In this episode we continue our discussion on Teacher Clarity and the Teacher Clarity Playbook with modules 6 & 7 that focus on building and communicating relevance and creating assessment opportunities in your lessons.  Joining the discussion are Mandie Thompson, instructional coach at Laurin, and Gene Fritz, culinary arts and hospitality teacher at Battle Ground High School.

Links:

• Teacher Clarity Resource Website
• Teacher Clarity Playbook
• Distance Learning Playbook

In this episode we continue our discussion on Teacher Clarity and the Teacher Clarity Playbook with modules 3-5 that focus on goal setting with learning intentions, language expectations, and success criteria.  Joining the discussion are BJ Rush, instructional coach at Pleasant Valley Primary, and Stephanie Welniak, our district's English Language Learner program coordinator.  

Links:

• Teacher Clarity Resource Website
• Teacher Clarity Playbook

In this episode, Mandie Thompson returns and David Kennedy, our district's Executive Director of School Improvement joins us to talk about Teacher Clarity.  We discuss how Teacher Clarity fits into our district's mission and why it's so important to our work and our PLCs.  We also connect to the Teacher Clarity Playbook by Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, Olivia Amador, and Joseph Assof and the first two modules on Concepts and Skills and Learning Progressions.

Links:

• Teacher Clarity Resource Website
• Teacher Clarity Playbook
• Hattie’s Effect Sizes

This episode closes out Cybersecurity Awareness Month and we are joined by one of the district's middle school teacher librarians, Ron Wagner.  Ron helps us discuss ways to introduce cybersecurity topics to students to help them build good digital habits and stay safe online.  We connect cybersecurity with digital citizenship to help make both topics relevant and meaningful for students.

Links:

• ISTE Standards: Students | ISTE
• ISTE Digital Citizen Standard in Action
• Washington State EdTech Standards 
• Be Internet Awesome for Educators
• Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship
• Google Applied Digital Skills Digital Citizenship
• Google Internet Safety Videos

In this episode we discuss definitions and what to look for with social engineering and phishing.  We also discuss tips for staying safe with different devices like phones and with various accounts.

Links:

• KnowBe4 Training
• CISA Cybersecurity Awareness Tip Sheets
• Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks
• Password vs. Passphrase Comic

This episode continues our series of episodes for cybersecurity awareness month.  We are joined again by Ian Moore, Washington's Cybersecurity State Coordinator/Advisor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at the Department of Homeland Security.  We discuss cybersecurity concerns for schools districts and future trends in this episode.  

Links:

• Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• CISA Cyber Essentials Starter Kit

This episode kicks off our series of episodes for cybersecurity awareness month.  We are joined by Ian Moore, Washington's Cybersecurity State Coordinator/Advisor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at the Department of Homeland Security.  We discuss cybersecurity essentials and why it's important in this episode.  

Links:

• Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• CISA Cyber Essentials Starter Kit
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• NIST Cybersecurity

In this episode, Mandie Thompson, the instructional coach at Laurin Middle School, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of modeling technology in the classroom.  We discuss ways to streamline modeling to reach all learners.

Links:

• Student Tutorials
• Going Online Student Resources

In this episode, the instruction coach team from Pleasant Valley joins the podcast, BJ Rush & Lucinda Bancroft, and we discuss the importance of setting and maintaining high expectations for students and some ideas for how to help with student buy-in and integrating technology.

Links:

Technology Expectations Poster/Wallpaper

District Technology Expectations

Chromebook 101 Video

District Technology Expectations Video

In this episode Jordan Osborne, 6th grade teacher, joins the podcast to discuss tips and tricks for setting up your Google Classroom for a successful year.

Links:

• Little SIS Teacher Review
• Little SIS Teacher Review Resources
• How to Accept Classes for Google Classroom Using Teacher Review
• How to Reuse a Post in Google Classroom  
• New in Google: Schedule Posts Across Classes