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Core Skills in the Age of AI: What Remains Essential?

330: Demystify student motivation with Tyler Rablin

329: Can clinician-powered AI help us with the mental health crisis?

328: Nurturing problem-solvers inside and outside the realm of games

Episode 327: How Can Educators Leverage AI for UDL?

326: What it means to be a life-long learner in the new era of AI

325: ‘Lessons of the Pandemic’: A Deep Dive into Teacher Experiences

324: Shifting paradigms about safety and respect with Dr. Travis Wright

Bonus Episode: The Big Game is A Big Moment for Media Literacy

323: Talking emotional intelligence with Dr. Lorea Martínez

322: The recipe for a truly great school mental health program

321: What does media literacy have to do with mental health?

320: Being Mindful in the Moment with Dr. Rina Bajaj

319: What is an ’emotionally healthy school’? with Dr. Deborah Offner

What was our biggest episode of 2023?

318: AI Literacy Experiments for the Family

317: Bonus Episode Tricia on the concept of ‘screentime’ and more…

316: Bonus Episode – Integrating Technology in Education with Jeff Utecht

315: Human Centered Leadership in K12 education with Dr. Peter Stiepleman

314: Elevating Student Learning With AI

313: The necessity of listening to the student perspective on AI

Bonus Episode: Meet US Principal of the Year!

312: Can we use AI to teach creative writing?

311: From Repairs to Resourcefulness: Unleashing the Potential of Asset Management in Schools

310: Striking the Perfect Balance: Integrating AI and Human Interaction in Elementary Classrooms

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309: Nurturing Informed Citizens with CIVIX’s Dimitri Pavlounis

308: The Future of News Literacy: Educating in the Age of Artificial Intelligence with Erin Olsen

307: Elevating Media Literacy Through Screen Language: Insights from Sherard Duvall

306: The Power of Purposeful Play with Dr. Kristen Craft

How do we bring brave beginners and bold early adopters together to explore AI Literacy?

Episode 305: Stargazing for SEL with Swapna Krishna

304: What confidence is…and what it isn’t with Jennifer S. Miller

303: Social Justice in Schools with Dr. Charles A. Barrett

Honoring the complexities of what it means to be an educator with Dr. Novak and Dr. Rodriguez

301: Fine-tuning the conversation about failure with Jessica Lahey

300: How might ChatGPT help us reflect on human-centric skills?

299: Unlocking the Potential of esports in Education: with Elliot Mack, Co-founder of Daigon Esports

298: Unlocking Minds with Minecraft with Janey Laney

297: Campfire Conversations: Leadership in AI and What It Means for Schools

296: Cultivate STEM and STEAM skills with esports

Trailer: What’s on deck for September at Shifting Schools

295: What’s at the intersection of law and gaming?

294: Where might a student’s passion for video games lead?

293: Level up on literacy with video games

292: Skeptical about the benefits of gaming? Give this a listen.

291: The Magic of Minecraft

290: Esports as an engine for community building

289: Grappling with the great idea of gaming for good

What does it mean to be a true library advocate?

287: One way to level up on your next book club

286: Inspiring the next generation of fiction podcast creators

Episode 285: How Inclusive is Your School…and how do you know?

284: Seven ways to shift your relationship with social media this Summer

283: Long-Term Success for Experienced Multilinguals

282: What’s the Connection Between AI Literacy and LGBTQ+ Inclusive Schools?

281: Reflection that dignifies and honours the year

280: Designing the Future: David Jakes and the Design Thinking Classroom Revolution

279: The ChatGPT assessment conversation we want more of

278: The Healing Power of Nature: A Conversation with Rebekah Lowell

Episode 277: Could your team use some positive gossip?

276: Stanzas that celebrate teachers with Taylor Mali

275: Is it time to reimagine the career fair?

274: How Can Text Blaze Simplify Workflows for Students and Teachers in Education?

273: A Conversation with ChatGPT about AI in the Classroom

272: Are we entering into an information literacy renaissance?

271: Five ways to use ChatGPT for Earth Day

270: Celebrating School Library Month

269: Is equity getting the spotlight it deserves in our conversations about AI?

268: The message about mistakes that our students need us to hear

267: How do you share your stories of hope?

266: Reflections from the NCCE23 Conference

265: Feedback as fuel for trust

264: Cultivating problem solvers one conversation at a time

263: An Invitation, Opportunity, and a Thank You!

262: What does ‘being bold’ mean to you?

261: Sparking and sustaining the social media conversation at home

260: Who does the library belong to?

259: A world of possibility: are you interested in becoming an International school educator?

258: Have you started a conversation about social media with your students lately?

257: What role do podcasts play in our personal and professional learning?

