Digital Learning Radio

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. In this bonus episode Kathryn and Laura reflect together and share some of their favorite things of the year!

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Resources:

• Wakelet of curated resources 
• Spotify playlist of episodes 

Top 10 Favorite Things from Laura and Kathryn

• #1 Book: L: Compassionate Coaching; Burnout; K: Think Again; Read 21 in 21 Challenge
• #2 Tech Tool: L: Slides Timer Chrome Extension; K: Readwise
• #3 Planning Pro tip: L: Send formatted pre- and post-emails to extend the learning; K: Determine session -INGs
• #4 Presentation Pro tip: L: Use Google template/preview; K: Use WebAIM Color Contrast Checker 
• #5 Work Productivity: L: Toby Tabs; K: Descript
• #6 Self-Care: L: Yoga with Adriene; K: Headspace
• #7 Life Pro tip: L: Create email routines; K: Understand your Tendency for improved habit-formation
• #8 Routine: L: Find opportunities to be in the sunshine!; K: Make your breaks mindful
• #9 Wildcard: L: Tea Sip holiday teas; K: The Sample AI newsletter “finder”
• #10 Takeaway from 2021: L: Reminder that everyone is doing the best that they can; K: take time to reflect, set-goals, and celebrate

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. In this final episode of the season, Kathryn and Laura reflect together on this season’s inspirations for learning as well as the idea of “owning your own learning.”

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Resources:

• Why Every Teacher Needs a Mastermind Group, John Spencer
• What is an Educator Mastermind, and Why Should You Join One?, Jennifer Gonzalez
• CASEL 3 Signature Practices Playbook & the Suit Yourself protocol
• Compassionate Coaching, Kathy Perrett & Kenny McKee
• Luma events (Zoom “splash” page or event RSVP)

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared by Kathryn as she discusses The Power of Moments, by Chip and Dan Heath.

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Resources:

• The Aesthetics of Joy
• Curious Minds podcast episode with Dan Heath: Creating Moments that Matter
• The Power of Moments

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared by Laura as she discusses ideas from the book The Minimalist Teacher by Tamera Musiowsky-Borneman and C.Y. Arnold.

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Resources:

• The Minimalist Teacher by Tamera Musiowsky-Borneman & C.Y. Arnold 
• How to Be a Minimalist Teacher, August 2021 ASCD article
• Create a Minimalist Mindset in Moments of Crisis, April 2020 ASCD article
• How to do a Brain Dump to Reduce Anxiety and Prioritize Tasks
• One of Kathryn's "Secrets behind the course" videos

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared by Kathryn as she discusses ideas from the book Stop Talking, Start Influencing by Jared Cooney Horvath.

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Resources:

• Should This Exist?
• Dig Cit Doctors: Digital Citizenship Curricular Framework for PK-12 | @DigCitDoctors
• Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights From Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick by Jared Cooney Horvath 
• Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning by Pooja Agarwal and Patrice Bain
• Teaching in Higher Ed: podcast interview with Dr. Horvath

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared from Laura as she discusses ideas from the book Ethics in a Digital World: Guiding Students through Society’s Biggest Questions by Kristen Mattson.

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Resources:

• Ethics in a Digital World: Book & Companion Pages
• The Creative Classroom Podcast with John Spencer: On Redefining Digital Ethics and Digital Citizenship

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week Kathyrn and Laura both shared their inspiration from Priya Parker and her book The Art of Gathering as well as her Gathering Makeover series. 

Kathryn and Laura spend time considering the following reflection questions from the Gathering Makeover series:

• During the past 12-16 months, what did you miss and long for that you couldn’t do with others?
• What activities or ways of spending time with other people did you not miss? What might you want to discard for good?
• What did we learn, create, or try anew during the pandemic that we want to bring with us?
• What might we invent going forward?

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Resources:

• The Courageous Conversations Compass
  • Digital Learning Radio episode featuring Chris Garcia
• Purposeful PD: Timing is Everything
• Purposeful PD: What are the -INGs of your PD session (or classroom)?
• On Being: Remaking Gathering: Entering the Mess, Crossing the Thresholds
• The Gathering Makeover Series, Priya Parker
• Unlocking Us: Brene with Priya Parker on The Art of Gathering
• Dare to Lead: Brene with Priya Parker on How We Return and Why It Matters
• Priya’s essay (NYT): How We Should? And Who Gets to Decide?

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared from Kathryn as she discusses ideas from the book Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon.

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Resources:

• Steal Like an Artist
• Compassionate Coaching, How to Help Educators Navigate Barriers to Professional Growth; Kathy Perret and Kenny McKee

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared from Laura as she discusses the concept of HyperRubrics. 

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Resources:

• racket.com and Kathryn’s Racket over The Extended Mind
• Introducing the HyperRubric: A Tool that Takes Learning to the Next Level

In this season Kathryn and Laura are inspired to learn and inspired to share. Each week they discuss the ongoing story of their learning as they engage in reflective practice to connect their ideas and continuously grow. This week’s inspiration is shared from Kathryn as she discusses ideas from the book The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul.

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Resources:

• The Sift from News Literacy Project
• The Extended Mind book
• Articles related to The Extended Mind book
• Annie’s interview on the Happier podcast
• Annie’s interview on the The Next Big Idea