Ep 132: Using Podcasts to Get Students Excited About Learning with Jerry Kolber
Inside This Week’s Episode: — Join me as I chat with Jerry Kolber, host of the wildly populary kid’s podcast: “Who Smarted”. We talk all about how to use podcasts and other multimedia in the classroom to get students excited about learning!
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Interview with: Jerry Kolber
Today I have an amazing guest! His name is Jerry Kolber, and Jerry is the co-founder and CEO of edutainment company Atomic Entertainment Group.
He is also an Emmy-nominated co-creator and showrunner of Nat Geo's biggest hit series Brain Games and Netflix's Brainchild with Pharrell Williams.
He began his career within the production auditing department of New York Undercover has worked in the entertainment field with networks like Disney, Bravo, HBO, National Geographic, Animal Planet and MTV.
Overall, Jerry has written, produced, supervised, and run over 400 episodes of various premium television and streaming content pieces.
Today, Jerry is focused on education - specifically changing the game to create a system that helps children learn without stamping them all out of the same mold along the way.
He is now the voice behind Who Smarted?, a podcast that’s aimed at children ages 6 to 10. Each episode teaches kids something new through humor, stories, and even interactive games. Within just one year, they’ve hit 3 million downloads for the show.
In our interview we talk about:
How Jerry’s impressive career landed him in the educational world, hosting the kid’s podcast, Who Smarted?
Jerry’s take on the best ways to get students excited about learning
Some of the key differences and benefits between live instruction, video instruction, and audio instruction
The role kid-friendly podcasts can play in today’s classroom, and even at home with families
How podcasts can spark engagement and curiosity
The importance of gamification in the classroom (and how he’s using gamification with his podcast, Who Smarted?)
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