{"id":228,"date":"2020-09-17T23:31:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T06:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/?p=228"},"modified":"2020-09-17T23:39:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T06:39:53","slug":"people-in-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/people-in-the-field\/","title":{"rendered":"People in the field"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mary <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jo Madda is<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0a <\/span><\/span><\/span>math <\/span><\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span><\/span>science <\/span><\/span><\/span>teacher <\/span><\/span><\/span>that <\/span><\/span><\/span>turned <\/span><\/span><\/span>into a <\/span><\/span><\/span>journalist. Before jumping into a new field, Mary had some serious experience under her belt, she made a training curriculum for teachers looking to create digital media to use in their classrooms. After her transition, she<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>soon became<\/span><\/span><\/span> a senior editor at<\/span><\/span><\/span> https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/<\/a>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>a community of education technology entrepreneurs and educators, <\/span><\/span><\/span> before moving on to the role of a <\/span><\/span><\/span>Creative Strategy Manager for education initiatives at Google<\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>She still writes for EdSurge.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I picked Mary because of her contribution to building a community of educators and covering a variety of topics related to education<\/span>. <\/span>Since the role of an educator is new to me<\/span>, i find it important to have access to the experience and ideas of others in the field.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I <\/span>liked that<\/span> Mary\u2019s<\/span> articles <\/span>ranged from silly
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>“He Had No Pants on” 10 Awkward, Human Moments in the Move to Online Learning<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

to serious
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Confronting the Realities of Sexual Harassment in Education and Edtech<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

from dry
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Not Just Numbers: How Educators Are Using Data in the Classroom<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

to controversial
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>White Fragility in Teaching and Education: An Interview With Dr. Robin DiAngelo<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

EdSurge also has a podcast where relevant ed-tech topics are discussed. After gaining speaking experience on a podcast<\/a>, Mary moved on to bigger audiences.\u00a0 She <\/span>was a speaker at SXSW<\/span>edu<\/span>, <\/span>various universities and <\/span><\/span><\/span>appeared on<\/span><\/span><\/span> TedX. <\/span><\/span><\/span>In this particular talk Mary looked back at the failures of the past <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201cWhy technology can\u2019t fix education\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>but she also did other talks about success in the future <\/span><\/span><\/span>What Skills Will Students (Really) Need to be Successful in 2025 and Beyond?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mary <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jo Madda is not a worldwide or even national celebrity, educators rarely are, yet she is a good illustration of how women contribute to the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mary Jo Madda is\u00a0a math and science teacher that turned into a journalist. Before jumping into a new field, Mary had some serious experience under her belt, she made a training curriculum for teachers looking to create digital media to use in their classrooms. After her transition, she\u00a0soon became a senior editor at https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/, a… Continue reading People in the field<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt523"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}