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August 14, 2019
Creating Real Opportunities for Student Leadership
Adam Welcome on episode 544
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Students need real leadership opportunities – not just running a note to the office or other tasks that may be called “leadership” but really aren’t. Adam Welcome, co-author of Empower our Girls: Opening the Door for Girls to Achieve More
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August 13, 2019
Speed Presentations: Help Students Improve Presentation Skills Rapidly
Rob Donatelli on episode 543
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Presentation skills are an essential skill for students to master. How do you help students improve when there are many students in the class. Robert Donatelli has a solution: speed presentations. Learn how to use this technique to help students improve their presentation skills.
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August 12, 2019
How Turning on Location Services Could Save Your Life
Pam Shoemaker on episode 542
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Pam Shoemaker is getting ready to retire from teaching. As she and her husband were returning home from looking for places to retire, a storm arose. While location services can be used to perhaps compromise our privacy, in this case, it may have saved Pam’s life. Hear her story and learn how to examine your own location settings for safety.
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Close the Attitude Gap – Build a Bond from Day One
Baruti Kafele on episode
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He didn’t like school. But now he’s been a principal and written ten books and travels the world helping principals and educators learn how to engage today’s students — especially inner-city youth. Baruti Kafele has inspiring words for us on today’s Motivational Monday episode. He has authored ten books, recently the Principal 50: Critical Questions for New and Aspiring School Leaders and Clo...
August 8, 2019
5 Strategies for Coaching Instructional Excellence
Sherry St. Clair on episode 540
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Sherry St. Clair gives us principles for effective instructional coaching. Targeted to both administrators, instructional coaches, and technology coaches – Sherry has five practical ideas to get us started. Sherry is the author of Coaching Redefined: A Guide to Leading Meaningful Instructional Growth.
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August 7, 2019
Effective Grouping Strategies in the Classroom
Barry Hoonan on episode 539
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Today, you’ll get advice for creating grouping strategies for your classroom from an expert teacher and author on the subject. Barry Hoonan, author of What Are You Grouping For? (Grades 3-8 – how to Guide Small Groups Based on Readers, Not the Book)helps us understand how to start our school year with a plan for grouping students in reading groups that works.
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A Quick Way to Make Groups
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Here are two random quick ways to make groups in the classroom. I used the first one for a while, but then, got even more creative to create some small laminated cards.
This post is inspired by Barry Hoonan, co-author of “What Are You Grouping For?” who shares his strategies on episode 539 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast. Listen to his strategies for grouping which are much more complex and helpful for reading group...
August 6, 2019
Breakout EDU in Adult PD and College Education
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BreakoutEDU is a box with locks that also can be a great educational experience. In today’s show, Lucy Manley shares how breakout boxes are becoming an exciting part of her college’s educational experiences including Freshmen orientation.
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Listen to Lucy Manley talk about the use of BreakoutEDU Boxes in CollegeListen to the show on iTunes or StitcherStream by clicking here.Subscribe to the Show [image error] [image error] [image error] [image error] Your Challenge: Make a...5 Ways to Bring #Breakoutedu into Your Classroom (on a budget)
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Escape rooms or breakout boxes (which you really break into) have led to the Breakout EDU movement. If you want to get started with your breakout edu experience, here are some resources to get you started.
August 5, 2019
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Tyler – a 7th Grade App Builder Spurred on By Genius Hour
Tyler Haggerty on episode 537
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Today, you’ll listen to a young man who became an entrepreneur as a result of his school’s genius hour. Listen with a purpose and prepare to get your daily challenge at the end and a link to the blog post I’ve written inspired by this show “7 Ideas for Student Genius Hour and Passion Projects”
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