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Dee Lanier and Ken Shelton are brothers, intellectuals, and equity-enthusiasts, just having regular conversations about things that matter to the culture. For the record, we're not late talking about these issues, you just may be late in hearing it! Find us on X: Ken Shelton: @k_shelton Dee Lanier: @deelanier Brian Smith Sr: @BrianRSmithSr
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Summary The conversation explores the promises and perils of AI in education, focusing on the potential for AI to perpetuate the status quo or challenge it. The hosts discuss the importance of courage, commitment, and creativity in utilizing AI to dismantle inequitable barriers and create positive change. They emphasize the need for awareness, self-reflection, and self-interrogation in challenging the status quo and using AI ethically. The conversation also touches on the principles of pract...
Summary The conversation explores the importance of data regulation and policy in the context of AI in education. It emphasizes the need for transparency and accountability in the use of student data and the ethical considerations surrounding AI platforms. The hosts discuss the misconceptions about data privacy and the responsibility of educators and decision-makers to ask the right questions and provide clear information to students and parents. They also highlight the potential risks and l...
Summary The conversation explores the promises and perils of AI in education, with a focus on synthetic media. The hosts discuss the importance of media literacy in educational experiences and the potential dangers of creating counterfeit content. They delve into the ethical implications of AI-generated media, such as voice mimicking and video manipulation. The chapter emphasizes the need for guidance and support in using AI tools for positive purposes and encourages educators to help studen...
Summary The conversation explores the promises and perils of AI in education, addressing equity, admissions, grading, student tracking, and the ethical considerations of AI. It delves into the potential impact of AI on high-stakes decisions in schools and the need for transparency, accountability, and human involvement in the decision-making process. Takeaways AI in education has the potential to address equity issues but also poses ethical challenges. High-stakes decisions in schools, suc...
Summary The conversation between Ken Shelton and Dee Lanier explores the promises and perils of AI in education, focusing on the digital divide, equity, and the ethical use of AI tools. The discussion delves into the impact of AI on access, opportunity, and learning outcomes, highlighting the disparities that exist and the potential for AI to promote equity and inclusion in education. Takeaways AI in education has the potential to address the digital divide and promote equity and inclusion...
Summary The conversation explores the promises and perils of AI in education, focusing on bias, data sets, and the impact on students of color. It delves into the ethical considerations and offers solutions for addressing bias in AI. The discussion emphasizes the importance of acknowledging bias, critically evaluating AI systems, and incorporating critical and analytical information literacy strategies. Takeaways AI in education presents both promises and perils, particularly in relation t...
Summary This conversation explores the promises and perils of AI in education, focusing on equity, ethics, and the impact on students and staff of color. It delves into the rush to claim expertise, the ethical use of technology, and the struggle between short-term gains and long-term benefits. The discussion also covers the concepts of AI, machine learning, large language models, and generative AI, highlighting the potential for both positive and concerning outcomes. Sound Bites "AI, is it...
Though our time seemed short in New Orleans, LA this year, it was very important to take the tame and get a recording with none other than Leon Tynes, @ISTE ‘18 Award, @NatGeoEducation GTF, @Fulbrightteach, #PBSDigitalInnovator & @thehenryford Innov Award winner. Dee and Ken were able to catch Leon downstairs and this is what they were able to talk about...Produced by 414 Media Music by Chillhop Records.
In absence of Ken, I get to join this very special conversation about fatherhood with our featured guest, Daryl Johnson.
It's been a busy season for the the Liberated Educator Podcast crew. Books, Keynotes, Production events, you name it, but it was an honor to set down with the one and only Yaritza Villalba to create to enjoy a little CPT of our own. Enjoy Part 2 of the conversation. President and Founder of YV Educational Resources Inc. 501(c)3, Yaritza Villalba has twelve years of experience in education. She started her career teaching Social Studies to high school students in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brookly...
