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Episode 136: Having Hard Conversations with Jennifer Abrams Jeff Utecht
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Episode 135: Creating Global Citizens with Steve Murphy Jeff Utecht
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Episode 134: Engaging Families in STEM with Deidre Holmberg Jeff Utecht
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Episode 133: Feedback that Matters with Tyler Rablin Jeff Utecht
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Episode 132: The Art of Connection with guest Dan James Jeff Utecht
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Episode 131: Preparing Students for Their Future Not our Past Jeff Utecht
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Episode 129: Meaningful Assessment: Grading for the Future Jeff Utecht
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Episode 128: Project-Based Awesome: Imagine What Your Students Can Do Jeff Utecht
When we go through disruptions like this it’s a struggle. It’s a struggle to be open to and have hard conversations with ourselves and with our colleagues around the changes that we’re going through. In this free webinar, Jennifer Abrams walks us through important planning strategies to help us authentically engage with the dialogues that challenge us. Links: Jennifer Abrams’ WebsiteJennifer Abrams’ Book
Steve Murphy joins us for the Shifting Schools Free Webinar on Creating Global Citizens. Steve is a Technology Coach and Social Studies Teacher in the Enumclaw School District. Link: Slide Deck Chat File
Deidre Holmberg is a consultant with STEMCore Consulting, LLC. In this role, she supports the implementation of STEM initiatives, authors culturally relevant, standards-based STEM/STEAM curriculum for signature programs in numerous districts, and coaches school administrators and teachers on all aspects of STEM design, computational thinking, and the Science and Engineering Practices. Using an integrated approach, Deidre often leverages current events and bioethical dilemmas to make student work relevant, meaningful, and timely. Deidre is particularly interested and experienced in closing the persistent opportunity gaps for students in STEM and in building cohorts of diverse, highly capable STEM professionals for the 21st […]
This week Tyler Rablin takes us through feedback that matters and what that means in today’s complicated learning environments. We know feedback is essential to learning so how do we make sure we are giving feedback that works for students. Links: Slide Deck for WebinarTyler’s BlogTyler’s Twitter
This week we talk about communication with guest Dan James. In a time when educators are worried more than ever about creating connections with students, learn some tips we can use to truly make sure we communicating in effective ways? A great session with ideas and tips to start practicing and using today. Links: Dan James WebsiteOne-pager of terms
A recording of a free webinar I gave back in June as part of our Shifting Schools series. We have free webinars starting the week of Aug. 17th running through the month of September at least. You can register to join us live at shiftingschools.com or we’ll be releasing them here as well in the coming weeks. Links to Slide Deck for Webinar
Welcome back to a new episode and season 4 of Shifting Our Schools. Excited to be back at the microphone sharing my thoughts, trainings, webinars, and conversations with all of you. We kick off season 4 with an email I wrote to a State Department of Education when asked my opinion on attendance policies in remote learning. Links: Connecitivism Theory: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1089.2000&rep=rep1&type=pdf Becoming Relevant Again: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1219672.pdf Vanderbilt University Research: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/effective-educational-videos/ Portfolios are the future of University Admissions: https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2020/05/26/experts-consider-how-new-admissions-test-could-change-higher-education
Tyler Rablin a High School ELA teacher and Tech Coach shares with us his grade book and assessment practices as he moved from a traditional way of grading to a mastery way of grading. This is the recording of a free webinar that Tyler gave as part of the ReImagine WA Ed program we have just wrapped up across the state of Washington. Titled: Meaningful Assessment: Grading for the Future, Tyler walks us through how you can rethink your grading and assessment practices to align with today’s best practices. Links: Chat file from Webinar Slide Deck One Page Handout
This episode is a recording of a Free Webinar we hosted as part of the ReImagine WA Ed program. These Webinars are open to any and all educators around the world and are free to join or listen to later. We will be releasing them here as podcasts as well. This webinar hosted by Chris Butler who many of you regular listeners know as “Chris the Tech Coach” My co-host here at Shifting Our Schools and Erin Dickey a High School teacher and long time friend of Chris’s lead us through their Project-Based Awesome Webinar. Links: Chat file from Webinar […]
4 Steps of making Blended Learning manageable. We will look at preparing for next school year with good teaching strategies at the forefront. By Steve Murphy & Stefan Troutman Links: Chat file from Webinar Slide Deck
