In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Rhoads discusses EdTech Coaching with Debbie Tannenbaum. At the beginning of the episode, we discuss Mrs. Tannenbaums background in education. She has been able to see many inceptions of EdTech integration over her career, which made for an interesting conversation of what has changed over the past two decades in education. Then, the conversation shifts to discuss coaching teachers on EdTech integration. A number of great suggestions are raised regarding how to support and coach teachers. Last, our discussion ends with Mrs. Tannenbaum discussing her new book, TRANSFORM: Tech Notes to Make Learning Sticky.

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Bio: Debbie Tannenbaum works as an Elementary School Technology Specialist in Fairfax County, VA. An educator with over twenty years of experience, Debbie Tannenbaum supports both staff and students to integrate technology tools into instruction through both co teaching sessions and weekly technology classes. Debbie emphasizes working collaboratively with other educators to use technology tools that amplify student learning and empower student voice. She also blogs and shares her thoughts and reflections regularly on her website: https://www.tannenbaumtech.com. In May 2021, her book, TRANSFORM: Techy Notes to Make Learning Sticky was published by Road to Awesome LLC.

Website: https://www.tannenbaumtech.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tannenbaumtech/

Twitter: @tannenbaumtech

In this bonus episode of the podcast, Dr. Matt interviewed Victoria Lowe, who is the Chapter 8 Case Study contributing author of Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K-12 Classroom and School Leaders. In our conversation, Ms. Lowe outlines how she uses a wide range of strategies and EdTech tools to integrate into her lessons within blended learning classroom settings. In this discussion, she discussed how she selects tools and integrates them into lessons and her process of curating new tools and strategies she learns from her professional learning and global professional learning network. Ms. Lowe describes how she utilizes the station rotation model of blended learning. Specifically, she added a lot of great nuggets of information on how to develop and model routines so students know how to initiate and participate in each station and generate buy-in and community. In the final minutes, Ms. Lowe provides her top three to five recommendations on how to successfully implement blended learning. 

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Guest Bio: Victoria Lowe is a 20 plus year secondary educator in the Bronx, New York. She is currently a Teacher Leader, teaching 6th grade ELA while coaching and training educators in her school and community at large. She is a Microsoft Innovative Educator, Google for Education Certified Trainer, an Ambassador for Buncee, Wakelet, and Flipgrid, a Learning Leader for Discovery Education, and on the Discovery Education Leadership Council. Ms. Lowe is also a Common Sense Educator, member of Digital Promise Coach PLC, and the Danielson Group Virtual PLC. Ms. Lowe is an edtech presenter who has presented both locally and nationally. Ms. Lowe earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Mercy College New York, a Master of Art in Psychology from John Jay College, CUNY, and a Master of Science degree in Elementary Education from Lehman College, CUNY.

Twitter: vlowe144

In this episode, Dr. Rhoads discussed rural education and how to best support rural educators with Dr. Casey Jakubowski. In our conversation, we outlined some of the challenges of rural education ranging from underfunding, but also discussed its strengths such as community involvement by students and teachers. As the conversation progressed, Dr. Jakubowski discussed how our schools need to provide more outlets for our students to be involved within the community whether in local politics, business, or entrepreneurship. We both agreed that provided opportunities for student voice and agency in the form of entrepreneurship can be a future avenue for schools would be an optimal opportunity for students! As the conversation ended, Dr. Jakubowski outlined how our classrooms can be Makerspaces for community projects, which can help students develop solutions to help the community moving forward into the future. 

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Twitter: @mattrhoads1990

LinkedIn: Matthew Rhoads, Ed.D.

Guest Bio: 20-year veteran educator, Casey has held leadership positions and has two books, both by Edumatch Publishing. With over 20 peer-reviewed publications in rural and civic education, Casey is an internationally acclaimed expert in process management, data analytics, and improvement. He holds a Ph.D. in Leadership and is LEAN and SIX Sigma Greenbelt certified. Founder of CTJ Solutions, consulting on Data, conflict management, and idea generation.

Twitter: @caseyj_edu

LinkedIn: Casey Jakubowski, Ph.D.

Website: https://ctjakubowski.weebly.com/

In this bonus episode, Dr. Rhoads interviewed Jennifer Ingold, the contributing author for Chapter 2's case study of Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K-12 Classroom and School Leaders, on mainstream EdTech tools that amplify learning anywhere and anytime. Within our conversation, Mrs. Ingold outlined how she utilizes slides and docs as hyperdocs and hyperslides to create clear, concise, predictable, and engaging routines and strategies for students. Much of our conversation she outlined how she created structures within our class to help students, as well as families, be successful in navigating her course. Additionally, she discussed how she designed her lessons and online infrastructure to create easy-to-follow procedures and routines. Overall, for any teacher or school leader, Mrs. Ingold outlines how to create the systems and routines to be successful instructionally within any classroom setting. 

