Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

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Modern Classrooms Project Podcast episodes

November 01, 2020Episode 10: Collaboration Pt. 1 - Planning for Collaboration in a Modern Classroom
In episode 10, we begin a two-episode series on collaboration; this week's episode focuses on pre-planned full group activities like labs and seminars, and we discuss ways teachers can manage these collaborative activities in a self-paced, mastery based class.
Please remember to take our Modern Classrooms Educator Survey by 11/15/2020!
Show Notes
Sign up for Office Hours, every Tuesday with Modern Classrooms
Guide to collaboration in a Modern Classroom
Edutopia video featuring Kate and Kareem Farah
Tech tools we mention:
Kahoot
Peardeck
Parlay Ideas and our tutorial
Remind and our tutorial
More resources for distance learning from Modern Classrooms
Daily Do Now check-in (tailored for distance learning through Google Forms)
Emily refers this in the episode as the "weather check Do Now"
Resources for Student Input in Teacher-Created Groups
Example of a breakout-room deliverable
Sign up for our November 12th Webinar on Collaboration in a Modern Classroom
Follow us online and learn more:
Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
Kate: @gaskill_teacher on Twitter
Zach: @zpdiamond on Twitter
[The Modern Classroom Project](www.modernclassrooms.org)
[Modern Classrooms Online Course](learn.modernclassrooms.org)
Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!
47 min
October 25, 2020Episode 9: Planning and Teaching in a Modern Classroom
Kareem is joined by Nora Barnett and Lisa Doty to discuss in detail how they plan and implement their modern classrooms, from planning and recording instructional videos, to implementing self-paced structures and mastery checks.
Show Notes
Cult of Pedagogy Podcast episode on Screencast Videos (Kareem was the guest on this episode)
MCP Exemplar Units
Edutopia video
Universal Design for Learning
High Quality Blended Instruction: research-based best practices
Examples of Pacing Trackers showing lesson classification
Follow us online and learn more:
Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
Kate: @gaskill_teacher on Twitter
Zach: @zpdiamond on Twitter
[The Modern Classroom Project](www.modernclassrooms.org)
[Modern Classrooms Online Course](learn.modernclassrooms.org)
Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!
52 min
October 18, 2020Episode 8: Elementary, Middle, and High School Modern Classrooms
In Episode #8 of the Modern Classrooms Podcast, we hear from elementary, middle, and high school educators about what self-pacing and mastery-based learning looks like across grade levels.
Show Notes:
Examples of Game Board progress trackers
Example of a Quest Map tracker
Guide to collaboration in a Modern Classroom
Examples of Modern Classroom units across grade levels
Edudoptia video featuring Kareem's and Kate's (High School) classrooms
Follow us online and learn more:
Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
Kate: @gaskill_teacher on Twitter
Zach: @zpdiamond on Twitter
[The Modern Classroom Project](www.modernclassrooms.org)
[Modern Classrooms Online Course](learn.modernclassrooms.org)
Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!
39 min
October 11, 2020Episode 7: Exploring The Shifting Role of the Teacher
Your three co-hosts, Kareem, Kate, and Zach, discuss the shifting role of the educator in a Modern Classroom and how it can help you cultivate a truly student-centered classroom.
Follow us online and learn more:
Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
Kate: @gaskill_teacher on Twitter
Zach: @zpdiamond on Twitter (and check out Zach’s writing at Learning to Teach!)
The Modern Classroom Project
Modern Classrooms Online Course
Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!
Show Notes
Episode 5 with Shane and Dacia
Growth over Grades - How a Resubmit Policy is Helping Us Build a Culture of Revision
47 min
October 04, 2020Episode 6: Building Self Regulated Learners
Self-regulated students are strong learners that are more equipped to navigate the challenges of life outside K-12 education. Kareem and Zach are joined by Moira Mazzi to talk about how they use the Modern Classrooms model to develop self-regulated learners both in-person and remotely.
Show Notes
Follow us online and learn more:
Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
Kate: @gaskill_teacher on Twitter
Zach: @zpdiamond on Twitter
[The Modern Classroom Project](www.modernclassrooms.org)
[Modern Classrooms Online Course](learn.modernclassrooms.org)
Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!
The Lecture-Less Classroom: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Student Autonomy by Modern Classrooms educator and podcast guest Moira Mazzi
How to Help Middle School Students Learn to Work Independently by Modern Classrooms educator Ryan Steinbach
Helping Students Develop Executive Functioning Skills from Edutopia
Reflections on Shifting to a Flexible Classroom from Edutopia
Examples of student-facing and public pacing trackers; guidance for using public pacing trackers in the classroom.
Moira, our guest, referenced a few items from her classroom she uses to help build self-regulation in her students:
