SHAPE Shorts Podcast
135 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe as teachers, but primarily as students, recognize that learning is considerably more gratifying when educators explore how subjects weave together rather than being compartmentalized.
The SHAPE Shorts Podcast aims to share the vibrant story of how subjects work in tandem to create the world around us. Our mission is to inspire and cultivate collaborative thought, creative expression, and intellectual versatility.
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The Gray Area of Words
August 30, 2021 06:00 - 11 minutes - 20.6 MBThe topic of today is language. How do we use words? How are they used in the public? How are they used by politicians? We see words like "justice" thrown around every day. But what does it mean? How is it used? Now I'm not going to go into definitions and long-term philosophical debates. The point of this is to say are we using these words cheaply? If "justice" is different for everyone and has no objective meaning, then it's a meaningless term. When we use words and we don't know what they...
Mathy Cathy
August 23, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBThis may be our funniest episode yet. Today we have Calculusious AKA "Mathy Cathy". All jokes aside... this is Jenny Shawley and she is a high school math teacher in Western Pennsylvania. She teaches Algebra and AP Calculus. Two and a half years ago she made a math-related Tiktok to get her students excited for a new unit in calculus. They loved it so much, they convinced her to create a math meme account on Instagram and Tiktok. Since then she has created a math help Discord Server, where v...
The Cookie Lecture
August 16, 2021 06:00 - 10 minutes - 19.2 MBHaving taught in both the humanities and the sciences areas at the college, I had several classes in many disciplines. I found it very interesting that if I had done my job correctly, my students really wouldn't know who I was by the end of the semester. Professors bring ideas to students, and then students have to decide how they feel about those ideas. Is this something they believe is credible or incredible? Is this something that is worthy or unworthy? Whatever has gone on in my classes...
The Aristotle Walk
August 09, 2021 06:00 - 20 minutes - 37.4 MBHow do you keep philosophy interesting to non-[philosophy majors? Many professors find this challenging because it is commonly regarded as boring and not modern. There is also a large disconnect today between psychology and many of the science disciplines despite their close origins. Listen in as Tony explains his “Aristotle Walk” in which he helped demonstrate the impact of Aristotle’s teachings and ideas on the physical sciences and offer students an alternative perspective on their everyd...
Replacing screen time with social emotional learning, self-regulation, and problem solving skills
August 02, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBDo you think you or your children are spending too much time staring at a screen? Do you sometimes use the phone as a pacifier to keep your kids calm and quiet? Ever wonder what long-term effects too much screen time may have on your future? Today's Shape Shorts guest, Nicole Rawson, is the founder of Screen Time Clinic, an international network of digital wellness educators empowering families and businesses to reach their ideal level of functioning by clarifying priorities and creating hea...
From our YouTube Channel: Deus Ex Machina and Tell The Story
July 26, 2021 06:00 - 11 minutes - 22.1 MBWe as teachers, but primarily as students, recognize that learning is considerably more gratifying when educators explore how subjects weave together rather than compartmentalizing them. We developed six strategies, together titled The Inspirational Six, for educators to adopt and adapt to their own classrooms in the hopes of enriching the learning experience for both teacher and student. Strategy #5: Deus Ex Machina To introduce diverse, non-obvious ideas from the arts and sciences ...
One atom says to another, "Does this proton make my mass too big?"
July 19, 2021 06:00 - 17 minutes - 32.2 MBToday, Tony's talking a little bit about a concept that we're very familiar with, we've all heard of it, we've all used it, and we've all talked about it in our vocabulary over and over again. It's the concept of the atom. We may not know totally what it is, but we do have an idea of the tiny particle that we call the atom and that everything in our universe is composed of these atoms. We've never seen them, but we've seen their effects. How do they do what they do? Why do we hold to the ide...
From our YouTube Channel: Rejuvenate & Stimulate
July 12, 2021 06:00 - 11 minutes - 21.9 MBWe as teachers, but primarily as students, recognize that learning is considerably more gratifying when educators explore how subjects weave together rather than compartmentalizing them. We developed six strategies, together titled The Inspirational Six, for educators to adopt and adapt to their own classrooms in the hopes of enriching the learning experience for both teacher and student. Strategy #3: Rejuvenate To breathe new life into tired ideas; To reinvigorate the connection bet...