256: Understanding our Sensory System: a secret for the PE classroom

255: Nine of our Favorite Note-taking Strategies

254: Why Art and Science go hand in hand

253: Media literacy’s BIG moment and the big game

252: Does your school link STEM and Sports?

251: Where might your AI journey take your school?

250: How do you find a balance with flexibility and student agency?

249: Will 2023 be the year of AI?

248: Does your network shape your mindset?

247: Are we creating opportunities to explore our relationship with social media?

246: The legacy of your lab

245: Seven steps to take when applying to lead learning at conferences

244: How might you cultivate your beginner’s mindset this year?

Is better feedback the fuel for deeper engagement?

243: Is there a better way to discuss habit formation with students?

Cell Phones in the Classroom is a Microcosm of Education’s Big Shift

242: Student-led podcasting for sustained learning

We need student voice and student storytellers now more than ever.

241: Data Visualization and Women in STEM

REPLAY: Tricia’s favorite episode from 2022

240: New 2023 Protocols and Updates for our Podcast Family

Bounce: Fiction Podcasts for Creative Writing: Backwards Chaining Approach

239: How to Balance Structure vs Agency with Design-Based Learning and Scratch

Bounce Episode: 3 Google Chrome Extensions for Better Presentation Design

238: The Skills of Journalist Today and Interactive Journalism

237: Who Owns Your Data?

Bounce: Single Slide PD Pathway – Webinar

236: The Secret of Multiple Languages and Getting Connected in Internships

Bounce Episode: Macbeth from Play on Podcast

235: Inviting Student Culture into our Classrooms with Social Media

234: Using Social Media in Schools: A Panel of Experts

233: Social Media for Teachers and Students

232: The Collaboration behind the Solar Podcast

231: Getting Credit for Service Learning Abroad

230: Facilitating Meeting in K12 Education and Building Trust in Groups

Free Podcasting Webinar: Podcasting with Students and Teams

229: Data Visualization – Telling Stories with Data

Shifting Schools Update and a Surprise

228: The Intersection of SEL and Information Literacy

227: Understanding the Pressure of Parenting and Playing Sports Today

226: Turning Data into Visual Stories

225: Teaching Data Literacy and Telling Data Stories

Bounce: 4 Media Literacy Routines

Unlocking the Potential Hidden in Your Student Data

Bounce Episode: Spotlighting Softskills

Being Efficient with our Technology and Time

Bounce Episode: Coaching for Metacognition

Challenges School Leaders Face

How Would You Like It To Be? – A School Wide Project-Based Learning Film Festival

Episode 220: Master Asker of Questions

Episode 219: The Values Map

Episode 218: 3 Podcasting Tips for Teachers and Students

Episode 217: More than a Logo

Episode 216: Should Cell Phones be Allowed in Class?

Episode 215: Your Network Starts with You

Episode 214: Talking STEM with Mr. Fascinate

Episode 213: Being a Science Communicator with Swapna Krishna

Episode 212: Lisa Forman-Gather a passionate team of people

Episode 211: Lyndsey D’Arcangelo – A Journalist’s Journey

Episode 210: Three Baseball Based Reflection Protocols

Episode 209: Elena Aguilar and “The PD Book”

Episode 208: What Should You Do In 2022

Episode 207: John and Kyle Hattie: Learning Vs Achieving, 10 Steps to Develop Great Learners: Visible Learning for Parents

Episode 206: My Learning through Learning2

Episode 205: Understanding our Multiple Identities

Episode 204: Just Start Creating

Episode 203: Taking Time for Trust

Episode 202: Google Certified Coaching Cohort Panel Discussion 

Episode 201: Teaching Through Photography

Episode 200: Sustaining Your Coaching Practice

Episode 199: The Power of Stories to Heal

Episode 198: Focusing on Wellness

Episode 197: The Power of Pulse Checks

Episode 196: Immersive Learning: We can do better than Zoom

Episode 195: Digital Storytelling and a Whole Lot More

Episode 194: The power of protocols in PLCs

Episode 193: Creating a Technology Revolution, Hoquiam School District

Episode 192: Starting the year with sharpened tools

Episode 191: Exchanging Gratitude

Episode 190: Reflecting On A Semester

Episode 189: Assessment is how we learn to listen

Episode 188: SEL and PBL with Jorge Valenzuela

Episode 187: Talking PLCs with Steve Barkley

Episode 186: Talking World Languages and STEAM with Rachelle Dené Poth

Episode 185: Worldwise Learning Author Elizabeth Crawford

Episode 184: You Don’t Have to Be Brave

Episode 183: Unpacking Project-Based Learning

Episode 182: Assessment: Snapshots of the Learning Journey

Episode 181: Deep Listening: A Deep Dive

Episode 180: Creative Communication Creates Wonderment

Episode 179: Building it together

Episode 178: Key Conversations that are Crucial for Teams

Episode 177: Pushing the restart button

Episode 176: Sustaining the start…

Episode 175: The Art of the Start

Episode 174: Finding Your Metaphor For the Year

Episode 173: Meet Heather and Patrick!

