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March Madness and the solar eclipse might be over but the excitement of Spring continues! Tune in to hear from our very own @missluker as she speaks to shifting the epicenter of learning, replicating yourself, and creating more powerful feedback loops. How do we do this & still ensure quality instruction? Blended Learning! Dive in, build your students' agency, your own agency, the collective efficacy, and honor what it means to be a learner!
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@missluker
@Catlin_Tucker
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Tune in for our conversation with Dr. Scott McLeod about his 4 Shifts Protocol and how these shifts can help teachers engage in reflection, apply deeper learning principles, and build student agency in their classrooms. As we learn and grow as educators, the 4 Shifts Protocol is intended "to get at some specific, concrete ‘think abouts’ and ‘look fors’ that can help educators dialogue around what they might change." Continuous refinement for the win!
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https://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/resources/4-shifts-protocol
https://www.amazon.com/Shift-Student-Led-Reimagining-Classroom-Workflows/dp/1948334526
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If the instructional door you chose to open isn't working, find a different door! We can hold high expectations for our students AND meet them where they are at the same time! Tune in as our second married teaching couple, Ken and Kendra Versoi, drop amazing and tangible strategies for effective facilitation (hint, hint it starts with Relationships).
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@saeed_shane
Necessary Conditions, Geoff Krall
Building Thinking Classrooms, Peter Liljedahl
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Gifting our listeners with all things Geoff Krall! Author of one of our favorite books, Necessary Conditions: Teaching Secondary Math with Academic Safety, Quality Tasks, and Effective Facilitation, Geoff speaks to creating academic safety, moving from an emphasis on speed to thoughtfulness, and the power of letting go. But if you're not a math teacher, never fear! There is something for ALL teachers here....tune in and take a beat! Let's learn TOGETHER!
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@saeed_shane
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Think that the Science of Learning practices are only for older students? Not true! The learning party invitation can and should be extended to all grades, Kindergarten through 12th. Tune in to our first mini-wave episode of Season 6 to hear how master (and married) St. Vrain Valley teachers, Arianne Tasker and Adam Wellington, incorporate the Science of Learning in their 1st-grade and high school classrooms. It's simpler than you think!
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@saeed_shane
@Arianne_Re
@AWellington83
@PatriceBain1
@RetrieveLearn
@KateJones_teach
How Do I Learn
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Why did we all become teachers? Chances are, it's because we love to learn. How can we create and inspire that same love for learning in our students? By magic? No, not with magic at all, but with science. The science of learning allows students to internalize their successes, invest in the outcomes, and get in the driver's seat! Learning is a party; make sure to invite your students, is the mission statement. Embedding these practices in your classroom will be the game changer for you as an educator, and the game changer for your students on their road to becoming lifelong learners.
Powerful Teaching
Make It Stick
Retrieval Practice.org
Initium
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Feedback is too important to only talk about once! We return to one of our favorite topics with two of our own St. Vrain Valley teachers, @HeatherLea303 and @Janis Vogelsberg, to hear how they model feedback in their classrooms, give explicit instruction around the tricky peer feedback loop, and inspire students to shift away from the external motivation of grades and instead use feedback for intrinsic continuous improvement. Tip for Success: Your students should be giving you feedback too!
@SuzannahEvans2
@saeed_shane
https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/3-2-1-strategy/
https://twitter.com/markbarnes19/status/579628870611111936?lang=en
http://www.makinglearningvisibleresources.org/ladder-of-feedback-see-supporting-learning-in-groups-in-the-classroom.html
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"Feedback is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not a means to an end, but an end in itself. It's the purpose of why we teach." If these aren't mic-drop quotes for you, we need to talk! Or you need to for sure read this duo's latest work, Feedback for Continous Improvement in the Classroom. Listen in as we talk all things feedback with Brent Duckor and Carrie Holmberg. You'll hear how they emphasize the respect we give students by creating these opportunities for dialogue as learning and honoring what students already bring to the classroom. And you lucky listeners also get a 25% promo code when you purchase their book directly from Corwin.
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@BrentDuckor
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@saeed_shane
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Our first mini-wave goes straight to the source...2 classroom teachers right here in St. Vrain! Join us as Altona Middle School's Cleveland Smith and Westview Middle School's Danny Hernandez talk classroom connections, relationships, and building collective efficacy.
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@saeed_shane
@WestviewSVVSD
@AltonaMS
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We Love It Here! Yep, we sure do! Shane and I are loving being behind the mic with Vrain Waves and in this episode, we chat with Clint Pulver, the Undercover Millennial, whose book, I Love It Here, is a must-read for anyone in the business world AND anyone in education.“No significant learning can ever happen without significant connection” is just one of our favorite takeaways and goosebump moments. Building on the last episode about creating a network and village for yourself as teachers, we will dig into how we can meaningfully and genuinely connect with our students in the classroom and in turn, connect them with their dreams!
