About 3 months ago I came across Don Wetterick’s podcast called StartedUp on Twitter. He had on a teacher from Virginia named Nate Green who was talking about using social media in his classroom. I instantly connected with Don’s message as well as Nate’s. That day I listened to the podcast a second time and decided to contact Nate to see if we could chat about what he was doing in his classroom. Nate was amazing and offered to chat via google hangout. It was amazing to connect with someone so like minded. You should check out him out on Twitter and take a look at his blog Social Media in Education.
Over the past few months, I have listened to Don’s podcast religiously and when new podcasts were not released I went back and listened to ones from the previous year. One message that was consistent with Don and all of his guests was that education needs to change. I have learned and continue to learn so much from his guests. One guest in particular really got my attention. Dave Burgess, author of Teach Like a Pirate was interviewed by Don in I believe December of 2017. He talked about his book and publishing company, which I found fascinating you should listen to it here. BUT, what Dave said that really stuck with me was this….there are kids in our classes that are suffocating and they need help. If you are a teacher who believes that you are doing something to save these students it is your duty and obligation to share it. I was one of those students in high school, I am fighting for those students and I got into teaching to save them, therefore I think I have some suggestions and I want to share it!!
Inspired by listening to Dave Burgess’s interview with Don Wettrick I decided to email / DM Don and tell him all about all of the amazing things that my students were doing. Within twenty minutes he messaged me back and asked if I wanted to be on his podcast….I was thrilled and obviously jumped at the chance. I have been reluctant to share this podcast with others, but have just recently finished the book Poke the Box by Seth Godin (recommended to me by Cameron author of A Students Perspective on Why we need to Unlearn) and have decided to listen to his manifesto. In it, Godin suggests that those who want to be initiators need to have a pick me mentality. You can no longer wait for others to promote your ideas, you need to make it happen yourself. So, please listen to the podcast below, I am pretty proud of my students and the message that we are trying to spread. Thank you Don Wettrick for inviting me and my students to be a part of your podcast, it was an honour.
Thanks for reading and listening!
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