Good Brain/Bad Brain: Mark Sparvell on Thriving Amidst Educational Change

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Mark Sparvell discusses the role of educators in shaping society amidst educational changes.

Mark Sparvell Director Of Education, Microsoft Author: Good Brain Bad Brain Quotes of the Podcast: Schools are places where society is created and recreated, so, it follows, teachers are the architects of that preferred future. Introduction of Guest BIO – Mark Sparvell is a global award wining educator and leader, currently a Director of Marketing at Microsoft, specializing in education. He leads strategy, messaging, and customer storytelling across AI, data, and cloud solutions, partne...

People in this episode

Host: Liza Holland

Guest: Mark Sparvell

Topics covered

• educational change
• teacher roles
• AI in education
• global education leadership
• school environments

Keywords

• education
• Mark Sparvell
• Microsoft
• Good Brain Bad Brain
• teachers
• AI
• cloud solutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft

Books & works: Good Brain Bad Brain

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