Linguistics & Language with Dr. Alexis Wellwood
July 05, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes - 56.8 MB"Can you pass the salt?" You've probably never thought about the different levels of that question. The literal meaning is does you arm have the physical ability to pick up a salt shaker and hand it to someone. The pragmatic meaning is to physically complete the action of handing the salt to someone. Then throw in inflection and social situations and that simple question could be taken several different ways. Dr. Alexis Wellwood is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics at the ...
From our YouTube Channel: Animate & Originate
June 28, 2021 09:00 - 14 minutes - 26.8 MBWe as teachers, but primarily as students, recognize that learning is considerably more gratifying when educators explore how subjects weave together rather than compartmentalizing them. We developed six strategies, together titled The Inspirational Six, for educators to adopt and adapt to their own classrooms in the hopes of enriching the learning experience for both teacher and student. Strategy #1: Animate To make the subject lively and entertaining; To energize the topic through ...
Educating Boldly with Shanina Draughn
June 21, 2021 09:00 - 31 minutes - 58 MBToday on the SHAPE Shorts Podcast, we are hearing from someone with over fifteen years of experience in developing and implementing creative, diverse, and positive programs in educational and community settings. Through research-based practices, Mrs. Shanina Draughn has partnered with several schools to decrease suspension and referral rates by 40% throughout the school year. She believes every teacher and every school leader can become a Bold Educator. Listen in for her support on your jour...
The greatest technical achievement in human history
June 14, 2021 09:00 - 14 minutes - 26.3 MBWithout the idea of processing, civilizations would not exist. You wouldn't be here reading this podcast description right now! Civilization has always required the farmer to grow more food than the farmer eats. As the civilization becomes more sophisticated, the farmer has to grow more and more food. Fruits and vegetables are nice, but they rot. Meats go bad. Grains stay. Our connection with the grain is what makes us who we are today. Find us on IG @s.h.a.p.e.shifters or online at ...
How a poem changed western civilization
June 07, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBOn this episode, we have Stephen Greenblatt, an author with high accolades! Stephen is Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He is the author of fourteen books, including Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics; The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve; and The Swerve: How the World Became Modern. He is General Editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature and of The Norton Shakespeare. His honors include the 2016 Holberg Prize from the Norwegian Parliament, the 2012 ...
How the past created today and they will both create tomorrow
May 31, 2021 09:00 - 8 minutes - 8.06 MBWe all believe it could never happen to us, but is that really true? How far would each one of us be willing to go in order to enhance the greater good? How many of us would be willing to follow whatever leader who happened to correspond politically, religiously, or anything else, to what we believe to be a greater good? How much evil would we be willing to do in the name of a greater good? Every one of us should look at this. We should see who and what we are. Find us on IG @s.h.a.p.e.shi...
Tips and tricks for new-age online teaching
May 24, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MBOn this episode of the SHAPE Shorts podcast, we have an online teaching PRO! Sarah Franz has been teaching online for 3 years and didn't miss a beat as the rest of the world struggled to transition from in-person to online teaching amidst COVID-19. She joins us today to share her secrets for success and this episode is jam-packed with the inspiration you need to take your online education up a notch. Sarah also has a very successful Instagram presence, @sarahsteachingcorner. Head to her pa...
In the beginning... What's the point?
May 17, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBIf I ask you to close your eyes, think about nothing, and envision the word "point", what do you see? I don't know what you see, I don't know how to envision something that's nothing. This is the mystery and beauty that is Euclid, and I just couldn't let it go, so much that I wanted to share this with you. In the long run, what we are doing is taking the concept that goes on in our mind and giving it a reality outside into our world. How do we know what is really out there? Find us on IG @...
The art of artificial intelligence
May 10, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 75.8 MBFrom advanced AI algorithms to self driving cars, this episode will have you dreaming about the future! Our guest Dr. Matt Bunting holds a post-doctoral position in the Compositional Systems Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona. He joins us to talk about his experience in software, control systems, and robotics and how ALL of these deeply technical areas are tied closely to creativity, a characteristic seemingly valued more in the ...