It's been a busy season for the the Liberated Educator Podcast crew. Books, Keynotes, Production events, you name it, but it was an honor to set down with the one and only Yaritza Villalba to create to enjoy a little CPT of our own. Enjoy the conversation. President and Founder of YV Educational Resources Inc. 501(c)3, Yaritza Villalba has twelve years of experience in education. She started her career teaching Social Studies to high school students in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New Y...
Since we have all been traveling, we just picked up the phone and just chopped it up over what we were looking at. This conversation just happened to be a reaction the the Juwan Howard, the Head Coach Basketball Coach at Michigan, being suspended for... well, you'll have to look it up.
Happy New Year! Yeah, we are just now saying it to you all. But it's like we always say, we not late talking about it, you're just late hearing it. So, this is the first of many episodes for 2022. Please enjoy another casual CPT convo between Ken and Dee as they pontificate C: Continuation P: Progress T: Tenacity Books referenced in this episode: Native Son - Richard Wright 12 Million Black Voices - Richard Wright Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Letters From a Birmingham Jail -Martin Luth...
Where do you draw the line? Resident host, Victoria Thompson joins Dee and Ken to have a CPT convo on Chaos, Perturbed, and Trouble in the water. Victoria also provides some tips to help you step away for a bit to put yourself in your own calming room. Music produced by Nicop Records, reuse for profit is prohibited. ➤ 🟢 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3D0xn... ➤ 🎧 Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/cl/artist/nic... ➤ 🔊 Deezer - https://deezer.page.link/DeMcM1gFpDKT... ➤&nb...
One reason why Dee and Ken are able to easily have compelling conversations is because they genuinely care about one another. So, for this episode, the fellas talk about men's health and health in general in regards. C: Care P: Propping Up T: Time for a check up. Music produced by Nicop Records, reuse for profit is prohibited. ➤ 🟢 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3D0xn... ➤ 🎧 Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/cl/artist/nic... ➤ 🔊 Deezer - https://deezer.page.link/DeMcM1gFpDKT...
After some much needed time off, Ken and Dee are back for season 2 of the Liberated Educator Podcast produced by Brian Romero Smith Sr of 4:13Media. In this episode, the CPT in centered around the misconceptions around CRT and using the Riverside High School teacher viral video as a catalyst to analyze the truths behind the current argument in schools. This is part 1 of 2 conversations around the subject. Listen and learn as we continue to grow toward collective liberation. Music provid...
Our resident host, Victoria Thompson is back to close out Season 1 of The Liberated Educator Podcast. She joins Dee and Ken in a personal CPT conversation over: C:CrypticP: PlatitudesT: TakeawaysAnd yes, there is a Real Housewives reference...
It's that time of year, back to school season is happening across the country and Ken and Dee would like to welcome all educators back to the journey toward liberation. This is the next to last episode of Season 1, so let's see if you can pick out the CPT in the conversation. Hint, one maybe Toxic Positivity. 🤷🏾
Have you ever gone to someone to ask a question, but then your entire perspective on life changes with that one answer? Well, that is how many feel when chatting with Monica Isabel Martinez. In this episode the CPT conversation connects the passions and commonalities Ken, Dee and Monica share over: C: Creativa P: Posters T: Time Spent Monica Isabel Martinez is the EDU Content Manager for Google overseeing the Teacher Center. She is an educational technology speaker, leads educa...
Guess what, Jim O'Hagan is back to chop it up with Dee and Ken as they continue their CPT conversation on. C: Choice P: Play T: Transparency James O'Hagan is a leader in connecting and promoting esports in education. He has had a role in starting and growing esports teams in two large urban school districts. He actively promotes esports as being a medium to something more for students beyond the games. His podcast, The Academy of Esports delves into topics surrounding esports an...
