Rebel Educator®

Nicole Dyson is a globally recognized expert and practitioner in project-based learning and youth entrepreneurship. She is the founder of Future Anything, an award-winning, curriculum-aligned entrepreneurship program for high school students, the founder of YouthX, Australia's only startup accelerator program for school-aged entrepreneurs, and the founder of Catapult Cards, a design thinking tool for corporates and classrooms. An experienced educator, Nicole has repeatedly led the design and implementation of whole-school changes to support future ready learning; placing young people at the forefront of co-designing contextually relevant learning experiences. Nicole passionately pushes the boundaries around the future of our education system, and believes the best education empowers young people to bend the future; one youth-led idea at a time. Join us for this conversation about the disconnect between curriculum and real world relevance, why it matters, and how entrepreneurship can bridge the gap and give learners the future ready skills they will need in a world where knowledge is easily accessible.   IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVER: The disconnection between curriculum and the real world relevance Meeting benchmarks through authentic experiences Providing space for long-term engagement to grow ideas The success story of a 12-year-old entrepreneur and how entrepreneurship has help him grow and build skills Building connections between enterprise and education With knowledge easily accessible, what future skills and capabilities do students really need Why high school is the perfect time to fail How building curriculum from scratch helps to develop relevant learning experiences   RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Connect with Nicole on LinkedIn and Twitter  Learn more about YouthX and Catapult Cards Visit futureanything.com to learn more about their work to empower youth entrepreneurship in schools Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, sign up for a webinar and check out our project library Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here     We’d love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to let us know how we can bring you the best possible content:  https://forms.gle/JcKHf9DHTZnYUmQr6    Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating and review and help more people find us! https://bit.ly/RebelEducatorApplePodcasts    Interested in being on the Rebel Educator podcast? Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you if we think you'd be a great fit for an upcoming episode. https://forms.gle/zXR2KGPK3WEmbrRZ6    Want to learn more about opening your own UP Academy? Check out the Rebel Educator Accelerator: https://www.rebeleducator.com/courses/the-accelerator   MORE ABOUT THE REBEL EDUCATOR PODCAST: In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education. This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be.  It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students.  It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, home schoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth.