Sharing a countdown of suggestions for the listeners of Amidon Planet to close out 2024. Plus a gift for listeners of the podcast! Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Submit your question, comment, or question to the Amidon Planet MailbagHave an event or opportunity to share? Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Ayanna Perry, Director, Outreach and Dissemination for the Knowles Teacher Initiative, and Fred Dillon, national mathematics curriculum and learning consultant, as we discuss their book, Five to Thrive Answers to your Biggest Questions about Teaching Secondary Math. Plus, the Album of the Episode, The Read more…
Joe Jackson, Instructional Assistant Professor of Musical Theater Dance at the University of Mississippi, stops by and provides perspective on teaching rooted in his experience in the theater and learning and teaching dance and choreography. Plus, the Album of the Episode, Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Enjoy! Click Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Ty McNamee, Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Mississippi School of Education, as we talk about his dissertation work that was awarded the 2023-2024 Dissertation of the Year by the American Educational Research Association, Division J. The work is titled, The Cultural Transition Read more…
Learning to teach better by celebrating the return of 60 Songs That Explain the 90’s. Rob Harvilla, Senior Staff Writer for The Ringer, is back to talk about songs from The 2000’s? It is all very confusing but listen anyway for 5 lessons for teaching better in this reboot of Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Erica Avent, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at the University of Mississippi School of Education, as we talk about church as a context, tool, and inspiration for better teaching. Plus, the Album of the Episode, A/B by KALEO. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Bethany LaValley, Coordinator of Professional Development at the Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Mississippi, and Dr. Alice Steimle, Director of the Center for Mathematics and Science Education, as we discuss their new article in School Science and Mathematics, From Read more…
Learning to teach better as I consider the book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport. Plus, the Album of the Episode, R.L. Burnside’s Mississippi Hill Country Blues. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Cal Newport’s website, https://calnewport.com/ Shop Read more…
Learning to teach better with Marc Watkins, Academic Innovation Fellow, Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric, and Director of the AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing at the University of Mississippi as we discuss AI in education. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Learn more Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Cliff Thompson, friend, mentor, and long time educator, as we discuss his career in education and our common read, From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks. And the first edition of Read more…