Bust noun noun: bust; plural noun: busts a worthless thing. "Was Kwame Brown a bust?" You know how it is when you walk into a room and a deep conversation is already taken place and you just get sucked into participating? Well, that's what happened during the scheduled recording Ken and Dee had with Jim O'Hagen. In this episode, you get the chance to hear what happens while we get ready to record, either before the guest comes in or with the guest. It doesn’t matter, there is always a debate...
When you know better, you do better. Yet, some people simply fight trying to be in the know. On This episode of The Liberated Educator Podcast, Dee and Ken welcome our good friend, Dr. Sheldon Eakins, Founder of the Leading Equity Center and Host of the Leading Equity Podcast for a CPT conversation addressing... C: Critical Race Theory and people's misconceptions P: Podcasting - How it has help not only amplify the work in equity, but increase the knowledge and confidence to be able to ...
Some times we just need to just sit back and listen. That's exactly what was needed for this episode where Ken and Dee sit down and provide a platform for Dr. Sawsan Jaber to simple speak over this episode's CPT: C: Counter Story P: Palestine T: Take Action Dr. Sawsan Jaber is a global educator of 20+ years. She has held a variety of leadership positions both in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Jaber is currently a high school English teacher at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park. She founded...
Episode 28 has Dee flying solo as he chats with long time friend and EduMatch Founder, Sarah Thomas, Ph.D. or Sarahdateechur as we affectionally know her as. Sarah Thomas, PhD is a Regional Technology Coordinator in a large district in Maryland, and the founder of EduMatch, a project that empowers educators to make global connections across common areas of interest. She has spoken and presented internationally, participated in the Technical Working Group to refresh the 2017 ISTE Stand...
It's been said that hope is the seed of liberation and that can't be any more true after Dee and Ken got the chance to sit and chat with Emmanuel and Adrienne Threatt, the husband-and-wife team with the goal of bringing awareness, hope and real solutions to the homeless epidemic in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region. Therefore spreading Hope Vibes throughout! For this CPT conversation, the bustle in the booth is over - C: Community Engagement P: Poverty T: Tent City Hope Vibes wa...
1You are in for a special treat and special guest Joe Truss joins the CPT conversation to dismantle a few things like C: Culture Conferences P: Putting Policy To Practice T: The Truss Transition Regardless of the alliteration, you need to pay close attention to the knowledge passed down on this drop. Joe Truss is committed to dismantling white supremacy culture in schools. He is married to a High School teacher and a father of 2, soon to be 3 children. He brings 16 years of education exper...
This is a first, a game show embedded in the Liberated Educator Podcast as Ken and Dee welcome their good friend Jesse Lubinsky to the pod. Check out this conversation as the boys make some interesting correlations to education with the CPT for this episode. C: Comics - The influence in today's social culture P: Prince - Yes, the artist formally known as T: Trademark - Is it giving credit due or credit to? Jesse Lubinsky is currently the Chief Learning Officer of Ready Learner One LLC and...
Just a phone call away, Dee and Ken simply get together to have real conversations that just need to be recorded. This episode is just that, two brothers chopping it up for some good CPT with one another, this time covering: C: Consumption - Do we blame the producer or the consumer P: Playing Both Sides - the difficult yet typical straddle in education T: Teaching To Think - Are you taking the Blue or Red pill Music: All can be found and licensed at Soundstripe.com (Use the code TLEP20 ...
It's the #Bonnerville episode that we have been trying to get done for a while! Ken and Dee sit down with Michael Bonner and mix it this CPT convo to address: C: Community - The desperate need for it. P: Power - That needs to be created. T: Transformation - What we all need to go through Michael Bonner is A teacher infusing innovation into education by focusing on SEL and critical thinking. Teacher - @ronclarkacademy International Speaker - @premierespeakers Music: The Musical Her...
Ladies and gentle, right out the gate please welcome back Fernando Chavez for Part 2, this time while Dee is in the booth as well. Together with Ken, the fellas have a really engaging CPT convo over: C: Competition - Exposing the unfair competition in education and calling our the setup that it is. P: Policy - Not being conducive for those who will speak up against the inequities and that's why they'll never be... T: Teacher of the Year - It's truly an unfair competition and not ...