Episode 172: Meet Jennifer Abrams

Episode 171: Meet Dr. Addy!

Episode 170: Meet Author Educator Alex S. Venet

Episode 169: The Digital Classroom

Episode 168: Making Learning Transparent

Episode 167: Momentum From Mistakes

Episode 166: Fishing for Questions

Episode 165: Your classroom mission statement

Episode 164: The unspoken rules of SEL

Episode 163: Making small shifts matters in big ways for SEL

Episode 162: Shifting into Summer

Episode 161: Shifting PD Praxis: Reimagining our Recipe

Episode 160: Shifting PD Praxis: Independent and Interdependent PD

Episode 159: Shifting PD Praxis: Protocols are the Structure to Thinking

Episode 158: Instructional Coaches and Coaching Coaches

Bounce Episode: Teacher Appreciation Week

Episode 157: The Power of Podcasts

Episode 156: It’s All About Community!

Episode 155: What will you make space for?

Episode 154: Learning from Teens Through a Pandemic

Episode 153: Crafting the Story of our Learning

Episode 152: Reframing Feedback

Episode 151: The Future of Assessment with Tyler Rablin

Episode 150: Building on Where We Are

Episode 149: If you Build it They Will Collaborate

Episode 148: Provocations to provoke learning and connection

Episode 147: Co-authoring Rubrics

episode 146: Niche Knowledge

Episode 145: GameTape

Episode 144: The Skill of Unlearning

Episode143: The Need to Teach Network Literacy

Episode 142: SEL and Language Learners During Distance Learning with Tan Huynh

Episode 141: Race, Privilege, and Creating Safe Spaces in the Digital Classroom with Christina Torres

Episode 140: The Future of Education

Episode 139: Expanding the Walls of Your District: How do you add value to your community? with Steve Murphy & JB Blair

Episode 138: Empowering Through Inquiry with Trevor MacKenzie

Episode 137: Strategies and Tools for Digging into Difficult Conversations with Teens with Georgina Gonzalez

Episode 136: Having Hard Conversations with Jennifer Abrams

Episode 135: Creating Global Citizens with Steve Murphy

Episode 134: Engaging Families in STEM with Deidre Holmberg

Episode 133: Feedback that Matters with Tyler Rablin

Episode 132: The Art of Connection with guest Dan James

Episode 131: Preparing Students for Their Future Not our Past

Episode 130: Moving for Attendance focused to being engagement focused

Episode 129: Meaningful Assessment: Grading for the Future

Episode 128: Project-Based Awesome: Imagine What Your Students Can Do

Episode 127: Learning With and Without Walls

Episode 126: Engaging Students in Learning through Choice and Voice

Episode 125: YouTube Live AMA Session with the ReImagine WA Ed Team

Episode 124: Design for Resilience Framework for the Future of Schools

Episode 123: Classroom Management in the Virtual Classroom

Episode 122: Tech Tool Bonanza

Episode 121: The Power of Ownership in Distance Learning

Episode 120: AESD Continual Learning Keynote

Episode 119: Assessing Distance Learning

Episode 118: Inequity Should Not Equal Inaction

Episode 117: Virtual School Happy Hour Week 1 – The Setup

Episode 116: Preparing for Virtual Learning

Episode 115: Virtual School Tips and Recommendations

Special Episode: Final Reflection from NCCE2020

Special Episode: Day 1 Reflection from NCCE2020

Episode 114: From Coach to Consultant with Guest Julie McDowell

Episode 113: Team Teaching in all its Glory with Guests Jessica Fife and Linda Stairet

Episode 112: Breaking Down Project-Based Learning with guest Pat Zuniga

Episode 111: Diving into Inquiry with guest Erin Dickey

Episode 110: Flipping Your Classroom with Guest Taylor Newman

Episode 109: Building Relationships with Students through Technology with Middle School Teacher Kaci Presnell

Episode 108: You can be a paperless classroom or a blended learning classroom but you can’t be both.

Episode 107: A reflection of District Ran PD with guests Tyler, Cassie, and Chris

Episode 106: Building a School Culture Starts with Leadership. With Guest Angel Mensing

Episode 105: Bring on 2020!

