project-based learning

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

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impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Matt Neil:

Matt Neil on LinkedIn

Matt Neil on Twitter

Matt’s’s Podcast: The Good Humans Show 

Mentioned in this episode:

Weatherly High School

Indiana Area School District

Article: Mini-THON organized by the seniors of Leadership Seminar raises $27.000

Podcast Episode by Matt: 5 Soft Skills for Success

Google - Future of the Classroom

Article: Pennsylvania schools prepare students for future success with the 4Cs and Google for Education

Article: To help expand learning for everyone

Article: Distance learning for Educators

Article: Check in on emotional well-being during distance learning 

Blogger

Listen to this episode and explore: 

Childhood: reading together as a family and Matt's early exposure to different opinions (3:29)

Getting his Bachelor Degree in Social Studies Education and his Masters in Online Teaching and Education (7:16)

Matt’s experience and attraction to online teaching (8:06)

The importance of mentoring and being mentored (10:28)

Showing up for his students day after day and never doubting them (14:33)

Building relationships and creating a culture to better foster learning in the classroom (16:53)

The 5 essential skills students need to build in a classroom (20:15)

What a Civics and Government class entails (23:10)

The skills students acquire in a Civics and Government class (24:21)

The Leadership Seminar course (25:22)

The Indiana High School Ambassadors program (26:29)

A new kind of assignment: having students write blogs for their history class (30:49)

Piloting and launching Google Apps for Education and teaching his fellow teachers how to leverage technology for online learning  (34:54)

The stress teachers experienced as they moved their classes online during COVID-19 (42:38)

How students responded to online lessons and distance learning (44:05)

How the teachers can ensure their students are doing okay during COVID-19 (45:28)

Maria’s thoughts on falling behind and why she doesn’t believe in it (47:03)

How teachers can know that their students may be struggling and need extra support (48:01)

Matt’s reflections and takeaways from teaching online during COVID-19 (51:02)

The one thing Matt wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (55:15)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Anette Carlisle:

Anette Carlisle’s Website

Anette Carlisle on LinkedIn

Anette’s Podcast: Anette on Education

Mentioned in this episode:

Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Amarillo College

Amarillo College Board of Regents

Center for Public Policy Priorities

Hope Center for College, Community and Justice

The #RealCollege Movement

Sara Goldrick-Rab, Founding of the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice

Colleges Are No Match for American Poverty, an article about Amarillo College’s poverty iniative in The Atlantic

Case Study of Amarillo College: Supporting Community College Completion with a Culture of Caring by Sara Goldrick-Rab and Clare Cady

Leadership Women

H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards School Board Team

Charles Butt

Pastors for Texas Children

Texas Panhandle P-16 Council

Dr. Steve Murdock, Texas State Demographer

Ann Richards

Listen to this episode and explore:

Childhood: spending time outdoors to study the world around her (3:26)

Getting her bachelor and master degrees in zoology to become an evolutionary biologist (5:31)

What triggered her interest in biology and zoology: the desire to understand better of the world around her (6:57)

After college: being a researcher before becoming a stay-at-home mom (8:44)

Anette’s passion for public education: creating more opportunities for more people (9:47)

Starting the Panhandle Twenty/20 to lower poverty levels and improve educational outcomes for people in her community (13:35)

Practical examples of partnering with other members of the community to tackle their complex educational issues (17:49)

Fighting the scarcity mindset: creating a caring culture to improve the collective good beyond the individual (20:49)

Measuring their progress towards their goal (22:47)

Offering guidance and career-focused advice to high schoolers to help them make college choices (23:55)  

The #RealCollege Movement: Amarillo college’s initiative to reduce poverty and improve educational outcomes (28:56)

The rise of for-profit education vs public education (31:37)

The crucial importance of investing in public education and funding public schools (35:15)

Leadership Women: Anette’s efforts on gender equality (38:26)

The critical roles women can play in the future of communities (40:04)

Her podcasting journey: building communities focused on education through a new medium (42:11)

Anette’s advice on how to start getting involved in solving education-related problems (48:09)

The one thing Anette wants to leave her mark on during her lifetime (51:25)

Maria’s key takeaways and call-to-action (57:28)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find Nikki James and Practera:

On LinkedIn

Practera

Mentioned in this episode:

Constructive Alignment Design Theory on Wikipedia

John Biggs, the lead thinker on this theory 

Listen to this episode and explore: 

Nikki’s childhood: studying ballet, giving to the community and staying focused on her education (3:33)

Getting a bachelor’s degree in health science (8:16)

Nikki’s first job as an outdoor educator (10:34)

Becoming a youth manager at a charity in Australia (11:30)

