What Works!

What Works!

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What Works! episodes

  • It Is Almost Impossible to Differentiate Instruction Without These Six Elements
    We continue our exploration of the GEEFL roadmap to more effective teaching and learning. In this episode, we focus on six elements that make it possible to effectively differentiate instruction for all students.

    Follow: @jonbergmann @ideasforteacher @jakehabegger

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    Jake Habegger is an 8th Grade Flipped Mastery History Teacher whose goal is to invigorate student learning by meeting them where they are by using technology. Jake is a founding member of the International Faculty with the Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) and is also one of the “Top 100 K-12 Teachers Leading Flipped Learning Worldwide.”
    12 min
  • Why It's Harder to Teach Well Without These Six Elements
    If you haven't heard about the GEEFL or if you have but are unsure how to use it to teach more effectively this episode is for you. Join us for a discussion about a new roadmap to more effective teaching and learning.

    Follow: @jonbergmann @kathyswanger @ideasforteacher

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    Kathy Swanger has spent more than three decades in public education. She has taught every subject in the social studies department and well as a dropout prevention program. Throughout her career, she has incorporated technology into her teaching and has helped colleagues to do the same through professional development.


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    10 min
  • Flipping Alone: Surmounting the Barriers to Active Learning
    Our guest was working in isolation trying to change instruction in his classroom. Then he discovered how to get more peers involved.

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    José Julián Prieto has a degree in History and Geography, specializing
    in archeology. He was a member of the archeology department of the University and of
    the CTI (Center for Information Technology), researching the application of computer
    technology in archaeological research> He was also listed as The 50 best trainers and coaches of Flipped
    Learning around the world.
    6 min
  • When I Decided to Give My Students More Power, Here is What Happened
    My dream was to give my students more power, so I tried to develop a model to balance the mandates of the curriculum with the needs of students.

    Follow: @jonbergmann @Wilsonsbiolab @bamradionetwork

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    Hassan Wilson teaches Introductory Biology to 8th graders at Friends Seminary in New York City. He organized his flipped course in Mastery Learning Cycles, which is a hybrid of Mastery Learning and Explore-Flip-Apply.
    13 min
  • Reaching Every Student Starts Here: How Do Your Students Prefer to Learn?
    Our guest offers a practical three-step roadmap that sets up the conditions to reach every student in your classes every day.

    Follow: @jonbergmann @khmmc @bamradionetwork

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    Kathleen McClaskey is Founder of Make Learning Personal and co-author of bestsellers Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning. She empowers learners with tools, skills and learning strategies so they become independent self-directed learners, learners with agency, who are future ready for college, career and life, kathleenmcclaskey.com.
    12 min
  • A New Way to Determine Where Your Students Are Struggling
    Our guest has developed an innovative strategy to identify the parts of his instruction where students struggle the most.

    Follow: @jonbergmann @robecosse @bamradionetwork

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    Robert A. McKerlie MSc(Med Sci), Cert. Ed., PG Cert. Ac. Pract., FHEA. Robert’s main interest focuses on encouraging active student engagement in learning and teaching. He has received an institutional Teaching Excellence Award for a Career Distinguished by Significant and Sustained Commitment to Excellence.
    10 min
  • I Poured Myself Into Teaching, But I Was Not Reaching Students
    I started out as a passionate new teacher and soon became disillusioned. I was just about to give up when I received precisely what I needed to go on.

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    Daniel Jones is a middle school social studies and reading/language arts teacher. He is a Master Flip Educator and has been teaching in the classroom for the past 13 years. He is an FLGI International Faculty Member, Master Flip Educator, and author of Flipped 3.0 Project Based Learning: An Insanely Simple Guide. He earned his master's degree from the American College of Education in the area of Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Digital Teaching and Learning.
    9 min
  • New Research: The Most Effective Educators Break the Rules
    Our guest shares eye-opening research that indicates how and why "breaking the rules" is essential to student success.

    Follow: @jonbergmann @KirtmanLyle @bamradionetwork

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    Lyle Kirtman, CEO/Founder of Future Management Systems, a leadership and organizational development consulting firm that has worked with over 700 organizations (300 school systems) over 30 years. He has written two books and a keynote speaker and presenter on educational leadership, regionally and nationally.
    12 min
  • The Cultural Factors That Impact How You Flip Instruction
    Our guests all agree that there are cultural nuances that shape how you flip in different cultural contexts. Join us as we share their insights.

    Follow: @jonbergmann @Mareika @Strawbarryfield @brooklynbeans @bamradionetwork

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    Mareika McLaughlin is an instructional designer and an ESL teacher. She speaks five languages to varying degrees of fluency (English, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole, Spanish and German). Dr.Thomas Mennella has been an instructor in higher education for over ten years. Starting as a lecturer at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, and then moving on to an Assistant Professorship at Delaware State University (DSU). Barry Sponder is a Professor of Educational Tecynology at Central Connecticut State University and a founding member of the Flipped Learning Global Initiative International Faculty.

    11 min
  • Group Space Innovation: Ask Your Students to Create a Problem
    Flipped classroom teachers are always searching for ways to use class time. Listen in as out guest shares an innovative group space teaching strategy.

    Follow: @jonbergmann @weltyteaching @bamradionetwork

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    Dan Welty is a physics and astronomy teacher at Algonquin regional high school, Northboro, MA with 20 years of teaching and 3/4 through his first full year flipped.
    6 min

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Where we explore the wide world of effective teaching strategies made possible when we stop teaching from the front of the room. This podcast shares practical teaching practices, and new approaches to…