NHASCD Spotlight: A Podcast

Vicki Davis (The Cool Cat Teacher) is one of the most influential and impactful educators on the Internet. In this episode, we have a wide-reaching discussion about technology strengths and limitations, artificial intelligence, teacher work-life balance, and the dangers of social media on our mental health.

ABOUT

Vicki is a veteran K-12 teacher and Instructional Technology Director in southwest Georgia. Her blog, CoolCatTeacher.com, logs 100,000 unique monthly visitors monthly, while her Twitter account contains nearly 165,000 followers. Vicki has won numerous awards, including being a 2022 Top 40 Edtech Influencer. She continues to be dedicated to her students and family above all else.

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The Cool Cat Teacher Blog

Vicki’s Twitter

Vicki’s Podcasts

When Chat GPT launched worldwide in November 2022, it brought both adventure and anxiety to the education world. On today’s podcast, we are joined by three NH technology educators to talk about the current and potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on teachers and students and how we can harness its power to support teaching and learning.

OUR GUESTS

Michael Wakefield is a musician and consultant on technology for educational and nonprofit organizations. He is an adjunct professor at Keene State College and was previously a technology consultant for the Massachusetts Association of Regional Schools. Michael was also the Director of Technology at the Narragansett School District in Massachusetts. He's a member of the NHSTE board.

Christina DiMicelli is the Educational Technology Integration Specialist at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire. She was previously the Director of Technology and a Tech Integration Specialist at Hampstead Academy.

Dana Foulds is a Media Technology Integration Specialist in the Concord School District and previously a social studies teacher. Dana was honored as a 2016 ASCD Emerging Leader. She is a member of the NHASCD Board and serves as Treasurer.

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NHSTE

Keene State College

Pinkerton Academy

Broken Ground School

Chat GPT

6 Ways to Use Chat GPT to Save Time

GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary

The next generation of AI for developers and Google Workspace

What you need to know about multimodal language models

John Spenser’s Blog

Become a member of NHASCD

Allie is a consultant, author, and school board member who devotes her career to adult learning. Whether you are a teacher, administrator, or parent, you will be challenged by Allie's wisdom.

ABOUT

Allie is the founder of The Learning Loop. She coaches organizations and individuals to purposefully leverage their limited time and create personalized and paradigm-shifting professional learning space.

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The Learning Loop

Eleven years ago, Jon Bergmann wrote the book Flip Your Classroom, and his world has never been the same since. Educators worldwide embraced flipped learning strategies, and Jon followed up with nine more books on the subject. His latest book is The Mastery Learning Handbook - A Competency-Based Approach to Student Achievement. Jon returned to the classroom as a high school science teacher in 2019. He still consults in schools throughout the world. 

ABOUT

Jon and his wife live in Houston, Texas, and have three grown children. He is a science teacher at Houston Christian High School.

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Episode description

Naomi Church is passionate about many things in education, but Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Mathematics are at the top of her list. In this episode, Naomi helps us understand UDL and expresses her views on the current state of math instruction in K-12 schools.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Naomi Church is an experienced educator, credentialed coach, and skilled speaker. She served Broward Schools in Florida for over 17 years as a Professional Development Specialist, Mathematics Intervention Program Specialist, ESE Support Facilitator, RtI Coordinator, Literacy Coach, and teacher. She holds a dual Bachelor’s Degree in Education and Business from Illinois Wesleyan University and a Master’s Degree from The Florida State University in Educational Leadership. Naomi is certified in Elementary Education (K-6), ESOL (K-12), Educational Leadership (all levels), and Exceptional Student Education (K-12). Naomi is passionate about coaching, mentoring, professional development, and building capacity.

Links and show notes

Growing Minds Consulting

Women's Flat Track Roller Derby: Universal by Design

The Power of Optimizing Strengths

Adding it Up

UDL Guidelines

Growing Minds Consulting Blog

Learning Forward

Learning Forward Florida

Twitter

Facebook

Linked-in

NHASCD

Episode description

Perhaps no researcher has impacted education as much as John Hattie. His meta-analysis research on instructional effect size has influenced an entire generation of educators. In advance of the NH Visible Learning + Institute with John Hattie and friends, he sat down with us to talk about his life as a researcher, the state of our field, and what we can expect at the conference on February 13 at the Doubletree Hilton in Manchester.

To register for the Institute, head to nhascd.org. Be sure to use the code “NHASCD” for a $25 discount.

About John Hattie

Dr. John Hattie is an award-winning educational researcher and best-selling author with nearly 30 years of experience examining what works best in student learning and achievement. His research, best known as Visible Learning, is a culmination of those 30 years of synthesizing more than 1,700 meta-analyses. His notable publications include Visible Learning, Visible Learning for Teachers, Visible Learning - The Science of How We Learn, Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades K-12, and, most recently, 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning.

John has been a professor of education and director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011. John has also taught middle and high school as a classroom teacher before entering graduate studies.

