Our last episode with 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade ELA teacher, Kora Moore! We are so grateful to have gotten to chat with Kora and hear her experiences in the classroom. In this episode, she shares how the different grades she teaches have responded to journalistic learning and offers key pieces of advice for teachers considering leading journalistic projects in their classrooms.

Kora Moore teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA at Lighthouse Middle School in Coos Bay Oregon. This is her second year leading a journalistic learning project in her classroom across the three grades she teaches. Last year, three of her students won an award for their published journalism piece.

In this episode, Kora shares the stories behind mementos she keeps at her desk in her classroom and we talk about the power of stories and how storytelling elevates the classroom experience.

Kora Moore teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA at Lighthouse Middle School in Coos Bay Oregon. This is her second year leading a journalistic learning project in her classroom across the three grades she teaches. Last year, three of her students won an award for their published journalism piece.

JournalisticLearning.org

Group work can be difficult no matter the grade. Kora shares what she’s found useful when it comes to growing successful student groups in her class. This episode is particularly short, but we only have two more episodes with Kora!

Kora Moore teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA at Lighthouse Middle School in Coos Bay Oregon. This is her second year leading a journalistic learning project in her classroom across the three grades she teaches.

Relevant Links:

Journalisticlearning.org

2024 edition of Black Student Magazine

Continuing our conversation with Kora! She talks about which phase of a journalistic learning project was the most demanding of her as an educator but was also the most rewarding and led to “one of those inspirational teacher moments.”

Kora Moore teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA at Lighthouse Middle School in Coos Bay Oregon. This is her second year leading a journalistic learning project in her classroom across the three grades she teaches.

Links:

Journalisticlearning.org

Webinar: Connect Students to Their Community Using Journalistic Learning and In-Class Interviews

White House’s Improving Student Achievement Agenda 2024

In this episode, Kora shares how one of her reporter groups of students went from choosing rising gas prices as their investigative issue to the struggles of local restaurants. Helping students find a good local issue they care about can be a tricky part of a journalistic learning project, so tune in for some tips from Kora!

Kora Moore teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA at Lighthouse Middle School in Coos Bay Oregon. This is her second year leading a journalistic learning project in her classroom across the three grades she teaches. Last year, three of her students won an award for their published journalism piece.

Relevant Links:

JLI’s website

Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s website

An Education Week article with more information on Black History Education in the US

Kora Moore teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA at Lighthouse Middle School in Coos Bay, Oregon. This is her second year leading a journalistic learning project across the three grades she teaches. Last year, three of her students won an award for their published journalism piece.

In this episode, Kore shares how she heard about journalistic learning and a fun little experience she had teaching her kids about Wikipedia!

Note: As this is our first episode, we do take a little time to explain journalistic learning and the Journalistic Learning Initiative's (JLI) Effective Communicators Program.

Link to JLI's website: journalisticlearning.org

Link to JLI's Effective Communicators Program: journalisticlearning.org/effective-communicators/

On today’s episode: Dr. Victoria Waller stops by the podcast to discuss the difficulties children with learning disabilities face and the tools and solutions that can help them become confident in and out of the classroom.

Topics:

2:00 The story behind Yes! Your Child Can book

06:41 Victoria’s opinion on full inclusion learning

08:27 Working with intercity children

09:03 Teaching students through music

12:08 The importance of finding a child’s passion

16:49 The importance of tapping into a child’s motivation

18:25 The fear of losing good teachers

21:18 Statistics about children with learning disabilities

24:00 Final Thoughts

To learn more about Victoria’s work or to view the resources she mentioned in the podcast or to purchase her latest book Yes! Your Child Can: Creating Success for Children with Learning Disabilities visit drvictoriawaller.com.

In today's episode, Mariaemma Willis stops by the podcast to share some tips for parents on finding their child's learning style and discusses the importance of doing so. Mariaemma is an author, speaker, consultant, and trainer.

Topics:

2:04 A breakdown of what a learning style is

05:40 Mariaemma explains how she helps teacher personalize their work with students

08:30 How parents can identify their child's learning style

12:51 Mariaemma talks about her book Discover Your Child’s Learning Style

14:46 Growth Mindset

16:05 How AI gives kids a personalized approach to instruction

23:12 Final thoughts about the importance of helping kids learn their learning style

To learn more about Mariaemma’s work or to view the book mentioned in the podcast, visit powertraitsforlife.com or visit her other website schoolathomemadeeasier.com if you want to know more about homeschooling or homework help.

On today’s episode: Cynthia Tobias is an experienced educator, motivational speaker, and best-selling author who specializes in helping people of all ages find their natural learning style. Today, we spoke with Cynthia about the importance of learning your unique learning style so that you can continue to learn and adapt throughout life’s changes.

Topics:

01:45 What do I need to concentrate?

05:30 Difference between Theory of Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles

06:30 Different learning styles

10:30 Teaching students how to learn

13:00 Resources for parents

16:00 Technology and learning styles

20:15 Talking with strangers

22:30 Advocating for learning styles in the classroom

25:30 Challenges as opportunity for growth

27:00 The importance of knowing how to keep learning

To learn more about Cynthia’s work or to view the resources she mentioned in the podcast, like the survey to help you discover your learning style, visit cynthiatobias.com.

On today’s episode: Erik Bean is an educational technology professional, author, researcher, and administrator who is widely recognized for leadership to improve pedagogy and andragogy in higher and secondary (K-12) educational markets. Today, we talk with Erik about his new book Bias is All Around You and how to help the rising generation decipher good information from bad information.

Topics:

02:40 What is bias?

05:45 How to help students search for good information and sources of partiality

12:30 Bias and passion

16:30 Outliers and information

18:30 The consequences of using bad information

25:00 Civics in education

27:00 Subjects to subjectivity

For more information about Erik Bean’s work on bias, check out his new book, Bias is All Around You now available for purchase on Amazon.