Craig Badura closes out our summer by getting you ready to be a triple threat in your classroom this year.

Craig and Jen Badura open up the picnic basket in their backyard to talk about heading back to school. Whether you're a new teacher or a veteran teacher, there will be some good tips as we start a fresh year!

Stephen Sautter chats with PGA Digital Content creator Carly Grenfell about her journey from York, NE, to creating social media for the PGA. She brings a great perspective about being open to new experiences and trying new things. Originally a medial field major in college, she now helps manage more than a dozen PGA social media accounts.

Follow Carly on Twitter and Instagram at @carlygren.

This week we chat with Alyssa Allmon (https://twitter.com/alyssa_allmon), social media and web manager for Striv (http://striv.tv), about the different ways to tell the story of your classroom and school. 

The Creator's Life Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creators-life/id1451539133 

Pixelmator: https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/

Canva: https://canva.com

Mickie is back, this time with her office mates Heather Thompson & Renee Rucker! They talk about the idea that the person doing the most work in a classroom does the most learning. Learn from their experiences and then shoot us a message on Anchor with your thoughts or experiences!

Supporting Links:

https://catlintucker.com/2018/03/students-learn-more-when-they-do-the-work/

https://catlintucker.com/2019/06/3-ways-to-build-student-agency-into-your-lessons/

https://hyperdocs.co/

https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/interactive-learning-menus-choice-boards-using-google-docs/

https://www.peardeck.com/active-learning

https://www.verbaltovisual.com/what-is-sketchnoting/

Heather Thompson, former NPS instructional coach, current elementary principal for Plainview Public Schools, @mrs_thompson007

Renee Rucker, former NPS instructional coach, current Norfolk Middle School assistant principal, @reneerucker_7

Heather is back to talk with Stephanie Dannehl about how she uses Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality in her library!

Stephanie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/87tennisgirl

Stephanie's Resources: https://sites.google.com/view/arvrmr/home

Morphi example: https://twitter.com/87tennisgirl/status/1142756720789401602

Heather on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hcallihan 

Josh sits down with Devin Schoening to talk about one of our favorite topics - how do we get teachers to embrace letting kids be creative?

Stephen Sautter brings York Middle School teacher Kelly Fike to the picnic! They discuss how they are empowering their students through  entrepreneurial and manufacturing courses in the middle school.

Pure Genius: https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Genius-Building-Culture-Innovation/dp/0988217627 

StartEdUp: http://www.startedupinnovation.com/

mixINCedu: https://www.unchartedlearning.org/student-programs/mxincedu

Contact:

Kelly: [email protected] or http://twitter.com/fikekelly 

Stephen: [email protected] or http://twitter.com/coach_sautter 

In episode 2, host Heather Callihan interviews social studies teacher Trevor Menke about how he has transitioned his classroom to incorporate more blended learning concepts.

In this episode, host Mickie Mueller chats with her colleague Becky Miller about the work they've been doing for the last few years as technology trainers to remove the focus from the technology tools and instead focus on the learning that can come from it.

Information referenced:

ISTE Standards for Students:  https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students 

Triple E Framework:  https://www.tripleeframework.com/  

Learning First, Technology Second (book):  https://www.amazon.com/Learning-First-Technology-Second-Educators/dp/1564843890/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Learning+First%2C+Technology+Second&qid=1558548369&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1