Episode 104: Mr. Gibbs when are you going to start teaching again? With guest Collin Gibbs

Episode 103: 1 Tech Coach and a Whole Lot of Teachers! With Guest David Stiner

Episode 102: Classroom Management in the Digital Age with Heather Dowd and Patrick Green

Episode 101: When PBL is Just What You Do with Guest Kenzie Munn

Episode 100: Finding Your Sparks with guest Tisha Richmond

Episode 99: Giving Students Space to FAIL ( First Attempt In Learning) with guest Adam Pollock

Episode 98: A Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens

Episode 97: Whack-A-Mole is not a classroom management strategy that works

Episode 96: Grade 3 – The Step-Child to the Future with Ashley Sawyer

Episode 95: How do I know if students are engaged in the learning process?

Episode 94: Learning happens in the process of creating not the product created

Episode 93: Top 5 Chrome Extensions for Students in a 1:1 Classroom

Episode 92: Bringing the Connectivism Learning Theory into the 1:1 Classroom

Episode 91: Becoming Relevant Again: Applying Connectivism Learning Theory to Today’s Classroom.

Episode 90: Teach like Coach or Coach like a Teacher an interview with HS Social Studies Teacher Steve Murphy

Episode 89: Using Science to Explain the World with guest Rebekah Cheney

Episode 88: Behind By Week Two with guest Tom Riddell

Episode 87: A Year of Coaching Reflection

Episode 86: I’m Not Standard

Episode 85: Music and Technology in Harmony

Episode 84: 3D Animation in the Art Classroom

Episode 83: The Science Learning Tracker

Episode 82: JB and the 3Rs of Teaching

Episode 81: A Conversation with Gunner Argo

Episode 80: The Questions I Get Asked

Episode 79: Moses Lake and the YouTube Tech Coach Challenge

Episode 78: Avenues: The World School

Episode 77: Teaching the Modern Day Calendar

Episode 76: The Kindest School

Episode 75: Counting Notifications

Episode 74: The Global Knowledge Summit

Episode 73: The Future Belongs To YouTube and Spreadsheets

Episode 72: The 4 Shift Protocol

Episode 71: Mrs. Udd’s Kinders

Episode 70: Managing the Change

Episode 69: From BKK to Eduro

Episode 68: The Changing Univeristy

Episode 67: A Highly Structured, Loosely Organized Science Lesson

Episode 66: COETAIL + UK = A Hot Ball of Mess

Episode 65: 5 Must have iPad apps for Lower and Upper Elementary

Episode 64: August 2018 Keynote

Episode 63: Kids These Days

Episode 62: Educating the 1:1 Pre-Service Teacher

Episode 61: LMS Tips and Tricks for Starting the New Year off right!

Episode 60: 5 Must Have Apps for the 1:1 Classroom

Episode 59: High Structured, Loosely Organized Classroom Strategies

Episode 58: Managing Distractions in the 1 to 1 Classroom

Bounce Episode: Flipgrid Past, Present, Future

Episode 57: Rethinking PD for Teachers

Episode 56: Gamification of Learning

Episode 55: Cell Phone Use in the Classroom

Episode 54: Being a Middle Schooler in a 1:1 Program

Bounce Episode: Reflection on Apple WWDC18 Keynote

Episode 53: The Teenage Brain and Its Future

Episode 52: When Parents Push Back On A 1:1 Program

Episode 51: A COETAIL Reflection from Ghana

Episode 50: PBL in the High School English Classroom

Bounce Episode: Reflection on the Google I/O 2018 Keynote

Episode 49: Rolling Out In Nampa

Episode 48: The Future Is Now

Episode 47: Are We Killing Wonderment?

Episode 46: Teaching A Media First Generation

Episode 45: Just Get Started

Episode 44: Do Stuff With A Purpose

Episode 43: It’s All About The Badges

Episode 42: Highly Structured, Loosely Organized

Episode 41: Project Based Awesomeness

Episode 40: 7 Ways to be a Lifelong Learner

Episode 39: The Laptop Learning Curve

Episode 38: So Your Students Want to be YouTubers

Episode 37: Education is a Journey

Episode 36: Social Media Today and Music What?

Episode 35: Musical.ly and Social Media and Kids

Episode 34: A Global View of Social Media

Episode 33: Administrative Walk-Throughs in a Tech-Rich Classroom

Episode 32: 3 Tips for your 1:1 Program

Episode 31: I’m Back!!!

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yvonne-phillips

“I think the exposure to new places and new people can be really reviving personally and also eye opening to see how other people live.

To see how life functions, whether human or natural life, in other places is really humbling.

It’s easy to have your status quo at home, but as soon as you’re in a new place – all bets are off. You can do anything, and are so willing to try new stuff to push your own boundaries purely because you’re in a new place.”

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