Mrs. Gayle Manchin, First Lady of West Virginia, is pleased to bring you podcasts targeted towards innovative educational initiatives. Mrs. Manchin will speak to experts from around the country in an effort to bring new ideas to educators in West Virginia.

Date: January 5, 2006
Episode #3: Dr. Ruby Payne (Click to Subscribe w/ iTunes)
Hosts: Gayle Manchin
Special Guest Appearances: Dr. Ruby Payne
Show Notes: Since 1972 Dr. Ruby Payne has been involved with education as a teacher, principle, consultant and administrator. The lessons learned during those years are the bed rock for which aha! Process, Inc. has been built. Her first book, a framework for understanding poverty, is a powerful training workshop tool for educators to use when dealing with children from poverty.

Date: November 15, 2006
Episode #2: Ian Jukes (Click to Subscribe w/ iTunes)
Hosts: Gayle Manchin
Special Guest Appearances: Ian Jukes, Director of InfoSavvy Group, an international consultant group.
Show Notes: Listen as Gayle Manchin chats with Ian Jukes, Director of InfoSavvy Group, about connecting education, economic development, workforce development and becoming a part of the 21st century with online technology.

Date: November  6, 2006
Episode #1: Digital Storytelling
Hosts: Gayle Manchin
Special Guest Appearances: Bernajean Porter of DigiTales - The Art of Telling Digital Stories
Show Notes: Gayle Manchin launches her very first podcast interviewing Bernajean Porter about the role of digital storytelling in their 21st Century school state-wide initiative.

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