Episodes
Thursday May 07, 2015
Episode 54: The 50 States Album and Engaging Kids with Dr. Lodge McCammon
Thursday May 07, 2015
Thursday May 07, 2015
Dr. Lodge McCammon is focused on improving teacher quality and helping teachers create learning environments that are highly collaborative, differentiated, and engaging.
Lodge is a professional musician who plays numerous instruments and creates educational songs for each of the academic core areas. Recently, he has been working on his 50 States Album as well as teaching teachers and kids how to use paper slide videos. He is an expert at flipping the classroom, a concept that he sees as making the teacher more efficient at using time. Lodge shows teachers how to flip so that more classroom time can be spent on learning instead of listening. (Check out Lodge’s original talk with me on Episode 10 and Episode 11)
If anyone has ever visited with Lodge they would probably talk about his creativity, his sense of humor, and his ability to make learning fun and engaging! You will hear all of this loud and clear throughout the interview…
By the way…my favorite state songs are Illinois and Colorado… Find out which ones you like the best…
He is a former public high school teacher (Civics and AP Economics) who earned his PhD at NC State and has worked with that same university to emphasize efficiency and engagement in the classroom with new and veteran teachers.
Lodge is an amazing keynote speaker, consultant, musician, and educator. In today’s interview I get him to talk about everything from what music he likes to his latest on using time more efficiently…Flip the Phone Meetings… and Walk and Talks.
You can find out more information about Dr. McCammon at
https://twitter.com/pocketlodge
http://www.youtube.com/pocketlodge
http://www.youtube.com/flippedtraining
https://www.facebook.com/fizz.education
Length – 01:30:42
Thursday Nov 13, 2014
Episode 38: Protecting the Performing Arts
Thursday Nov 13, 2014
Thursday Nov 13, 2014
Over the last 10 years, the performing arts have often been pushed to the side in the name of needing more math and science or simply cut to balance budgets.
It is unfortunate.
Students desire to study and perform in the arts often in addition to studying math and science or other academic content areas.
The Georgia Institute of Technology has one of the largest marching bands in all of the colleges and universities…and there are no music majors at GATech. Hmmm ... even future engineers like the arts...
In order to protect the arts in schools it takes commitment and a willingness to make cuts in other areas, instead of in these classes. It takes becoming good at creative scheduling and looking closely at what the students want over the classes they could do without.
What could you do to help protect the arts in your schools?
Length: 33:37
Wednesday Feb 26, 2014
Episode 12: Darby Jones & Arts Now: Improving Education Through the Arts
Wednesday Feb 26, 2014
Wednesday Feb 26, 2014
Darby Jones is the CEO of Arts Now.
Darby comes from the classroom; He taught in an Atlanta middle
school for 10 years and he was the fine
arts department chair. During his teaching days he started working with The
High Museum of Art in Atlanta which lead to him working with the Atlanta
College of Art and then the Savannah College of Art and Design as an adjunct
professor in visual arts instruction.
ArtsNow is about integrating the arts into schools. Darby calls it, “A true collaborative.”
The program has local, state, and national support. It's not
seeking to replace arts in schools but instead is focused on the integration of the
arts in all content areas.
Darby comments that too often “kids learn in silos” and this
program breaks those down. It develops connections. It is about increasing
engagement. It helps make learning meaningful.
I had the pleasure of seeing the program in action with the
teachers and kids in an elementary school in Dublin City Schools, GA. The kids
were truly excited to be participating together and using the instructional
strategies. They were discovering and excited to be involved in the activities
throughout all content areas.
Find Darby and Arts Now on the web at www.artsnowlearning.org or on
facebook at Arts Now Learning where you can find contact links for Darby.
Length 29:34 minutes