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Season 9 Episode 306
On this week's mini-episode, I want to answer a question sent in by a member of our community. Here's what she writes: Hi Betsy, I have classes of 10…
1 year, 10 months ago
Teaching Dramatic Writing (The Elective Series Continues)
Season 9 Episode 305
Today on the show we're hearing from Valerie Boehm, who teaches a Dramatic Writing elective in Georgia as part of the state's initiative to help mor…
1 year, 10 months ago
Trailer: The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast
Join me each week for innovative teaching strategies you can use immediately in your ELA classroom, from choice reading help to book clubs, project-b…
1 year, 10 months ago
⏰ Camp Creative: Three Podcast Project Options for your Students (Limited Time Series)
Season 8 Episode 308
It's day four of Camp Creative - time to explore three types of student podcasting projects you might want to use next year! The book talk podcast, t…
1 year, 11 months ago
⏰ Camp Creative: Creating Tiny Podcasts (Limited Time Series)
Season 8 Episode 307
It's day three of Camp Creative, and today we're diving into how to create tiny podcasts with students. We'll also chat about NCTE's position stateme…
1 year, 11 months ago
⏰ Camp Creative: Easy Tech for Student Podcasting (Limited Time Series)
Season 8 Episode 306
It's day two of Camp Creative, and we're exploring the easiest tech options for student podcasting! In today's show, I'll walk you through the best f…
1 year, 11 months ago
⏰ Camp Creative: Podcasts as Texts (Limited Time Series)
Season 8 Episode 305
It's day one of Camp Creative, and we're diving into Podcasts as Texts! In today's show, I'll walk you through some of my favorite shows for class, l…
1 year, 11 months ago
⏰ Camp Creative Starts Tomorrow! (Limited Time Series)
Season 8 Episode 304
Welcome to this special first ever limited-time series of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast.
It’s Camp Creative this week, my favorite event of t…
1 year, 11 months ago
304: The Day my English Students Questioned our Bleak Book Choices
Season 9 Episode 304
On this week's mini-episode, I'm remembering the moment my 11th graders asked me to please, please, please add a book to our English curriculum that …
1 year, 11 months ago
The End-of-Year Checklist for a Better August
Season 9 Episode 303
Last night I dreamed I was teaching in a new classroom, except it had layers of stuff on the walls from three other teachers across twenty years of …
1 year, 11 months ago