Its our birthday! Yes, we are birthday twins. Listen to find out more about us and how we got here. 

Check out Young's song to help him answer the 3 big questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5_LQArLa0

And his favorite birthday present that is going to keep him occupied for days!

We discuss the Coronavirus from the perspective of a new college student, student teacher, looking for jobs, and working in a school district. Then we think about how this pandemic might bring change to the education system. Maybe the answer is to remove subject silos and integrate learning using Newsela and CommonLit. Our biggest breakthrough is that we may be able to literally solve the world’s problems from home using PBL and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Enjoy!

How do you get students involved in their learning? Simulations are a great place to start!

Check out #sschat to find simulation ideas. Zinn Ed Project has several great resources. https://www.zinnedproject.org/

Urbanization Game: https://www.brightonk12.com/cms/lib/MI02209968/Centricity/Domain/574/The%20Urban%20Game%20ppt.pdf

Enlightenment Tweets: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZfeH782kIx4GT_QORdz5CfahGcPZ7-MUJkUsAnLvnMU/edit?usp=sharing 

Reach out if you have questions about others. [email protected] or @BellRingersShow

Listen to our ideas for increasing student talk.  And check out these great resources:

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Listen to our musings about seating in the classroom. 

Why should new teacher (and all teachers) join Twitter? Listen to find out why and pick up a few job search tricks. Try #ntchat and look for an #edcamp.

Follow us in reflecting conversations about 7th grade Social Studies research and 4th grade ecosystems.  Then dive-in to EduProtocols!

Links to check out:

www.quizizz.com

www.eduprotocols.com

https://cue.org/craft/ 

Bell Ringer Question: How do you motivate students?

We discuss gamification and hooks to engage students. 

Books mentioned: The Multiplayer Classroom by Lee Sheldon, eXPlore Like a Pirate by Michael Matera, Teach Like a Pirate by Dave Burgess, and EDrenaline Rush by John Meehan.

EdTech tools: Kahoot, ClassCraft, Edmodo, Schoology, Flipgrid, Google Classroom

Things we love: QRBreakIN, EduProtocols

Former teacher (Kaelyn B) talks to her former student (Young K) about the world of teaching. We discussed flipped learning, classroom management, and unit planning and Young navigates his student teaching.