Digital Learning Today

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Digital Learning Today episodes

March 11, 2024Supporting English Language Learners using Air Language
In this episode of the Digital Learning Today Podcast, Jeff welcomes educator and entrepreneur Kyle Larson on the program to discuss Air Language, a platform he created to support English Language Learners.
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In This Episode …
How are school districts and teachers currently supporting English Language Learners?

Why AIR Language is different than other language learning platforms

Why reading conferences are essential to the US ESL classroom

What are the challenges of the US ESL classroom?

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About our Guest: Kyle Larson
Having taught English in 4 countries from kindergarten to retirement age, Kyle has amounted a great deal of experience in knowing what students need. For the past 7 years, he has taught ESL in US high schools. Being overwhelmed by the great diversity of ability in the classroom, he designed a software that would accommodate for every student, and give him time to meet with them one-on-one regularly.
His platform, AIR Language, works because it gets students reading language that functional in daily life. When they read on AIR Language, students actually grow.
Links of Interest
https://www.airlanguagelearning.com/

https://www.instagram.com/air_language/

https://www.facebook.com/AIRlanguage

https://www.linkedin.com/company/air-language

https://twitter.com/air_language

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20 min
March 01, 2024College Contact: Supporting Students & Families through the College Admissions Process
In this episode of the Digital Learning Today Podcast, Jeff welcomes Sophie Smith and Leah Guesman from College Contact on the podcast to learn about the current state of the college admissions process.
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In This Episode …
What is the current state of the College Admissions Process?

Has the process changed at all in the last 10+ years?

What is the current process for students to apply for their colleges?

What advice do you have for students applying for college?

What advice do you have for teachers interested in helping prepare their students for the application process?

How did the idea of College Contact come about?

Initial Success?

The use of Social Media to gain traction in the community.

Going from a Concept to a Business?

Going from College Student to CEO.

Standing up as a CEO at EdTech Companies.

Meeting and Working with School Districts

How can a School District reach out to College Contact?

How can a Student reach out to College Contact?

What do you hope the future of the College Admissions process looks like?

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About our Guest:
Sophie Smith
Sophie Smith, 23, is the founder and CEO of College Contact, a startup aimed at transforming postsecondary advising. Originally from Jupiter, Florida, she graduated from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce in 2023 with degrees in Marketing and Information Technology. The idea for College Contact was sparked in her UVA dorm room during the COVID-19 pandemic, following the viral success of one of her TikTok videos. This led to hundreds of emails from high school students, prompting Sophie to create a solution for better postsecondary advising.
Inviting co-founder Leah Guesman to join forces with her in 2023, Sophie & Leah won all three UVA pitch competitions and secured a $1.025M seed round after graduation. College Contact, now a TechStars portfolio company based in Austin, Texas, has grown to include over 100 college mentors and four full-time staff. Sophie's achievements include winning Student Entrepreneur of the Year by the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council and speaking at the Tom Tom Festival in 2024.
Leah Guesman
Leah Guesman, 23, is co-founder and COO of College Contact. She is originally from Los Altos, California and graduated from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce in 2023 with degrees in Marketing & Economics. She has always had a passion for equity in education. She served as a member of site council during high school to improve equity across student groups, provided virtual tutoring to English language learners during the pandemic, and joined College Contact as one of the platform’s first mentors. When Sophie invited her to come on as COO in 2023, she was thrilled to be able to pursue her interests in both business and education. Her favorite part of her job now is developing partnerships with nonprofits and high schools to expand access to College Contact mentors.
About College Contact
College Contact was founded in Sophie's UVA dorm room in early 2020 when a TikTok video she posted went viral. Soon after, thousands of students emailed Sophie asking for 1:1 application assistance. As the demand for affordable and relatable college counseling grew, Sophie built a team of current undergraduates around the company to serve the high schoolers who needed more application support.
Sophie brought on Leah Guesman as a college mentor in early 2021. Together, Sophie and Leah spent over 150 hours individually helping students achieve postsecondary success. As the business continued to grow, Sophie invited Leah to be a co-founder.
After Sophie and Leah graduated from the University of Virginia in May of 2023, the duo hired Joe McGonnigal to manage the recruitment, onboarding, and logistical side of their growing mentor network.
Now a fully-funded startup, this team of young entrepreneurs is on a mission to provide their full-time support to high school students across the country. Since inception, College Contact has served 2.5k students using our unique near-peer model.
About College Contact:
College Contact is a college and career readiness platform that matches high school students with actively enrolled undergraduate students for near-peer postsecondary advising. With our easy to use software, D2C high school students, and B2B school districts get access to our proprietary matching algorithm, curriculum, and 100+ undergraduate mentors from 60+ different universities. Since our founding, College Contact has successfully served 2,500 students across the country by helping them gain admission to 150+ universities. 86% of our students land a spot at their favorite school. We are seed funded and started our first pilot program with a school district in California.
Links of Interest
Website: https://www.yourcollegecontact.com/

Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/collegecontact

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35 min
February 27, 2024How Can We Support Student Innovation Through Authentic and Meaningful Feedback?
In this episode of the Digital Learning Today Podcast, Jeff welcomes Carolyn Sloan, Dr. Lindsay Kwock Hu, and Dory Weiss on the program to discuss ways that we can provide students with meaningful authentic feedback.
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In This Episode …
Providing Targeted Feedback to Students
How to motivate students
Project-Based Learning - Getting students interested in something that they enjoy doing.

Giving students freedom based on a common rubric

Look out for the #SpringSquirmies

Don’t forget to “check-in” with students from time to time.

The Importance of students having the opportunity to self-assess and judge their work.
Should we give students a choice of how they can share their work?

How to make independent learners

How to provide feedback to students to help and support their progress in learning.

How can we support our students at home to become confident in their studies?

Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Beautiful Opps by Barney Saltzberg

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About our Guest:
Carolyn Sloan
Carolyn Sloan is a distinguished author, educator, composer, and entrepreneur whose dedication to the arts and education has enlightened and inspired young minds for years. With a unique flair for breaking down complex concepts into child-friendly narratives and interactive activities, she has penned four critically acclaimed, award-winning books that have been pivotal in introducing both children and adults to the vast world of music and founded an award-winning EdTech Company, set to impact children ages 5-12 as well as the adults who care for and educate them.
TeachMe TV®, Ms. Sloan’s new EdTech and media company addresses specific inadequacies in children’s learning products by providing learning experiences that are process-focused, and designed to increase student agency across disciplines. These process-oriented learning activities embedded with a metacognitive approach result in higher reading levels, more consistent academic performance, and overall better student engagement, by providing students with tools and strategies for learning. TMTV’s newest initiative is an AI Study Buddy able to converse in 26 different languages that establishes a learning relationship with the student, prompting them to think and reason. By honing self-awareness through reflective practice and offering targeted feedback, students develop better learning habits, higher levels of engagement and generally exhibit more self-confidence and stamina to manage both academic and social difficulties.
TeachMe TV® has already garnered recognition for its outstanding content, with 5 Telly Awards in media, animation, and music, The EdTech Honor Award for Cool Tool, 2023, and the Digital Education Awards for notable Start-ups 2022 & 2023 stand as proof to the platform’s excellence and innovation.
Ms. Sloan lives in Brooklyn, NYC with her family.
Links of Interest
https://www.teachmetv.co/

https://carolynsloan.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Carolyn.sloan.13/

