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What We All Know About Student Engagement, but Often Overlook, As We Strive to Drive Authentic Learning
Dr. Thomas Mennella with Dr. Bryan Caplan Welcome to the premier episode of The Perfect Storm podcast, where we talk about the exciting possibilities of teaching in a post-COVID world. In this episode, we escape the echo chamber to strike up an unfiltered discussion about student engagement. Dr. Bryan Caplan explores the often unspoken factors that shape students’ interest in our lessons and coursework.
Pandemic-Driven Teaching Strategies: Here Are the Ones We're Taking Forward
Thomas Mennella, Dan Jones, Jake Habegger, and Peter Santoro The COVID-19 Pandemic was a key driver of new teaching strategies and classroom innovations. In this episode, we unpack some of the insights, strategies, and big ideas that we plan to take forward next term. Follow on Twitter: @ideasforteacher @peter_santoro @MrHabegger @DrBioTom @jonHarper70bd @jonbergmann @bamradionetwork Share 14 0 Episode Guests Jake Habegger is an 8th grade US History Teacher in Franklin, Tennessee.
School Daze: Getting Back to Normal, How Close Are We?
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We All Know We Need More Self-care, but Recovering From This School Year Is Different
Thomas Mennella, Dan Jones, Jake Habegger, and Peter Santoro We’re feeling it and hearing it, we need to spend more time on “self-care” to be fully prepared to teach and care for our students. But why are so many of us struggling to do more for ourselves this year? This episode is a raw, relevant, and exceptionally candid discussion about the reality of self-care during pandemic teaching and the school year ahead.
Strategies for Testing and Grading Students at the End of This Exceptionally Challenging School Year
Jake Habegger is an 8th grade US History Teacher in Franklin, Tennessee. His goal in education is to invigorate student learning by meeting them where they are through the use of technology. Peter Santoro has been teaching high school mathematics for 12 years. In addition to two sections of Introductory Calculus, Peter also teaches one section of Geometry and two sections of Mathematics Research Honors. In addition, he is the coach of the Garden City High School Math Team (Mathletes).
The Four Types of Support We Need to Finish This School Year Well...
The Four Types of Support We Need to Finish This School Year Well… We are dedicated, committed teachers, but how do we deal with the elements of pandemic teaching and learning that seem beyond our control. The consensus is that there are four types of support that can allow us to finish the school year well.
I Love Teaching More Than Ever Before, It's Just So Exhausting Now: Suggestions?
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Teaching In-Person Seems Better, Here's the Twist
Jake Habegger is an 8th grade US History Teacher in Franklin, Tennessee. His goal in education is to invigorate student learning by meeting them where they are through the use of technology. Peter Santoro has been teaching high school mathematics for 12 years. In addition to two sections of Introductory Calculus, Peter also teaches one section of Geometry and two sections of Mathematics Research Honors. In addition, he is the coach of the Garden City High School Math Team (Mathletes).
Teaching In 2020: Pausing to Look at the Silver Lining
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How Are You Maintaining the Sustained Energy Required for Remote and Hybrid Teaching?
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We Didn't See It Coming: Managing the Many Ways Our Relationships With Students Are Changing in the New Normal-ish
Jake Habegger is an 8th grade US History Teacher in Franklin, Tennessee. His goal in education is to invigorate student learning by meeting them where they are through the use of technology. Peter Santoro has been teaching high school mathematics for 12 years. In addition to two sections of Introductory Calculus, Peter also teaches one section of Geometry and two sections of Mathematics Research Honors. In addition, he is the coach of the Garden City High School Math Team (Mathletes).
We’ve Come to the End of a Crazy School Year: What Did We Learn?
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Is It Just Me or Are You Struggling to Get Students to Show Up for Online Classes?
Tom Mennella, Jake Habegger, Dan Jones and Peter Santoro This week student attendance was a big challenge. Why is one of us getting 20 percent attendance while another just got 100 percent of his students to show up? Listen in to this ongoing series with four teachers from different schools, as they reflect, share experiences, and identify the big lessons they are gleaning as they make a rapid transition to online learning. It’s a virtual weekly happy hour at the RTOL Bar and Grill.
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