Podcast Episodes

Creative Halloween Activities for October in ELA

Season 8 Episode 222

Have you reached for a turtleneck sweater yet? Bought one of those big pumpkins or bright purple mums at the stand along the road? Sipped your first …

2 years, 8 months ago

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221: Highly Recommended: Ask for What you Want

Season 8 Episode 221

This week let's talk a different kind of topic, asking for what you want in education.

When I was five, my mom took me to a raspberry farm. I leaped …

2 years, 8 months ago

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Try Teaching The College Essay like This

Season 8 Episode 220

I have to admit that even though I wrote three college essays, got into college, went to college, got my graduate degree in English and taught Engli…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Highly Recommended: Vocaroo

Season 8 Episode 219

This week let's talk about the simplest audio recording tool out there for students, Vocaroo. 

 

Getting into activities like student podcasting, mul…

2 years, 8 months ago

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218: A Beginner's Guide to using Podcasts in the English Classroom

Season 8 Episode 218

So you've heard the buzz about podcasts, and you're intrigued. You want to play an episode in your English classes, but you wonder what that would e…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Highly Recommended: Research with a Twist

Season 8 Episode 217

This week let's talk about research, and the ways it shows up across the world these days. Because I'd like to highly recommend you build some resear…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Let's Talk Graphic Novels with Jerry Craft

Season 8 Episode 216

Today on the podcast, I'm so excited to bring you the first writer ever to win three very important prizes in literature - the Newberry Award, The K…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Highly Recommended: Book Trailers

Season 8 Episode 215

This week I want to share a super simple strategy for building more book recommendations into your classes in just two or three minute installments, …

2 years, 8 months ago

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Build a Bridge to the Library this Year

Season 8 Episode 214

Librarians can help classroom teachers in sooooo many ways, and classroom teachers can return the favor by reminding kids they can always go further…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Highly Recommended: The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel

Season 8 Episode 213

This week I want to share a fast-paced and fun podcast for middle schoolers, The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel.

It's a peabody-award winn…

2 years, 9 months ago

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