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Teach Better Talk episodes
- 104: Do Your New Best - Jake Miller chats with us about sharing more in order to help more teachers help more students, finding what best fits your style, and being the best teacher you've ever been.
Educational Duct Tape Podcast host, Jake Miller, chats with us about sharing more in order to help more teachers help more students, finding what best fits your style, and being the best teacher you've ever been.
Jake chats about figuring out what the need is and then finding the right tool, properly planning and preparing for presentations, and the power of trying something new.
More at www.teachbetter.com/podcast/jakemiller
Episode Highlights- 2:00 - Chatting about Jeff's favorite thing: Giving away FREE PD!
- 4:44 - Previewing the episode with Jake Miller.
- 7:26 - Shoutout to our friends at the Illinois Digital Educators Alliance (IDEA) - Check them out at www.ideaillinois.org!
- 9:06 - Rae's jealous because Jeff had coffee with Jake. You can too, at the 2019 Teach Better Conference!
- Use code "PodcastTalk" to save $50
- 9:59 - Jake introduces himself.
- 11:28 - Chatting about Jake's podcast, Educational Duct Tape.
- 15:42 - Jake's failure: Very first conference presentation; did not prepare and did not plan.
- 18:44 - Jake's success: The podcast.
- 21:50 - What's got Jake excited about education right now:
- Shoutout to Toney Jackson (@HeRhymesWithMe)
- 23:58 - Jake's advice to new teachers:
- 26:12 - Talking about Jake's session at the Teach Better Conference.
- 27:35 - How to win "GIFaday" for FREE! CLICK HERE TO WIN
- 29:21 - 6 Questions answered in 15 seconds or less.
- 33:35 - How to connect with Jake.
Jake's Recommendations- EdTech Tool: Camtasia
- Book: Jason Reynolds Track Series, "Teach Like A Pirate" by Dave Burgess
- Who to Follow on Instagram: @Mo_physics
- YouTube/Podcast/Website/Blog: Eric Curts
- Daily/Weekly/Monthly Routine: Daily reflection!
- Best piece of advice you've ever received: Seth Godin's book "What to Do When It's Your Turn."
38 min - 103: Through A Culturally Diverse Lens. - Sheldon Eakins chats with us about learning as much as we can about our students' cultures, and how to address issues of equity.
Director of Special Education, and Director of the Leading Equity Center, Sheldon Eakins, chats with us about about learning as much as we can about our students' cultures, and how to address issues of equity. Sheldon talks about what we might be missing culturally, the power of sharing your own culture with students, and why we need to make sure we're actually taking action on things we say. More at www.teachbetter.com/podcast/sheldoneakins
Episode Highlights- 1:56 - A good starting point for exploring equity in your classroom.
- 6:37 - Previewing the episode with Sheldon Eakins.
- Go subscribe to Sheldon's podcast, and leave a rating and review - The Leading Equity Podcast
- 9:55 - Sheldon introduces himself.
- 11:24 - Sheldon shares some insight into his unique opportunity to teach on a Native American Reservation.
- 15:25 - Chatting about Sheldon's podcast and the Leading Equity Center.
- Check out Sheldon's course, "Teaching Through A Culturally Diverse Lens."
- 20:04 - Sheldon's failure: First teaching job in The Virgin Islands. Thinking he could connect with students the same way he could back home.
- 26:31 - What's got Sheldon excited about education right now: Hearing a lot more conversation around equity.
- 29:16 - Sheldon's advice for teachers wanting to actually put things into action:
- 33:59 - 6 questions answered in 15 seconds or less.
- 36:10 - How to connect with Sheldon.
Sheldon's Recommendations- EdTech Tool: Audacity
- Book: "Expert Secrets" by Richard Brunson
- Who to Follow on Instagram: Erica B-Rivera (@ericabrivera)
- YouTube/Podcast/Website/Blog: Podcasts:
- Black History Buff
- Class Dismissed
- Integrated Schools
- Daily/Weekly/Monthly Routine: Reflecting on your implicit bias.
- Best piece of advice you've ever received: "You'll never be caught up. There's always going to be work to do." Sheldon's Dad.
39 min - AUDIO BLOG - 9 Ways to Fix Your Lesson Plans - Connect your Content
This is an audio version of the blog post, "9 Ways to Fix Your Lesson Plans - Connect your Content" Written by Rae Hughart (@raehughart). Read by Rae Hughart
Read the post at www.teachbetter.com/blog/connect-your-content-to-fix-your-lesson-plans
4 min - 102: Motivate, educate, and differentiate. - Pam Olivieri chats with us about focusing on more than a test score, letting our students see that we're excited about the content, and the importance of n
Pam Olivieri chats with us about focusing on more than a test score, letting our students see that we're excited about the content, and the importance of not just building relationships, but also having a plan.
More at www.teachbetter.com/podcast/pamolivieri
Episode Highlights- 1:27 - Chatting about some FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT going on in our private Facebook Group.
