Episodes
November 07, 2018
Planning Professional Development - PPD039
Featured Content A lot of hard work goes into >>> planning<<< most PD opportunities. What happens when those efforts don’t go as planned? For this episode, we crowdsourced PD planning ideas from you, our listeners! Thank you ...
October 24, 2018
Thematic Instruction In Social Studies - PPD038
Featured Content Thematic Instruction in Social Studies has been a topic of discussion between Chris and AJ for over a year. During the 2017-18 school year, Chris changed his instruction to follow the 10 Themes of Social Stud...
September 26, 2018
Lesson Planning: Attention and Reflection - PPD036
Featured Content We continue our conversation from Episode 35 , as we discuss the finer details of lesson planning: grabbing student attention and reflecting on the lesson . Grab & Maintain Student Attention Use random select...
September 12, 2018
Lesson Planning: Environment & Relationships - PPD035
Featured Content Some of you love them. Some of you hate them. No matter how you feel you have to create them. Today, we’re talking lesson planning. From Wikipedia… A lesson plan is a teacher’s detailed description of the cou...
August 29, 2018
Planning for a Student Teacher -PPD034
Featured Content During the Fall 2018 semester, Chris and AJ will both have student teachers working with them. Neither has ever had a student teacher before and both are excited for the opportunity to work with one. Some of ...
July 09, 2018
Podcast Listening Club Reminder - BONUS
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June 27, 2018
End of Year Reflections (Part 2) - PPD032
Featured Content This episode is the second part of our conversation about George Couros’ published an article on his blog titled, ‘4 Reflection Questions for the End of the School Year’ . In this conversation, we address que...
June 13, 2018
End of Year Reflections (Part 1) - PPD031
Featured Content Recently, George Couros published an article on his blog titled, ‘3 Reminders for the End of the School Year.’ In his call to action, he had readers share their suggestions. He ran with one person’s suggestio...
May 30, 2018
Leading with Culture and Jay Billy - PPD030
Featured Content Jay Billy is an elementary principal in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jay received his master’s degree in educational leadership from The College of New Jersey in 1997. He first served as supervisor of behavior ...
April 18, 2018
#TryPod 2018: 30 Days of Stacey
Featured Content #TryPod is all about sharing and discovering new podcasts via Twitter or anywhere you use hashtags. Stacey embarked on a 30-day quest to share at least one recommendation between March 10th and April 10th 201...
March 28, 2018
10 Tips for Hosting a Successful EdCamp
Featured Content One the ways we love to take control of our learning is by attending un-conferences. Our favorite format is the classic EdCamp model. Here are 10 tips for making sure your event is successful. Build a Strong ...
March 14, 2018
Q&A: Coaching in Education
Featured Content Co-host Stacey Lindes began her career in education as a primary grade, elementary school teacher and was then encouraged to apply for a position as a technology coach in her district. AJ and Chris pepper her...
February 28, 2018
Q&A: Teaching in Higher Ed
Featured Content As a result of the very idea of PodcastPD and the good ‘ole days of our conversations on Twitter and Blab.im Chris has been teaching at Rutgers University in the DCIM Program since January 2016. Our conversat...
January 31, 2018
Why You Should Get Your Doctorate with Joe Dziuba
Featured Content Joseph Dziuba is a passionate 4th-year educator certified in mathematics (K-12) who works diligently to meet the needs of each individual that crosses his path. His passion for teaching and learning coupled w...
January 17, 2018
Merry New Year! 2018
Featured Content The new year is a natural time to go ahead and reset a number of aspects of our lives. One of the ways people have been doing this of late has been through the idea of #OneWord. In this episode, we try to gue...