Building public-speaking skills and learning about social justice (12:50)

Setting-up a volunteering branch in China after the Sichuan Earthquake (15:52)

What Nikki learnt about herself in China (20:47)

Returning to Australia to develop volunteering programs for university students (22:00)

Her trip to Tanzania that changed everything (24:24)

Joining Practera as an Instructional Designer (28:30)

Practera: an experiential learning online platform (30:36)

Using collaborative project learning to scale experiential learning and help students develop 21st-century skills (32:34)

What goes into designing an experiential learning experience that creates the desired outcomes (36:14)

How Nikki leverages experts when designing an experiential learning experience (38:52)

The business model of Practera: who covers the cost of the programs (41:23)

How experiential programs work for the students (42:15)

How Practera matches the students with the industry professionals and their projects (43:29)

Creating an ecosystem where students, educators and industry professionals collaborate (45:03)

What the program managers’ role is at Practera (47:51)

How to get involved with Practera as an educator (48:58)

Who the mentors are and how they support students (51:26)

How Practera triggers reflective learning for the students (53:28)

Practera programs: a combination of online and in-person activities (55:43)

Nikki’s reflection on scaling the impact of her work while dreaming of making the Practera technology available in low-resource economies (57:29)

Nikki’s PhD in Education: aggregating learning data analytics and learning theories in the experiential learning field (59:34)

How Nikki sees the future of experiential learning (1:01:40)

UCF Professors Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker share practical ideas to help teachers think about how to use this new online world to still allow students to learn offline.  This episode is anchored in practical ideas to get kids thinking away from the computer aligned with project-based learning and UDL.  Remember to share your questions for us to answer on our Podcast to twitter @accesspractical.  

PLEASE NOTE:  Dr. Hines who mentions her teenagers were at the beach lives near the beach and they were practicing required social distancing behaviors at the local beach. 

What can we learn about classroom environment needs and student needs by examining our own experiences in a conference setting? This week I had the opportunity to present at my state's school counseling conference which took me on a discovery of reflection. How can we structure our classrooms in a way that is truly bringing out the best for our students? What can we learn by observing our own behaviors?

Bonus: Discover what I did when I was pregnant, even though we typically tell the kids not to, but I don't regret it! (Do you think this should be allowed?)

Enjoy the show!
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Let's change lives together! 

Join our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/compassionateeducationresources/  for more resources.

Visit https://www.compassionateeducators.com/ to learn more about working directly with Marie and services she provides to educators and schools or email support@compassionateeducators.com 

In this new podcast for teachers and educators, we will discuss how to create your ideal environment in the classroom and out. 

Join Marie Kueny, school counselor, social worker, and founder and CEO of Compassionate Educators as she brings real-life experiences from not only working in schools from preschool to high school and everything in between, but also interviewing educational thought leaders from around the world to bring you the toolset, skillset, and most importantly the mindset to help you and your students thrive in the modern world of education.

Dive deep into topics including:

• Growth mindset
• Preventing and reducing burnout and compassion fatigue
• Trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive education
• Social emotional learning
• Equity in the classroom
• Project-based learning
• Radical compassion

... and so much more!

Enjoy the Show!
___________________________________________

Let's change lives together! 

Join our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/compassionateeducationresources/  for more resources!

Visit https://www.compassionateeducators.com/ to learn more about working directly with Marie and services she provides to educators and schools.

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find Steve Whitehead:

LinkedIn

Cal U

Twitter @dr_whitehead

Mentioned in this episode:

California University

Paul Tough - The years that matter most

Career and Professional Development Center of California University

Digital Promise

Maya Design

Human Centered Design:

Why Human-Centered Design Matters?

LUMA institute:

Training in Human-Centered Design

Listen to this episode and explore:

Steve’s childhood: learning to bake with his mother and the big challenges at school (3:35)

The long journey towards a Bachelor’s degree and the forks in the road (6:32)

How his life and school experiences led him to fall in love with science and problem solving (11:55)

Joining the faculty at California University in Pennsylvania (14:43)

Reflections on credentials vs. real-life experiences? (16:07)

Skills repurposed: leadership, curiosity and learning from failures (18:00)

The desire to make a bigger impact: why Steve decided to work as an administrator (25:57)

Innovations in the classroom: Digital Promise & Human-Centered Design (31:50)

The importance of serving the students (36:36)

How higher education is evolving through online-learning and student’s preferences (38:27)

Making universities trusted spheres of learning within their communities as a way to stay competitive (42:48)

The value of higher education (51:38)

The impact of technology on education (54:40)

The change Steve wants to bring to rural education (56:29)

Since 1983, The Parish School has educated children who have communication delays and learning differences, empowering them with the tools to succeed. In this episode, The Parish School’s director of arts and sciences, Terri Garth, discusses the history of The Parish School, provides background on the school’s founder and delves into the educational philosophy, therapeutic approach, and underlying beliefs that make up “The Parish Way.” Additionally, she explains the emphasis on the arts, nature-based learning and camp-like feel to the campus atmosphere, as well as the reasoning behind our multi-aged classroom approach. This episode offers something for everyone, no matter your level of familiarity with The Parish School.