- Previous topics:
- September 6: 7 Changes That Could Save Your Teaching Career
- September 10: One Rule to Rule Them All - Purposeful Technology Integration
- Upcoming Topics:
- September 17 at 8:00pm EST: Social Basics For Teachers
- September 24 at 8:00pm EST: Reflecting On Our Summer Goals
- 7:29 - Previewing the episode with Pam Olivieri.
- 10:24 - Pam introduces hereself.
- 12:56 - Pam's failure: Too focused on relationships, but with no management plan.
- 15:44 - Pam's success: Having her admin that was focused on test scores, change their outlook and focus on student growth.
- 19:10 - What's got Pam excited about education right now: Taking her business a step further to now offering professional development.
- 21:20 - Pam's advice for new teachers:
- Check out "30+ Things I Wish I Knew My First Years of Teaching."
- 24:41 - How to get started on TeachersPayTeachers.com.
- 26:30 - 6 questions answered in 15 seconds or less.
- 28:50 - How to connect with Pam.
Pam's Recommendations- EdTech Tool: Tablets
- Book: "Where the Crawdads Sing" by
- Who to Follow on Instagram: @teachersnextdoor @onestopteachershop @createshareteach
- YouTube/Podcast/Website/Blog: Disney Educational Productions- School House Rocks series. Great for language arts.
- Daily/Weekly/Monthly Routine: Daily bins. Label them Mon-Fri. Print resources and gather books and materials. Place them in each day so they are ready to go!
- Best piece of advice you've ever received: Always have a reasonable management plan and follow through. Students like knowing your expectations.
33 min - 101: Finding The "Why" Before the "What" - Stephanie Howell chats with us about focusing on the "why" in education and then finding the "what" that aligns with it.
Instructional Technology Coordinator, Stephanie Howell, chats with us about focusing on the "why" in education and then finding the "what" that aligns with it.
Stephanie shares the challenges she's faced as a younger teacher in a leadership role, the power of connecting with others that can help you grow, and the importance of remembering what you said you were going to do when you were in the interview chair.
More at www.teachbetter.com/podcast/stephaniehowell
Episode Highlights- 1:28 - Chatting about supporting teachers when they start podcasting with students or with themselves.
- Make sure to join our private Facebook group to get a bunch of free PD.
- 4:00 - Highlighting a few of our featured speakers coming to the Teach Better Conference. Use code "PodcastTalk" to save $50
- Alicia Ray
- Dan Tricarico
- Allyson Apsey
- Rachelle Dene Poth
- 8:45 - Previewing the episode with Stephanie Howell.
- 11:36 - Stephanie introduces herself.
- 12:55 - Stephanie's failure: Not focusing on her teachers' "why" in education.
- 16:08 - Stephanie's success: "ISTE Distinguished District" award in 2018. Going to Google Innovator.
- 18:21 - What's got Stephanie excited about education right now: Seeing technology help students close learning gaps.
- 21:19 - Stephanie's advice for teachers: Start with creating relationships.
- 23:03 - How to reflect back to your "why."
- 24:41 - 6 questions answered in 15 seconds or less.
- 26:22 - Stephanie's "Go to" podcasts:
- Teach Better Talk
- Google Teacher Tribe
- Get Inspired and Innovate (Stephanie's podcast with Lance Key (@lancerkey)
- Tech Connect Edu (Stephanie's school district's podcast)
- 29:44 - How to connect with Stephanie.
Links to Connect With Stephanie- Website: https://sites.google.com/plsd.us/mrshowell24/home?authuser=0
- Twitter: @mrshowell24
- Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/stephanie.howell24
- Instagram:@mrshowell24
- YouTube: Stephanie Howell
32 min - AUDIO BLOG - Setting the Bar – 3 Tips to Help Our Students Meet and Exceed Our Expectations
This is an audio version of the blog post, "Setting the Bar – 3 Tips to Help Our Students Meet and Exceed Our Expectations" Written by Michael Jennings (@THEschmike). Read by Rae Hughart (@RaeHughart)
Read the post at www.teachbetter.com/blog/setting-the-bar-3-tips-to-help-our-students-meet-exceed-our-expectations/
In This Post:
- Everyone is happy when those expectations are met and we LOVE it when our students exceed our expectations!
- If we are working daily to offer our students opportunities to meet these expectations the vast majority will, at a minimum, meet them.
- By setting the bar high, being consistent, and offering our students feedback on their progress, we ensure our students will meet and exceed our expectations
8 min - 100: Tim Cavey Takes Over Teach Better Talk - The Teachers On Fire host flips the mic on Jeff and Rae for our 100th episode.
Tim Cavey, host of the Teachers On Fire Podcast, flips the mic on Jeff and Rae for our 100th episode. Tim chats with us about the journey to 100, what we love about producing the podcast, how the show has grown, and the challenges we've faced along the way. We discuss the ups and downs so far, who has helped us get here, and what we're looking forward to in the next 100 episodes.