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Guest Bio: Jennifer Ingold is an 8th-grade social studies teacher in Bay Shore, New York. She received the New York State Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Middle School Teacher of the Year Award; the Cohen-Jordan Award, given by the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, and The National Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Middle-Level Teacher of the Year; all in 2019. She was also named Long Island Council of the Social Studies Middle School Teacher of the Year in 2016. She is a lead blogger on C3Teachers.org and has been published in the National Council of the Social Studies Middle-Level Learning, Social Education, and AMLE Magazines. Her ideas on The Missing Piece: Thinking Parameters for Middle Schoolers is to be featured in the next issue of the Iowa Journal for the Social Studies.

Social Media

Twitter: @msjingold

Website: jingold.weebly.com

In this bonus episode, Dr. Rhoads takes a deep dive with Shannon Moore, who is the contributing author for Chapter of Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K-12 Classroom and School Leaders, on the topic of selecting EdTech tools to amplify instruction in any setting. Throughout the conversation, we discussed how to select EdTech tools, which centers around the philosophy of "think less is more" as well as how we can align our instructional goals and strategies with tools that can amplify our student's learning. Additionally, Mrs. Moore outlined several tips and tricks on how to select EdTech tools not only in the classroom setting but also for an entire school. 

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Guest Bio: Shannon Moore is a High School English and Speech Teacher & Technology Coach in Visalia, California. She has been teaching for 10 years and loves all things #EdTech. She received her Masters of Education with a Specialization in Best Practices and Single Subject teaching credential from National University and her Bachelors in Communication from California State University, Fresno. She is a Global Google Educator Group (GEG) leader and a Google for Education Certified Educator Level 1 and 2, as well as a Google for Education Certified Trainer. Recently, she has become an Adobe Education Leader and loves integrating creativity into her practice. In her free time, she loves reading, hanging out with her husband and cats, and watching TV.

Social Media

Twitter: @SMoore_teach

Instagram: @aka.smoore

Website: www.3caffeinatedcoaches.com

In this episode, Dr. Rhoads spoke with Dr. Malikah Nu'Man on restorative justice practices implementation throughout the school community as well as her research on teacher trauma and how to mitigate it to help with teacher retention. Throughout our conversation, Dr. Nu'Man provides many applicable restorative justice practices to integrate within school cultures ranging from embedded social emotional learning activities in all classes and school-based activities, reflecting on our language we use while speaking to students, restorative circles, reevaluating our perspectives and seeing what may have been perceived harmful, apologizing for our actions, and sharing leadership responsibilities to create buy-in. Additionally, we discussed teacher trauma and how to integrate support groups on campuses for teachers as well as a focus on clarity of procedures and initiatives so teachers know the expectations of leadership. Overall, this is a very insightful conversation any classroom and school leader can learn a lot from to be able to implement restorative justice and brave and safe spaces into their leadership practices. 

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Twitter: @mattrhoads1990

LinkedIn: Matthew Rhoads, Ed.D. 

Guest Bio: Educator, advocate for restorative practices, and an energetic educational leader possessing a background in special education, school leadership, and teacher training. She has earned a Doctorate in Educational Leadership, as well as a Master's of Education with an emphasis in Special Education. Dr. NuMan leads professional development opportunities and is actively involved in school task forces and committees. Her innovative way of tackling problems and drive to ensure that school experience is positive for all students enables her to make an impact.

Twitter: @DrLiks

LinkedIn: Dr. Malikah Nu'Man

In this episode, Dr. Rhoads spoke to Ariel Adrian who wrote one of the self-care case studies in Chapter 12 of Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K-12 Classroom and School Leaders. We discussed the mind-body connection and how self-care is essential to educators who want to be their best selves not only to their students and colleagues but authentically to themselves. In addition, she outlined her mindset of navigating the past 15 months as well as how routines helped amplify her self-care so it was done on a daily basis. Many important nuggets of information on self-care that can amplify an educators energy are discussed in this episode - you will not want to miss it on a deep dive on this important topic!

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Bio: Ariel Adrian is a Reading Teacher in Long Island, New York. Over her years of experience, she has taught elementary, middle, and high school students. Her greatest joy in teaching is inspiring her students to develop the confidence to be habitual readers, global citizens, and lifelong learners. Ariel is a doctoral student in the Ed.D. Literacy program at Hofstra University, with a research interest in self-efficacy and authentic assessments. By presenting and attending local and national conferences, participating in #Read2Lead book studies, and being active through Twitter, she is passionate about cultivating professional learning communities and sharing best practices and experiences with like-minded educators. Ariel is an attuned Reiki Practitioner, passionate that mindfulness is the key to success, a belief that she lives out through her interests in reading, writing, yoga, meditation, live music, and traveling.

