Tyler Shaddix of GoGuardian — The Future of Education, Digital Learning, and Data

In this episode we talk with Tyler Shaddix the CPO of GoGuardian. GoGuardian is one of the fastest growing education companies in the US. They provide thousands of K-12 schools with the technology they need to create safe and effective digital learning environments.

We talk about how Tyler ended up at GoGuardian, the incentives in the K-12 system, digital learning technology, and how we can use data to create experiences that meet the needs of every student.‍

“Education is one of the best ways to change the world because you’re basically sculpting the next generation” - Tyler Shaddix

‍Links to Items Mentioned:

• Connect with Tyler Shaddix: LinkedIn | Twitter
• Go Guardian 
• Go Guardian founders: Aza Steel, Advait Shinde and Nick Tyler
• UC Merced
• Go Guardian products: classroom
  management tool, suicide prevention, and
  learning filter‍
• Build Bridges Before Kingdoms (Tyler's Essay)
• Elon Musk - Plan to colonize Mars‍
• Minimum Viable Product - MVP‍
• GoGuardian's Beacon Suicide Prevention Service
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• American Association for Suicidology
• A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer‍

Show Notes:

• The story about how Tyler ended up at Go Guardian. [03:00]
• Courting process for joining Go Guardian. [06:55]
• Technology and internet adoption in the classroom. [08:48]
• What have some of the technology roll-out challenges been? [10:18]
• Tells the story of the kingdom versus bridges analogy. [14:00]
• Incremental steps that lead to building the future. [16:44]
• Buildin

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