In this episode, we are talking with Julie Adams. Julie, a National Board Certified Teacher and Educator of the Year, is an internationally respected and highly sought-after educational consultant who specializes in 21st century critical thinking, neuroscience, content area literacy and instructional leadership. She trains and coaches teachers and administrators in best instructional practices that increase student competence, confidence and…Read more

In this episode, we recapped our second season where we read many books in an effort to uncover the uncommon dots.  In this podcast we want to encourage you to jump into one of these five themes and read something new this summer (or anytime)! If you don’t want to read the entire text,  listen to the podcasts to get an…Read more

In this episode, we are talking with Denise Krebs and Gallit Zvi. Denise is the co-author of The Genius Hour Guidebook, and is in her 21st year of teaching with many diverse experiences!  She has taught everything from Kindergarten to 8th grade in Arizona, California and Iowa. She currently is teaching second grade in a bilingual school in the small island country…Read more

In this episode we are talking to Bobbi Macdonald, Executive Director of the City Neighbors Foundation in Baltimore, MD. This is the second is a series profiling schools and school leaders working toward learner-centered models. We’ve done many podcasts on personalizing and individualizing learning. With this series we want to amplify the practitioners’ voice, so we are connecting with innovative…Read more

In this episode we’re talking to Laura Fleming. Laura has been an educator in the state of New Jersey for 20 years.  She has been both a classroom teacher and media specialist in grades K-8 and currently as a Library Media Specialist for grades 9-12.  Laura is a strong advocate of using New Media and Vanguard Techniques for Interactive and…Read more