{"id":27643,"date":"2023-04-14T13:22:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T17:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destinationimagination.org\/?p=27643"},"modified":"2023-04-14T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T17:29:00","slug":"s2-episode-8-johnny-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destinationimagination.org\/blog\/s2-episode-8-johnny-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"S2 Episode 8: Johnny Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27643\" class=\"elementor elementor-27643\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-321d6f0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"321d6f0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c6b4dc1\" data-id=\"1c6b4dc1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d61b22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30d61b22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In our season finale, host Michele Tuck-Ponder shares a conversation with DI\u2019s Director of Education, Johnny Wells! Johnny tells us his opinions on the four Cs, shares how his 30 years as a teacher prepared him for the world of DI, and gives us some behind-the-scenes knowledge of how decisions are made at Destination Imagination HQ.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can learn more about Johnny and his role at DI by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destinationimagination.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">visiting our website.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you\u2019d like to learn more about the STEAM Activities page mentioned in this week\u2019s episode, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/info.destinationimagination.org\/steam\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">click here.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Listen to this week\u2019s episode wherever you get your podcasts. A transcript is available <a href=\"https:\/\/dihq.box.com\/s\/x2zr0ow43kjrg3m5djjntgy80l1tcgcz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-169894e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"169894e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fa8a004\" data-id=\"4fa8a004\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-10e45a82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10e45a82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1c54e0\" data-id=\"f1c54e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-32d165a1\" data-id=\"32d165a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fd59eca elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"2fd59eca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8021\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8021\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Music Attributions<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8021\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8021\"><p><strong>Wallpaper by Kevin MacLeod\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/4604-wallpaper\">https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/4604-wallpaper<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p>License: <a href=\"https:\/\/filmmusic.io\/standard-license\">https:\/\/filmmusic.io\/standard-license<\/a><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><strong>Danse Macabre &#8211; Big Change by Kevin MacLeod\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/3588-danse-macabre---big-change\">https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/3588-danse-macabre&#8212;big-change<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p>License: <a href=\"https:\/\/filmmusic.io\/standard-license\">https:\/\/filmmusic.io\/standard-license<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/5759-blippy-trance\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/5759-blippy-trance<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">License: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/filmmusic.io\/standard-license\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/filmmusic.io\/standard-license<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><strong>Carefree by Kevin MacLeod<\/strong><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/3476-carefree\">https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/3476-carefree<\/a><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p>License: <a href=\"https:\/\/filmmusic.io\/standard-license\">https:\/\/filmmusic.io\/standard-license<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our season finale, host Michele Tuck-Ponder shares a conversation with DI\u2019s Director of Education, Johnny Wells! 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