From our YouTube Channel: The Inspirational 6
May 03, 2021 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBThis episode is a bit different than normal! If you haven’t tuned into our SHAPE Shorts YouTube channel, check it out! This is episode 1, explaining our philosophies on how to integrate science, humanities, art, and philosophy in education. This episode also introduces three future episodes where we will dive deeper into our Inspirational 6, or i6, strategies! Check out our YouTube channel here. Find us on IG @s.h.a.p.e.shifters or online at shapeshiftedu.com
Linguistics, symbolic logic, and the philosophy of language
April 26, 2021 09:00 - 31 minutes - 57.6 MBOn this episode, we have a very special guest, Scott Soames! Scott is the Chair of Philosophy at USC, working in philosophy of language, of law, and history of philosophy. On this episode, you'll find our conversation around philosophy both exciting and understandable! After all, philosophy is the partner of all advancing disciplines. During this episode, Scott talks about the challenges he stumbled upon while writing his book, The World Philosophy Made. From writing the book in a genera...
Can science survive without the humanities?
April 19, 2021 09:00 - 18 minutes - 15.1 MBScientific advances have been critical to the extraordinary achievements of the past century. But we also must invest more time, money and resources in the humanities and social sciences You see, at some point the arts and sciences became the arts OR sciences. This was in part, due to a resource problem. But that’s not what we want to talk about today. Instead, we want to bring light as to why this is so important. In this episode, one of SHAPE Shifters founders, and SHAPE Shorts Podcast...
Passion is what brings students to STEM
April 12, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 71 MBEmilia of @emilia.science joins us with a wave of passion for educating students about STEM in a unique way: through an overflow of demonstration and experimentation. If you're looking for a resource to help your students understand and ENJOY science, you're gonna want to tune into today's episode!Be sure to follow Emilia on IG @emilia.science for some amazing demonstrations you can do at home or in your classroom!
19th century solutions won’t solve modern problems
April 05, 2021 06:00 - 15 minutes - 13.3 MBMath and science illiteracy will always exist (albeit to a lesser degree thanks to the STEM movement). But what about historical illiteracy? How many have you all heard that these are some of the worst times, on and on?! You’ve probably heard that history repeats itself. Let’s be honest....history doesn’t repeat itself. What does repeat itself are attitudes towards current events. Today Stew Barr, on a solo episode, investigates June 1940 vs. June 2020. Let’s take a trip back...
Is the modern student prepared for vocational education?
March 29, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 78.7 MBYour current automobile is a running science experiment. Most students who start automotive programs have some kind of self interest or think that it's going to be "easy" but it's actually quite involved, especially with the level of automation of the modern vehicle. On this episode, we welcome Charles Barr (Stew's brother!), a retired certifier for college and HS automotive programs, who talks with us about whether or not the modern student is prepared for vocational education, like...
Pickles & Poets
March 22, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 39.9 MBTony takes on the SHAPE Shorts podcast solo and discusses his invite to speak at a National Honors Society Induction Ceremony. When speaking to students, Tony's goal is capture attention by being animated and eclectic, something different than "every other professor" out there! So, after much preparation for this National Honors Society Induction Ceremony invitation, he ended up trashing his speech in the car on the way to the ceremony and composing a new speech in his head titled Pi...
Computer based communication in higher education
March 15, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutes - 67.8 MBWelcome, Suzanne! A computer-based communication expert joins us to discuss COVID’s impact on using technology for communication (church, doctor visits, etc…). We have seen improvements in technology that make using a computer for communication more natural and personal, but can we truly overcome the lack of student's face-to-face interaction using computer-based communication?
You love Physics more than you think
March 08, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 60.7 MBWhat does SPACE actually mean? Matter? Time? These topics have been stimulating throughout history, but most people think of this subjects as a matter of Physics, the subject. This episode aims to bring you a different perspective and convince you that you do, in fact, love Physics more than you think.
