UPDATE | What I've Been Working on & Pushing Pause on the Podcast
I realized that it's pretty difficult to schedule podcast interviews when you have a new baby in the house with a somewhat unpredictable nap...
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Stories from the Classroom
Stories of teachers that are creating meaningful and memorable experiences for their students and how you can do the same. Created and hosted by Thom Gibson; a two-time Teacher of the Year e...
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6 Teacher Wellness Tips for a Quarantined Summer
I walk through six tips on how to ensure your summer is a time to recharge, including: strategies to wean yourself off of social media a bit...
3 Remote Teaching STEM Projects; TikTok, Minecraft, & eBay
I got all these ideas from other educators on social media. In this episode, I take time to reflect on these three projects. I talk specific...
How COVID-19 Will Change Education
I wanted to chat with someone about everything I had been reading online and seeing from schools around the world, some of which are beginni...
Create Immersive Learning Experiences with Augmented Reality (without fancy equipment)
My guest today is a teacher-of-the-year recipient and educator of 20 years. Carolina Carner has been utilizing augmented reality in her clas...
How to Boost Engagement During Remote Learning (Without Using Zoom)
I reached out to a handful of people on Twitter who had done distance learning for at least a couple of weeks already. Student engagement is...
A Better Way To Teach Math
My guest today is a passionate math educator who has sought to teach learners in this exploratory manner and in a way that the students feel...
UPDATE: New Baby, COVID-19, and Life at Home
Watch the video of this podcast - https://youtu.be/BpSlAy2nPd0 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Life with a newborn 6:11 - Daily schedule during quarantine...
No Planning Time, Low Test Scores, & Correcting Students | Q&A Show
In this Q&A show, we discuss: How do you support students & help them master content after they've scored low on a test? How do you find tim...
Skype | Classroom Uses You Haven't Thought Of
Today I chat with two educators who are all about Skype in the classroom. Jeni Long & Salleé Clark (who go by the dynamic duo name of Jenall...
How to Keep Your Sub Days From Being a Total Wash
During my semester as a sub before becoming a full-time teacher, I had many a days of little to no sub plans. I also had a good handful of d...
How to Celebrate Multiculturalism in Your Class...Even If All of Your Students Are White
My guest today is Roberto Germán, director of middle school and creator of the educational consulting group 'The Multicultural Classroom.' I...
Have Students Make Your Coffee...And Other Class Job Ideas
Class jobs in and of themselves have tremendous value in creating a positive classroom culture, building responsibility in students, and sav...
10 Grading Time Hacks
It's good to be doing the podcast again after some time off over the holidays! When I got back to school, I led a PD session for my colleagu...
Screaming at Kids, Comparing Students, and Creating a Self-Sustaining Classroom | Q&A Show
In this Q&A show, we discuss: What are the top three books that guide you in building a self-sustaining classroom culture? As a first year r...
How Do You Teach Creativity?
A conversation on Facebook with my friend Jake led me to ponder the nature of teaching kids how to do creative work. Jake Ritter is a broadc...
Should You Start Your Own Teacher Podcast?
Chris Nesi and Jeff Bradbury are two of the biggest names in educational podcasting. Chris is the creator of the House of Ed Tech podcast as...
Giving Students Voice Through Socratic Seminars
Join me as I sit in on Chalimar Chieza's 9th grade World Geography class as they dive into a socratic seminar. Hear students form hypotheses...
Leveraging Social Media as Educators [Part 2/2]
Michael Hernandez & Don Wettrick are two educators that are actually assigning students social media homework; tweet at least three times a...
Leveraging Social Media as Educators [Part 1/2]
CJ Reynolds is a high-school teacher in West Philadelphia with an active YouTube and Instagram channel where he documents the meaningful lea...