Learning to teach better by talking with Shane Been, Assistant Principal at Sauk Prairie High School, about teaching over the past (almost) 20 years (or ever since we started teaching high school mathematics together at Sauk Prairie High School. This is another episode in the Reflect Series that started at Read more…
Learning to teach better by learning how to care for our mental health with Pat Ward of Pat Ward Counseling. Pat shares insight and resources (see below) in navigating these “unprecedented times” that he has gained through his 10 years of being a local pastor and a trained mental health Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Rick Balkin, Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education at the University of Mississippi, as we discuss his new book Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Purchase Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing by Dr. Read more…
…the only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it – and then dismantle it. Ibram X. Kendi Learning to teach better with Dr. Linda Angotti, Emerita Professor in Music Education from Kent State University as we discuss the featured book, How to Be an Antiracist by Read more…
On this episode of the podcast I was joined by Lo Alaman, Artist and Creative Minister at The Woodlands United Methodist Church – Harvest Campus. Better yet he is a friend and former youth minister to my oldest son and an outstanding person to talk to for this podcast. This is Read more…
Education is design for learning Halverson & Halverson During our current circumstances with COVID-19 a shift has happened with regard to technology and the way we view technologically mediated interactions. In other words, a Zoom meeting minus the 30 minute commute is not so bad. But why pick Zoom? Why Read more…
It is not light that is needed, but fire. Frederick Douglass More and more I am convinced that the most powerful lever for change is our schools and our teachers. Systemic change can be catalyzed through the actions of teachers and students as they attempt to shape the world into Read more…
What is the center of your teaching? Are you tech-wise? For some, the answer to the question above might be, “a screen”. In the midst of a global pandemic, with remote/online learning at an all time high, there has never such a push forward in technologically mediated learning. As we Read more…
Each day it gets better, each day a brand new song Matthew Mifflin, from ‘Each Day’ The line above from Matthew Mifflin’s new single, Each Day, speaks of hope and beauty in the continuing of a relationship. I cannot help to draw the connection to teaching and wondering what brilliance Read more…
In this episode of the Amidon Planet Podcast, Dr. Jen Wolfe of the University of Arizona shares an awesome collection of resources she has accumulated in response to converting her teaching to online instruction in the Spring of 2020. In this podcast/video cast we not only discuss the reasoning behind Read more…