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By Brian Sztabnik: English Teacher, Blogger, PodcasterEducation
Talks with Teachers episodes
- Pursue Your PassionIn this week’s podcast episode I talk about something I believe will help English develop amazing experiences for their students, The Best Lesson Series: Literature. The book contains 15 extraordinary lessons from great teachers. The lessons and practical approaches in the book prove how anyone is capable of engaging students, building skills, and making their classroom a ... Read more...6 min
- Episode #75 Laura Bradley Talks NaNoWriMo
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Laura teaches English language arts, digital design, and media productions, and co-advises the student-produced news station, at Kenilworth Junior High School in Petaluma, California. She is a Google for Education Certified Innovator, National Board Certified Teacher, Edutopia Facilitator, Bay Area Writing Project Teacher Consultant with an MA in Ed. Tech. In 2015, she was a first place winner of the Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation Teacher Innovator Award. Laura has been teaching since 1988: before state standards, before standardized tests, before scripted, one-size-fits-all curriculum and before threats of Program Improvement and merit pay. In an attempt to push back against the voices that condemn and despair over our public schools, she also blogs and tweets.
Show Notes Coming Soon!http://laurabradley.me/www.bestlessonseries.com
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31 min - Episode #75 Laura Bradley Talks NaNoWriMoDownload on iTunes Follow Laura on Twitter Laura teaches English language arts, digital design, and media productions, and co-advises the student-produced news station, at Kenilworth Junior High School in Petaluma, California. She is a Google for Education Certified Innovator, National Board Certified Teacher, Edutopia Facilitator, Bay Area Writing Project Teacher Consultant with an MA in Ed. Tech. In ... Read more...31 min
- Episode #74 David Bosso
David Bosso, the 2012 Connecticut Teacher of the Year, has been teaching Social Studies at Berlin High School since 1998. He was recently named the 2012-2013 Outstanding Secondary Social Studies Teacher of the Year by the National Council for the Social Studies, and was recognized by the Connecticut Council of the Social Studies for its Excellence in Social Studies Education award in 2009.
In this episode you will learn:
How David uses the textbook as a tool, not as a curriculum
How David makes history as relevant as possibleHow to exist beyond the curriculumHow to get involved in education leadershipWhy David blogs about his teaching experiencesWhy teachers should stay in the classroomRead Education in the United States and Finland: What is and what can be by David Bosso
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30 min - Episode #74 David BossoDavid Bosso, the 2012 Connecticut Teacher of the Year, has been teaching Social Studies at Berlin High School since 1998. He was recently named the 2012-2013 Outstanding Secondary Social Studies Teacher of the Year by the National Council for the Social Studies, and was recognized by the Connecticut Council of the Social Studies for its ... Read more...30 min
- Episode 73 with Terry Heick of Teach Thought
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Terry Heick is the creator of Teach Thought. He is a former English teacher turned education dreamer who is interested in how learning is changing in a digital and connected world. This includes, among other changes, the rise of self-directed learning.
He is also interested in the power of questions, the role of play in learning, clarifying digital literacy, the flexibility of project-based learning, marrying mobile learning and place-based education (especially through mentoring), the potential of video games and simulations in learning, what it really means to “understand” something, and how all of this produces wisdom and self-knowledge in students.
In addition to his work with TeachThought, he also presents at national conferences, provides professional development for schools, blogs for edutopia, and creates content for companies including learn.ist.
Teaching Tips:
He started a blog for himself as a teacher to see curriculum different and escape the bubble of his school
He went to ASCD and ISTE that exposed him to possibilities that his teaching program had not prepared him for.Terry found inspiration from what he was reading personally and the music he was listening to, allowing him to bring his interests into the classroom.By incorporating these emerging technologies, he found he could better teach the child than teach the text.Terry believes we read to better understand ourselves and experience the classic human struggles. That understanding is enhanced and made immediate when we see what was said in the past and apply it to the present.He feels scripted curriculum reduce teacher capacity.There are so many opportunities for so many different types of learning to occur. It does not need to be scripted.Two books he highly recommends are Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition and Teaching What Matters Most: Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement.Information About His Blog
Teach Thought is an organization dedicated to innovation in learning.
