Robert Pearl Starks

Technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace.  In today’s world, using technology is just as fundamental as reading, writing and arithmetic; thus, technology integration in the classroom is as much about engaging students as it is about reinforcing much needed work skills.  What are some of the benefits of using technology in the classroom?

1.  Promote Collaborative Learning – Connective technologies enable massive-scale collaboration despite physical separation.  Social networking outlets allow learners to reach outside their circle of friends and communicate and collaborate with learners with different viewpoints, social constraints, and varied socio-economic levels.  Using social networks… >>>

This is an older podcast series that is still highly relevant.  Social media is a major part of the conversation as a tool to use in a modern job search strategy for today's jobseekers.  How is your career services office using social media and teaching students to effectively use social media?

New Ideas for the Job Hunt Part 1

 New Ideas for the Job Hunt Part 2

As the workplace becomes increasingly fractured, short-term jobs have become a mainstay, meaning that no-benefit, no-strings attached unemployment is no longer the domain of starving artists.  This podcast discusses the "Gig" economy.

43 Million workers are independent and the independent workforce is expanding.  Tracking this type of employment is an enormous challenge yet this type of work is growing for everyone - not just starving artists.  

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Facing rising costs and a changing economic environment, colleges may be on the verge of a revolution.  A panel of experts discuss the following questions: 

• Should the focus of education be changing?  
• Does career oriented training now outweigh a liberal arts education?
• How do we best position young Americans for the challenges of the 21st Century?

This Innovation Hub podcast discusses ethics in the workplace.  How do individuals consciously or unconcisously slip from ethical to unethical?  3 experts on ethics and morality in business discuss this question and the role of ethics in business.

This is a great example of self-directed learning in practice at a high school in Massachusetts.  . A group of students gets to create their own “school-within-a-school” and they learn only what they want to learn. Does it work?