271: Meet Ellis: Your On-Demand Classroom Companion

Students are coming to school with more needs than ever, and a lot of those needs aren't strictly academic: anxiety, withdrawal, behavior issues, and learning differences that don't always have quick or obvious solutions. These are problems that often send us to the internet in search of answers, but the nuances of each individual situation can make it hard to find exactly what we need. Ideally, we'd have a colleague with a lot of knowledge and experience who would listen carefully to our problem, ask us questions to make sure they understood it, and offer solutions. Now there's a new platform called Ellis that may be the next best thing. This free, chat-based tool created by the Children's Health Council is designed to give educators practical guidance in those moments when something isn't working and you're not sure what to try next. In this episode, I talk to Cindy Lopez from the CHC about how Ellis works. All educators are invited to give Ellis a try now at askellis.org and see how it works for you! ___________________________ This episode was sponsored by Ellis . To read a full transcript of this interview or watch a video of how Ellis works, visit cultofpedagogy.com/ellis .

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271: Meet Ellis: Your On-Demand Classroom Companion is an episode from The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast by Jennifer Gonzalez.

This episode is 29:44 long.

This episode was published on Apr 5, 2026.

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