HOOKED!
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 9 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMoving beyond 90s style student engagement, this show explores the freshest new ways to captivate students, get them passionately "hooked on learning," while having some fun along the way. Hosted by Nicholas Provenzano, The Nerdy Teacher and Timothy Gwynn, this Nerdycast is definitely not your mother's student engagement show. Listen, laugh, learn.
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Creating Riveting Learning Experiences that Students Will Never Forget
May 08, 2015 23:49 - 10 minutes - 20 BytesIn this premier episode of the new HookED, we talk about how to move beyond boring lesson plans to create learning experiences that students will never forget. Follow: @burgessdave @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @bamradionetwork Dave Burgess is the New York Times best-selling author of Teach Like a PIRATE and co-author of P is for PIRATE: Inspirational ABC’s for Educators. He received national recognition as recipient of the 2014 BAMMY Award for Secondary School Teacher of the Year presented b...
Compliant Students or Engaged Students, Pick One
July 08, 2013 19:16 - 13 minutes - 20 BytesDan Pink makes the case that control is the enemy of student engagement and offers some thoughts about how to get kids authentically engaged in learning. Dan says the big question we have to answer is what kind of world are we really preparing kids to enter? Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @danielpink @bamradionetwork Dan Pink is the author of 5 best-selling books about business, work, and management, including Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us and his recent book, To...
Reality Check: Effectively Preparing Students for the Next Grade
June 18, 2013 18:39 - 14 minutes - 20 BytesWe hear it often, students reaching grade levels unprepared for the work. In this segment we look at what is fundamentally required to prepare students to step up. Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @bamradionetwork . Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @bamradionetwork Emily Dawson is a 2011 graduate of Grosse Pointe South High School and just completed my sophomore year at the University of Michigan and is currently a psychology major and as of right now I plan to go into education. People...
Hooked on Books: Getting Your Students (Especially Boys) Excited About Reading
June 03, 2013 19:57 - 11 minutes - 20 BytesAccording to our guest the love of reading is not dead. In fact Pernile has found a way to get her students, including boys, jazzed about ink on paper. Tune is as she shares her secret sauce for getting kids hooked on books. Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @PernilleRipp @bamradionetwork . Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @bamradionetwork Pernille Ripp a passionate 5th grade teacher in Middleton, Wisconsin, USA, proud techy geek, and honest to a fault. Creator of the Global Read Aloud P...
You Have to Show Kids That They Matter
March 21, 2013 14:56 - 16 minutes - 20 BytesNews flash: Not only do students not care how much you know until they know how much you care, they can not be powerfully engaged in learning until they know that their presence matters, that their life matters, that they matter. How can you demonstrate and communicate to students that they matter? Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @angelamaiers @bamradionetwork . Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @bamradionetwork As a teacher educator, author and consultant, Angela Maiers has spent the p...
Getting Reluctant Writers to Explore Life Beyond 140 Characters
March 09, 2013 08:45 - 16 minutes - 20 BytesSome students are convinced that any writing assignment beyond 140 characters is both cruel and unusual punishment and unconstitutional. Our legal department is still checking into this. In the interim, here are some proven strategies to get students excited about jumping off the 140 character cliff and smiling on the way down. Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @johntspencer @bamradionetwork . Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @bamradionetwork John Spencer is currently a sixth grade ELL...
Teachers Solicit Undercover Students to Crack the Code on Student Engagement
February 11, 2013 00:58 - 16 minutes - 20 BytesFrom a clandestine bunker in an undisclosed school district, Nick and Tim speak anonymously with five students about why some teachers captivate them while others bore them to texting. Breaking the code of silence the group revealed some invaluable insights into the elusive rules of student engagement before before being spirited away to the witness protection program. Listen, laugh learn. Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @bamradionetwork Nicholas Provenzano is The Nerdy Teacher, Educator, ...