The Partial Credit Podcast

We are joined by Jessica Williams and we're talking improv and how YOU can use it in your classrooms. We're also creating our ideal teaching staff from Saturday Night Live characters. Shenanigans = ensued.

Help us figure out who won the SNL draft by voting at http://bit.ly/partialcreditsnl

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Jesse is a Yankees fan.

Donnie is a Red Sox fan.

Jeff lives in California and follows the Padres.

The Yankees and Redsox are facing off in the 2018 AL Division Series.

An emergency pod is in order.

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It's Partial Credit Episode 5! This week we talk about our favorite book-to-movie adaptations. Spoiler alert: The book was better. We also talk Maker Faire, Fortnite, and find out about one man's quest to do something you wouldn't believe was possible. And no, it's not Donnie's attempt to defect to Ravenclaw.

Links:

Malcolm Gladwell: Revisionist History

Why City Flags Maybe the Worst Designed Thing You've Never Noticed

'Fortnite' craze pushes some parents to hire tutors — for kids and themselves

'Fortnite' has officially been blamed for over 200 divorces

Monopoly is getting in on the Fortnite craze

Living the Stream

North American Scholastic Esports Federation

http://www.starbuckseverywhere.net/

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On this week's episode, we choose our school/classroom walk-up songs, get judgmental on school rules, share our take on a new segment: hear no evil, see no evil, read no evil, and subject the listeners to yet another useless tool Donnie found online.

Segment 1

Walk up Music

• Jesse - Enter Sandman
• Jeff - Hell's Bells
• Donnie - Baba O'Riley
• Donnie's Wife - This Must Be the Place

Segment 2

Judging School Rules - Jeff moderates two random people to get their perspective on chewing gum in schools.

• Jesse - Anti-gum because chewing gum in the classroom distracts other students, bubble blowing, loud chewing and or smacking of the gum while chewing. Teachers also find ABC gum under tables or chairs. Besides being gross, it can also become a hygiene problem. But...
  • A study from Science Daily Chewing gum helps you coo9ncentrate for longer, study suggests
  • Gum Chewing In School Is Good For The Brain
• Donnie's Better Notes -
  • Pro-gum
  • Keeps kids focused
  • Useful as a reward
  • Chewing gum helps your memory improve and it also helps you focus while you're studying. Chewing gum helps to relieve stress and relax. Three of the biggest reasons gum is not allowed at school are because teachers think it?s rude, distracting and messy.

Segment 3

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Read No Evil

• Donnie - http://time.com/longform/teaching-in-america/
• Jesse - https://mashable.com/article/american-vandal-season-2-review/#v1TlKoPICaqm
• Jeff - It Puts the Music in the Ear: The Partial Credit Podcast Playlist http://bit.ly/partialcreditplaylist

Segment 4

Donnie Shows Us Something Useless He Found Online

• Star Wars ASCIIMATION -- http://www.asciimation.co.nz/index.php#

• Jeff is getting old
• http://you.regettingold.com/01/01/1965/SmVmZg/

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What fictional school will you attend, and will @jheil65 ever read #HarryPotter? Is @mrpiercey the worst Fantasy Football Commissioner of all time - or just the most cunning? And learn how prophetic @jlubinsky actually was about his (beloved) New York Jets... Give this week's pod a listen on iTunes/Google Play!

"Hey Michael, What's Happening…"

• Donnie - Superman is greater than the flash, students making fun of me because I'm a Patriots fan.
• Jesse - Stephen Colbert Connects Chance the Rapper with "Lord of the Rings" - Copy / Paste Spotify Playlist (click).
• Jeff - SPA visit with teachers and running into Jose.

Fictional School

• Jesse - Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
• Jeff - Wiley College Texas - Melvin B. Tolson
• Donnie - Mrs. Frizzle's Classroom at Walkerville Elementary

Fictional Schools We Would Not Want to Attend

• Jesse - Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the worst!
• Jeff - Crunchem Hall Elementary School
• Donnie - Mrs. Nelson's Classroom (Mrs. Nelson is missing)

Donnie Shows Us Something Useless He Found Online

• Nostalgia: http://www.therestartpage.com/#

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Let's close the books on Summer 2018, and look forward to Fall.

Featured Content

Summer 2018

• Jesse - A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life by Brian Grazer (book) and Eighth Grade (movie)
• Donnie - Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key - Read Aloud
• Jeff - Won't You Be My Neighbor (movie) The End of Average by Todd Rose and Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates

What's Happening Now?

• Jesse - Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet
• Donnie - Rube Goldberg Machines.
• Jeff - Electric Scooters' Sudden Invasion of American Cities (Vox) -exposing transportation desserts

Donnie Shows Us Something Useless He Found Online

Sesame Street Fighter - Click to play!

Looking Ahead to 18-19

• Jesse - Google Innovator Academy DEN18 http://www.certifiedinnovators.com

  November 14-16th Copenhagen

• Donnie - Mr. Piercey's Penguins and taking pictures in Antarctica!

• Jeff - My oldest daughter attending college...looking forward and backward...

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Jesse, Jeff and Donnie launch the podcast and draft inspirational teachers from 90s movies.

Meet your hosts...

Jeffery Heil lives and works in sunny San Diego, California. He is a father, an educator, education consultant and speaker, as well as a hand and foot model. In his spare time, he loves snowboarding, traveling, taking and sharing pictures, and spending time with his daughters. As a former bartender, his claim to fame was serving drinks to Axl Rose and Slash from Guns N Roses and John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin.

Donnie Piercey works as a full-time daddy, full-time husband, and full-time teacher in Lexington, Kentucky. He likes dinosaurs, anything to do with outer space, and obscure films from the 80s and 90s. He doesn't like NASCAR, but he got to hang out with Jeff Gordon's family once. He also realized his bio wasn't as long as Jeff and Jesse's, so he added this sentence to make himself seem more important.

Jesse Lubinsky was born under a bad sign and raised on the mean streets of New York City. He now lives in Westchester County, NY with his wife and three amazing kids and works as a Director of Technology & Innovation and Chief Information Officer. An avid pop-culture geek, passionate sports fan, and voracious foodie, when he's not traveling or searching for a great meal, he's usually planning his next big adventure. He also has a Bacon Number of 3 (Look him up on IMDB!).

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2018 Fantasy School Movie Draft Results

1 Jesse - John Kimble (Teacher) 2 Jeff - Redd (T) 3 Donnie - Pres. Thomas* Widmore (Admin) 4 Donnie - Dr. Sean MacGuire (T) 5 Jeff - Morpheus (T) 6 Jesse - Louanne Johnson (T) 7 Jesse - Mr. Holland (FLEX) 8 Jeff - Malcolm X (FLEX) 9 Donnie - Sister Mary Clarence (FLEX) 10 Donnie - Dr. Malcolm Crow (T) 11 Jeff - Mrs. Honey (A) 12 Jesse - Andy Dufresne (A)

We want to know who the winner of the draft is. Please let us know by voting here or Tweeting us at @partialCreditEd.

Also, share your own draft picks and would you draft from 90s movies to run a new school.

*yes, Donnie realized right away that he said "President Charles Widmore" instead of "President Thomas Widmore". He watched too must LOST when it was on... 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42.

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This is Partial Credit! This is the podcast that brings together education, pop-culture, and shenanigans! Your hosts, Jeffery Heil, Donnie Piercey, and Jesse Lubinsky, span 3 generations and they've got you covered coast to coast. So sit back, relax, and earn your partial credit.