Middle School Matters
620 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsMSM-Middle School Matters is designed for Middle School Educators. We focus on the Middle School educators. Providing news, conversation on relevant topics, and links to other great sites, we want to reach out to other middle school educators. Join in the discussion at MiddleSchoolMatters.com
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Episodes
MSM 609: Scurryfunge Songs
December 23, 2023 17:55 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBShawn and Troy talk about Moodle, Christmas Break, Public Domain, and more. Dave continues with the best books about Science.
MSM 608: Bayardism - It’s Going to Hit This Week
December 16, 2023 18:04 - 1 hour - 30.1 MBShawn and Troy talk about the upcoming break, virtual school days, AI and more. Dave shares a couple of the best science books of 2023.
MSM 607: Rememble This, Or Not . . .
December 09, 2023 17:54 - 54 minutes - 25 MBShawn and Troy talk about student research in Moodle, some inquiry cubes, and more. Dave hears an Acoustician.
MSM 606: What are you thinking about, The Roman Empire or AI?
December 02, 2023 18:08 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBShawn and Troy talk about AI in the classroom and education. Dave spotlights Joanna Haigh.
MSM 605: A Precipitous Decline of Creativity
November 25, 2023 17:40 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBShawn and Shawn and Troy struggle with the jokes, review the web, hear voices (and create voices), and more. Dave has the concepts and practices of science.
MSM 604: Hot Stuff Inside the Fish Bowl
November 18, 2023 17:43 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBShawn and Troy talk about YIG (Youth In Government), breaks, jokes, hacks, and more. Dave eclipses us all.
MSM-603_Waldorf_Statler
November 04, 2023 18:36 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBShawn and Troy channel Waldorf and Statler. Dave, has well, Beavers from Space.
MSM 602: Unboxing the Runcible Spoon
October 28, 2023 16:51 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBShawn and Troy talk about Maine Events, finding joy, presentations, unboxing videos, and more. Dave takes Science Out the Door.
MSM 601: Sad News, Hastings Has Posted An Obituary
October 21, 2023 19:43 - 58 minutes - 27 MBShawn and Troy talk about State History Day, Parent Tech Night, and more. David is teaching through Virtual Reality.
MSM 600: It’s All About AI
October 14, 2023 16:54 - 54 minutes - 24.8 MBShawn and Troy talk about AI, ACTEM, collaboration, and more. Dave is cultivating collaboration.
MSM 599: Ipsedixitist, Peninkulma
October 07, 2023 17:20 - 1 hour - 30.2 MBTroy and Shawn discuss AI quite a bit. We also have some fun with words and kids. Dave swings in with playground physics.
MSM 598: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches!
September 30, 2023 16:57 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBTroy and Shawn talk about AI, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, teaching strategies, and more.
MSM 597: Goblin Tools, not just for the Cafeteria!
September 23, 2023 17:05 - 1 hour - 30.1 MBShawn and Troy talk about AI, tools, students, and more. Dave has Science, Science, Everywhere.
MSM 596: Orange Agronomist
September 16, 2023 17:05 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBShawn and Troy talk about starting of the school year. Dave plants the concept of an Agronomist.
MSM 595: Kanso or NoKanso?
August 26, 2023 16:54 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBShawn and Troy discuss back to school, AI in schools, Moodle and more. Dave names the Dinos.
MSM 594: Brim’Tud Will Be Easier Than Puggle!
August 19, 2023 16:57 - 1 hour - 36.5 MBShawn and Troy talk about preparing for the new year, living at the school, and more. Dave brings in biomimicry with all its advantages.
MSM 593: The Exact Right Size to Not Be Useful
August 12, 2023 16:57 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBShawn and Troy are back after a break. Dave has a total MEGA movie that eclipses all others (and you can get involved).
MSM 592: Scrolling Like A Boomer
July 15, 2023 17:17 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBShawn and Troy talk about summer, microphones, ChatGPT, and more. Dave shines the light on the Great Eclipse of 2024.
MSM 591: Filled With Prosody
July 08, 2023 17:17 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MBShawn and Troy talk about teaching kids to read, summer activities, and more. Dave takes a teachable moment with the sun not in his eyes.
MSM 590: Stitches and Staples
July 01, 2023 16:54 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBShawn and Troy talk about H5P, summer, socials, and more. Dave builds some science.
MSM 589: The Most Organized Chaos I’ve Ever Seen
June 24, 2023 17:01 - 1 hour - 27.8 MBShawn and Troy talk about transitioning the year, organized chaos, moving and more. Dave has part 2 of Scientific Literacy.
MSM 588: Easy Grader and Overhead Transparencies
June 17, 2023 16:34 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBShawn and Troy talk about the end of the year. Dave presents Scientific Literacy, Part 1.
MSM 587: Meanderthals, or 7th Graders?
June 10, 2023 17:16 - 1 hour - 35 MBShawn and Troy talk about the end of the year, share lots of stories and more. Dave thunders in with a great activity.
MSM 586: The Nightingale Floor
June 03, 2023 16:48 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBShawn and Troy talk about Genius Week, the end of the year, and more. Dave is a natural disaster, oops, talks about natural disasters.
MSM 585: A Fit of the Clevers!
May 27, 2023 17:03 - 59 minutes - 27.1 MBShawn and Troy share jokes, resources, grading thoughts, influencers, and more. Dave frogs out, er, well, give it a listen.
