Episode 101: When PBL is Just What You Do with Guest Kenzie Munn
A great conversation with 6th Grade ELA teacher Kenzie Munn who teaches at a school that focuses on Project-Based Learning.
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How Would You Like It To Be? – A School Wide Project-Based Learning Film Festival Jeff Utecht
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Episode 220: Master Asker of Questions Jeff Utecht
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Episode 219: The Values Map Jeff Utecht
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Episode 218: 3 Podcasting Tips for Teachers and Students Jeff Utecht
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Episode 217: More than a Logo Jeff Utecht
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Episode 216: Should Cell Phones be Allowed in Class? Jeff Utecht
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Episode 215: Your Network Starts with You Jeff Utecht
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Episode 100: Finding Your Sparks with guest Tisha Richmond
What a fantastic conversation for our 100th episode of Shifting Our Schools. Chris Butler and I catch up with Tisha Richmond and talk about supporting teachers as a coach and the power of Personal Learning Networks (PLNs).
Episode 99: Giving Students Space to FAIL ( First Attempt In Learning) with guest Adam Pollock
This week Chris Butler and I chat with Adam Polluck an IB International Teacher working in Hangzhou, China at a school that focuses on a Project-Based Learning approach. Adam walks us through how he and his colleagues structure 32-week in-depth PBL experiences for students. Links: Adam Polluck: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-pollock-3b5b006/ Enter to […]
Episode 98: A Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens
This week Chris Butler and I chat and have a first look at the newly released Common Sense Media Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens. Link: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/the-common-sense-census-media-use-by-tweens-and-teens-2019
Episode 97: Whack-A-Mole is not a classroom management strategy that works
A reflection on trainings I have been giving recently and the use of student monitoring software in a 1:1 classroom. Let’s use the software to start conversations, not as a punishment for opening a tab…..BTW….that doesn’t change behavior.
Episode 96: Grade 3 – The Step-Child to the Future with Ashley Sawyer
This week while working at the International School of Luxembourg (ISL) I sit down with my good friend Ashley Sawyer and we talk about her 3rd-grade classroom and some of the units she has done with her students that use technology in authentic ways. We also discuss the new portfolio […]
Episode 95: How do I know if students are engaged in the learning process?
Thanks to Katy McKee a technology coach in the Royal School District for sending this article to me that has me thinking and reflecting on the idea of engagement. Worth a read: Link: What is engagement in a learning experience? https://www.goguardian.com/research-and-insights/state-of-engagement-2019/
Episode 94: Learning happens in the process of creating not the product created
How do you assess learning when it happens in the process of creating not the product? All too often we assess the product but that is not where the learning occurred. How can we assess learning when it is actually happening…in the process of creating. I invite you to leave […]
