Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEduTip 31: Be the first dork.
If you want to have the kind of classroom where students do more than just sit and listen, it's likely that your plans may include activities that re…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
252: Where Discipline Reform Has Gone Wrong (in Some Schools)
While the shift to restorative practices should be improving student behavior, that's not happening in every school. Some teachers say the discipline…
10 months ago
EduTip 30: Do something after formative assessments.
If I give my students an exit slip to check their grasp of a particular skill, and a third of them don't do well, just moving forward with my origina…
10 months, 1 week ago
251: Holding Students Accountable in the Age of AI
Since ChatGPT's arrival in late 2022, the top concern I've heard from teachers is that students will stop doing their own writing and rely entirely o…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
EduTip 29: Build relationships with a spreadsheet.
Lots of teachers give students some kind of questionnaire at the beginning of a school year to get to know them, but what do you do with that informa…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
250: Nine Easy Ways to Add Retrieval to Your Lessons
Retrieval practice is the act of trying to recall something you learned from memory by doing things like taking a test or using flashcards instead of…
11 months ago
249: A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning
We talk a lot about differentiating instruction, measuring growth, and preparing students for the real world, but how do you actually do that in a sy…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
248: Why grammar instruction stinks, and how we can change that
Grammar has never been an especially popular area of study, and teaching it has frustrated many English teachers throughout time. It seems like no ma…
1 year ago
EduTip 28: Add gestures to strengthen learning.
Research shows that adding physical or hand gestures to a learning experience, especially ones that have some meaning to them, can significantly boos…
1 year ago
247: Five Listening Skills That Will Improve All of Your Relationships
This episode is for everyone and anyone. In it, I'll share five techniques that will encourage any person you're talking to to go a little more in-de…
1 year ago