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Wednesday Jan 03, 2018
Wednesday Jan 03, 2018
Katie Garner is the author of Secret Stories - Cracking the Reading Code with the Brain in Mind.
She is an internationally known educational speaker, author, and literacy consultant with 25 years of elementary classroom experience.
Katie has a passion for infusing neuroscience into literacy and learning.
She shares brain-changing strategies for boosting existing reading curriculum and phonics instruction with the latest neural research showing how our brains learn best.
This is part one of my interview with Katie. Today we talk about Katie as a teacher, kids and their behaviors, brain research, how the brain likes to learn and you get introduced to her Secret Stories.
In the next episode we will start where we leave off - the Superhero Vowels.
Thanks for listening!
Enjoy!
Learn more and contact Katie:
https://www.katiegarner.com/let-s-connect
https://www.instagram.com/thesecretstories/
https://twitter.com/KatieGarnerREAD
https://www.facebook.com/TheSecretStories/
Length- 39:23
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
On today's episode, I am talking with Patty Alper the author of Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America.
Our discussion focuses on the concepts within her book - Teach to Work. She shares who the target audience is and then we dig into several chapters of the book. My favorite being Chapter 10 - The Art of Presenting: Turning Students into Teachers.
The book is divided into two main sections: Why Mentor and How to Mentor.
Patty explains why business mentorships are needed and how they can help to address skills gaps. She also describes how the program works.
There is a lot to learn here and ultimately you can use Teach to Work to help you create a mentor/project program in your school to help your students.
In addition to learning more about Teach to Work you will also hear us discuss the lessons she learned while working with Iowa's youth detention system as well as Patty explains NFTE - the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.
Learn more and connect:
http://teachtowork.com/contact/
https://www.facebook.com/teachtowork/
https://www.instagram.com/alperpatty/
https://twitter.com/TeachToWork
http://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/2017/07/bringing-your-corporations-soul-to-the-classroom/
https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/17274-the-old-made-new-again
Length - 1:03
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
In this episode, I am talking with Ellen Bernstein about the national TURN report. TURN stands for Teacher Union Reform Network and its stated purpose is "to promote progressive reforms in education and in teacher unions."
TURN was founded 20 years ago and is composed of leaders from AFT and NEA union locals.
Ellen began her career in public education as a sign language interpreter and taught in Albuquerque, NM schools for 17 years. She is currently the president of the Albuquerque Teachers Federation.
We talk about teaching, working with kids and the challenges that teachers face. The main focus of our talk is the four tenets of the TURN report:
1. Schools are learner-centered.
2. Teaching is a profession.
3. Equity is honored in pursuing excellence.
4. Collective bargaining promotes school quality.
Learn more or contact Ellen:
Length - 37:30
Thursday Dec 07, 2017
Thursday Dec 07, 2017
Today, I'm talking with Darya Yegorina. She has developed an app that makes learning fun through books and AR (augmented reality). Not only is it cool to use it's also free. Yep. That's right free. Its all about promoting equality in education.
Something neat that you couldn't script - she was in Dublin, Ireland and I was in Dublin, Georgia-US.
You'll hear us talk about: AR - augmented reality, why you will want to know more, how it works, who the primary audience is, and the future of CleverBooks.
By the way, listen for Darya to share with you that the kids who used the app said that they wanted to hear kid's voices. So guess what? There are kids' voices.
Are you ready to discover why you will want to use CleverBooks?
Thanks for listening.
Check out the links below to find out more:
https://www.cleverbooks.eu/press/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=xUOdTY_FE9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Aq_IJUbQI
https://www.thebookseller.com/futurebook/cleverbooks-offers-free-ar-learning-worlds-schools-631306
https://www.facebook.com/CleverBooksPage/
https://twitter.com/cleverbooksEU
Length- 38:21
Tuesday Nov 28, 2017
Tuesday Nov 28, 2017
Marching Off the Map and the Travel Guide
Andrew McPeak
Today, I am talking with Andrew McPeak who co-wrote Marching Off the Map with Dr. Tim Elmore.
Marching Off the Map takes a peek at the "world's newest generation of students (Generation Z) and helps educators understand how to best connect with and lead them in the classroom."
Listen for Andrew to talk about the idea and formatting of the book, Pioneers and Settlers, and connections to sailing. Additionally, you'll hear Andrew share his thoughts about the Travel Guide - its purpose and why you should make sure that you get it.
As a note, check out Andrew's explanation of a few new words that explain something just right.
I think that you will find Andrew's passion for the concepts discussed in Marching Off the Map addictive.
Thanks for listening.
Check out the links below for connecting with Andrew and getting your own copy of Marching off the Map as well as the Travel Guide.
Find out more -
Marching Off the Map link at Growing Leaders
Connect with Andrew-
Length- 41:38