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January 4, 2020
How to Teach Presentation Skills, New Technology and Research Using CES
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The Consumer Electronics Show is in Las Vegas this upcoming week, January 7-10, 2020. In the fall semester, students present about historical figures in computing. However, in January, we turn the spotlight on analyzing new technologies with a critical but futuristic eye. The media, videos, and press releases give us an excellent opportunity to move to the leading bleeding edge of technology, where it becomes...
January 3, 2020
How Walt Disney and George Lucas Used Painful Pauses to Redefine Themselves
Painful Pauses Can Change Your Life
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Jeff Goins tells a story about Walt Disney in his book The Art of Work that I don’t recall hearing before. It reminds me of some painful pauses many creatives have had throughout history. The story goes something like this.
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January 2, 2020
The Power of a Teacher
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Today, Mrs. Grace Adkins, my 90 something-year-old mentor, took time to eat lunch with me at Dairy Queen in Camilla. She’s been on the podcast before. Mrs. Adkins is still directing the learning lab at my old school and alma mater, and she is still fighting for kids. She’s been teaching for fifty-nine years. By the time we had lunch at 11 am this morning, she had already ridden her bike for 2 hours, read some books,...
December 20, 2019
5 Random Teacher Hacks to Revv Up Your Classroom
David Sladkey, 32-year teacher gives us 5 cool teacher hacks to improve our classrooms
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David Sladkey has been teaching for over thirty-two years. Today, he shares five random but very helpful teacher hacks. From a new way to track requests to go to the bathroom to a unique cooperative learning strategy and a super cool brain break, you’ll grab five ideas you can use right away.
December 19, 2019
Behind the Magic of Disney Education
Aaron Joyner on episode 594
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Education needs to be relevant and exciting to students. The Disney Youth Education program hosted me at the end of this past summer to experience three of their programs first-hand. In today’s podcast, I interview the director of the program Aaron Joyner to talk about the philosophy behind Disney’s education magic. I also share some of my first-hand experiences and observations from the...
December 18, 2019
How to Help Everybody Do Math
Vanessa Vakharia gives us the language to help kids overcome adversity in learning
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Learning can be hard. Many students struggle. Teachers can struggle to help students learn content but what do we do when students have thinking that is limiting their ability to learn. In today’s show, we talk about math, but the language and metaphors that Vanessa Vakharia shares today can be used in any subject. These ideas can help...
December 17, 2019
How to Talk to Your Students About the Deep Fake
Teacher Chelsey Greer shares her technique
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Videos can be faked just like pictures can be faked. Understanding this disturbing phenomenon is vital to the future of any stable country. Savvy citizens dedicated to truth are a blessing to their community and country. This conversation will help you get there. Today’s guest, teacher Chelsey Greer, talked with her students about the disturbing phenomenon of the Deep Fake....
December 16, 2019
How Teachers Can Learn Awesome Things Every Day
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Kelly Christopherson has taught for twenty-five years and has been helping educators use to level up their learning for most of that time. As one of the leaders on #saskedchat (Saskatoon Ed Chat on Twitter), he has seen classrooms transform and is now studying the impact of social media on classroom pedagogy. Come to the edge of research and learning as we discuss how teachers are learning. Not surprisingly, many...
December 12, 2019
5 Ways to Improve Relevance in Our Classrooms Now
Denis Sheeran on episode 590
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Part of being remarkable is that students believe your class and content applies to their life. On the 10 Minute Teacher, we want to help you be a more remarkable educator, so today,Denis Sheeran, author of Instant Relevance, Using Today’s Experiences to Teach Tomorrow’s Lessons, shares five ways we can become more relevant in our classrooms today.
Students need to feel like what they do...
December 8, 2019
5 Ways Adobe Premiere Rush Encourages Creativity in the Classroom
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple to use video creation tool that includes powerful camera features, video editing, and publishing features. It syncs and works on all platforms. It has replaced my use of iMovie in the classroom with my students because it is more robust. Simply put, Adobe Premiere Rush leads my students to more professional video creation, faster. In this blog post, I’m going to share five main...
