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Tomorrow’s classroom is here today. Schools and classrooms are all being flattened and expanded into a global learning community where no resource, expert or lesson is out of reach. Guest Jerry Blumengarten, known world-wide as the Cybrary Man, shares his “one stop educational shop” and how you can tap your students’ techspertise to engage them in problem based learning that will excite and energize your schools and classrooms.

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How adults uncovered the blind spots on their campus that perpetuated mistreatment and violence.

About today’s guest

Energetic guest Jerry Rosenblatt taught for 32 years in NYC schools and has written curriculum for school districts, the NYC Board of Education and Open Doors [a school-business partnership]. He is an author, speaker and previous moderator for #edchat and a current co-moderator of many Twitter chats.

Recommended Resource(s):

Thrively - Find your child's genius - http://www.thrively.com

Guest Links:

Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites http://cybraryman.com/index.html

Technology pages http://cybraryman.com/technologylinks.html

Authors page http://cybraryman.com/authors.html

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We might think we’re engaging students but they could be pretending. Adults must learn how to be more engaged with students than they are with their content. Neuroscience now tells us if we use creative ways to engage students they’ll learn and retain more. In addition, if you utilize these fresh ideas and resources from Dr. Todd Finley you will enjoy teaching more too.

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“I’ve been teaching the same subject for 13 years and I feel like a hit a wall. I need to refresh my instruction. What could I try to get some new perspectives on my teaching?” – Vincent in Florida.

About today’s guest

Todd Blake Finley, PhD, is a professor of English Education at East Carolina University. He has taught elementary and 7-12th grade English and co-developed the Tar River Writing Project. He was selected as one of the Top 12 Global Teacher Bloggers of 2014 by Cathy Rubin in the Huffington Post and is a staff writer and assistant editor for Edutopia.

Guest Links:

Todd's Brain - Sign up for FREE updates at http://bit.ly/T_BRAIN.

Twitter: @Todd_Finley

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Self-injury in young people is growing with an alarming number of boys and girls who deliberately self harm. Their pain on the inside is being expressed on the outside and every adult needs to know how to help these young people. There are a number of critical do’s and don’ts when it comes to approaching the issue with students. Professional counselor Susan Bowman explains why they self-injure and shares a number of creative methods for helping them start and continue the healing process.

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“I’m not sure I am making any impact right now and feeling worn down. What can you share that might help?” “ - Anabelle, West Virginia

About today’s guest

Susan Bowman is a certified school counselor K-12 and a Licensed Professional Counselor and specializes in helping troubled adolescents and their families. Susan is a former social worker for child protective services, a middle and high school guidance counselor, and Title I counselor for incarcerated youth. She has conducted seminars worldwide on creative strategies for working with troubled adolescents. She has authored and co-authored fifteen books. Her book, See My Pain, was recognized in USA Today.

Recommended Resource(s):

See My Pain! Creative Strategies and Activities for Helping Young People Who Self-Injure by Susan Bowman & Kaye Randall

Why Do I Hurt Myself? by Susan Bowman & Karen Dean (for young children who self-injure)

www.selfinjury.com - Safe Alternatives site

For Students who Self Injure:

The Scarred Soul: Understanding & Ending Self-Inflicted Violence by Tracy Alderman

Cut by Patricia McCormick

Confessions Of A Cutter: A True Story of Sexual Abuse, Self-Mutilation, and Recovery Kindle Edition

by Lisa Verde

Cutters Don't Cry by Christine Dzidrums

See my pain book: http://www.youthlight.com/product.php?id=489

Why do I hurt book: http://www.youthlight.com/product.php?id=2999

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Website: www.youthlight.com

Email: [email protected]

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The root of kindness is empathy. It gives kindness the fuel it needs to be acted out. It’s important to help students by giving them the voice and choice they need to express empathy. Energetic author Barbara Gruener shares her tips and practical ideas to weave empathy into the lives of young people and gives important advice regarding how we can express empathy for ourselves too. Empathy works so spread it like confetti!

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“What things can we actually manage when it comes to bullying prevention in our school since there seem to be a lot of things out of our control that influence it?” Amanda, Arizona

About today’s guest

Barbara Gruener is an author, speaker, school counselor and character coach at Bales Intermediate in Friendswood, Texas. With 32 years of experience she has worked with every grade level, pre K-12th. Author of the “The Corner on Character” blog and the book, “What’s Under Your Cape? Superheroes of the Character Kind,” Barbara enjoys positively influencing change through her counseling, keynotes and workshops.

Recommended Resource(s):

What’s Under your Cape? Superheroes of the character kind, by Barbara Gruener

Those Shoes, by Maribeth Boelts

The Sandal Artist, by Kathleen T. Pelley

Dr. Michele Borba: http://micheleborba.com/blog/tag/empathy/

Mary Gordon elevates empathy using babies: rootsofempathy.org

Sesame Street Empathy Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_1Rt1R4xbM

Kid President's SOCKtober: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1YIK5UOnOM

Knit For Service club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR8A8f90ufU

Guest Links:

Twittter: @BarbaraGruener

Elevating Empathy Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/bgruener/elevating-empathy/

Blog: corneroncharacter.com

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How can we help difficult colleagues act more respectfully, challenging parents be more supportive, or make rigid policies more flexible? Dr. Allen Mendler offers strategies to help us cope and cooperate with challenging people whether they’re peers, parents, or supervisors. Using his ideas will help you build your resilience when teaching gets tough to reduce stress and experience more freedom.

