Welcome to the Alliance! This week we have Will Carlson on the show. Will tells us all about how he runs his gamified Marvel classroom and he and Jamie collaborated to have a crossover event. In our ever popular segment "Whatcha been playin'...?" Will talks about Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza.

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Welcome to this new iteration of our podcast! From now on, we will be called Rebel Teacher Alliance and we are so excited for what we have planned for the future! Listen for why we decided to change our name and some sneaks for what we have in store! This week, Scott talks about a defunct piano that he inherited and fixed up for his classroom, Jamie dives into her bookclub experience where she read Cultivating Genius and how she discovered novels in verse, and why going to meetings outside of contract hours can be a tricky thing. Finally, Jamie and Scott share their experience with Bears vs. Babies in our ever popular segment "Whatcha been playin'...?".

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- Bears vs. Babies - funny and weird card game

We are so happy to have another Disney Award winning educator on the show! This week we have Susan Thompson, 5th grade teacher from Indiana, and she tells us about all the amazing things she does in her classroom and why she qualified for a Disney teacher award. Hint: It is quite impressive! Be sure to follow her on Instagram and check out Bananas the Traveling Monkey as well!

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Such a fun deep dive with amazing educators! This week we have first time guest Itzel Lizarraga and returning guest Josie Wozniak on our show to talk all things TextQuest, the brain child of John Meehan (and now EMC2Learning). We talk about different variations, how Jamie, Fabian, and Itzel ran it in their classrooms, and Josie asks great questions to help clarify understanding. If you ever wanted to try this pedagogy with your students, this is a great episode to listen to! Click the links so you can follow Itzel on Twitter and TikTok. Do the same for Josie (Twitter, TikTok).

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This is such a great episode! We might be biased, but Katie Powell is a force to be reckoned with. Not only did she clap with us in the beginning to help align the audio, but she also wrote two books called Boredom Busters and Frustration Busters. She talks about how she started her career as a SpEd teacher, landed in her chosen field of Middle School ELA instruction, and how her presenting led to two books and a job with AMLE. Follow her on Twitter @beyond_the_desk and check out her website www.teachbeyondthedesk.com.

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Hello there! This episode is very Star Wars centric, but also, not really. This week we get to talk to Jason Hilbert, an amazing, veteran High School History teacher from San Jose, CA. Fabian noticed him when he was doing research on how to turn his classroom into a bit more of an immersive experience and Jason graciously agreed to come on and talk about his inspiration for why he incorporated Star Wars designs into his classroom. You can follow him on Instagram and check out his Etsy shop.

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Tribe, this episode has some amazing stories! Our guest, and fellow Disney Award Winner (tm), Dale Hoggatt has been in the classroom for over 30 years and the stories he told us are just incredible. An incredibly engaging teacher, Dale did not only wrestle a lion, but also wrote a few books and articles about teaching. A wealth of experience for sure and with this episode we are only scratching the surface! Please follow him on Twitter @dedhoggatt and check out his website!

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Episode 124 - Finding Our Tech Tools

Summer time… and the podcast is full of awesome tools we talk about. Check it out! Jamie talks about Shapegrams and how the skills students learn transfer over to Canva, Scott dives into Tinkercad, and Fabian talks about EdPuzzle and a little tool called Classroom Screen.

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It’s summer break! For everyone on the show. This week we are talking about why getting ready for next year now can already feel like you are falling behind, Jamie has some badges made, and Fabian talks about how having Covid ended his classroom game pretty abruptly. Finally, Jamie talks about a game in our ever segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”

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Hey everybody! This week we are talking about what Jamie has been reading and why she is already thinking about how to change her approach to math next year, how Fabian created a prequel to his classroom game by recording a message for the incoming 7th grade class, and Scott talks about how games can help (SpEd) students teach expected behaviors in our favorite segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”.

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