Episodes

Featured Content How do you connect with students who are not physically in your presence? We tackle the topic of connecting with students during remote learning. We share what’s worked and what hasn’t so we can all grow during this interesting time in education. Part 1 of a three-part mini-series! 85 – Connecting with Students 86 – Connecting with Families 87 – Connecting with Colleagues Questions we discussed: What does connecting with students look like under normal circumstances? What did ma...

What does it mean to teach in magenta?

Featured Content Producing media in the classroom doesn’t have to be a daunting and overwhelming task for you or your students. Our guests in this episode are Bruce Reicher and Randy Tomes. They, along with Paula Neidlinger, wrote the book Scripted: An Educator’s Guide to Media in the Classroom (2020, EduMatch Publishing). CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK Bruce Reicher (@breicher) – has been an educator for 25 years. The past 14 years he’s been a middle school technology teacher. He is a proud Da...

Featured Content We’ve spent quite a bit of time discussing what education could look like on this podcast in the past and as we continue to move forward in a world that is very different from when we’ve had those conversations. We’d like to talk about what education could like once more as we continue to live through COVID-19 and look ahead to the new school year. We discussed: Tips Strategies Hacks Plans for starting the year www.EduProtocols.com – John Corippo We were fortunate to be joined b...

Featured Content Planning and preparations continue for the 2020-2021 school year. In some places, the school year has started and in other places, schools will ‘open’ in a very different way. We’ve spent quite a bit of time discussing what education could look like on this podcast in the past and as we continue to move forward in a world that is very different from when we’ve had those conversations. We’d like to talk about what education could like once more as we continue to live through COVI...

Featured Content We’ve spent quite a bit of time discussing what education could look like on this podcast in the past and as we continue to move forward in a world that is very different from when we’ve had those conversations. We’d like to talk about what education could like once more as we continue to live through COVID-19 and look ahead to the new school year. What We’re Listening To AJ – The TeachThought Podcast Episode 215 – School Leadership Lessons on the Road to Awesome. Drew Perkins t...

What does it mean to be an anti-biased and anti-racist educator?

Featured Content Stacey is back and we’re talking about professional development in the Summer of 2020! Topics discussed: Stacey recaps her school year back in the classroom and the end of her year Collectively we touched on retirement, the seniors of 2020 AJ and Chris are presenting at #2020Changemaker, a FREE virtual PD conference for educators on Tuesday, July 14th . Registration: http://bit.ly/2020changemaker Evolving Educators NJAMLE Michael Matera’s Hive Summit Staying off social media dur...

Featured Content On Sunday, June 14, 2020, we hosted a live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation about the 2019-2020 school year. Topics: AJ’s first year in his new admin role Chris’s year of trying new things in his classroom Distance/remote learning reflection We were joined on air by the following people: Jill Dobrowansky Al Speigel What We’re Listening To AJ: The 5AM Miracle: Charisma and Confidence: AJ Harbinger from the Art of Charm – What does it take to have the ...

Teaching is not easy for so many reasons. Educating young people can pose many challenges for a multitude of reasons. In this episode, Chris and AJ facilitate a discussion that centers around where to begin when covering challenging topics and having difficult conversations with students. Featured Content On Sunday, June 7, 2020, we hosted a live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation about where, to begin with challenging topics and conversations in your school. Select To...

AJ and Chris move away from education talk.

Featured Content On Sunday, May 17, 2020, we hosted a live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation about the end of the school year and how we close things out.We were joined on-air by the following awesome people who contributed to the conversation: Jill Dobrowansky Al Spiegel Raquel Williams Shawn Hicklin called in and asked us about gamification in the classroom. We recommended that he connect with Chris Aviles who appeared on episode 18 of the podcast. Podcast Recommend...

Featured Content On Sunday, May 3, 2020, we hosted another live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation how education can and will change because of everything happening in the world in the Spring of 2020. We were joined by a panel that included, Batsheva Frankel, Tim Cavey, and Jake Miller! About our guests: Batsheva Frankel , the producer, and host of the podcast Overthrowing Education has been an educator for over 25 years. In 2011, she began developing the award-winning...

Featured Content On Sunday, April 26, 2020, we hosted another live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation about grades. Our guest is David Frangiosa. In 2015, David Frangiosa made the switch to Standards-Based Grading in high school science classroom and hasn’t looked back. During our conversation we discussed: What is Standards-Based Grading? What is the value of SBG? What does SBG look like in David’s classroom and school? What should a teacher consider if they want to m...

Featured Content On Sunday, April 19, 2020, we hosted another live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation around distance learning. In this episode, we focused our attention on student engagement in the remote learning setting. We enjoyed taking your ‘calls’ during our live stream and people shared information in the chat as well. We are going to go live again on Sunday, April 26, 2020, at 8:30 PM EST. Special thanks to the following people who appeared on the show: Al Spe...

Featured Content On Sunday, April 5, 2020, we hosted another live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation around distance learning. In this episode, we focused on the impact that Spring 2020 will have on education going forward. Our conversation was driven by your participation. We enjoyed taking your ‘calls’ during our live stream and people shared information in the chat as well. We are going to go live again on Sunday, April 19, 2020, at 8:30 PM EST. Special thanks to th...

Featured Content On Sunday, March 30, 2020, we hosted another live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation around distance learning. In this episode, we focused on the student perspective. Stacey was on special assignment and we welcomed Kevin Carroll as our guest co-host for the evening. We spoke to three juniors from his high school who shed a tone of light onto distance learning from their point of view. We enjoyed taking your ‘calls’ during our live stream and people sh...

Featured Content On Sunday, March 22, 2020, we hosted another live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation around online teaching resources and reflection. We enjoyed taking your ‘calls’ during our live stream and people shared information in the chat as well. We are going to go live again on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 8:30 PM EST to talk with students about their experience with distance learning! Special thanks to the following people who appeared on the show and talked ab...

Featured Content On Sunday, March 15, 2020, we hosted a live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation around online teaching and learning. Many schools throughout the United States and around the world are being forced to close in response to the COVID-19 virus. Educators who have never taught online or conducted virtual learning for students are being asked to use technology they’re not familiar with and provide instruction in a way that will be new for their students. This...

Featured Content Back in December 2019, the New York Times asked students to weigh in on how to improve the American education system . Their prompt received nearly 300 comments. Improving education was clearly a subject that many teenagers were passionate about. The student who were interviewed offered a variety of suggestions on how they felt schools could be improved to better teach and prepare students for life after graduation. AJ and Chris comment discussed the following: Put less pressure...

Featured Content Chrissy Romano Arrabito is a career teacher and proud of it! She is currently an elementary teacher at Nellie K. Parker Elementary School in Hackensack, New Jersey and has over 26 years of experience as an elementary and middle school teacher. She graduated from Rutgers University where she studied Sociology and Psychology. She went on to complete the Teacher Certification program and earned a Masters Degree in Counseling from William Paterson University. Chrissy is dedicated to...

Featured Content Welcome to the next installment of the ongoing series we’re calling “Why Podcast?” In this and future editions, we speak to podcasters in and out of education about their podcasts. We will get into their why and talk about how they podcast. Our next guest in this series is Gabriel Carrillo , host of the EdTech Bites Podcast. Our conversation with Gabriel dives into his passion for education and food. Gabriel Carrillo is an Educational Technology Specialist. He’s been in the educ...

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