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How can we work through the difficult and sensitive challenge of grouping or dividing older students into gender groups in an era of increased awareness of the gender binary and diversity dynamics?

About today’s guest

Dr. Allen Mendler is the author or co-author of many publications including The Resilient Teacher, the iconic Discipline with Dignity and best sellers When Teaching Gets Tough and Motivating Students Who Don’t Care and blogs for Edutopia. Allen provides seminars as a highly acclaimed speaker delivering effective strategies for educators, professionals, and parents to help youth & adults succeed.

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www.tlc-sems.com

www.ascdarias.org

www.edutopia.org

twitter: @allenmendler

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It is the quality and impact of our conversations that produces the results we see in students and in the world. . We have to notice when we slip into judgment and positional authority and instead do things “with” rather than teach “over” students. Best selling author Judith Glaser offers brilliant advice for altering our own chemical state to increase bonding and even help students increase their IQ through connectedness.

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“I am teaching my students about not being a bystander to bullying. What’s important for them to know in your experience as they think about helping others out?” - Regina, New Hampshire

About today’s guest

Judith E. Glaser is a best selling author of 7 books including Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results. She is an Organizational Anthropologist and CEO of Benchmark Communications & Chairman of The Creating WE Institute. She’s a pioneer, consultant and executive coach and is the world’s leading authority on Conversational Intelligence®, WE-centric Leadership, and Neuro-Innovation applying transformational approaches using neuroscience and anthropology.

Guest Links:

www.conversationalintelligence.com (articles, videos, resources)

www.creatingwe.com (articles, videos, resources)

Expeditionary Learning: http://elschools.org

Austin’s Butterfly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqh1MRWZjms

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED077587.pdf Some original write ups of kids outperforming their peers

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Cassidy McMillan is the director & producer of “Bullies & Friends,” an award-winning movie documenting the tragic story of a girl repeatedly mistreated by other students until she took her own life. Schools and others can be held accountable in civil and criminal courts. Listen to this important interview to get valuable tips for both educators & parents and prevent tragedies like this in the future.

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“October is bullying prevention month but I can’t get my administrators to be supportive in taking action. What can I do?” - Phillip, New Jersey

About today’s guest

Cassidy McMillan is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and bullying expert. She is the director/producer of the soon to be released award winning film “Bullies And Friends” documenting issue and impactful stories of bullying and youth suicide prevention. Ms. McMillan is a consultant on threat assessment and school safety, and is an advocate for parents whose children have committed suicide due to bullying.

Guest Links:

www.gofundme.com/BulliesAndFriends - Contribute to Support Film's Release. www.BulliesAndFriends.com - Documentary information

www.CassidyMcMillan.com

Twitter @CassidyMcM

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Rewards are about manipulation but students thrive on appreciation and encouragement. Behavior is not a commodity to be bought and sold. There are many default strategies & sayings adult educators must avoid, but what do we say instead to improve behaviors & motivation? Richard Curwin delivers key insights and strategies to meet students’ basic needs of identity, connectedness & power.

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“We are doing a lot of events for bullying prevention in our school. What do you see is missing in bullying prevention efforts that might help us?” - Kendra, Mississippi.

About today’s guest

Dr. Richard Curwin is the author or co-author of 20 books related to behavior and motivation. He trains in educational environments around the world and recently settled in Israel. He writes posts for Edutopia and editorials for the Jerusalem Post and continues to love teaching. He currently teaches Jewish, Muslim, Christian educators from all sectors of Israel who work well together and all pray for peace in the holyland.

Guest Links:

The Teacher Learning Center: www.tlc-sems.com

Edutopia: www.edutopia.org

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Is your school debating whether to let students use their devices in class? Technology is tearing down walls and it isn’t going anywhere so how you can become more tech savvy? Anyone can be a digital leader as a teacher, administrator or student. You don’t have to be fearful, it’s easy if you know where to start. Guest Katrina Keene offers great tips such as the Tweechme app, leveraging Twitter Chats and Skype Classroom, or creating a Parent University to learn in easy, bite size chunks.

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“I enjoyed your show on bridging the school and home technical divide a couple weeks ago. I don’t get much positive support from my students’ parents, what have you seen work in this area?” – Thomas, New Mexico

About today’s guest

Dr. Katrina Keene has spent 15 years in the K-12 technology education field and enjoys researching and integrating new technologies into classrooms. Katrina hosts twitter chats on the subject of technology use and can be found in several well-known EdTech publications. Her love for education is driven by her focus on effective classroom technologies.

TweechMe App: www.teachintechgal.com

Guest Links:

Twitter @teachintechgal

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Join our PLC – PASSIONATE Learning Community and reignite your drive to educate and serve others. No successful person went without suffering before triumph. It’s your personal fire that lights up learning in students and inspires those around you. Tap into your PQ - Passion Quotient to be a passion driven educator in this energetic conversation w/ guest Angela Maiers.

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“As a parent, I have talked with other parents who have a hard time understanding why we have to bring incidents of bullying to the attention of the school. I don’t understand why it falls on us to take action. What can you suggest?” - Elisa, Great Britain

About today’s guest

Angela Maiers has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 25 years, teaching every level of school from kindergarten to graduate school. She is the author of 6 books and delivered her You Matter talk at TEDxDesMoines. Angela is the founder of Choose2Matter, a global movement that challenges and inspires students to work collaboratively to develop innovative solutions to social problems.

Guest Links:

Twitter: @AngelaMaiers

www.Choose2Matter.org

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