S1E16 How Students of Today Have Changed – Ruffin & Hoffman join Madelyn
It’s Time to Think
“How is it we have so much information, but know so little?” –Noam Chomsky
We are awash with pieces of information. Post the query in Google, ‘the rain in Spain’ and you will be barraged with links that range from the rainfall in Spain to the George Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion. When I did this, I realized that the song about the rain in Spain is even more important than the weather – based on the relative placement and number of responses I read on the first page of results. How does this impact our students and their ability to turn information into knowledge? In other words, their learning? How does this affect teaching? How can it be leveraged to prepare students for their life’s work? The list of questions goes on.
How Students of Today Have Changed
You have to reach students of any age where they are, and you have to offer a reason to do the work of learning. If you are thinking that that only applies to children, think again. If you are healthy, you learn when you want to learn.
In this week’s show, we will be talking about learning in today’s environment that no longer looks as it did 30 years ago. That no longer has the same incentives. That no longer is without interruption. That now offers infinite resources of information at one’s fingertips but with constant interruption. The days of assuming a good job once you are educated are no longer. At the same time, the desire to go to the right school has placed enormous pressure on young minds. It’s a different world. Which is why, I have invited two colleagues to join me.
Ed Hoffman, PhD will be my guest. Many of you already know him from his prior appearances as guest and co-host. On this show, he and I will be joined by a special guest, Joel Ruffin, one of our previous students. Joel today works for Goldman Sachs, and will give some reality check to the conversation. I think it will be most interesting to see how three minds explore the topic of students of today and how they learn. I hope you will join us.
Joel Ruffin, Sr
S2E23 Speaking Our Minds Unapologetically with Ivna Curi
How to speak your mind in difficult situations, maintaining the seriousness of the message along with acceptance of you as the messenger. Moving beyond nice.
S1E13 Unltralearning — Scott Young joins Madelyn Blair
I am very excited to be joined by an author who loves learning. He is Scott Young of Vancouver, Canada, author of the book, Untralearning. Scott describes himself as a writer who undertakes interesting self-education projects, such as attempting to learn MIT’s four-year computer science curriculum in twelve months and learning four languages in one year.
If you’ve ever been impressed when you heard why someone says, It’s an honor to introduce my friend who… Imagine being able to say, It’s an honor to introduce yourself in the same way!
S1E12 Hands Up Guns Down — Tai Campbell joins Madelyn Blair
How do you take different beginnings and help children see that they have just as much value and talents and strengths and capability?
My guest is Tai Campbell. Tai Campbell is a community activist who leads a nonprofit organization, Taken Back Our Community (TBOC). He was influenced at a young age by his father’s interest in chess, music and boxing. He used these skills to get through the difficult times at school and in relationships. Today, his organization is focused on developing community programming for adults and children balanced across the Mind through chess, the Body through boxing and dance, and the Spirit through music. I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to hearing more about that story and how it has evolved to Hands Up Guns Down.
S2E19 Living Inside Our Story - How teens prepare for the future of work with Sim, Qiao, and Anku
Two mentoring methods for teens to prepare them for the next step in their future with reactions, achievements, and immediate impact by the teen mentees themselves.
S2E17 Being the Driver in the Midst of Changes with Sandy Kolberg
Dr. Kolberg describes the areas that mid sized companies must consider to assure sustainability and translates these to the strategies for you wherever you are in your career
S1E10 Shaping Our Purpose – Lincoln Greenidge joins Madelyn Blair
Have you ever been stuck in a long line waiting to buy tickets to a show. In exasperation, you ask “Why am I here?” Have you ever found yourself in a job that turned out to not be what you thought. “Why am I here?” Perhaps you are watching a sunset and realize that you really wished you knew if there was some reason for being the person you are and ask, why am I here?
When you know the answer to that last question, when you see the answer as the sun finally sinks below the horizon, there is a sense of satisfaction that comes over you. But how do you ever get there? On this show, we’ll be exploring what it means to know your purpose in life and how you might shape it.
My guest will be Lincoln Greenidge, CFO of PasoFino Gold LTD and much, much more. He has spent time thinking about that question, “Why am I here?” The more important thing is that he has some ideas on how each of us can explore it for ourselves