This is her weekly reflection
This is how she presented choosing a partner/accountability buddy to her students
What do Modern Classrooms units look like K-12? Check out examples here.
Two monitoring services mentioned:
Go Guardian
Hapara for GSuite
Here are the two tools mentioned for staying in touch with students and families:
Remind (can also translate a message before sending); our tutorial on using Remind
Talking Points
50 min
September 27, 2020Episode 5: Supporting Disengaged Students
Kareem is joined by Dacia Guffey and Shane Donavan to discuss some of the reasons students disengage and ways to address disengagement in the classroom and in remote learning.
Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog
Show Notes
Follow us online and learn more:
Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
[The Modern Classroom Project](www.modernclassrooms.org)
[Modern Classrooms Online Course](learn.modernclassrooms.org)
Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!
Durham Performance Learning Center
DC International School
Academic Self-Concept
When our students see themselves as scholars who belong in our classrooms, they are more likely to engage
As Schools Go Remote, Finding 'Lost' Students Gets harder
Vygotsy's Zone of Proximal Development
Special Guests: Dacia Guffey and Shane Donovan.
52 min
September 13, 2020Episode 4: Building Authentic Relationships with Students
Zach is joined by special guests Michael Carr and Toni Rose Deanon to talk about social emotional learning and how the Modern Classrooms Model helps us cultivate authentic relationships with students, in person and virtually.
Show Notes
Modern Classrooms resources for building relationships (Includes “Five by Five” strategy Mike mentioned)
Weather Check Do Now
Chilled Cow LoFi Hip Hop
Peardeck and the templates Mike mentioned (available once you join)
Flipgrid
How to use reactions and breakout rooms on Zoom
The Power of Classroom Relationships (Zach's article in NGLC on how the Modern Classrooms model helped him cultivate and leverage authentic relationships with students)
Follow us online and learn more:
Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Zach: @zpdiamond on Twitter
Toni Rose: @classroomflex on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok
Mike: MCarr121314 on Twitter
[The Modern Classroom Project](www.modernclassrooms.org)
[Modern Classrooms Online Course](learn.modernclassrooms.org)
Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!
Special Guests: Michael Carr and Toni Rose Deanon.
53 min
August 30, 2020Episode 3: Pivoting to Effective Distance Learning
Kareem and Kate Gaskill, Head of Teaching and Learning at the Modern Classrooms Project, discuss pivoting to effective distance learning, strategies for synchronous and asynchronous class, and the potential for long-term change in education as a result of COVID-19.
Show Notes
Edutopia Profile of Modern Classrooms (featuring Kate at the very beginning!)
Teachers Know Best | Teachers' Views on Professional Development
Gates Foundation Study profiling teachers’ descriptions of their ideal PD - “Treat Teachers like Professionals”
Distance Learning Resources (MCP)
Edutopia | Use Live Class Time to Center Relationships
Article written by Kareem and Robert Barnett on ways to use Synchronous class sessions to focus on what’s most important - personal interaction and building relationships.
The Modern Classrooms Project
The Modern Classrooms Online Course
The course is free to complete, and you can upgrade to a paid membership to participate in our Mentorship Program.
Follow us:
Facebook
Twitter:
Kate: @gaskill_teacher
Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23
Zach: @zpdiamond
46 min
August 23, 2020Episode 2: Rolling Out the Model
Kareem and Zach are joined by Monte Woodard, a middle school Science Teacher and Modern Classrooms implementer, to discuss rolling out the model and introducing students and families to the Modern Classrooms approach
Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog
Show Notes:
Some Pacing Tracker Exemplars: (Click these to make a copy of your own to experiment on)
"Simple" (presentation) Style
Spreadsheet Sytle
The Modern Classrooms Project
The Modern Classrooms Online Course
The course is free to complete, and you can upgrade to a paid membership to participate in our Mentorship Program.
Follow us:
You can follow Monte's work at Periodically Science
Facebook
Twitter:
Monte: @countofmontee
Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23
Zach: @zpdiamond
Special Guest: Monte Woodard.
53 min
August 04, 2020 Episode 1: Introducing the Modern Classrooms Model
Modern Classrooms Project co-founder and Executive Director Kareem Farah, and Modern Classroom Mentor Zach Diamond, discuss the origins of their instructional model as well as their experiences implementing it.
Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog
Show Notes:
The Modern Classrooms Project
Kareem's Article on the Lecture Bottleneck
The Modern Classrooms Online Course
The course is free to complete, and you can upgrade to a paid membership to participate in our Mentorship Program.
Follow us:
Facebook
Twitter:
@modernclassproj
@kareemfarah23
@zpdiamond
1 hr 11 min

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