Student Podcasting, Increasing Engagement, and Take AIM at Digital Literacy with Jed Stefanowicz

Today my guest is Jed Stefanowicz. He is a 25 year elementary educator, an author, a speaker, a blogger, and a former Massachusetts Teach Plus Policy Fellow.  In this interview Jed is going to talk about different ways we can publish students work, student podcasting, the power of learning from others, and so much more.
Topics:

The new 4 C’s : Connect, compassion, culture, and climateInnovation sometimes is nothing more than giving a kid what they need at the right time.Find activities that are meaningful, memorable, and also measurable - if those connect you find lessons that are innovativeThink beyond the bulletin board - what are different ways that students can demonstrate their learningWhen you can capture a students voice on a podcast and parents can listen with a click of a button that is pretty transformational.Student podcasting allows transfer of learning. Justification of ideas, persuasive thinking, debate skills, etc. Through student podcasting you give a window into your classroom. Share thinking to others outside of your classroom. It makes students engage with learning differently.Teachers should give them more credit then they do about how flexible they truly were.Coaching T Cycle - time, talk, teach, try, think, and tweakSet goals that are meaningful and achievableThere’s something that we can always learn from a lesson whether it be a great lesson or one that strugglesMake connections and learn from othersFind people in your building. Our buildings are filled with expert teachers that need opportunities to share the amazing things that they are doing.We don’t need to be printing to be publishing. We just need to put it out into the world. Try something. Reach out and let someone know that they are doing something cool and how do they do it.  

Connect:
Blog - stefanowiczclass.blogspot.com 
Website - www.jedpd.com
Twitter - @Stefanowicz135

Books:
Take AIM at Digital Literacy - https://www.amazon.com/Take-AIM-Digital-Learning-Activate-ebook/dp/B09VTFWT4P/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GP2LFP400O3Y&keywords=jed+stefanowicz&qid=1676869439&sprefix=Jed+Stef%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1

Impact to Influence - https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Influence-Risk-Takers-Rule-Breakers-Changemakers-ebook/dp/B0BNP6LR31/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3GP2LFP400O3Y&keywords=jed+stefanowicz&qid=1676869439&sprefix=Jed+Stef%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-2

Jed's Bio:
As a Digital Learning Coach in Walpole, Massachusetts, Jed Stefanowicz provides job-embedded professional development and instructional coaching for academic technology. Through conferences, workshops, and coaching, Jed aims to engage and build staff/student digital learning capacity, keeping the focus on practice over product. Jed shares his passion for effective tech integration to transform teaching and learning, creating engaging and equitable digital learning environments and experiences that activate, innovate, and motivate digital learning. He is the author of Take AIM at Digital Learning: Activate, Innovate, Motivate and Impact to Influence.