An Examination of the Ken Burns Film on PBS. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Manfred Henningsen. Manfred Henningsen, an emertus political science professor from UH Manoa, helps us understand the new PBS Ken Burns documentary on the U.S. and the Holocaust, and what that film tells us about American […]
Esports Across the Pond (The Wide World of Esports)
Educating and Inspiring UK Students. The host for this show is Katharine Nohr. The guest is Nik Turner. We discuss educating and inspiring students in the UK about esports and how this impacts their lives today and their future. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nlmJ4UgUkvYa2n7M4MRTZc Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com […]
HI Student Achievement Lowest Due to Covid (The State of the State of Hawaii)
Reading and Math Learning Steeply Decline. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guest is Cheri Nakamura. Guest Cheri Nakamura, Director of Hui for Excellence in Education Coalition (HE’E), discusses Hawaii students’ 2022 reading and mathematics scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) known as ‘The Nation’s Report Card.’ These newest […]
True Esports (The Wide World of Esports)
Creating Pathways to Accelerate Technology. The host for this show is Katharine Nohr. The guest is Leilani Farinas. We discuss how True is creating pathways for businesses to accelerate their adoption of technology, including esports and the recent event at Waipahu Library. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nlmJ4UgUkvYa2n7M4MRTZc Please visit our ThinkTech […]
Just How Bad is the National Teacher Shortage (Community Matters)
How is it Exacerbating our National Divisions. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Ackerman. Academician and Educator Carl Ackerman Helps us Understand the origin, scope, implications and effects of the teacher shortage in the U.S., including how and why it came about, how serious it is now (referring to […]
Creative Thinking in Education (The Creative Life)
Embedding Creative Thinking in Academics. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Joyce Juntune. Many educators think of creativity as open-ended ‘free-time’ activities. But creative thinking strategies are powerful tools to empower learners, build comprehension, increase content comprehension, engage students in the learning process, and increase student ownership for learning. Creative […]
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg (A Nation of Immigrants)
The 15th President of the GWU. The host for this show is Chang Wang. The guest is Stephen J. Trachtenberg. Stephen J. Trachtenberg is President Emeritus and University Professor of Public Service at the George Washington University (GWU). Trachtenberg served as the 15th president of the GWU for nearly two decades, from 1988 to August […]
UN Global Goal 4: Quality Education in War (Cooper UNion)
Education is a Human Right. The host for this show is Joshua Cooper. The guest is Katerina Manoff. While bombs are dropping and schools are being destroyed, teachers remain committed to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 4 (Quality Education) in Ukraine. Education is important for the future of Ukraine. A new campaign connects Ukrainian youth […]
Star Wars Day (The Wide World of Esports)
May the Fourth be with You. The host for this show is Katharine Nohr. The guest is April Welch. We discuss life lessons learned from Star Wars and how they apply to esports and the gaming industry and esports education. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nlmJ4UgUkvYa2n7M4MRTZc Please visit our ThinkTech website at […]
Celebration of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (Sister Power)
The First Black Woman to Serve as a Justice. The host for this show is Sharon Thomas Yarbrough. The guests are Sandra A. Simms, Daphne Barbee-Wooten and Leslee Matthews. Sister Power celebrates and congratulates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for her confirmation as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. This is a historic […]