Twitter: @arieladrian

In this bonus episode of Navigating Education - The Podcast, Dr. Rhoads discusses professional development and learning with Rose Avalos who is a case study author in Chapter 11 of Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K-12 Classroom and School Leaders. Further elaborating on her case study she wrote for the book, Ms. Avalos outlines her experience with professional development and learning over the past 15 months. She outlines professional learning experiences that were helpful and impacted her practices versus other experiences that weren't as helpful. Additionally, she emphasizes teacher collaboration whether its teachers within your same school or online that has been a major contributor to her learning. Our discussion finalizes on the note that teacher collaboration was essential to helping her improve her practices as she navigates the present and future of education. 

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Twitter: @mattrhoads1990

LinkedIn: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D. 

Guest Bio: Rosalinda Avalos is a secondary Spanish educator in the Inland Empire. She received a Spanish, B.A.  from the University of California, Los Angeles, a Masters in Learning and Teaching from the University of Redlands and is pursuing a Doctorate in Education from the University of La Verne. She has conducted research and is interested in bilingual education. Rosalinda is a part time induction mentor for beginning teachers. She also serves as mentor for her fellow Bruins through the UCLA One Alumni Network. Rosalinda is a huge Disney and Star Wars fans. In her free time she enjoys cooking, crafting, going to Disneyland, spending time with her family, being an avid reader, enjoying watching Diners, Drive in and Dives, and thus enjoys trying new restaurants.

Instagram: funinspanishclass

LinkedIn: Rosie Avalos

In this episode, Dr. Rhoads interviews Dr. C. Malik, Boykins on his music, learning, and racial bias algorithms. We first discussed Dr. Boykins context in education and how he has navigated his research and teaching the past 15 months. Following that conversation, we had a short discussion about his music, which has taken off on platforms such as Tik-Tok to create dance music videos. This conversation moves into Dr. Boykins research on racial bias within algorithms. He has currently developed a software that can help measure algorithmic bias in many of the social media platforms we utilized today for personal use and professional learning. He outlined the implications of the bias's as well as the need for regulating algorithms. At the end of our conversation, Dr. Boykin outlines two to three teaching practices that can be implemented into your classroom and school tomorrow. 

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Twitter: @mattrhoads1990

LinkedIn: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D. 

Guest Bio: Dr. C. Malik Boykin aka Malik Starx is an Assistant Professor at Brown University within the School of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences. He is the first black Professor of Psychology at Brown University. Dr. Boykin received his doctorate in Social and Personality Psychology from UC Berkeley, his M.A. in Social-Organizational Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and his B.S. in Psychology from the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) – after first attending Howard University. He was a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow for two years at Brown in the Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences before his current faculty appointment. His research focuses on intergroup relations, hierarchy, prejudice, mentorship, and racial identity.

Instagram: @starxmalik

TikTok: malikstarx

Website: www.boykinlab.com & www.malikstarx.com

In this bonus episode of Navigating Education - The Podcast, Dr. Rhoads discussed with Dr. Darrin Peppard district leadership and leadership practices that have helped him navigate the past 15 months as a district leader. Dr. Peppard is a contributing author to Chapter 10's case study of Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K-12 Classroom and School Leaders that relates to the chapter's theme of the Coherence Framework in action to help districts at the organizational level navigate in our ever-changing landscape. During our conversation, Dr. Peppard provided insight as to what leadership practices have helped in almost every role he's had in education ranging from a teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, and superintendent. He also provides four critical leadership practices that can help any leader navigate not only the present but also the future of education. 

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Twitter: @mattrhoads1990

LinkedIn: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D. 

Dr. Darrin Peppard, a self-proclaimed recovering high school principal, is a school district superintendent, speaker, author, and consultant. Darrin’s expertise in school culture and climate, along with coaching and growing emerging leaders has made him a leading voice in school leadership on an international level. Living life on the “Road To Awesome”, Darrin leads through relationships, compassion, and a human-being first focus. Peppard has served kids and adults as a superintendent, principal, assistant principal, teacher, and coach. Darrin was recognized as the Jostens Renaissance Educator of the Year in 2015, Wyoming Secondary School Principal of the Year by WASSP/NASSP in 2016, and in 2019, he was inducted into the Jostens Renaissance Hall of Fame. Darrin and his wife live in Grand County, Colorado spending as much time off the road in their Jeep and hiking with their daughter and their dogs.

Twitter: @darrinmpeppard

Website: www.darrinmpeppard.com / www.roadtoawesome.net