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May 14, 2019
Martians in Your Classroom, STEM, and Making Makerspaces Accessible
Rachael Mann on Episode 492
The first person to walk on Mars has already been born and is in our classrooms today, so the experts tell us. He or she could be in your classroom or mine. The question is if we’re equipping that child and the others to go behind them with the knowledge and intuitive exploration of making things work together for success through rich making and STEM spaces. Today we talk to Rachael Mann, author of The Martians in Your Classroom: STEM in Every Learning Space.
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May 13, 2019
Dr. Alec Couros on Spearfishing, Citizenship, and Lateral Reading
Episode 491
Schools are being targeted with “spearfishing” attacks – a new form of phishing that is quite deceptive. Citizenship encompasses digital citizenship and the importance of lateral reading are three of the motivating topics tackled today with education thought-leader Dr. Alec Couros.
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22 Top Tips for Better Classroom Management
Classroom management can be a challenge. In this post, I’ll share twenty-two of my top tips and ideas that have helped me have an awesome classroom. While I won’t claim to ever be perfect, I have learned so much over the last seventeen years. If this post helps some of you avoid the mistakes I learned early on, then it will accomplish its purpose!
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May 9, 2019
5 Ways to Leverage Play In Your Class Today
Jill Vialet on episode 490
Play belongs in every classroom. Today, Jill Vialet from Playworks shows us how.
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Music Teachers of Excellence with the CMA Foundation
Tiffany Kerns on Episode 489 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
Music education helps students engage with learning and has many positive benefits. Today’s guest, Tiffany Kerns, Executive Director of the CMA Foundation talks about remarkable music teaching and their quest to recognize the top music teachers in the United States.
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PBIS, Discipline, and Compassion Fatigue
Melissa Mann on episode 488
When I shared a USA Today Article on PBIS on my Facebook page, teachers started responding and yelled volumes about mis-implementation mis-understandings and mis-use of discipline — specifically PBIS — in their schools. So, Melissa Man, special education teacher with her Master’s in Counseling agreed to come on the show and talk about the topic. What do you think?
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May 7, 2019
Raspberry Pi Guy, Rocketboards, and Robots
Matt Timmons-Brown on episode 487 of the 10-Minute Teacher
Matt Timmons-Brown is the “Raspberry Pi Guy” on Youtube. If you don’t know what the Raspberry Pi is, it is an amazing small computer from which you can make amazing things. Matt is the author of Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi. This 19-year old student at the University of Edinburg talks about how he interested himself in Computer Science and shares his insight on how to engage his generation in a powerful career.
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May 5, 2019
How to Build Trust with Your Students
CJ Reynolds on episode 486
Students need to trust their teachers. The result is better relationships, better learning, and a better quality of experience for everyone — teachers and students included! Today’s featured educator is CJ Reynolds, a teacher in West Philadelphia. CJ shares how to build relationships with students in some unconventional and cool ways. He also talks about why his YouTube channel has become so popular and how teachers can get motivated every day (not just Mondays.)
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May 3, 2019
5 Ways to Overcome Being Overwhelmed
This time of year is a challenging one for educators. It is easy to feel overwhelmed. Today’s show will encourage and help you to overcome that overwhelmed feeling with 21-year educator Jon Harper.
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May 1, 2019
How to Transform the American High School
Dr. Sarah Fine on episode 484
Dr. Sarah Fine, co-author of In Search of Deeper Learning, The Quest to Remake the American High School talks about her research into remarkable high school experiences. Scroll down to download the transcript for this episode.
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