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https://clintpulver.com/
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The mic has officially been passed to us from Ben Kalb! With the re-launch of the podcast, we are celebrating all things NEW; new year, new students, and new teachers! Our goal is to create inspiration and empowerment for educators, so alongside the giants of education, new hosts Suzy Evans and Shane Saeed will also be talking with classroom educators and how they use these theories in their practice on a daily basis. Join us for our first episode of 2023 as we talk about the power of networking, creating your teaching village, and how connecting with other educators is the key to our collective success!
We reconnect with Ben Kalb, super-podcaster and the creator of Vrain Waves to ground us all in the original mission of the podcast. We also talk about how we plan to carry on with interviewing educational movers and shakers, but then add contributions from classroom educators as well.
Our first classroom guest is one of our own, St. Vrain Valley Schools 5th-grade teacher, Farah Holburn, who talks about how she connects with other teachers, creates a positive atmosphere in her building, and continues to be a lifelong learner.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vrain-waves-teaching-conversations-with-minds-shaping/id1365316994
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@saeed_shane
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Episode 060: Grading for Equity with Joe Feldman
Connect with Joe Feldman
Website: https://crescendoedgroup.org/ | Twitter: @JoeCFeldman
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Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Lindsay Laporte Twitter: @LaPorteLindsay |Oakley Schilling Twitter: @OakleySchilling| Ben KalbTwitter: @mrkalb
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Episode 059: Principal Kafele on Transformative Change
Connect with Principal Kafele
Website: https://principalkafele.com/| Twitter: @principalkafele| YouTube: School Leadership Thoughts
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Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves |
Shane Saeed| Instagram: @fantasticallyfourth Twitter: @saeed_shane
Ben Kalb| Twitter: @mrkalb
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Episode 058: John Spencer and the Sporky Food Truck
Connect with John Spencer
Website: http://www.spencerauthor.com | Twitter: @spencerideas| YouTube: Spencer Videos
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Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Violet Twitter: @vhchristensen | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb
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Katie Martin is a best selling author, an acclaimed keynote speaker, and a highly sought after educational consultant! Whether you are teaching completely in person, totally virtually, or in a hybrid environment, in this episode we discuss how you can thrive!
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Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Temple Hayles Guest Co-Host: @haylessvvsd| Ben Kalb: @mrkalb
Connect with Katie Martin
Twitter: @katiemartinedu | Website: katielmartin.com | Book: Learner-Centered Innovation
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Connect with Zaretta Hammond
Twitter: @Ready4Rigor | Website: crtandthebrain.com | Book: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
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Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb
IntroRyan Holiday, Stillness is the Key, Stoicism, Blog post about habitsZaretta’s Current Conversations (05:05) Covid webinarsApollo 13 (09:47) Family / Parent Relationships (11:13) Trust Generators (other resources from the book here!) Only learners learn (19:42) Ron Ritchhart, Project Zero, Making Thinking VisibleReady for Rigor FrameworkSchool of Rock movieThe achievement gap (28:11) Minimize threat, maximize connection (32:57) Standing, Certainty, Control, Connection, EquityCollectivist culture / Individualistic cultureRelationship-building (39:02)Jim Knight - Zaretta Hammond webinar on Facebook -
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Website: https://www.nytimes.com/by/kate-murphy | Book: You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
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Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb
Intro to Kate Murphy, her book (01:24) Best Nonfiction book of 2020Listening for a living (03:35)We all have megaphones in our pockets (05:34)The coronavirus pandemic is really showing us how we are not in control (07:15) Listening is a grand adventure (07:40)Courage & Curiosity (07:59)No one is boring (09:12)Nothing is black and white (10:45)How to listen to people you disagree with (12:08) Clinton impeachmentGinsburg and ScaliafMRI patterns during listening (17:46) Loneliness (19:15) Virtual Conferencing (21:00) Growing Better Listeners through education (23:49) How to listen well depends on the context (27:03)What if people aren't listening to you? (30:46)Takeaways (33:32) Libro.FM -- Educator downloadsBetty Crocker cake mixes focus group Give us feedbackvrainwaves.com -
Episode 054: Coping with Covid, with Catlin Tucker
As we all try to wrap our heads around the implications the pandemic will have on our students, our communities, our families, and ourselves, we hope to provide some comforting guidance from an expert in remote learning. Catlin Tucker, whose original Vrain Waves interview aired back in Season 2 about her book Power Up Blended Learning, joins us again for a Sunday discussion about how we can approach these changes to our instruction.
