Podcast Episodes
Back to Search186: Using Gallery Walks for Peer Feedback
Peer feedback can be an incredible tool for student growth IF students are trained in how to do it well. In this episode, English teacher Marcus Luth…
4 years, 1 month ago
185: How Teachers Can Support Arab-American Students
Even when they appear to be navigating school successfully, Arab-American students aren't thriving like they could. In this episode, I talk with Dr. …
4 years, 1 month ago
184: Lessons that Build Students' Media and News Literacy
Our students can access information on any topic in seconds, so we need to build their media and news literacy. In this episode, I talk with Common S…
4 years, 2 months ago
EduTip 8: Don't take anything personally.
So many things don't go our way throughout the school day, and if we can learn how to take a step back, to depersonalize these situations, we'll be a…
4 years, 2 months ago
183: Six Tech Tools to Try in 2022
This year's picks include a video conferencing platform that feels more like a physical space, a database of books where the main characters are blac…
4 years, 2 months ago
EduTip 7: Stop popcorn reading.
Popcorn or "round-robin" reading has been around forever, even though it's not supported by research and can actually slow down students' reading pro…
4 years, 2 months ago
182: Eight Ways to Grow Students' Vocabulary
Building a robust vocabulary is an essential part of any education. Students will learn new words in our classes no matter what, but if we're deliber…
4 years, 3 months ago
EduTip 6: Try a tiered activity for simple differentiation.
If you want to do more differentiation, but you feel overwhelmed by the idea of creating lots of individual lessons, try creating a tiered activity. …
4 years, 3 months ago
181: Teachers are being silenced. What can be done about it?
How is the anti-CRT movement harming and silencing teachers, what damage will it ultimately do to students, and what can be done to fight it?
For a …
4 years, 4 months ago
EduTip 5: Use huddles to communicate during group work.
When students are working in groups, and we need to get their attention, shouting over the noise certainly gets the job done, but huddles work so muc…
4 years, 4 months ago