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Welcome to season 2 of our podcast for bite-sized PD to encourage innovative learning practices in your classroom. Some of our topics may be tech-related. Some may be classroom practices. Some may be inspiring stories from teachers down the hall or across the road from you!

DESIGN - How can we integrate technology into the classroom or design innovative student experiences?

In this episode, we discuss the concept of immersive learning. While it includes things like Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, it's actually less about the tech and more about how you connect learning experiences to students' lives.

Welcome to our podcast for bite-sized PD to encourage innovative learning practices in your classroom. Some of our topics may be tech-related. Some may be classroom practices. Some may be inspiring stories from teachers down the hall or across the road from you!

EVERY ONE - How can we foster practices that are equitable and inclusive?

We discuss ways to build our students' networks and resources to ensure they have the social capital needed to succeed. This is our final 2022-23 school year episode, and we will return in the fall!

Welcome to our new podcast for bite-sized PD to encourage innovative learning practices in your classroom. Some of our topics may be tech-related. Some may be classroom practices. Some may be inspiring stories from teachers down the hall or across the road from you!

VICTORY - Who is doing something unique at Hawthorn? Featuring interviews with other Hawthorn team members!

John and Karen discuss some of the victories from this year surrounding our goals of innovation and efficiency, while looking ahead to more victories next year!

Welcome to our new podcast for bite-sized PD to encourage innovative learning practices in your classroom. Some of our topics may be tech-related. Some may be classroom practices. Some may be inspiring stories from teachers just down the hall or across the road from you!

INNOVATE - How can we try something new (either new apps, tools, or resources) or learn about innovative thinkers shaping our world?

We talk about rethinking creativity and tech in education, focusing on understanding that what has come before is just as important as what's coming next. "You can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards." (Steve Jobs)

Welcome to our new podcast for bite-sized PD to encourage innovative learning practices in your classroom. Some of our topics may be tech-related. Some may be classroom practices. Some may be inspiring stories from teachers down the hall or across the road from you!

RIGOR - How can we connect to real-world issues and experiment with creative problem-solving?

This week we discuss the Pygmalion Effect and Barbara Blackburn's BEST format for increasing rigor in your classroom by encouraging high expectations for all students.

Welcome to our new podcast for bite-sized PD to encourage innovative learning practices in your classroom. Some of our topics may be tech-related. Some may be classroom practices. Some may be inspiring stories from teachers down the hall or across the road from you!

DESIGN - How can we integrate technology into the classroom or design innovative student experiences?

In this episode, we discuss injecting creative practices into your classroom and guiding students to move beyond functional fixedness and think creatively about problems. We cover the last two components of the SCAMPER method: Eliminate and Rearrange/Reverse.

Resources:
byrdseed.com

Welcome to our podcast for bite-sized PD to encourage innovative learning practices in your classroom. Some of our topics may be tech-related. Some may be classroom practices. Some may be inspiring stories from teachers down the hall or across the road from you!

EVERY ONE - How can we foster practices that are equitable and inclusive?

In this episode, we dive into the idea of social capital and why we need to build our students' networks and resources alongside teaching them the academics they need to succeed.

Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students' Networks (Julia Freeland Fisher)

Welcome to our new podcast for bite-sized PD to encourage innovative learning practices in your classroom. Some of our topics may be tech-related. Some may be classroom practices. Some may be inspiring stories from teachers down the hall or across the road from you!

VICTORY - Who is doing something unique at Hawthorn? Featuring interviews with other Hawthorn team members!

Sarah Lill, Library Media Specialist at Middle School North, joins us to talk about some of her accomplishments in her first year as the Middle North Librarian.

Welcome to our new podcast for bite-sized PD to encourage innovative learning practices in your classroom. Some of our topics may be tech-related. Some may be classroom practices. Some may be inspiring stories from teachers just down the hall or across the road from you!

INNOVATE - How can we try something new (either new apps, tools, or resources) or learn about innovative thinkers shaping our world?

This week we showcase some great new AI tools to help save you time in lesson planning.

Perplexity.ai

AutoClassmate

Curipod

Welcome to our new podcast for bite-sized PD to encourage innovative learning practices in your classroom. Some of our topics may be tech-related. Some may be classroom practices. Some may be inspiring stories from teachers down the hall or across the road from you!

RIGOR - How can we connect to real-world issues and experiment with creative problem-solving?

This week we discuss Barbara Blackburn's QUESTIONS format for increasing rigor in your classroom by encouraging better questioning strategies. 

• Free PD Webinar: Rigor is NOT a Four-Letter Word: Reaching Higher Levels of Learning
• ASCD article: "Five Strategies for Questioning with Intention"