High Tech High Unboxed

High Tech High Unboxed

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  • S2E7 - "If it doesn't work for teachers, it doesn't work": Dr. Simon Breakspear on how schools can help teachers master their craft just by coming to work every day
    Episode Notes

    Episode Transcript HERE

    Further reading:

    0:38 The Innovation Unit, where I used to work

    0:44 Agile School Leadership

    0:50 Teaching Sprints

    2:05 The OECD and PISA

    4:54 Valerie Hannon

    4:59 Tony Mackay

    5:03 Michael Fullan

    5:16 Michael Fullan, "Large-scale Reform Comes of age"

    6:38 Andreas Schleicher

    8:16 Jeffrey Sachs

    15:10 Anthony Bryk on Networked Improvement Communities

    15:28 Nelson Gonzalez

    17:41 Anthony Bryk, Learning to Improve

    18:11 IDEO Design Thinking, Human-centered Design

    18:15 Agile Development

    18:19 Lean Startup

    18:31 Implementation Science

    22:07 James Clear, Atomic Habits

    22:16 BJ Fogg, Tiny Habits

    27:34 Boulder, Pebble, Sand protocol

    45 min
  • S2E1 - "Who is centered, and who is this costing?" - How Julie Ruble talks about race and sexuality in class

    Full episode transcript here

    Notes and references:

    Part 1: First Aid (starts 7:15)

    10:57 The GLSEN activity about using "gay" as an insult is here

    14:49 Julie uses this video from Jay Smooth to help students understand why not to use the n-word

    20:54 The book Jean is reading is We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love

    Part 2: Design and Planning (21:30)

    22:04 The person who gave Julie the idea to start from data is Ayo Heinegg Magwood. Follow her on Twitter at @UprootingInequi

    22:54 The teacher who shares data about the Cross-Bronx Expressway is Edrick Macalaguim. Follow him on Twitter at @EdrickMac

    24:38 The article Julie reads with her students Philando Castile is here

    28:40 Julie worked with Nuvia Ruland to create the Social Justice Project Think Tank as a tool for project design

    29:14 Here are the Stanford D. School Liberatory Design Cards

    29:24 Ana de Almeida Amaral and Izadora McGawley, co-founders of High Tech High Chula Vista’s Ethnic Studies program, created this Culturally Responsive Project Tuning protocol

    32:36 Read more about the poet Natasha Hooper here

    38:35 The book Julie’s reading is Not Light but Fire by Matthew R. Kay

    39:41 The University of Michigan activity about identities is the Social Identity Wheel

    42:57 You should read the comment piece that High Tech High Chula Vista Ethnic Studies co-founder Ana de Almeida Amaral wrote for the San Diego Union Tribune

    47:28 To find out more about student consulting, read For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood (And the Rest of Y’All Too) by Chris Emdin, and Engaging Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching by Alison Cook-Sather, Catherine Bovill, and Peter Felten

    50:10 The book Julie’s talking about is The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

    Part 3: The Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) (43:50)

    43:51 GLSEN has great resources for starting your own GSA here

    51:46 Follow Julie on twitter at @julieruble

    52:12 Follow Zaretta Hammond (@readyforrigor) and Cornelius Minor (@MisterMinor) on twitter

    You can find all our podcasts, videos, articles, and "project essentials" toolkits at High Tech High Unboxed.

    If you have ideas for stories, get in touch with Alec on Twitter: @alecpatton

    54 min
  • S1E20 - John Santos: "Rigor" shouldn't mean "some kids fail"
    Episode Notes

    You can read a transcript of this episode HERE

    You can learn more about John Santos's research on his digital portfolio

    Just to be clear, the mahogany wall hooks John made for me are made of salvaged wood - we're not buying new mahogany, and neither should you

    If you have ideas for stories, get in touch with Alec on Twitter: @alecpatton

    19 min

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