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In this episode, Dave Schmittou and Katelynn Giordano debate whether reading is overrated in schools.  They demonstrate what it's like to agree to disagree and yet still have the utmost respect for each other.  Based in part on their book, Poking the Bear (available September 23, 2022), the two engage in critical conversations with the hope of being an example of critical conversation and productive dialogue. https://www.amazon.com/Poking-Bear-David-Schmittou/dp/1959347004/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=33EQB2Q2B8YL2&keywords=poking+the+bear&qid=1663413710&sprefix=poking+the+bear%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-4

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In this episode, Dave invites us to one of his recent virtual keynote presentations. As he shares with this group of more than 100 educators, tasked with bringing engaging instruction into their classrooms with the assistance of technology, Dave reminds us all that technology should be used to enhance who we are. It's not designed to replace us.

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In this episode, Dave shares his remaining mindfield thoughts.

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In this episode, Dave explores the error we make when we believe that past practice predicts future performance.

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In this episode, Dave tackles a practice that has picked up steam in virtually every school in America. When we don't actually read the research and only apply the Cliffs Notes version, we can get so much wrong. Labeling assignments formative or summative hurts kids. Using assessments formatively AND summatively is the answer.,

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In this Educational MINDfield episode, you are challenged to chip away at anything that gets in the way of your primary purpose. Focus on the focus.

In this episode, Dave Schmittou shares why he believes the argument against standardized testing is the wrong argument to be having. The accountability, sorting and selecting, the labeling, the judging are all tremendous problems attributed to standardized tests, but it's not the tests that are the problem. It's what we do with them.

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Pam Hall explains: 

* Teaching in Pig Country 

* Teaching Engineering in Elementary 

* Finding Success in Year 33 

* How to Focus on What's Important  

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