Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jerry Blumengarten - Cybrary Man
Jerry Blumengarten taught for 32 years in the New York City school system. Even though he was a licensed Social Studies teacher, he taught most subjects (Language Arts, Science, Math, Computers…) for grades 6-9. He wrote curriculum for...
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Ewan McIntosh - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Scotland
Ewan McIntosh is the founder & CEO of NoTosh. Leading projects around the world for clients in education and industry, Ewan is the passionate and energising tour de force behind NoTosh. A highly-regarded keynote speaker at events around...
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David Gillborn - Racism in Education
David is Professor of Critical Race Studies, editor-in-chief of the journal Race Ethnicity and Education and Director of Research in the School of EducationDavid’s research focuses on race inequalities in education, especially the role...
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Trust Mutekwa - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Zimbabwe
Trust Mutekwa is a specialist teacher of children with visual impairment at St. Giles Special School in Harare, Zimbabwe, this is Trust’s nineteenth year as a teacher, and his eleventh year working with children who are disabled.
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Sean Frederick Forbes "Gnosis"
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Sean Frederick Forbes is the author of Providencia (2013). Sean identifies as Afro-Latino and connects to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Recent poems...
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Ravi Shankar "Sam the Super"
Pushcart prize winning poet, translator and professor Ravi Shankar has published, edited or has forthcoming over 15 books, including the Muse India award-winning translations of 9th century Tamil poet/saint, Andal, 'The Autobiography of...
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Pegi Deitz Shea "Wasted Lives"
Pegi Deitz Shea is an award-winning author and poet for all ages. She is a writing instructor at The Mark Twain House & Museum, School Literary Presenter at Children's Books and the First Poet Laureate at Town of Vernon, CT. She studied...
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Laurel S. Peterson - Teachers Make a Difference - Dan Masterson
Laurel S. Peterson is a Professor of English at Norwalk Community College. Her poetry has been published in many small literary journals. She has two poetry chapbooks: That’s the Way the Music Sounds, from Finishing Line Press (2009) and...
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Julian Vasquez Heilig - Teachers Make a Difference - Tom Heslop
Julian Vasquez Heilig leads nearly 3,000 students, staff and faculty as the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education. He is also a tenured professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. While at UK, the College of...
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José Gustavo Calderón De Anda - Teachers Make a Difference - Miss Maru
Gustavo is a Global Teacher Prize 2020 Top 50 Finalist. He is passionate about education, technology and innovation. At his School in the City of Guadalajara, México, he works on projects with disadvantaged communities who deal with very...
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Bella Mahaya Carter - Where Do You Hang Your Hammock? Finding Peace of Mind While You Write
Bella Mahaya Carter is the author of Where Do You Hang Your Hammock?: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book. She is a creative writing teacher, empowerment coach, and speaker, and author of an...
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Yuseva Ariyani Iswandari - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Indonesia
Yuseva Ariyani Iswandari, S.Pd., M.Ed. is a Faculty member at English Language Education Study Program at Sanata Dharma University in Indonesia. Yuseva Ariyani Iswandari won a Fulbright Fellowship in 2019 to continue studying alternative...
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Lamees Gouda Ameen - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Egypt
Lamees Gouda Ameen is an English teacher at the Mostafa Kamel Official Language School in Banha, Qualubiya, Egypt. Lamees also works as a Teacher Educator for the British Council and is also an ICT Trainer, training teachers on how to...
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Joseph Ross "Nelson Mandela Speaks to Trayvon Martin"
Joseph Ross is the author of four books of poetry: Raising King (forthcoming in 2020), Ache (2017), Gospel of Dust (2013), and Meeting Bone Man (2012). His poetry has appeared in a wide variety of publications including The New York...
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Adeola Adefemi - Teachers Make a Difference - Mrs. Lucy Omoaka
Adeola Adefemi is an award winning public school teacher with a passion for the promotion of quality education for children, especially the marginalized ones in her community.She is a Fulbright alumni, a certified Microsoft Innovative...
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Pat and Tammy McLeod - Hit Hard
Pat and Tammy McLeod serve as Harvard Chaplains for Cru, an interdenominational Christian ministry. Tammy is also the Director of College Ministry at Park Street Church in Boston. She received her MA in Spiritual Formation from...
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Sietske Noshie - Teaching in Challenging Times - Lebanon
Sietske Noshie teaches at ACS (American Community School) Beirut, Lebanon. Originally from Holland, Sietske came to Beirut as a journalist. The plan was to stay for 3 months; some 27 years later she is still here.
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Leonard A. Cole - Teachers Make a Difference - Dr. Frank Edmondson
Dr. Leonard A. Cole is an expert on bioterrorism and on terror medicine. He is an adjunct professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (Emergency Medicine) and at Rutgers University-Newark (Political Science). At the medical school he...
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Glenn Kleiman - Teachers Make a Difference - Sadie Steckler
Glenn Kleiman is Professor at the College of Education and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, both at North Carolina State University. Dr. Kleiman has more than forty years of experience as an...
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Evans Odei - Teachers Make a Difference - Madam Susana Danso
Mathematics teacher Evans Odei from Achimota Senior High, Greater Accra, Ghana, has been teaching for 20 years with the Ghana Education Service, falling in love with the profession while at teacher training college. After teaching at...
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Audette Exel AO - Bridging Worlds
Audette Exel is the Founder of the Adara Group. The Adara Group is a global leader in bridging the worlds of financial services at the highest levels with the world of international development. Audette is the Chief Executive Officer of...
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Akash Patel - Teachers Make a Difference - Dr. Jeanne Mather
Akash Patel began his teaching career in very small rural communities in Oklahoma where people had never seen or met “a brown Indian guy who spoke five languages and had traveled to over 50 countries”. He used his travel experiences to...
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Martin A. Lee - The Essential Guide to CBD
Martin A. Lee is the co-founder and director of Project CBD and the author of several books, including Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana–Medical, Recreational and Scientific, which received the American Botanical Council’s...
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Ọlásúnkànmí Ọpẹ́ifá - Teachers Make a Difference - Mrs. Josephine Dimowo
Olasunkanmi Opeifa is an English teacher at the Government Day Secondary School Karu, Abuja, Nigeria. He is a Poet and Coordinator, Phenomenon Education Development. Olasunkanmi was selected as an FCT champion, 2018 Maltina Teacher of...