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On this episode Dr. Rachel Kowert busts myths about gaming. If you are skeptical about what games can offer us, give this conversation some time. Meet this week’s special guest: ➡️ Rachel Kowert, Ph.D is a research psychologist and the Research Director of Take This. She is a world-renowned researcher […]

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 […]

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 […]

🏁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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 […]