No Such Thing, Episode Three: Brian Cohen, Co-founder of Beam Center
Listen now to No Such Thing: Episode Three, featuring Brian Cohen, Co-founder of Beam Center. No Such Thing is a podcast by Marc Lesser, Mouse Senior Director of Learning Design about "the promise and reality of learning with technology".
No Such Thing: Episode Three
The founding of Brooklyn NY's Beam Center and the challenges that his team is working to solve
In this episode, Why is it so hard to sort the signal from the noise when what we’re working for is so fundamental? In this conversation, Brian Cohen, Co-Founder of Beam — a Brooklyn space for making and learning, and a New Hampshire Summer Camp — talks about the inspiration for founding the organization, and why he thinks that the challenges we face in education can only have collaborative solutions.
About No Such Thing
The show is about learning with technology, the realities and exciting potential, but it’s also about youth and the practitioners who support them –- youth developers, museum educators, teachers, mentors, counselors, parents–as they grow their identity, and journey forward.
The show is produced in partnership with City University of New York’s Masters Program in Youth Studies (learn more on the School of Professional Studies website) and Mouse, a national youth development nonprofit that believes in technology as a force for good.
Find No Such Thing on iTunes, GooglePlay, and Stitcher. See show notes for all episodes and learn more: nosuchthingpodcast.wordpress.com
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