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In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss the accessibility that eSports has given students, whether we need to rethink the time schedule of the school day, Minecraft's 10th anniversary and our returning guest this week Nate Green is here to chat about the power of using social media in your classrooms. References: Guest : Nate Green Twitter :   and using the promo code OnEducation.

** NOTE: Mike is not at home! His audio is quite a bit different than normal, sorry! ** In this episode, Mike and Glen recap the CONNECT 2019 conference in Niagara Falls and discuss a new educational game app from ABC Mouse that is making waves. Thousands of teachers walked out this week in North AND South Carolina, we’ll talk about what they are hoping to get out of that. We’ll cap off this week’s show with the audio from Mike’s CONNECT spotlight talk. Notes: #ChatOnEducation is a slow chat on Thursdays with questions at 9am, 12pm and 3pm join us to discuss the topics we talk about on this week's podcast. It's awesome, trust us! ABC Mouse's Age of Learning:

In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss the Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson’s inspirational journey. We revisit Glen's favorite topic: Teachers Pay Teachers. The "Justin Timberlake" of OnEducation back for our Dig it or Ditch it segment. Our guests this week are educators and authors Adam Chamberlin and Sveti Matejic. References: Guest : Adam Chamberlin & Sveti Matejic Twitter :  and using the promo code OnEducation.

In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss discuss the removal of standardized testing from teacher evaluations, and about whether we should be changing the start time of school, and how that may benefit students. We’ll also chat about how a video game may be the key to restoring the Notre Dame cathedral after the incredible fire last week. A new report from EdBuild is out talking about school district segregation. We also have two amazing guests this week: educator, speaker, and author George Couros joins us, and we welcome neuroscientist Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath on the pod to talk about his new book “Stop Talking, Start Influencing” References: Guest : George Couros Twitter :   and you will receive the first month free on a monthly premium subscription. Premium features include Boss Battles for formative review and much much more! Badge Summit: Do you have plans to attend the ISTE conference this summer? Come one day early and participate in the best hidden gem conference in the United States. Badge Summit 2019 will take place on the Temple University Campus in Philadelphia on June 22.

Episodes of OnEducation Now! are special editions of our weekly podcast: OnEducation. OnEducation Now! gives you easy to listen to information on what's going on right now in Education. We'll tell you everything you need to know about an important issue happening NOW. It's April 19th 2019, and Mike Washburn speaks to Ontario's Opposition Critic for Education Marit Stiles. Subscribe to OnEducation for Mike and Glen's weekly take on teaching, teachers, and everything in between.