Interview with Liz McCormick on the Innovation Curriculum

Can you teach people to be innovative? Liz McCormick believes the answer is yes, and she's not alone. In Part 2 of our Series on WIRED West Michigan we meet with the Director of Continuing Education and Training at Grand Rapids Community College and the champion of the Innovation Curriculum initiative.

Liz shares with us the underlying thought process behind the innovation curriculum and why she believes it's vitally important for Michigan to actively teach innovation to its workforce.

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Interview with Greg Northrup on WIRED West Michigan

This week we talk with Greg Northrup, President of the West Michigan Strategic Alliance, about the WIRED West Michigan Initiative made possible by a $15 million grant from the US Department of Labor.

In this the first in a series of three podcasts devoted to the topic, Greg gives us a high level overview of the West Michigan Strategic Alliance and the WIRED West Michigan Initiative. His interview today sets the stage for subsequent interviews with the Innovation Curriculum Initiative and the WorkKeys National Career Readiness Initiative.

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PaleoJoe's Ultimate Field Trip Contest: A class trip to Wyoming for a Dinosaur Dig

One lucky classroom full of kids, along with their teacher and some parents are going to win the field trip of a lifetime! They will join author and paleontologist PaleoJoe on a three-day dig at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. It's not too late to get your students registered to win!

Joseph Kchodl is the author of a series of children's books called PaleoJoe's Dinosaur Detective Club and he's the real life inspiration behind the main character. He joins us in the Foxbright Podcast Studio to talk about his books, the work he does communicating dinosaur and fossil information to children and communities, and the contest giving away the "Ultimate Field Trip".

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Interview with Tracy Samilton and Sarah Hulett of Michigan Radio

Throughout the month of November, Michigan Radio presents Grading Michigan Schools, a multi-part series that takes an in-depth look at education in Michigan. In this week's episode we meet Tracy Samilton and Sarah Hulett; two of the reporters / producers who are exploring the pressing and often complex education issues facing our state.

During our interview we talk to Tracy and Sarah behind the scenes of this series to hear about the stories they found most compelling. From Innovative changes for children with special needs to heart wrenching decisions related to No Child Left Behind, this Michigan Radio series is not to be missed.

Michigan Radio is WUOM 91.7 FM in the Ann Arbor/Detroit, WVGR 104.1 FM in Grand Rapids, WFUM 91.1 FM in Flint. Michigan Radio is your NPR® News Station.

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