Mind Your Moments How powerful is a moment? Can you make a moment powerful? Throughout my life I can think of a handful of moments that have led to drastic changes in my life, my relationships, my teaching. I think of these “defining moments” as historical markers where something significant Read more…
Mentorship and the Patience of the Padawan What is a mentor? And where do I find one? As someone who can point to several mentors in my life these might seem like silly questions. But after my conversation with my friend, Dr. Gary Williams, Vice President and Director of Athletics Read more…
More with Less What if you could focus your time and energy on the critical few things that will make the most impact? Listen in as Joel explores learnings from the featured book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast Read more…
Warm up Subscribe iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play The Warm Up to E002: Act as Love has listeners considering the question “What does it look like to _____________ as an act of unconditional love?” as a way to prepare for Episode 2 of the Amidon Planet Podcast which features the book Love Does: Discover Read more…
Warm Up Subscribe iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play The Warm Up to E001: When is a Why features the idea of a chronotype from the book, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink. Use this link to identify your chronotype. When is a Why Click Read more…
The Answer is K(NOW)N Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Below is the timeline and the mentioned links from the inaugural episode of The Amidon Planet Podcast: E000, featuring the Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual by Jocko Willink 00:00 – Opening & Purpose01:41 – About Joel02:22 – Read more…
Listen If you are wondering what The Orchard Oxford is doing sending a Service Team over Spring Break to Camp Mary, Haiti, then take a listen to this podcast. One of the trip leaders, Amber, hosts the show, while The 410 Bridge Team Leader, Frantson, and I discuss the work Read more…
100 is a big deal In kindergarten they celebrate the 100th day of school like Christmas. It is a big deal to get to that third digit. Same goes for Dr. Sam Otten (@ottensam) releasing 100 episodes of the Math Ed Podcast. It is a big deal. The Math Ed Read more…
I wrote this post as a service to teachers headed back to school. My observations of the events of this past weekend (#Charlottesville) tell me we need as many ways as possible to build relationships and unity in our country. Our classrooms are a great place to start. The Desire Read more…
Preparing elementary teachers to teach math can be daunting. Most noteworthy, is the vast amount of content and the little amount of time to teach. But does it matter what happens in a math methods classroom? In Episode 1707 of the Math Ed Podcast, Sam Otten (@ottensam)talks with math teacher Read more…