Links and show notes

Corwin Visible Learning

John’s Books

Visible Learning site

Register for the NH Visible Learning Institute with John Hattie, John Almarode, and Kiersten Barbee (use the code NHASCD for a $25 discount)

Register for the Jim Knight conference

John Almarode bio

Kierstan Barbee bio

Storytelling is an ancient and enduring form of communication. With modern digital tools, a new generation of students can tell stories through digital pathways and communicate effectively and purposefully using text, sound, music, and imagery. Join us for this conversation with Brett Pierce, author of the new Heinemann book Expanding Literacy; Bringing Digital Storytelling into Your Classroom.

ABOUT BRETT PIERCE

Brett is the founder and Executive Director of Meridian Stories and author of the book from Heinemann Publishing, Expanding Literacy: Bringing Digital Storytelling into Your Classroom (Spring 2022). Brett has spent much of his professional life at Sesame Workshop in New York City, serving as a Co-Executive Producer on media projects about literacy, math, science, gender equity, and conflict resolution for youth around the world. Brett has taught at the high school level and has degrees from Kenyon College, Middlebury College (English), and Columbia University (Education). He recently completed writing National Geographic’s award-winning Storytelling for Impact courses (Gold Winner, Anthem Awards) and teaches an annual intensive at Colby College about Digital Storytelling and Media for Social Change.

Links and show notes

Expanding Literacy, Bringing Digital Storytelling Into your Classroom

Meridian Stories

[email protected]

Meridian Stories School Competitions

Twitter

National Geographic Storytelling For Impact

Sesame Workshop

Heinemann Publishers

Episode description

The advent of the pandemic made Tammy Musiowsky-Borneman and Christine Arnold’s work more relevant than ever. In this discussion, the authors of the ASCD Book The Minimalist Teacher describe their premise that teachers need to take care of their own physical and mental health first to be effective educators for their students.

About Our Guests

Tammy Musiowsky-Borneman is an international education advisor, teacher coach, and classroom teacher and has taught and led schools in Singapore, New York City, and Edmonton. Tammy is a past president of the ASCD Emerging Leaders Alumni Affiliate (ELASCD). She values simplicity and clarity and has created a coaching model centered on short, flexible, and focused chunks of time with personalized content. Tammy has contributed content to ASCD publications, EdWeek Teacher Blog, and Achieve the Core regarding student engagement, inclusion, agency, and ways to develop positive classroom and school culture.

Christine Arnold is an Australian educator who has worked in her homeland, Japan, Singapore, and Belgium as a teacher, coach, mentor, co-teacher, coordinator, tutor, and supervisor from early childhood education to adult education in the university sector. She has served on the board of the Singapore chapter of the Special Education Network and Inclusion Association. Christine has published educational articles and has presented at various international and Australian conferences. Her interests in education include exploring research-based pedagogy and practice, inclusive education, quality early childhood education, inquiry, and promoting well-being for our students and teaching colleagues.

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The Minimalist Teacher

Tammy’s Twitter: @planZPLS

Tammy’s email: [email protected]

Christine’s Twitter: @carnold005

Minimalist Teacher website

Plan Z Professional Learning Services

De-implementation: Creating the Space to Focus on What Works

ASCD Emerging Leaders

NHASCD

As we near the end of 2022, the field of education is undoubtedly in transition. Gene Kerns, Chief Academic Officer for Renaissance, the company behind well-known products such as Star Assessments, Nearpod, and Accelerated Reader, offers fervent hope for our profession.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. Gene Kerns serves as the Chief Academic Officer for Renaissance. He has a rich background as the Supervisor of Academic Services for the Milford, Delaware School District, a faculty member at the University of Delaware, and has been a teacher and administrator in both Delaware and Virginia. Gene holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Longwood University in VA and his doctorate in education from the University of Delaware. He is the co-author of three books: Informative Assessment: When It’s Not About a Grade, Unlocking Student Talent, and Literacy Reframed.

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Renaissance General Site

Renaissance Webinars

Renaissance Focus Skills

About Dr. Gene Kerns

Gene on Twitter

Gene’s Books on Amazon

Register for Jim Knight conference on January 26, 2023

nhascd.org

Bill Carozza email

What is the Science of Reading?

National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)

The impact of the Pandemic has only heightened the need for educators to integrate social-emotional learning into their instruction. In this wide-ranging interview, Jeffrey Benson speaks of supporting schools and teachers that work for all students. 

ABOUT JEFFREY BENSON

Jeffrey has over 40 years of experience in education as a teacher in elementary, secondary and post-secondary settings and has served as an administrator in day and residential schools. Jeffrey has studied and worked in areas as diverse as special education, learning theory, mathematics, trauma and addiction, and conflict resolution. His latest ASCD book is Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL.

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Jeffrey Benson’s website

100 Repetitions

Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL

Register for Jim Knight Conference

NHASCD Website