https://twitter.com/csloanauthor

https://www.instagram.com/carolynsloanauthor/

Lindsay Kwock Hu
Dr. Lindsay Kwock Hu is dedicated to empowering educators and students alike through innovative solutions and transformative practices. With a wealth of experience spanning over two decades, Dr. Lindsay demonstrates a commitment to innovation and impact in education through her roles as a teacher, administrator, professor of education and independent consultant.
Currently, Dr. Lindsay serves as Lead Consultant + Owner of a portfolio of impact-focused education projects, pioneering innovative tailored solutions to teacher support and student learning. In October 2023, Dr. Lindsay began building Cleary, an early-stage software solution that leverages generative AI technology, providing real-time formative feedback on student writing. Early experiments have revealed crucial findings, including the discovery that students are motivated by explicit feedback and guided discourse, not necessarily gamification practices. A prototype is currently in the works.
In 2021, Dr. Lindsay’s commitment to helping students develop the skills-of-the-future led her to build the Lead-To-Learn© experience, an experience that empowers secondary students to collaboratively tackle community-based problems, culminating in the implementation of a real-world project. Most notable, she raised $37,000 in funding to bring this experience to local South Los Angeles high schools. This experience has resulted in tangible improvements to student attendance, reduced tardiness, and expanded course enrollment.
Her commitment to ensuring teachers have access to high-quality professional learning opportunities is also a core part of her consulting work. At Watts Learning Center Middle School, she led the development of a professional learning community, redesigning a teacher observation and feedback cycle that focused on improving student writing. In under a 4-month period, pre- and post- writing assessment data revealed a 30% performance increase in student writing.
Dr. Lindsay lives in Los Angeles with her husband Mike, and their three young children Sloane, Owen and Axel.
Links of Interest
http://www.drlindsaykwockhu.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-kwock-hu/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095266376129

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzvBMek1g6kAQTict_LR1SA

Dory Weiss
Dory J. Weiss is the founder of Brooklyn Reads, a company that specializes in children's literacy. Since 2005, Dory has engaged in working with students to help support their education. Dory grew up in Brooklyn Heights and attended Saint Ann’s School. She went on to earn a BS in Communication from Northwestern University, double majoring in theater and history. Dory worked at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn for five years in various positions at the middle school while earning her masters degree in Developmental Psychology from Teacher’s College at Columbia University, and her MSEd from Bank Street in Literacy and General Education. Many of her students have successfully gone on to the high schools and colleges of their choice. Dory has the honor of serving on the board of the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, and lives in Brooklyn Heights with her family.
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https://www.brooklynreads.com/

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39 min
February 05, 2024 Using Educational Podcasts to Tell Your Story
Learn how an Instructional Coaching Department is transforming district-wide communication and meeting strategic goals through Educacional Podcasting! For More Information: https://www.AskTheTechCoach.com
57 min
January 20, 2024Adam Bellow – Co-Founder of Breakout EDU - The Jeff Bradbury Show
In this episode of the Jeff Bradbury Show, Jeff welcomes Breakout EDU Co-Founder Adam Bellow on the program to discuss the FETC conference and the future of Technology Integration.
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About our Guest, Adam Bellow
Adam Bellow began his career in the classroom as a High School English teacher. He has worked as a technology training specialist, Director of Educational Technology, and is highly sought after as a speaker and thought leader on educational technology.
Adam is a serial EdTech entrepreneur and was the founder of the eduTecher, eduClipper, WeLearnedIt, and eduGames. Currently, Adam is the co-founder and CEO of Breakout EDU, the educational gaming platform that inspires learners to think outside the box by solving complex problems together. Prior to Breakout, Adam served as a Presidential Innovation Fellows for the Obama White House as well as having served as a long-time board member of the EdCamp Foundation.
He is also the co-founder of two amazing kids.
Links of Interest
X - https://twitter.com/AdamBellow / https://twitter.com/BreakoutEDU

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AdamScottBellow/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adambellow/

Web - www.BreakoutEDU.com

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January 20, 2024How Can You Move the Needle of Innovation in Your School District? (Featuring Matthew Joseph)
In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, Jeff welcomes podcaster, author, and Digital Learning Leader Matthew Joseph on the podcast to discuss why it’s important not only to have a clear district vision for technology integration but a clear plan for how Instructional Coaches will play a pivotal part in executing that plan.
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In This Episode …
FETC Conference 2024

How to create a culture of Digital Learning in central office

How to support your plan through Instructional Coaching

Building a story through data collection

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About Dr. Matthew X. Joseph:
Author of: Power of Connections (Code Breaker Publications), Modern Mentor, Reimagining Mentorship in Education (Times 10 Publications), and Power of Us
Dr. Matthew X. Joseph has been a school and district leader in many public education capacities over his 27 years in the field. Experiences such as Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Director of Digital Learning and Innovation, elementary school principal, classroom teacher, and district professional development specialist have provided Matt incredible insights on how to best support teaching and learning. These opportunities have led to two books, nationally published articles, and opportunities to speak at multiple state and national events. His master’s degree is in special education, and his Ed.D. in Educational Leadership is from Boston College.
Throughout his career, Matt focused on what is in students’ best interest and pushing the limits to achieve excellence in schools. He is an instructional leader continually looking for student and school improvement while building community and continued teacher improvement. He is passionate about building a collaborative school culture, creating a school of learners utilizing 21st-century instructional tools, and developing student voice.
Links of Interest
Website: https://xfactoredu.org/

