A Podcast for teachers by teachers
Do you want to motivate your students and encourage them to take ownership of their classroom environment? Implementing a classroom economy is the easiest, most flexible way Deanne Bostrom has found to do just that.
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Marisa Thompson hopes that the shift we are seeing now will lead to more purposeful, effective, and efficient education and better lives for teachers, students, and families.
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Life is all about risks: those you take and those you don’t. Kyle Anderson lets us in on his new book, To The Edge: Successes & Failures Through Risk-Taking, and how the risks he has taken have shaped him as a person and an educator.
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So many guests, so little time. We have to admit we made our episode longer (just this once) to include nine wonderful guests, some new to the show and some familiar faces, who wanted to celebrate with us. We’ll be back to our regular 15 minute format with episode 101.
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After 7 years as a technology coach, Kim Voge found herself back in the classroom. Her adjustment wasn’t always easy, but it has been rewarding.
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Tre’ Gammage explains why we can’t talk about student behavior without knowing “what’s on the other side of the report card,” in other words, our students. He explains how incorporating the social emotional component can increase student confidence and decrease unwanted behaviors.
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As teachers, we talk a lot about creating positive relationships with our students, but what about creating positive relationships among our students? Ashley Ingle shares why it’s important and provides some tips on how to do it.
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Much of the gender equity problem in today’s workforce has its roots in education. Tara Linney explains why and how we need to give girls more opportunities to learn coding if we are going to solve the problem.
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Veronica Alvarez arrived in the U.S. when she was seven and began her school career as an English learner. She shares her experience with us and encourages us to think about how we are inadvertently limiting opportunities for many deserving students who have not been reclassified as fluent in English.
Teresa Ozoa explains that Genius Hour is beneficial for all students, not just the high achievers, and that it helps them become comfortable formulating their own questions, finding the answers to those questions, and developing self-confidence.