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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 to our listeners who contributed their perspective. Amy Arbogash (via Twitter) @amyarbogash Elissa Kingsley (via IG) @kingsleypartyofthree Jess Groff (via IG) @jess_groff Rich Hayzler (via Twitter) @RichHayzler What We’re Listening To AJ: Vrain Waves: Teacher Conversations w...

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 Studies. He eliminated traditional tests/quizzes, homework, and notetaking in favor of a project-based, student-centered classroom. While Chris does get pushback from some administrators on this approach his students’ enjoyment of the class and increased levels of engagement are...

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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 selection in calling upon students (pop sticks, give warning) Vary who you call on and how you call on them (plan for who you will call on, fertilize the conversation) Ask questions before calling on a student; wait at least five seconds for a response, allow for second wait time ...

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 course of instruction or “learning trajectory” for a lesson. A daily lesson plan is developed by a teacher to guide class learning. But… planning involves so much more! Today we will be exploring the classroom environment and developing positive teacher/student relationships. E...

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 the questions discussed include: How does a student teacher impact the evaluation process? What does the ideal classroom look like when a student teacher is present? How much do you expose a student teacher to the world of the connected educator? Prior to this conversation, ...

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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 questions three and four. This Episodes Questions: What things will I challenge myself with next year? How will all of these answers impact the learners I serve? What We’re Listening To Chris: Hidden Brain – When Everything Clicks AJ: Better Leaders Better Schools – Leading w/o...

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 suggestion about the value of reflection, in his next post, ‘4 Reflection Questions for the End of the School Year’ . Four Reflection Questions: What did I do well this year? Where do I need to grow? What things will I challenge myself with next year? How will all of these answers im...

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 at the high school before moving to the principal of the Joseph Cappello School in 2000. He has worked for Lawrence Township Public Schools since 2007. He maintains his passion for leading and learning and innovative practices inside schools and classrooms by reading and wor...

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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 2018. She Periscoped her recommendations each day and we’ve collected them all here for your listening, learning, and podcast discovering pleasure! Another Mother Runner – Episode 302: The Lowdown on Feeling Rundown UP First – NPR Ask Me Another – NPR How I Built This – NPR Cul...

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 Team Broaden you planning committee so it helps in getting the word out about the event to more than just a couple of buildings/districts. District planning team Location, Location, Location Open WiFi to devices not in the domain, that it will allow for social media connecti...

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 with questions about the day-to-day life of being a coach in education. What We’re Listening To AJ: Weird Heat Episode 1: Optimism: w/ Brian Altano and Max Scoville Stacey: Thoroughly Considered A show about entrepreneurship, product design, and the ups and downs of running...

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 conversation with Chris focuses on his teaching experiences at the college level and we believe there are some basic teaching concepts that should be seen in classrooms regardless of what grade or age group you teach. What We’re Listening To AJ: Positive U Podcast with Jon Gordon and...

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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 with his vision of developing a community of leaders fuels his mission of cultivating a positive school culture and climate for all students and staff, built upon ideals of excellence and high standards. Recently, Joe published a blog post titled, Why You SHOULD Apply to a Do...

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 guess each other’s one word for 2018 and give our thoughts on each others words as well. Stacey word is GOALS Chris is guided to his word of FLOW AJ is going to FOCUS Links/Resources mentioned PodcastPD episode 20 House of #EdTech episode 101 Feedback Thank you Dan Kreiness, ho...

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