About Terri
Terri’s work as an educator began at The Parish School, where she was instrumental in the development of the school’s theater program, and later its Integrated Arts and Sciences department, which includes art and music classes and therapy, digital learning, a library with makerspace, theater, P.E., and nature studies. In addition to the big impact Terri makes in the academic lives of students, Terri co-founded the Margaret Noecker Nature Center in 2012. Utilizing The Parish School’s 17-acre campus, the Nature Center is an integrated, nature-based learning environment that facilitates children’s intellectual, social and emotional development through direct engagement with the natural world. 

A former Parish parent herself, The Parish School would not be where it is today without Terri’s guidance, experience and passion.

Related Articles/Links:
The Parish School Website: www.parishschool.org

Tracy Childers is a science teacher at Foothills Community School, a STEM magnet school, which is part of McDowell County Schools in North Carolina. After graduating from college, Tracy spent the next 30 years in supervision and management in the textile industry. He decided to pursue teaching to honor the memory of his two daughters, Casey and Courtney, after they passed away in an automobile accident in December 2002. In the 16 years he has been working as an educator, Tracy has been a middle school science and math teacher for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. His current school, Foothills Community School, is a Project Based Learning (PBL) school with mixed-grade classrooms.

The Teachers in America series profiles K–12 teachers across the country. Hear firsthand from the people who are shaping young lives in the classroom every day. This episode was originally recorded at the 2019 Model Schools Conference.

 Read more: https://www.hmhco.com/blog/hmh-learning-moments-teachers-in-america-tracy-childers-marion-nc

Educators are used to the alphabet soup that’s part of the education industry, but there are a couple acronyms that could use further explanation. CS and CT, or computer science and computational thinking. This episode of “Your Edtech Questions” explores the definitions of these two terms, breaking them down into understandable processes and showing what they might look like in various subject areas. Guest Jorge Valenzuela, an educational and teacher effectiveness coach, and a national faculty member for PBLWorks, explains the four elements of CT and shares how this kind of thinking can be applied to computer science and coding. Listen to get a complete understanding CT, CS and how they’re interconnected. 

Elementary educator Jessica Brock explains project/inquiry-based learning and discusses how it is an engaging and effective teaching method for children who learn differently.

Definitions of Terms:
Pragmatic language, also referred to as social communication, is the rules of how we use language, these often change within different social situations.  *There are three main skill areas of pragmatic language: 1. Using language for a variety of purposes (asking, telling, greeting) 2. Changing language to fit the listener (speaking differently at home vs. work) 3. Following rules of conversation and storytelling (turn taking, topic maintenance). 

Executive functioning includes the ability to focus, remember, plan, think critically, shift ideas and juggle multiple tasks. It is an umbrella term used to describe the mental abilities (or cognitive processes) necessary for flexible, goal-oriented behavior and self-control.

The Parish School groups students of varying ages and developmental levels into classes. For your reference, the following elementary levels are referenced in this episode: Primary Elementary (Ages 5 – 7 years), Lower Elementary (Ages 7 – 9 years), and Upper Elementary (Ages 9 – 11 years).

Related Articles:

• “Teaching 21st Century Skills Through Inquiry/Project-Based Learning”
• “Inquiry/Project-Based Learning at The Parish School”

This is the first of two webinars where we explore the three Cs that underline maker pedagogy, which are constructionism, constructivism and critical pedagogy. In this webinar, the FabLearn Director sits down with a group of the FabLearn Fellows and the Principal Advisor, Sylvia Martinez, to delve deep into the 3Cs.

FabLearn Fellows that are with us in this episode are Kevin Jarret, David Hahn, Mario Parade, Gilson Domingues, Josh Ajima, Christa Flores and Dodji Honou. Go to fablearn.org/fellows where they share ideas, best practices and resources for maker education.

Resources from this episode:

Paulo Blikstein:
http://www.blikstein.com/paulo/

Sylvia Martinez:
http://sylviamartinez.com/

2014 Fellows:
http://fellows.fablearn.org/2014fellows/

2016 Fellows:
http://fellows.fablearn.org/2016fellows/