What does it mean to revolutionize education? Danny and Holly discuss this with Jorge Valenzuela-- education coach, prolific author, in-demand speaker, adjunct professor at Old Dominion University, and certified game-changer! He provides sessions for educators that are inspirational, actionable, and fun. His work aims to redesign schools and classrooms by empowering educators to improve their teaching with project-based learning, computational thinking and computer science integration, STEM Education, and Equity and SEL integration in lessons.

“...If we don’t know what we are experiencing ourselves, and then have a strategy for self managing and restoring peace, then how are we going to do that with our kids?” -Jorge Valenzuela, Edspire Podcast

He is the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined <---check out his website for more!

His book Rev Up Robotics: Real-World Computational Thinking in the K–8 Classroom <---SO GOOD!

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 <---the book we referenced in the episode!

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Equity, Social & Emotional Learning through STEM with Jorge Valenzuela