Talks with Teachers

Talks with Teachers

By Brian Sztabnik: English Teacher, Blogger, PodcasterEducation
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  • #65 Tech as a Tool to Differentiate Instruction

    Cheryl Costello

    Academic Tech Coordinator at Cheshire Academy,an independent school in Cheshire, CT. Member of #CAIS Commission on Technology

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    In this episode you will learn:

    How she began using technology as a tool to differentiate instruction

    How she managed to go from a stay-at home mom to a successful teacher
    What she learned about flexibility in lesson panning and how she learned it
    The time and planning that goes into successful teaching
    Why everyone should readMindset by Carol Dweck
    How you can create a personal learning community on Twitter
    Why you should read education blogs like Edutopia and Ed Tech Teacher
    How her passion for her content showed through her students' work

     

     

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    16 min
  • #65 Tech as a Tool to Differentiate Instruction
    Cheryl Costello Academic Tech Coordinator at Cheshire Academy,an independent school in Cheshire, CT. Member of #CAIS Commission on Technology Subscribe on iTunes   In this episode you will learn: How she began using technology as a tool to differentiate instruction How she managed to go from a stay-at home mom to a successful teacher What ... Read more...
    16 min
  • #64 Brianna Crowley — ASCD Emerging Leader

    Brianna Crowley

    #Teacherpreneur w/ @teachingquality, 2013 @ASCD Emerging Leader, English Teacher, TechCoach, NBCT

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    In this episode you will learn:

    Her hybrid role as a classroom teacher and a Teacherpreneur for The Center for Teaching Quality

    Why she became a teacher and how she became a master teacher by connecting with others
    Her lesson that fell flat and how it crushed her at the time
    What the public fails to realize about teaching
    Why Mindset by Carol Dweck and Quiet by Susan Cain are valuable professional-development reads
    How we should be interesting people for our students
    Why Elana Aguilar's The Art of Coaching was the best PD that she attended
    What a comment code can do to benefit student writing
    The ever-evolving, always-collaborating nature of great teachers

     

     

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    28 min
  • #64 Brianna Crowley — ASCD Emerging Leader
    Brianna Crowley #Teacherpreneur w/ @teachingquality, 2013 @ASCD Emerging Leader, English Teacher, TechCoach, NBCT  http://about.me/brianna.crowley   Subscribe on iTunes In this episode you will learn: Her hybrid role as a classroom teacher and a Teacherpreneur for The Center for Teaching Quality Why she became a teacher and how she became a master teacher by connecting with others ... Read more...
    28 min
  • #63 Active and Engaged Math Teaching: Michael Flynn

    Michael Flynn

    Director of Mathematics Leadership Program at Mount Holyoke College

     

    In this episode you will learn:

    How he went from hating math to teaching it

    Why teaching the way you were taught is not always a successful practice
    The ways in which we can use our colleagues as resources
    Why summer PD can transform your teaching
    How his teaching changed from teacher-centered to student-centered
    The questions you should ask to determine if your classroom is student-centered.
    Why we need time to practice, experiment, and try things out
    The difference between a fun activity and a fun learning outcome
    How the dynamic nature of the classroom can be invigorating
    Why Principles to Action is a book that every math teacher should read
    The ways in which everyone can be life-long learners
    Why the workbook method in math can turn students off
    How to make math an active process
    The ever-evolving, always-collaborating nature of great teachers

     

     

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    32 min
  • #63 Active and Engaged Math Teaching: Michael Flynn
    Michael Flynn Director of Mathematics Leadership Program at Mount Holyoke College   In this episode you will learn: How he went from hating math to teaching it Why teaching the way you were taught is not always a successful practice The ways in which we can use our colleagues as resources Why summer PD can ... Read more...
    32 min
  • #62 Marguerite Izzo — Giving Our Very Best

    Marguerite Izzo -- National Teaching Hall of Fame Inductee

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    Listen to find out:

    Why Marguerite has taught every grade from 5-12

    Marguerite is a member of the Teaching Hall of Fame
    Why she firmly believes that if you can teach middle school, you can teach anything
    How teaching is more difficult than being a doctor and why our best is needed every day
    How administrative support can be a game changer for a teacher
    What happens when we don't reflect and adjust when we are teaching
    What the general public fails to understand about teaching, the challenge of reaching that affective domain and how that can influence the intellectual domain
    The exhausting and exhilarating nature of reaching 30+ students
    Learn the three essential things that she loves about teaching
    Marguerite recommends The Courage to Teach as a book  that all teachers should read
    Why taking care of yourself is so important in teaching
    How you can use The Teaching Channel  to improve as a teacher
    What confidence can do for students and how we can empower their success
    Marguerite's belief in the importance of national standards
    Her proudest moments as a teacher

     

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    25 min
  • #62 Marguerite Izzo — Giving Our Very Best
    Marguerite Izzo — National Teaching Hall of Fame Inductee Subscribe to “The Test” — Brian’s new podcast about teaching in an era of testing Listen to find out: Why Marguerite has taught every grade from 5-12 Marguerite is a member of the Teaching Hall of Fame Why she firmly believes that if you can teach middle ... Read more...
    25 min
  • Special Project: AP Lit Help’s “The Test”

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    Could they read and could they write? That’s what they wanted to know. Of course they could do it, but how well could they do it? So they worked in silence for three hours, reading and writing. That’s all it took — three hours. A year’s worth of work, and it was done in three hours. And then, they awaited judgement.

    Issac and Annie are two of the nearly 400,000 students globally that took the AP Literature and Composition exam last year. It is a rigorous exam. Typically, the best and brightest students in a school take AP exams, at least that’s the way it was when I was in school.  The multiple choice section lasts an hour. Then in the next two hours students write three essays, back to back to back. Its exhausting. Few do well on it.

    How tough is it? Well only 8% scored a 5 last year. 18% scored a 4. If you do the math, and bear with me I’m an English teacher, nearly 75% failed to score a four or a five. 75% of the smart kids. That’s a tough exam. But when you want to award college credit for high school students, this isn’t the in-house soccer program, not everyone gets a trophy.

    But Is it fair? Can a test, especially a high-stakes one, reveal what you know?

    This is a podcast about one TEST. I want to know what those two students did to succeed? What did their teachers teach? Did they teach to the test? Did they ignore it? But once you start asking those questions, your magnifying glass picks up clues that lead down a much bigger rabbit hole. It leads you to wonder, what should a test do? Are we testing too much? How do you help a struggling reader?  Can you assess a student, a school, and entire educational initiative if you don’t test what they know and how they’ve progressed? And what about the students? What impact is all this having on them? Over the next few weeks, I’m going to talk to students, teachers, test makers, advocates and critics. I’m going to ask questions of them all to better understand where we are, what’s working and what isn’t, and the impact its having.

    Welcome to THE TEST

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    8 min

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