Connect with Catlin Tucker
Website: https://catlintucker.com | Twitter: @catlin_tucker | Most Recent Book: Balance with Blended Learning
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Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb
Intro Episode 053 with Dr. Todd RosePoem: Pandemic, by Lynn Ungarhttps://www.createtocope.com/: “Creativity is the pathway towards healing.”Washington Post Simulation articleLenin quote: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” Episode 045 with Dr. Jim AfremowEpisode 020 with Catlin TuckerStart of Interview (10:07) Setting schedules at home (12:00)Catlin’s blog with family scheduleSecurity and routine at home Fitting into family schedules (14:52) Schoology, Canvas, Google ClassroomVirtual Office HoursRemindTiming & Moving classes online (17:46) RetrievalPieces of our lessons can live online -- decide which ones work for you Work backwards from your objectivesAdd collaborative opportunities for students to engage with each other Combating Social Isolation (20:27) Catlin’s Blog PostCommunity of Inquiry Framework -- Teaching Presence, Cognitive Presence, Social Presence Informal conversations for development Stronger sense of social presence = better outcomes for online learningGoogle Slides Discussions Less is more, take new learning slowTenets of Online Learning (24:48)Backwards design stands trueWhat artifacts do I need for assessment? Which instructional strategies will work for this outcome? Many tools have more capacity than we even know about -- dig into the tools you already know ScreencastifyWhere should we be spending our energy? (27:15) Video instruction on concepts & new information, model processes, and move students forwardOnline discussions are a must Catlin’s Doctoral WorkPower Up Blended LearningVocabulary.com; NoRedInkOnline discussions (32:34) Catchy title as a hook Layer your questionsMedia is a mustGive students ideas for discussion responses (give a compliment, a recommendation, etc)Ladder of Feedback (Clarity, Value, Concerns, Suggestions) Online discussion tags on Catlin’s blog; [EduCause tips for online discussions]Empowering students to help us redesign the remainder of the school year (35:41) Ask for student feedbackFiltering through all of these ed tech resources (38:17) Think big but start smallFind your pedagogical challenge and then find the tool to address that challengeKami for annotationDon’t overestimate your students’ readiness to access tools for learning onlineCodex.svvsd.orgThe Balance, episode with Jason GreenBalance with Blended LearningBen & Becky’s Takeaways (47:12) Catlin’s home schedule for her kids during isolationJennifer Gonzalez’s Wakelet for isolation | Get on her mailing listDr. Bruce Perry -
Episode 053: Ending Average with Todd Rose
Connect with Todd Rose
Website: https://toddrose.com | Twitter: @ltoddrose | Most Recent Book: Dark Horse
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Intro to Todd Rose (00:22) Episode with John CouchWWII cockpit storyEpisode with Natalie WexlerJagged profiles; Todd Rose’s TED Talk, The Myth of AverageEpisode with Cornelius MinorDark Horse CharacteristicsWhen are averages useful, when are they harmful? (10:16) Staying away from snowflake mentality (13:01) Jagged Profiles (14:16) What strategies work for you? (19:17) All performance is a combination of aptitude and strategy. Personality Tests (26:58)If-Then Signatures, Everything in Context (30:34) Dr. Yuichi Shoda, University of WashingtonThe game of judgmentChoice is the lifeblood of fulfillment (36:36) Ideal Classroom (39:45)Big data in Education (44:56) Takeaways (51:21) Dan Willingham TweetLast episode about language with Mike Anderson@VrainWaves on [email protected] / [email protected] -
Aligning Words and Intentions with Mike Anderson
Connect with Mike Anderson
Website: https://www.leadinggreatlearning.com/| Twitter: @balancedteacher | Most Recent Book: What We Say and How We Say it Matter
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What We Say and How We Say It Matter
Two Year Podiversary (1:00)Presume Positive Intent (4:40) Aligning word choice and intentions (05:45) “Feedback is a gift” Kim Scott (6:00)What we Say and How We Say it Matter (6:45)Language has a huge impact on learning (7:30)Sometimes our habits don’t align with our intent (8:00)Our language impacts behavior (10:30)Mash and Cheers (11:45)Don’t be Sarcastic (12:45)What is the goal of our language: (13:20)Prove it! (15:40)Teacher Clarity (16:30)Relationship Building (16:52)Practical Tips (18:00)Single Task (19:00)Habits are how you embody your identity (21:20)Manipulative Praise (23:20)What Good Readers Do (26:20)Some day…(30:29)Motivation is not enough (34:20)Mike fixes our problems! (35:00)Guest Teacher (36:30)Directive Language (38:00)Intrinsic motivation (38:30)Engagement in school (41:00)Pet Peeves (45:40)Great Job (48:00)Instead of talking about how we feel talk about what we are doing (52:20)Website 55:00What we learned! (55:10)Do work with care (57:30) Follow us - もっと表示する