The internal versus external student
March 01, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 57.4 MBThe passion that out guest, Dave Reynolds, brings to the stage regarding the students he teaches in his GED program is incredible! Join us on this episode of the SHAPE Shorts Podcast where we investigate the challenges of the internal learner (e.g. self-starter) and the external learner. We discuss how classroom community spreads joy in the learning process and how infectious the internal learner can be for external learnings in the GED classroom. And, of course, we chat about how COVID-19 h...
Lost curiosity, what happens to creativity?
February 22, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 62 MBWhy is a 5 year old so much more curious than a high school student? Or better yet, an adult? Why did we ask so many questions when we were children but started only caring about the results of a test or an assessment as we get older? How do we cultivate curiosity and creativity through education? This episode aims to offer solutions to that very question. Produced by: @thecreatorsattache (IG)
Student Preparedness Amidst COVID 19 in Secondary School
February 15, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 93.1 MBSecondary school children are among the most affected by the changes COVID-19 has caused in the education system. On this episode, we talk with high school Physics teacher, Jose Garcia, about the importance of in-person interaction for student engagement and creativity. We hear some real and raw truths about the lack of student preparedness due to COVID-19 and discuss how the gap between humanities and STEM courses becomes more pronounced due to distance education. Join us on IG @s.h.a.p.e...
Native American Education and Western Science
February 08, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 52.5 MBJoin us as we discuss how Native American higher education works to blend tribal beliefs with modern science and understanding. Our guest, Josh Hoskinson, STEM Program Coordinator at Tohono O’odham Community College shares how, historically, education attempted to strip tribal people of their beliefs in order to help them better understand western science. Modern tribal education seeks to blend tradition and western science in order to maintain cultural integrity. Join us on IG @s.h.a.p....
Goodbye Corporate America. Hello Entrepreneurship.
February 01, 2021 10:00 - 51 minutes - 96.5 MBOur host, Cyd Rechtin, an engineer who founded and now runs a business that harnesses her creativity, shares her story that's marked by a STEM-centric education system. She shares the pressures she faced as a woman in the STEM field and how her humanities-derived skills, like writing, reading, and communicating, always ached to be utilized in a deeper way in her career. Join us for this episode on saying goodbye to corporate America and hello to entrepreneurship. Find Cydney on I...
Unbalanced Education Funding and the Loss of the Well-Rounded Student
January 25, 2021 08:00 - 59 minutes - 82 MBWelcome Bruce Craft to the SHAPE Shorts podcast! Bruce is an Instructor of English at Southeastern Louisiana University where he teaches courses on Southern Culture and Identity, Pop Culture, American Literature, and Writing/Composition. Bruce has been a first-hand witness to the deterioration of the well-rounded student. On this episode, we discuss how the imbalance in education funding across the sciences and humanities has negatively impacted science, humanities, AND students. Fi...
Beyond the Microscope: Humanities & Science
January 18, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MBOn this episode, Ellie Johandes, a senior at the University of Michigan who is double-majoring in Cellular and Developmental Biology and Spanish before pursuing a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, joins us to discuss her experiences as a STEM student working in a humanities-based research lab. We dive into the importance of collaboration between STEM fields and the humanities, specifically discussing her studies on language and culture within the South African Boer community. ...
The Inspirational 6: Holistic Education Strategies
January 11, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 37.2 MBOn this episode of the SHAPE Shorts Podcast, Drs. Tony Pitucco and Stew Barr shed light on the meaning of their company, SHAPE Shifters Education Consulting, and their methods for revitalizing and reintegrating the sciences and humanities. Follow us on IG: @s.h.a.p.e.shifters Website: www.shapeshiftedu.com Podcast produced by The Creator's Attaché LLC IG: @thecreatorsattache Website: www.thecreatorsattache.com
Ep. 1: Shaping Education and Shifting Perspectives
January 03, 2021 20:29 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MBSHAPE Shorts are brief, informative, and spirited conversations about revitalizing and reintegrating science, humanities, art, philosophy, and education! Dr. Stew Barr and Dr. Tony Pitucco, who make up the SHAPE Shifter's education consulting team, have over 75 combined year of experience as educators and are passion about about shaping education and shifting perspectives. The SHAPE Shorts podcasts aims to share ideas for educators, students, and the general public who are interested in...