After a bit of an unintentional hiatus, we are back! 2020 is crazy, folks. 

In Episode 9, we talk about everyone's favorite aspect of education: Standardized Testing (Insert sarcastic tone here)! We discuss ideas behind standardized tests and cover the good and the bad about the practice. We also dive into Listening assessment, which is an often overlooked area of pedagogy outside of language classrooms. We round out the episode with some tools to help you work listening into your classroom regardless of what subject you teach. 

Resources Listed: 

-WIDA can-do descriptors and standards

-Listenwise

-Edpuzzle

-Flipgrid

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Welcome to Episode 8! In this episode, we expand on one of the essential domains of teaching: Speaking. We talk about why it's important, how to address the skill and teach speaking skills in your classroom, and give you some resources to use. Our hot topic this week is a hot take on Grit. While many schools are pushing the idea, is it equitable? Is it inclusive of minority students? Listen to find out!! 

Resources Mentioned: 

Original Grit TED Talk

Parlay- discussion monitoring app

Flipgrid

SpeechTexter

Extempore

Voice Tools

Ummo

LikeSo

Prompster

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We're back and talking about two important topics: English Language Learners and Google Chrome. 

First, we dive into English language learners and talk about how to best serve them in your classroom. We also walk through SIOP lesson components and how to easily incorporate them into your classroom. Then, we talk about Google Chrome extensions that will make your life a lot easier. 

Resources Mentioned: 

Chrome Extensions

Side note: We probably had TOOOO much fun during this episode. It's our favorite to date. Please enjoy. 

On Episode 6, we are talking all things Electives and Arts classes! We go through the various "Specials" classes and talk considerations for virtual learning and give some resources to use. 

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Anti-Racist education is extremely important at this moment in history. This episode, we talk about our experiences as White teachers and what we are doing to dismantle white supremacy within the school system and our neighboring communities. Black Lives Matter, and it's important that our students see that. 

We also talk about rigor in AP Classes and resources for quality assessment in Digital Learning. 

AP Class Resources

Anti-Racist/Anti-Bias Education: Recommended Reading

Assessment

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Welcome back! In this episode, we really hit our stride. We're talking something that we are both really passionate about- LGBTQ inclusion! We share stories from the classroom and resources to help you make sure that everyone feels included in the classroom, regardless of who they love or how they identify. We also talk tips for relationship building in the distance learning classroom and tips to quickly collect student data while teaching online.  

Relationship Tips 

LGBTQ Resources 

Resources for grading and distance learning 

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Welcome back! 

In this episode we hit on a hot, relevant topic: how to incorporate trauma-informed teaching strategies into our instruction- both online and in person. We also talk about talking in the classroom-- how do you make discussion safe, equitable and easy for both students and teachers? Finally, our resource highlight focuses on ways to get students writing and creating in formats that are not essays- digital text creation tools. 

We love this episode, and we hope you do, too! 

Links mentioned: 

Parlay

CDC resources for ACES and trauma-informed instruction

Visme

Canva

Piktochart

Lucidpress

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This episode, summer is here! We discuss summer reading, learning and experiences. 

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In episode 1, we talk about students and email etiquette- why are they so bad at emails and how do we fix it? After we review a bargain-priced mimosa,  we discuss distance learning and what school might look like in the fall. We wrap up the episode with resources to use to help students (and teachers) write emails and keep up with inboxes. 

Resources mentioned in episode: 

Grammarly.com

Grammarly for Chrome

Followup.cc for Chrome 

Boomerang for Gmail for Chrome

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Welcome to Teach and Wine About It- a podcast where two teachers talk about issues in education and make light conversation about what matters. Along the way, we'll share skills to develop, resources to use, and add some humor in there, too.