"The Bulldog Educator" with Kirsten Wilson and Matthew Caston

In this episode podcast host, Kirsten Wilson, shares how a recent trip to see her daughter had her seeing accessibility in airports and the presentation of a dialect coach through the lens of Universal Design and Universal Design for Learning. See how space, bathroom stalls, and land acknowledgements all address accessibility and how it created an opportunity of reflection in her practice as an educator.

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In this episode, The Bulldog Educator host, Kirsten Wilson, shares her own personal experience and story related to the #loveteaching week. We would love to know your #loveteaching story, too. Please connect with us by tagging The Bulldog Educator. 

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In this episode, The Bulldog Educator host, Kirsten Wilson, shares her own personal experience with having a word of the year, the reasons why both from outside sources and herself for having a word of the year, and shares briefly how to discover your own word of the year. As mentioned in the podcast, linked here is blog post "How to Choose a Word of the Year" by blogger and Health Coach, Elizabeth Rider. Please share with us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, your word of the year! We would love to connect. Don't forget to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and get all the podcasts from "The Bulldog Educator."

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In this episode, Kirsten Wilson, the Bulldog Educator, shares about a sense of belonging both for yourself and your role within an organization to create a culture of belonging. 

Resources from podcast mentioned or utilized:

Blog post “What is the Sense of Belonging” (https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-need-to-belong-2795393) published in March 2021 from VeryWell Mind by Kendra Cherry

Human Resources Gartner Blogpost titled “Build a Sense of Belonging in the Workplace” by Jackie Wiles (https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/build-a-sense-of-belonging-in-the-workplace)

6 questions, using a Likert scale to rank from strongly disagree to strongly agree:

I generally feel that people accept me in my organization:

I feel like a misplaced piece that doesn’t fit into the larger puzzle of the organization:

I would like to make a difference to people around me at work‚ but I don’t feel that what I have to offer is valued:

I feel like an outsider in most situations in my organization:

I am uncomfortable that my background and experiences are so different from those who are usually around me in the organization:

For more information on this survey you can find it here: https://www.pentabell.com/article/6-questions-to-mesure-your-sense-of-belonging-in-the-workplace

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This bonus episode is a honest and vulnerable reflection on the experience that The Bulldog Educator podcast host, Kirsten Wilson, had with building an online course. She shares how trying to build a Genius Hour course for grades 3-5 presented its own set of challenges, but what it taught her in the way of a new perspective and how it better equipped her to help others stepping into the realm of digital learning in regard to online course building. 

For more information on the ITEC program if taking the graduate certificate program or obtaining a Masters in Online Teaching and Learning, reach out to the Graduate School at University of Central Arkansas: Instructional Technology Online Teaching and Learning track.

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In this episode, Kirsten Wilson, the Bulldog Educator, shares how not taking of herself and neglecting her own needs leads to a BIG wake-up call. She breaks down what happens when we neglect ourselves, takes on other people's needs and responsibilities, and do not make ourselves a priority. She shares her own steps to establish how she plans to change things and how to prepare for the pushback from others and the uncomfortable that will happen when we create needed boundaries for ourselves. Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and/or Instagram. You can also email her at [email protected].

In this episode, The Bulldog Educator host, Kirsten Wilson, shares with listeners her latest disruption of thought that came from watching the Ted Talk "The Danger of a Single Story." She shares how this impacts education and not having multiple perspectives in instruction can create barriers for learning. It's a journey she is currently in and would love to hear from others on "The Bulldog Edu" social media sites through Twitter, Facebook, and/or Instagram. You can also email her at [email protected].

In this episode, The Bulldog Educator, Kirsten Wilson, addresses the "dress professionally" statement that so many educators are delivered at the beginning of each school year. In the second year of educators teaching in a pandemic, and being professionals, should the "dress professionally talk" even have a place in the culture of a campus, district, or educational organization. 

Stay tuned to more episodes as we address current topics, educational practices, and a little humor and fun. Please share and subscribe to "The Bulldog Educator Podcast." You can also find us on social media on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @thebulldogedu. You can also find content from this podcast on our TheBulldogEdu.org blog site. You can also email the podcast host, Kirsten Wilson at [email protected].

This wraps up Season 1 and our exploration of the UDL Framework. In this episode, Kirsten shares the important components, strategies, and approaches to support students becoming autonomous, expert learners. 

We will be back with Season 2 soon where we will have guest speakers, bite-sized episodes for easy quick listening, and relevant just-in-time content.

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In this episode, The Bulldog Educator podcast host, Kirsten Wilson, interviews her own daughter, Emmarie Wilson, a senior in high school. They primarily discuss the impact of feedback on her as a learner and the types of feedback that have helped her the most. We also dive into why feedback can make a learner desire to take a class they may not be "good" at, as well as why online learning has been beneficial to her as a learner with dyslexia. This is an episode you don't want to miss as Emmarie shares some great insight that all teachers (online or in person) can take away something for enhancing their methods of feedback.

Join us soon for another look at the UDL framework and discuss the final tier of the guideline infographic, where we discuss "Internalize" and examine how self-regulation, comprehension, and executive functions work to progress leaners to expert learners.

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