Learning to teach better with Jeramy Wallace, Professor of English at College of San Mateo, as we discuss his new book, The People's Stories: Critical Storytelling for Social Justice. AND reveal a new segment for future episodes, Album of the Episode.

Show notes for the episode can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode109/

Learning to teach better with Dr. Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn as we discuss her new book, Exclusion and the Chinese American Story, part of the Race to Truth Series.

Show notes for the episode can be found at amidonplanet.com/episode108

Learning to teach better with Dr. JJ Peterson, Head of StoryBrand, host of the Marketing Made Simple podcast, and co-author of Marketing Made Simple book, as we discuss the power of storytelling to clarify our message and invite others into a story that makes their lives better. Dr. Peterson shares the seven elements of the StoryBrand framework and we discuss how to leverage the power of story with those we teach.

Show notes for this episode can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode107/

Learning to teach better with Dr. Rick Balkin, Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education at the University of Mississippi, as we discuss his experience visiting Rwanda, viewing genocide memorials, dancing in reconciliation villages, and considering the power of forgiveness.

Show notes for this episode can be found at amidonplanet.com/episode106

Learning to teach better with University of Mississippi preservice teachers, Jazmine Smith, Maddy Robbins, Evie Bledsoe, and Jamya Benson as we discuss our session, Let’em Teach! Small Group Teaching Toward Desired Practices, at the annual conference of the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Show notes for the episode can be found at amidonplanet.com/episode105

Learning to teach better with Rob Harvilla, The Ringer senior staff writer and music critic, as we discuss his new book, 60 Songs that Explain the 90’s, and the end run of the podcast, 60 Songs that Explain the 90’s.

Show notes for this episode can be found at amidonplanet.com/episode104/.

Learning to teach better with Megan Clark, Family Pastor at The Orchard in Oxford, MS, as we discuss the idea that 'Love is a Teacher' during this Christmas Edition of the podcast.

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Learning to teach better with Noah Amidon, as we discuss one of my favorite books, The Long Haul: an Autobiography by Myles Horton. Myles Horton was the founder of the Highlander Folk School and one of the key players in fueling the Labor Movement and the Civil Rights movement with the goal of loving others by helping them help their communities.

Show notes for this episode can be found at amidonplanet.com/episode102

Learning to teach better through a rolling conversation with Dr. Erica Halverson, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Dr. Erica Litke, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Delaware, as we discuss their friendship, their roles as teachers and teacher educators, and the influence of their participation in the National Dance Institute on their teaching.

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Learning to teach better by celebrating the release of Rob Harvilla's book, 60 Songs that Explain the 90's.

Check out Rob's Book, 60 Songs that Explain the 90's