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/XFactorEdu

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/XFactorEDULLC

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38 min
January 11, 2024FETC 2024 – A Conversation with Jennifer Womble
Welcome to "Digital Learning Today," a brand-new podcast for educators and educational leaders interested in building a culture of standards-based and future-ready digital learning classrooms in their school districts. Each week we will look at how we can best equip and support our teachers with the skills, knowledge, and professional development needed to help our students become college and career-ready through the development of innovative teaching spaces and dynamic planning.
On this week's episode, we sit down with FETC Conference Chair Jennifer Womble to learn more about this year's conference.
For more information, please visit FETC.org and follow the hashtag #FETC.
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35 min
May 10, 202395 Phonics Core Program: Unlocking the Power of Literacy for Every Child
In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, Jeff welcomes Laura Stewart, Chief Academic Office for 95 Percent Group on to the program to discuss 95 Phonics Core Program® is a K–5 phonics program taught to the whole class within the Tier 1 reading block. It is evidence-based, proven to meet ESSA Level 1 criteria, and evidence-aligned with the science of reading. The program builds critical phonics skills through explicit, systematic, and cumulative instruction that meets students where they are and gives them the core phonics knowledge they need to succeed.
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In This Episode …
What is 95 Phonics Core Program?
How does it work?

How will it support student success in the classroom?

Where can we learn more about it?

What do parents say about the program?

What is the 95 Percent Group?
What is the mission of the 95 Percent Group?

The Science of Reading:
What it is and What it Isn’t

Phonics Core Program/The 95 Percent Ecosystem

What is One95 Ecosystem?
Why is it important to integrate professional learning and evidence-based literacy products into one cohesive system?

How are schools and districts that you work with tapping into this ecosystem for their classrooms?

What is the Science of Reading?
What are some of the myths and misconceptions about the Science of Reading?

Where can teachers and school districts learn more?

About the 95 Percent Group
95 Percent Group is an education company whose mission is to build on science to empower teachers—supplying the knowledge, resources, and support they need—to develop strong readers. Using an approach that is based in structured literacy, the company’s One95 literacy ecosystem integrates professional learning and evidence-based literacy products into one cohesive system that supports consistent instructional routines across tiers and is proven and trusted to help students close skill gaps and read fluently. 95 Percent Group is also committed to advancing research, best practices, and thought leadership on the science of reading more broadly.
https://youtu.be/qspqq4wHq6E
What is the One95 Literacy System?
Explicit and systematic literacy instruction, backed by the science of reading the evidence is consistent and overwhelming: explicit and systematic phonics instruction leads to better outcomes. Our One95 literacy system combines evidence-based instruction tools, resources, and knowledge into one comprehensive system—proven and trusted to help students master reading fundamentals.
Links of Interest
Website: https://www.95percentgroup.com

https://www.95percentgroup.com/one95-literacy-products/

95 Phonics Core Program

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/95-percent-group-inc-/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/95percentgroup

Twitter - https://twitter.com/95percentgroup

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/95percentgroupllc/

About our Guest: Laura Stewart
Laura Stewart is the Chief Academic Officer at 95 Percent Group. She is a nationally recognized Science of Reading and Structured Literacy advocate who has dedicated her career to improving literacy achievement at leading education companies. Stewart has more than 25 years of academic leadership experience. Most recently, she served as the Chief Innovation Officer for The Reading League and Chief Academic Officer for professional development with the Highlights Education Group. Other key education roles include vice president of professional development for the Rowland Reading Foundation and Zaner-Bloser, school district administrator and adjunct professor.
She is the author of several training guides and training workshops, as well as 12 children’s books, and the co-author of The Everything Guide to Informational Text, K-2: Best Texts, Best Practices (Corwin Press, 2014). She serves on several advisory boards, including The Path Forward for Teacher Preparation and Licensure in Early Literacy.
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24 min
January 14, 2023How Can School Districts Support Pre-Service and New Teachers in their First Few Years?
In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, Jeff welcomes Nebraska educator Jennifer Yoder onto the podcast to discuss how teachers can support pre-service and new teachers in their first few years in the classroom.
A special THANK YOU to the NEA Foundation for supporting this episode and connecting Mrs. Yoder and I.
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In This Episode …
Teacher shortage crisis and educator retention

