🔥 Have generative AI tools killed the essay?

🔥 In a world of screens, why are paper books more important than ever?

🔥 How are smartphones changing the ways that students learn, and how should educators respond?

Join me for this conversation with BC educator LISA GREEN as she shares her insights on these and other questions.

About This Guest: Lisa is a teacher, author, and educational consultant in Victoria, Canada. Her master’s degree and ongoing work lead her to explore the connections between work, psychology, coaching, and learning.

Connect with Lisa on Instagram @lisagreen_heretolearn and at her website, https://heretolearn.ca/.

Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00 am Pacific and 11:00 am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

In This Conversation:

0:29 - Who is Lisa Green?

1:24 - An experience of professional adversity for Lisa

3:25 - Why Lisa wrote Outsmarted, the book

6:55 - Lisa's position on phone bans in schools and districts

11:13 - Why Lisa discourages students from taking phones to bed

15:23 - Why physical books are still important for students to read

20:04 - Is the essay dead in our schools?

23:31 - Teacher assessment in the age of generative AI

29:50 - How to build cultures of reflection and celebration of, for, and as learning

35:23 - Digital tools for student portfolios

38:45 - A learning passion outside of education: travel

41:13 - Productivity hacks for teachers and students

44:16 - Lisa's favorite app right now: Canva

45:11 - Book recommendation: Pat Summit's Reach for the Summit

46:25 - An educator to follow online: Trevor MacKenzie

48:41 - How to connect with Lisa Green online

Mentioned in this conversation: Jonathan Haidt, Johann Hari, Canva, Pat Summit, Trevor MacKenzie

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