In celebration of #WomenHistoryMonth, Victoria Thompson comes back to the podcast to provide a rich touch to the CPT conversation around - C: Cross Stitching - Who does that? Or, what hobbies do you have that allow you to escape for sanity sake without having to turn it into a side hustle. P: Passing - What are you really doing with the time you have and does it have value in taking the best care of yourself T: Trauma Porn - Knowing when enough is enough and setting those boundarie...
Thank you for listening to The Liberated Educator Podcast with Dee Lanier and Ken Shelton. In this episode, the phenomenal Nadia Moshtagh Razi joins the CTP conversation covering C: Curriculum Design - Taking a look at having to design an African American Literature course from scratch while critiquing Literary Canon that is absent of black voices and perspectives. P: Power - Acknowledging that teachers have not been trained adequately to understand the history of racism is a challenge to...
Special Guest James F. Ford joins Ken and Dee for this CPT conversation motivated by the article, "Will North Carolina Continue to Whitewash History for its Student?" released on January 28. Listen in as they discuss: C: Curriculum - “Our job here is not to rescue America from constructive critique or to project optimism.” - James Ford You can't teach history without history being told, the good and the bad. P: Politics - In the absence of good faith actors in education, i...
This week, special guest host, Fernando Chavez, steps into the booth to fill in for Dee while on vacation. Ken and Fernando dive into a complex CPT convo covering... C: Cheating - Is the game fair when it comes to calling foul when using references and resources in the same way as condemning privilege as an advantage when it comes to education? P: Productivity - Trading - How does the latest hoarding of wealth by hedge funds present itself as a perverse idea while we still have homelessn...
Special guest Rohiatou Siby blesses the studio for this CPT conversation covering C - Celebrating Black Excellence (It starts with a C.): Ken, Dee, and Rohiatou discuss the importance of ensuring Black History month is more than 28 days of observance, but a launchpad into recognizing and celebrating black excellence throughout the year. P - Pantera Negra: Dee reveals his feels toward the celebration of black excellence in The Black Panther while viewing it in a foreign country. Is it the s...
For this week's CPT, Ken and Dee spill what's in their coffee with some celebration of the peace on Twitter then quickly jump into a conversation around C - Credibility: Do you partner with folks based on the idea of taking advantage of their status or are you amplifying their voice? P - Pirating: Is there damage done when taking from the works of educators and passing it as your own. How does that impact the voices of the marginalized? T - TpT: Who's the blame the system or th...
Special guest Val Brown graces the mic as Ken and Dee chop it up over the idea of a... C: Culture or Civil War - the time that we are in, overly exposed by Jan6 by why aren't we recognizing this by denying the opportunity to talk about what's happening. P: Privilege - The exposure to the fact that it is Privilege that affords people the escape clause to not have to talk about difficult conversations. T: Terrorism - Is it right to equate acts of politically motivated means to at...
The CPT for this episode brings our favorite Tech Rabbi, Michael Cohen, into the booth to address: C - Cancel Culture, especially in the EDU Twitter space when trying to balance accountability, denial, and do we Call In or simply Call out. P - Propogation - the fuel people use to widely spread the hate and the hurt instead of just keep scrolling T - Tikkun Olam - using this opportunity to heal and repair while working toward liberation. Special Guest Michael Cohen, The Tech Rabbi, is a ...
For today's CPT conversation, Dee and Ken open up 2021 with C: Capitol Hillbillies: Revisiting the insurrection of January 6 and simply calling it as it is while reflecting on the historical correlations. P: Pence - This segment covers others attempting to distance themselves from Trump instead of acknowledging that they have been complicit in all of this. And for our T: Triggering - The dog whistle statement shared by Trump on Twitter as well as the overall triggering nature...
