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How is Minecraft a powerful tool for building community, fostering inclusion, and engaging learners? This week’s amazing guest Mashfiq Ahmed has an answer for that question and tons of wisdom to share. Meet this week’s special guest: ➡️ Mashfiq Ahmed (he/him) is a high school chemistry teacher at John Dewey High School in Brooklyn, New York. He has been playing video games ever since he was 4-years-old and they have positively shaped him into the person that he is today. As a teacher, Mashfiq utilizes classroom gamification tools in order to support all of his students and make science more […]

Our summer-long series on esports continues with a great conversation about aligning your curriculum with esports and leveraging esports as a way to build and nurture your school community. Meet this week’s special guest: ➡️ Mike Dahle is a Business Teacher at Elkhorn Area HS and President of the Wisconsin HS Esports Association.  He was a second-year teacher when he learned how far PC gaming had come since his younger gaming days when a student gave a presentation on the League of Legends World Championship. Ever since that presentation, his interest in esports has grown exponentially. He started one of […]

🏁This is the first in our summer-long series on esports!🏁 Meet this week’s special guest: ➡️ Dr. Krista-Lee M. Malone is the Director of both the UW-Madison Game Lab and the game design certificate. Her past research has included MMORPGs massively multiplayer online role-playing games, the making of educational games in Taiwan (where she concurrently worked as a designer and consultant) and using game design in the social sciences, especially anthropology, and for community outreach. Dr. Malone is currently working on designing game for prosocial communities as well as experimenting with pedagogical uses of Twitch.tv and Discord. Outside of academia […]

On this episode of the podcast Jeff and Tricia speak with Allie Cornejo who is a High School Librarian/Lead Librarian in Harlingen, TX. She is chair of the TLA Public Relations and Marketing Committee, as well as chair for TASL’s Legislative and Advocacy Committee, and co-hosts the Libraries Transform Texas Podcast. She is an enthusiast of YA lIt and graphic novels, and can often be found reading them late into the night with her booklight. Ready to connect with this week’s guest? Twitter – @allie_cornejo, Instagram & Facebook – @alliethelibrarian More about Libraries Transform Texas: https://txla.org/tools-resources/libraries-transform-texas/ Books recommended on this […]

Why do book groups need scaffolding? How can we make the facilitation of book clubs just a tiny teeny bit easier? That’s what we discuss in this special episode. To get the free guide explored in our conversation: https://shiftingschools.lpages.co/book-group-protocol/ Learn more about our AI offerings: https://www.shiftingschools.com/learn Follow us online and let us know what you are reading this summer On Twitter On IG On TikTok New Episode

On this episode, we talk with Zackary Grady about their award-nominated production Gay Pride and Less Prejudice. Learn all about that show: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26518740/ Learn more about Zackary: https://www.thackarybinx.com/about Check out the books he recommended: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40779647 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60141378-nikhil-out-loud Take 25 dollars off the Media Literacy and Inclusion Shifting Schools Course: Use promo code ‘BABA25’ at checkout: https://www.shiftingschools.com/store-2/p/media-literacy-and-inclusion New Episode

On the podcast today is Angeline Aow, one author of the book Becoming A Totally Inclusive School.  This conversation helps us think about what we mean when we use the term ‘inclusive.’ Would you like a discount on that book? Check out this special flyer. Learn more about the special guest by exploring her website and services. As mentioned in our conversation: The Seven Is of Advocacy: What It Means To Be Intrepid Our 3-Month Generative AI Cohort New Episode

In this episode, we discuss our latest free on-pager to help you reimagine your relationship with social media this summer. Inside that one-pager, we have our B.A.L.A.N.C.E. framework: B – Boundaries: What is ONE new boundary you might set for your use of social media? A – Assign an Intention: Know what you are going online for L – Limit Notifications: Can you try to decrease the number of apps and notifications you receive?  A – Arrange and rearrange: Move apps around on your phone and notice how it influences use. N – Notice your emotions:  How do you feel […]

On this episode we hear from Tan and Beth as they talk to us about the incredible new book: Long-Term Success for Experienced Multilinguals “This practical, easy-to-implement, cross-curricular instructional framework includes strategies, implementation prompts, templates, and essential actions that create the conditions for  experienced multilinguals to process content and clearly communicate discipline-specific ideas.”   Learn more about our guests: www.bethskelton.com tankhuynh.com   And be sure to learn more about their book. Use special code “Save20” on checkout to get a discount.   New Episode

How are your conversations about generative AI tools like ChatGPT centering and focusing on equity and inclusion? On this episode, we dig into that and provide listeners an opportunity to go further with our latest free guide! You can download AI LIteracy and LGBTQ+ Inclusion here Did you want to enter to win a seat to the June 3rd Pride and Less Prejudice celebrity panel? Download the guide by 9pm EST on June 1st to enter or email tricia (at) shiftingschools.com by that deadline using the email subject ‘enter to win’ and you’ll be entered. Learn all about the June […]