More at www.teachbetter.com/podcast/episode100
Episode Highlights- 0:36 - How does it feel to get to 100 episodes?
- 3:14 - What are your favorite things about the podcast?
- 4:28 - Dipping into the analytics; which countries listen the most to Teach Better Talk?
- The United States
- Australia
- Canada
- 5:23 - Who's up for a Teach Better Talk Tour?
- 5:57 - Where do you each listen to podcasts, and what do you listen to?
- 7:39 - Looking back on the journey to 100. What are some of the issues/challenges we've ran into.
- 12:28 - How has this been personally rewarding? How have you grown as a person during this process?
- 13:57 - Jeff gets all sorts of "sappy" about his and Rae's relationship.
- 17:06 - Who would you like to credit for giving you the love, support, patience, and space to make this happen over the past 100 episodes?
- 19:48 - Talking about our upcoming book, "Teach Better."
- 23:35 - What are you looking forward to at the Teach Better Conference?
- 27:47 - How would you like to see the podcast grow from here?
- 32:37 - Rae's challenge to you: think of 1 educator that you always go to for support, send their name to us!
- Tweet @raehughart or @jeffgargas, or email us at [email protected].
35 min - 99: Fail. Reflect. Move Forward. - Amber Heffner chats with us about learning from failures, reflecting in order to grow, and rethinking the way we facilitate education.
IDEA Executive Director, Amber Heffner, chats with us about learning from failures, reflecting in order to grow, and rethinking the way we facilitate education.
Amber shares her journey to becoming Executive Director of IDEA, why she credits a failure for getting her there, and talks about why the passion of teachers has her excited about education right now.
More at www.teachbetter.com/podcast/amberheffner
Episode Highlights- 0:53 - Rae tries to blame Jeff for an idea she actually had, that caused her to have to do more work.
- 2:22 - Check out our "Back to School" blog series at www.teachbetter.com/blog.
- 3:14 - Shoutout to some of our Guest Bloggers!
- Jeremy Rinkel
- Christine Witcher
- Matthew Joseph
- Marebeth DiMare
- Jeffrey Austin
- 8:15 - Previewing the episode with Amber Heffner.
- 10:52 - Amber introduces herself.
- 13:22 - Amber shares her journey of becoming the Executive Director of IDEA.
- 16:45 - Amber's failure: Applying for, but not getting a principal position. The first job she had interviewed for and not gotten.
- 23:00 - What's got Amber excited about education right now: The passion that educators have today. Seeing changes happening.
- 26:45 - Amber's advice for new teachers: Build relationships...with students AND with other passionate educators.
- 31:17 - Some cool things coming up with IDEA.
- 33:08 - 6 questions answered in 15 seconds or less.
- 35:40 - How to connect with amber.
39 min - BONUS EPISODE - Rae's Keynote Talk at the Hot Springs Tech Institute - June 2019This is the audio from Rae's keynote talk at the Hot Springs Technology Institute in June, 2019. Rae shares insight into how teachers and IT leaders can work together so that technology is used effectively and efficiently to reach more students.For more on the Hot Springs Technology Institute, visit: www.hsti.org.1 hr 2 min
- 98: Learn to Love Failure - Meghan Deegan chats with us about the power of reflection, getting over the fear of failure, and surrounding yourself with the right people.
Meghan Deegan chats with us about the power of reflection, getting over the fear of failure, and surrounding yourself with the right people. Meghan shares how she learned to love failure, why we need to instill that same love in our students, and how we can question ourselves in the right way.
More at www.teachbetter.com/podcast/meghandeegan
Episode Highlights- 0:46 - Previewing the episode with Meghan Deegan.
- 1:33 - Breaking down what The Grid Method is.
- 9:36 - Meghan introduces herself.
- 11:30 - Meghan's failure: Being afraid to fail and try new things.
- 13:57 - Meghan's success: Changing to love failure.
- 18:34 - What's got Meghan excited about education right now: The amount of teachers we can collaborate with.
- 20:01 - Meghan's advice for teachers: Find those positive teachers that are passionate about what they're doing.
- 25:18 - Meghan discusses her journey of trying out The Grid Method.
- 30:29 - 6 questions answered in 15 seconds or less.
- 33:43 - How to connect with Meghan
Meghan's Recommendations- EdTech Tool: Gimkit.
- Book: "Hacking Leadership" by Joe Sanfelippo.
- Who to Follow: Joe Sanfelippo (@JoeSanfelippo).
- YouTube/Podcast/Website/Blog: Math Antics and www.teachbetter.com.
- Daily/Weekly/Monthly Routine: Self Care & balance.
- Best piece of advice you've ever received: Reflect. Often. All the time. A lot.
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The ultimate must-listen for every teacher and educational leader, Teach Better Talk dives into the key questions that drive education today.
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Catch the official podcast of the Teach Better Podcast Network every Tuesday through Thursday for fresh episodes to inspire, inform, and ignite your passion for education.