For this week's CPT conversation, Victoria Thompon (@VictoriaTheTech) graces the microphone and joins, well goes in deep with Ken and Dee this week as they explore the Exploitation of Empathy (to light a fire to the convo!) and it's on from there. 🔥 💯 You can find more information about Victoria and connect with her resources at Welcome to VictoriaTheTech including her phenomenal blog and STEM Cooking Resources Once again, this month, we celebrate the musical accomplishmen...
The CPT conversation in this episode hits on... Conferences: Representation and responsiveness was looking sexy for a min, but the regression is already visible. https://twitter.com/cueinc/status/1334270638429622273/photo/1 PBL: Dee- Problem-based vs Project-based Learning. Problems vs puzzles. Testing: Standardized testing is a joke! Get ready for some 🔥 as Ken and Dee go in a bit on this CPT Once again, this month, we celebrate the musical accomplishments of the talented artist ...
Well, it's about time the fellas talked about COVID-19 in CPT conversation. In this chat, Dee and Ken explore the impact COVID-19 has had globally and how an ounce of prevention beats... well you know the rest. The conversation also reaches the Trump level and his level of intentionalism with statements made post-election and pre-vaccination. This episode also celebrates the musical accomplishments of the talented artist on Soundstripe our favorite music licensing site. Use the Libera...
The CPT conversation for this episode explores the unpopular Cultural Appropriation season that encapsulates the colonialism in music and the holiday season. Host Ken Shelton @K_Shelton and Dee Lanier @DeeLanier Produced by Brian Romero Smith Sr. @BrianRSmithSr. Theme song by Mervin "Spectac" Jenkins @JenkyJenks Show References: Why Is Everyone Always Stealing Black Music New York Times Magazine, written by Wesley Morris "What a Fool Believes" is a song written by Michael McDonald and K...
In today's CPT conversation, Ken and Dee dive into a debate about black people's aversion to the great outdoors and swimming and the historical connection to the trauma attached to it.
The Election had to be talked about. Episode 7 is an example of what happens when Dee and Ken get together to simply chop it up and I just so happen to hit the record button. To provide a CPT context, EP 7 covers where we are in the realms of Count the Vote and the nuances within the process, the Progress that we are to build upon with the response to the results, and truly if Time Will Tell if we learn anything from this. With each Bonus episode, we feature a BIPOC musical artist throughou...
Why do some comedians simply make us laugh and how do others make us both laugh and think? Should there be a difference? Why does it matter? For today's CPT conversation, Ken and Dee look at Comedic Thinking and Laughing in the way culture plays a role in determining who can and can not laugh. Philadelphia tragedy comes up for our P, where the fellas look at how the lack of utilizing all options to de-escalate a situation plays in the continued absurdity of what policing looks like. A...
We couldn't help it! Ice Cube's Contract with Black America made us do it! This week is another break from the normal CPT conversation as Ken and Dee discuss the various nuances embedded in the global response to Ice Cube's 13-point contract. This emotional conversation also reflects what happens when the record button stays on and the fellas just lay it all out. When we drop bonus episodes, we also like to highlight musical artists from the Soundstripe platform. In the spotlight fo...
For today's CPT conversation, Dee and Ken discuss what is truly behind the removal of Confederate symbols in regards to erasing history and how the salvaging of said monuments lends to bias and misleading support, as well as the lasting impact that it has on society as a whole.
For today's CPT conversation, Ken & Dee have an intentional discussion over being feard or loved in a classroom setting, the correlation to the invention and implementation of the police, and if those negative, deep seeded beliefs and behaviors can be trained out of a person.
Finally, they are putting this conversation on record for all to hear. Dee Lanier and Ken Shelton finally get in the booth to begin this podcast journey. The first episode provides a little insight into where these conversations began, how they evolved, and where Ken and Dee plan to take them to provoke change for the Liberated Educator.
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