MSM 584: Pink Shirts on the Elevators
May 20, 2023 16:51 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBShawn and Troy talk about Washington D.C. trip, institutional knowledge, end of the year, beginning of the year and more . Dave brings some real-world problems.
MSM 583: Quiddle or Spring Fever
May 13, 2023 17:04 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBShawn and Troy talk about ISTE standards, Moodle data reports, and more. Dave reflects on NGSS.
MSM 582: When Speaking in Spammish, Shouldn’t There Be An Accent?
April 29, 2023 17:08 - 1 hour - 31.8 MBShawn and Troy share testing, email woes, time markers, and more. Dave has some great books (and some feedback from last week’s show).
MSM 581: Slinging the Slang Making Us Thirsty!
April 15, 2023 17:01 - 1 hour - 30.2 MBShawn and Troy talk about reading, SEL, and more. Dave has his (and student’s heads) in the clouds.
MSM 580: I Get What They Are Trying to Do, But “Oh, My Goodness”
April 08, 2023 17:06 - 1 hour - 30.9 MBShawn and Troy talk about the impact of COVID on students, executive function, and more. Dave shares time management tips in Science.
MSM 579: The Nintendo Effect - Brutally Honest!
April 01, 2023 17:16 - 1 hour - 29.8 MBShawn and Troy talk about break ,books, student perspective of a trip, and more . Dave gets salty with kids participating.
MSM 578: There’s A Lot In That Question . . .
March 25, 2023 16:55 - 1 hour - 30.4 MBShawn and Troy discuss AI Art, Competencies, break, and more. Dave populates our Science brain.
MSM 577: Hoisted on my Own Petard
March 18, 2023 17:09 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBShawn and Troy discuss presentations, Advisory, H5P, and much more. Dave is all Systems Technology Engineer Go!
MSM 576: Teaching Chrome: Ipsedixitism
March 04, 2023 16:55 - 1 hour - 29 MBShawn and Troy talk about Moodle, Presentations, and more. Dave reviews the Pandemic Impact on Students.
MSM 575: The Day That Didn’t Count
February 25, 2023 16:36 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBShawn and Troy talk about the week “off”, middle schoolers being middle schoolers and more. Dave heats up.
MSM 574: Farpotshket
February 18, 2023 16:36 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBShawn and Troy talk about break, creating your own computers, interesting words and more. Dave tells us how kids can get involved with Marine Iguanas.
MSM 573: Defenestrate Your Way To Safety
February 11, 2023 16:53 - 1 hour - 28.9 MBShawn and Troy discuss defenestration, AI, and more. Dave is statistically correct.
MSM 572: That’s Great . . . Until You Get the Humans Involved!
February 04, 2023 17:45 - 1 hour - 35 MBShawn and Troy talk about Parent Conferences, Moodle Flow, AI and more. Dave is trading in some books.
MSM 571: Industrial PD Day!
January 28, 2023 16:49 - 1 hour - 30.6 MBShawn and Troy discuss AI in education, PD, and more. Dave has Ecosystem Dynamics.
MSM 570: Drop A Little NOLEJ on Yourself.
January 21, 2023 17:02 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBShawn and Troy discuss the NOLEJ beta, discuss AI, the Social Web, and more. Dave demonstrates why we should demonstrate.
MSM 569: The Principal Might Not Know, But The Kid Down the Hall Does!
January 14, 2023 17:13 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBShawn and Troy talk quite a bit about AI. Dave has some solid and gaseous reporting for us.
MSM 568: Fantasy World of Wonder and Danger OR Middle School
January 07, 2023 16:46 - 1 hour - 32.4 MBShawn and Troy discuss NOLEJ, a beta program, AI, and more. Dave brings Environmental Justice to us.
MSM 567: 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. – Normal Working Hours for Middle School
December 31, 2022 16:45 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBShawn and Troy discuss what they did over break (including a comic), more on AI, social media, and more. Dave discusses the 5E Learning Cycle.
MSM 566: Just A Minute, I have to Word It Right in Chat GPT...
December 17, 2022 17:28 - 1 hour - 30.6 MBShawn and Troy talk about ChatGPT, how teachers could use it, and more. Dave takes us to Mars.
MSM 565: Do You Know Where the Fire Escape Goes To? I Do…
December 10, 2022 16:52 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBShawn and Troy talk about the NCSS Conference, 7th-grade art, and more. Dave drops the SKNOWLEDGE.
MSM 564:Beauty is in the A.I. of the Beholder
November 19, 2022 17:03 - 1 hour - 35.5 MBShawn and Troy talk about computer carts, coteaching, the Fediverse, and more. Dave is going all 3D.
MSM 563:Opening the Glory Box and AMLE 22
November 12, 2022 18:55 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBShawn and Troy share some jokes, talk about AMLE, and more. Dave heads to space with Astonomer.
MSM 562: The English Teacher is Cheating!
October 22, 2022 16:45 - 1 hour - 28.4 MBShawn and Troy talk about conferences, kids seeing the future, and more. Dave focuses on student collaboration for Science success.
MSM 561: The Full Moon Experience
October 15, 2022 16:51 - 1 hour - 29 MBShawn and Troy talk about conferences, full moon, and more. Dave has part two on Air Pressure and Barometers.
MSM 560: Under Pressure
October 08, 2022 16:11 - 56 minutes - 26 MBShawn and Troy talk about MAMLE, middle school concepts, micro-credentials, and more. Dave puts us under pressure.