vice President of Learning Design at Getting Smart) outline the new infrastructures schools will need in the fall to operate onsite, remote, and online programs. In the second half of the episode, Tom and Rebecca discuss the innovation opportunity to help children thrive, to meet them where they are, and to engage learners in work that matters to them <em>and</em> their community.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:10] About today’s show with Tom Vander Ark and Rebecca Midles.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[1:17] Tom welcomes Rebecca back to the <em>Getting Smart</em> Podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[2:11] Tom and Rebecca acknowledge the struggles that have come along with the current pandemic.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[3:08] Tom reads a relevant and inspiring Parker Palmer quote.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[4:05] Tom and Rebecca outline what they will be covering in today's episode.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[4:55] Tom and Rebecca give their thoughts on the