Why do we have teachers leaving the profession?
Classroom Management Issues
Students needs are not being met so they are acting out in class

Teachers need to understand why students are behaving the way they are
Academically

Socially

Emotionally

Not having an internal support system in the district

How to create tiered level of supports for teachers and students
Tier 1 - First level support

Tier 2 - Second Level
Allow students to see their counselor

Tier 3 - Third Level
Students have needs that are beyond the regular classroom can support

Should teachers be encouraged to move on from a district and seek employment closer to their homes?

How can teachers support themselves if they are looking to transition to another school district?
How to build a portfolio

How to stand out from the many other teachers applying for that same position

Should educators “badge up” their resumes when preparing for career advancement?

What skills are missing from pre-service or first year teachers?

The value of having a mentorship program for new teachers.

Developing new and novice educators
Create “Tenure Classes” to support educators in their first few years in the classroom
Topics
Instructional

Social / Emotional

Procedural

Staff member networking

Links of Interest
NEA Foundation

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About our Guest: Jennifer Yoder
Jen Yoder is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and holds advanced degrees in Special Education, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders. She is currently employed as a Special Education Teacher at the middle school level at Lincoln Public Schools. Mrs Yoder is the recipient of the 2022 California Casualty Teaching Excellence Award and 1999 Outstanding Educator Award for the Midwest Region by the Midwest Symposium of Leadership in Behavior Disorders.
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43 min
January 09, 2023Are You Prepared to Work Less but … Teach More???
In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, Jeff welcomes author, podcaster and Australian educator Dan Jackson on the podcast to discuss the upcoming Inaugural Online Effective Teaching Conference.
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The Inaugural Online Effective Teaching Conference
16th-20th January 2023

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What can I expect to learn?
This conference isn't called the "Effective Teaching Conference" for nothing. The whole point of the conference is to help you increase your effectiveness, which is defined as doing more of the right things and less of the activities or tasks that have minimal to no impact .
Some of the topics that are going to be covered during this conference include:
How to work less and increase your impact.

How to transform your learning experiences to engage and empower your students to take control of their own learning.

How to frame the curriculum for deeper learning.

How to make your classroom run effectively and develop student executive functioning skills.

How to deliver the perfect "blended" lesson (note to Aussies - blended means a lesson using ICT).

How to empower and engage students through interactive choice boards.

How a mastery approach to learning can help us recover from from the pandemic.

How to improve student memory and focus with sketchnoting

3 EduProductivity systems to save you time

The super powers of feedback

Why you need to use explicit instruction

How to develop a career pathway as an excellent teacher

How to develop students entrepreneurial skills

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Dan began teaching in 2006. He worked at multiple schools and has been in multiple different positions from classroom teacher, to subject coordinator, to deputy principal. Now, he likes to run workshops, network with teachers, attend and present at conferences, create online courses, host the Effective Teaching podcast and he even managed to write the Amazon number 1 best seller Work Less, Teach More: How to be an effective teacher and live a life you love.
TeachersPD exists in order to help teachers become more effective. This means doing more of the right things and less of the things that don't matter. Effective teachers know where they want to go and the most important actions to get there, they prioritises their work each day in relation to who they want to be and the impact they want to make. They challenge assumptions and focus on the elements of teaching that matter the most. They are dedicated to their students' success in life, and have a balance in life between productivity and personal care. Effective teachers leverage the 80/20 rule to increase their impact without wasting their time and challenge the system to focus on what is best for student learning and teacher long-term careers. Finally, effective teachers support and encourage those around them to increase their effectiveness.
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