Merry Christmas! On this festive Rest Stop of the EduRoadTrip we share what brings us joy in our classrooms and schools. Additionally, we each share our favorite Christmas tradition. From the three of us at on the EduRoadTrip, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas!
In this episode of the EduRoadTrip, Matt Miller met us at the Wikipedia Headquarters, and shared with us his philosophy of ditching textbooks. He is the author of “Ditch That Textbook” and actively promotes a mindset of creating new and engaging lessons for all students. He explains how he uses technology to enhance his lessons. After the main content, you’ll hear about our Travel Agent, Karly Moura, and learn about Google Photos from our suitcase.
In this episode of the EduRoadTrip, Matt Miller met us at the Wikipedia Headquarters, and shared with us his philosophy of ditching textbooks. He is the author of “Ditch That Textbook” and actively promotes a mindset of creating new and engaging lessons for all students. He explains how he uses technology to enhance his lessons.
Our travel agent this week is Karly Moura. She is a teacher on special assignment at Sun Terrace School. She is a moderator at #ditchbook chat. She uses HyperDocs to innovate with the teachers in her district.
This week we pulled Google Photos out of our suitcase. Google Photos is an easy way to back up your photos to the cloud. It connects with your Google Account, making photo sharing, viewing, and using simple.
Here at Thomas Edison Center, we met with Jena Ball and Marty Keltz to hear about their work with the Not Perfect Hat Club. This is an incredible book and wonderful message that we can share with our students about not being perfect. We feature Rosy Burke as our travel agent, and feature Draftback in our suitcase.
We met with Jena Ball and Marty Keltz to chat about the Not Perfect Hat Club, which started to combat the “I can’t do that” in the classroom. We talked about how students pressure themselves to be perfect, and are scared to take risks.
Rosy Burke is a 5th grade teacher in Delaware who is dedicated to her students, both in and out of the classroom. She is constantly planning engaging lessons to hook students in learning, and coaches Girls on the Run after school. She is passionate about her students, which is obvious by her willingness to share and collaborate with teachers all over the world.
This week, we featured Draftback in our suitcase. Draftback is Chrome extension that takes a Google Doc revision history and turns it into a movie. This is helpful for classroom use as it holds students accountable for revisions and productivity.
Happy Thanksgiving! On this Rest Stop of the EduRoadTrip we discuss what we are thankful for in our lives and in our classrooms. We love recording Rest Stops as an opportunity to reflection on where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going in our schools. As a bonus, you’ll also hear about our favorite Thanksgiving foods!
Doug Robertson was our guest at Area 51 to discuss the weird in education. He shares with us the vision behind his methodology of teaching, as well as some amazing wisdom nuggets. You will also be connected with our travel agent and hear what we have in our suitcase this week.
On this episode, we met with Doug Robertson at Area 51 to discuss the weird in education. He shares with us the vision behind his methodology of teaching, as well as some amazing wisdom nuggets. Doug is an engaging, interactive, and incredibly weird teacher from Portland, Oregon, and he is on a mission to share his passion for teaching with us all. Not only is he an excellent teacher, but also he has published two teaching-related books (links below).
Our travel agent this week is Geneine Delahunty, an EL Coordinator in Kentucky. She is the moderator for #admin2b and #ptchats, and is the founder of humanbeacon. Not only is she a supportive educator, but also she is a very sweet person in general.
In our suitcase this week is TweetDeck, a Twitter program that aggregates tweets, hashtags, or lists into columns. Run multiple columns to follow the latest news on Twitter, participate in chats, and interact with great people. You can also allow others to tweet from your account without sharing the password. Check it out at www.tweetdeck.twitter.com
Happy Birthday to the one and only Doug Robertson! In honor of your epically long interview and general awesomeness, we are releasing a special bonus episode with outtakes and goofiness that did not make it into the full episode. Be prepared to laugh along with our bloopers and sidetracked conversations on the EduRoadTrip. It’s bound to be an adventure!
In this episode of the EduRoadTrip, we met up with Jerry Blumengarten at the Google Headquarters to discuss digital curation in education. He provided a wealth of knowledge, including resources for our classrooms, students, parents, and professional development. After we met with Jerry, we featured Todd Whitaker as our travel agent, and pulled Explain Everything out of our suitcase.
We met with Jerry Blumengarten at the Google Headquarters, and discussed curating resources for our classrooms, students, parents, and our own professional development. Jerry provided great information about allowing students find answers for themselves, and evaluating websites for reliability. He reminds us not to be afraid to use books, and to allow our librarians to become “techbrarians” in their “libratory” and to use this expertise to our advantage. At the end, Jerry reminds us to use our students and their “textpertise” to work together to uncover new learning.
Our travel agent this week is Todd Whitaker. He is a talented leader and author whose primary focus is leadership, teaching, and motivation within education. Whitaker is the author of What Great Teachers do Differently.
In our suitcase this week is Explain Everything, a video production tool. It is simple for students to create engaging and interactive slides, then record a voiceover of them explaining their work. Explain Everything is an excellent formative and summative assessment tool.
Join us for our third Rest Stop of the EduRoadTrip as we hang out and chat about the scary and sweet of education. In this exciting EduRoadTrip adventure, we pause to think about the great things happening in our classrooms, and think deeply about issues we face in education.
Paul Solarz was our guest at the geographic center of the United States to discuss a student centered classroom. Paul is the author of Learn Like a Pirate and leads the #learnlap chat on Mondays at 8pm EST. He shares how he engages all students, and puts much of the responsibility on students while he guides their learning. We also hear about our Travel Agent, Laurie Baker Worthington, and discuss IFTTT in the What’s In Our Suitcase segment.
Our Travel Agent this week is Laurie Baker Worthington, a middle school math teacher in Chula Vista, California who was honored as a district Teacher of the Year in 2015.
