Talks with Teachers

Talks with Teachers

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Talks with Teachers episodes

  • #56: The Cool Cat Teacher Talks Digital Tools and How Leaders are Readers
    Vicki Davis — educator, author, speaker @coolcatteacher www.coolcatteacher.com   In this episode you will learn: How Vicki transferred from a career initially in the business world to the world of teaching and education  Why you can be exceptional anywhere in any discipline The difference between talking about research-based best practices and living these practices in your ... Read more...
    32 min
  • #55 Throwing Out Grades with Mark Barnes

    Mark Barnes -- educator, author, speaker

     

    Internationally-recognized speaker and education writer Mark Barnes is the author of Role Reversal: Achieving Uncommonly Excellent Results in the Student-Centered Classroom, named a 2013 Best Professional Book by Teacher Librarian Magazine,The 5-Minute Teacher (ASCD, 2013), Teaching the iStudent (Corwin, 2014), 5 Skills for the Global Learner and Assessment 3.0 (Corwin, 2015). Mark presents keynotes and seminars worldwide on his Results Only Learning Environment, feedback for learning and web-based instruction. @markbarnes19 is regarded as one of education's most influential content curators on Twitter, and his Brilliant or Insane blog has more than 60,000 monthly readers.

    In this episode you will learn:

    How Mark changed his teaching over time to make his class student centered

    Information about his new book, Assessment 3.0, which talks about how teachers can change their grading practice.
    Why the traditional method of assessing was not working and how Mark upended his approach to grades
    What teacher can do to break the cycle of failure
    How the feedback model can increase student retention
    The Facebook group, Teachers Throwing Out Grades
    What multiple-choice based assessments must do to continue the conversation about learning
    a digital tool that Mark recommends, Socrative, which teachers can set up to create quick, multiple-choice questions and get instant feedback
    How to navigate your school's technology policy
    The responsibility to keep your students safe
    The beauty and excitement of a-ha moments
     Why everyone should read Drive by Daniel Pink
    How to use social media for your teaching benefit
    How to talk to your students rather than at them
    Why EdCamp is a great way to do professional development on the cheap

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    0 min
  • #55 Throwing Out Grades with Mark Barnes
    Mark Barnes — educator, author, speaker   Internationally-recognized speaker and education writer Mark Barnes is the author of Role Reversal: Achieving Uncommonly Excellent Results in the Student-Centered Classroom, named a 2013 Best Professional Book by Teacher Librarian Magazine,The 5-Minute Teacher (ASCD, 2013), Teaching the iStudent (Corwin, 2014), 5 Skills for the Global Learner and Assessment 3.0 (Corwin, 2015). Mark presents keynotes and seminars worldwide on his Results Only ... Read more...
    40 min
  • #54 Scaffolding for Strength with David Grossman

    David Grossman

     

    David is a 7th grade science teacher at TK Stone Middle School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.  His  goal is to inspire wonder in his students as they explore science, gaining the science literacy that they need to be successful members of society.

    Find David on Twitter @tkSciGuy

    Check David's website dedicated to the Next Generation Science Standards

    In this episode you will learn:

    David's journey as a teacher that includes teaching in an alternative school, being a librarian, and working as a middle school science teacher.

    How to recognize the emotional needs of each grade level.

    Why students need love and support at all ages
    How to rescue a failing lesson
    Ways to build academic muscles through scaffolding
    Why schools can not follow a business model
    The unpredictable nature of teaching middle school and why that is a great thing
    How to be with each student in the moment and take it one step further by supporting them outside the classroom
    Ways in which students can read like scientist and write like reporters
    How Voxer can improve your teaching
    A book every teacher should read Empowered Schools, Empowered Students: Creating Connected and Invested Learners

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    21 min
  • #54 Scaffolding for Strength with David Grossman
    David Grossman   David is a 7th grade science teacher at TK Stone Middle School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.  His  goal is to inspire wonder in his students as they explore science, gaining the science literacy that they need to be successful members of society. Find David on Twitter @tkSciGuy Check David’s website dedicated to the Next ... Read more...
    21 min
  • #52: The Creative Classroom: Tim Needles, Art Teacher

    Tim Needles

    www.timneedles.com

    @timneedles

    Tim Needles is art and film teacher at Smithtown High School and an adjunct professor at Adelphi University. He earned a M.A. with a focus in media arts from the State University of Stony Brook and a B.F.A. in photography and education from the School of Visual Arts. He is an Adobe Master Teacher and has been teaching fine art, film history, animation, and media arts for over eight years on the high school and college level. Tim is also the founder and director of The Strictly Students Film Festival. Tim has been the recipient of the Robert Rauschenberg Power of Art Award, the Suffolk County Legislature Award of Merit, and he was recently recognized by the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts. Tim is also a freelance artist, animator, and writer and continues to exhibit and perform regularly.

    In this episode you will learn:

    How to teach creativity through art 

    Why art should be a vital part of a student's experience
    Ways in which you can design your class around questions and themes
    How technology is influencing art class
    If the Common Core has impacted art class
    Ways to connect with and have your students collaborate with teachers from around the world
    How to approach critiques of student work
    Why humor is so important in the classroom, especially in the high school
    How MC Escher's art can improve math practice
    Ralph Steadmen's connection with Hunter S. Thompson
    Robert Frank's relationship with the Beat writers
    How every major art museum can benefit teachers and their lesson plans
    Why improv classes improved Tim's teaching
    The differences between art history and studio in art
    How the art room is different and what other teachers can learn from it
    Why the image is just as powerful as the word

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    36 min
  • #52: The Creative Classroom: Tim Needles, Art Teacher
    Tim Needles www.timneedles.com @timneedles Tim Needles is art and film teacher at Smithtown High School and an adjunct professor at Adelphi University. He earned a M.A. with a focus in media arts from the State University of Stony Brook and a B.F.A. in photography and education from the School of Visual Arts. He is an ... Read more...
    36 min
  • Is Homework Helpful?

    Episode #51

     

     
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    7 min

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