Speaker and Writer Michael B. Horn on "Using a Positive Lens to Explore Change and the Future of Education."

<p>Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning podcast, episode #76 with Michael Horn, the author and coauthor of multiple books, white papers, and articles on education, including the award-winning book <a href='http://www.amazon.com/Disrupting-Class-Expanded-Edition-Disruptive/dp/0071749101'>Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns</a> <a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a>, (a book I think that everyone should read as it describes how disruptive technologies  will personalize and revolutionize learning) making complete sense with what’s happening with online learning in the world today. He also wrote the Amazon-bestseller <a href='http://www.amazon.com/Blended-Disruptive-Innovation-Improve-Schools/dp/1118955153'>Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools</a> <a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a>and his most recent book,  <a href='https://michaelbhorn.com/portfolio/choosing-college/'>Choosing College: How to Make Better Learning Decisions Throughout Your Life.</a><a href='#_edn3'>[iii]</a> that was written to help students and parents stay ahead of the curve as they make important college decisions.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href='https://youtu.be/TNTQ67zOWT4'>Watch this interview on YouTube here.</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Podcast Intro and Background on Michael</p> <p> </p> <p>Welcome Michael! It was fun to hear your reaction to some of my questions yesterday, that dig back a few years.  </p> <p> </p> <p>I first saw you speak, Michael, at the ASU/GSV Summit in San Diego in 2016<a href='#_edn4'>[iv]</a> when our company was nominated for the McGraw Hill Innovation Award<a href='#_edn5'>[v]</a> in K-12 Education and wanted to watch this event, learn from the speakers, through streaming video. The title of my notes this year was “Aha Moments from the Eyes of a Disruptor” so I must have been reading your book <em>Disrupting Class</em> at that time. It was from this event that I learned about disruptive ed tech companies like Class Dojo, Clever and Remind