He is constantly seeing his site differently.It started off as a way to share his curriculum and is now much bigger than him and serves a larger purpose.He is constantly trying to examine what is happening in education.He is helping educators reconsider how to teach in a modern world.Teach Thought is starting a podcast, a professional development faculty, but at its marrow Teach Thought is an idea.He sees blogging as a selfish act but ultimately it is selfless because you are having to see what your peers are talking and thinking about.A good post from Teach Thought is The Characteristics of a Good SchoolWith blogging, everyone can have a voice. It allows for a specific focus in education as well a broad overview.The post Episode 73 with Terry Heick of Teach Thought appeared first on Talks with Teachers.
30 min - Episode 73 with Terry Heick of Teach ThoughtListen on iTunes Terry Heick is the creator of Teach Thought. He is a former English teacher turned education dreamer who is interested in how learning is changing in a digital and connected world. This includes, among other changes, the rise of self-directed learning. He is also interested in the power of questions, the role ... Read more...30 min
- #72 — Penny Kittle: Engaging Readers and Building Better Writers
Penny Kittle is an English teacher, literacy coach, and director of new teacher mentoring at Kennett High School in North Conway, New Hampshire. She teaches 10th, 11th, and 12th graders each fall and also occasionally in the alternative night school for adult students.
Penny is also currently the National Council of Teachers of English Policy Analyst for the State of New Hampshire. You can follow her at www.pennykittle.net
In this episode you will learn:
Penny's travels as a teacher and educator in various states throughout the country
Her time as a woodcarving teacherWhat it takes to be a good coach in sports and how that is transferrable to coaching teachersThe impact Donald Graves had on her teachingThe importance of teachers existing as writersMini lessons are most efficient and least effective and conferring is least efficient yet most effective.How to turn dependent learners into independent thinkersWhat type of feedback matters to studentsThe two books that are fascinating her right now:Why teachers need to help students set specific, measure goals
Why every teacher needs to feed his or her own curiosity and fascinationHow the Book Love Foundation has come to define her professional life and serve as her biggest source of pride.The post #72 — Penny Kittle: Engaging Readers and Building Better Writers appeared first on Talks with Teachers.
22 min - #72 — Penny Kittle: Engaging Readers and Building Better WritersPenny Kittle is an English teacher, literacy coach, and director of new teacher mentoring at Kennett High School in North Conway, New Hampshire. She teaches 10th, 11th, and 12th graders each fall and also occasionally in the alternative night school for adult students. Penny is also currently the National Council of Teachers of English Policy ... Read more...22 min
- #71 Michael Dunlea — Listening to Student Voices
Michael Dunlea became a teacher for the same reason most did, he wanted to make a difference. He decided to become a teacher via the alternate route after working in restaurant/hotel management for over 20 years. He was a finalist for the NJ State Teacher of the Year, which set him on a path of teacher leadership that included becoming a Teacher Fellow with America Achieves in 2012 and Hope Street Group in 2014.
In this episode you will learn:
How he created a grassroots, teacher-led storm crew in response to Hurricane Sandy.
Why he was a finalist for the New Jersey Teacher of the Year and was a Hope Street Group FellowWhat was impactful about his 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. FinnHow his wife, a social worker, showed him what it means to be dedicated to the betterment of children.What choice every teacher must makeThe number of hours he put in over contract in a school yearWhat policy makers fail to realize about studentsWhy every teacher should read Rick Lavoie's When The Chips Are Down: Learning Disabilities and Discipline (Strategies For Improving Children's Behavior)How you can be a part of your school's communityWhy Twitter helps teachersHow to use student surveys effectively to understand what's happening in your classroomFollow Michael on Twitter @MichaelJDunlea
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