Latest Classrooms Podcast Episodes
Bot Fun in the Summertime: Teachers Adapting to AI
TeachLab with Justin Reich - July 02, 2024 06:00 - 48 minutesWe've just wrapped up a school year, so our team researching the arrival of generative AI in classrooms shares some fun and inspiring moments of teachers adapting to the new reality. We hear from teachers who role modeled the use of as a tool or resource for students, or to generate amusing and...
The SecEd Podcast: Preventing suspensions and exclusions
SecEd Podcast - June 12, 2024 05:30 - 1 hourThis episode considers what schools can do to spot vulnerable students at risk of suspension or exclusion and how we can intervene to pull them back from the brink. Official figures show the number of suspensions and exclusions is increasing year-on-year, not least due to persistent disruptive...
The Teacher As Facilitator: Student Voice and Choice Part 2
The Teacher As... - May 27, 2024 21:00 - 16 minutesIn this minisode season finale, Melissa continues to share one of her favorite articles about voice and choice by Alfie Kohn. Choices for Children: Why and How to Let Students Decide. In addition, she talks about a time management concept that can be applied to the classroom and she looks back a...
The SecEd Podcast: Delivering the Pupil Premium in secondary schools
SecEd Podcast - May 22, 2024 10:52 - 1 hourIn this episode we discuss excellent Pupil Premium practice and offer practical tips and ideas for how schools and teachers can support their most disadvantaged pupils. We explore the causes of disadvantage and why the attainment gap between rich and poor has remained stubbornly large. We lo...
Zooming In on Narrative Nonfiction with Candace Fleming
The Teacher As... - May 18, 2024 03:00 - 41 minutesCandace Fleming is an author of many fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Among other things, Melissa and Candace talk about the research process, the power of nonfiction and how teachers can help students get more specific in their research.
Dispatches From the Integrity Trenches
TeachLab with Justin Reich - May 13, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutesThe Arrival of AI powered tools like ChatGPT (now GPT4) in schools has generated concerns that students would use the tool to bypass cognition, or, “cheat” as we colloquially call it. And, it appears many students are doing just that. Early on in our research project about generative AI’s arriva...
The Teacher As Facilitator: Student Voice and Choice
The Teacher As... - May 11, 2024 03:00 - 7 minutesIn this minisode, Melissa shares from one of her favorite articles about voice and choice. Choices for Children: Why and How to Let Students Decide by Alfie Kohn lays out the rationale for voice and choice as well as what it looks like in practice. In this minisode, Melissa highlights the ration...
Zooming In on Teacher Creativity with Jane Reynolds
The Teacher As... - May 04, 2024 03:00 - 36 minutesJane Reynolds, sister of author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds, chats about her work in helping teachers tap into their creativity so they can model it for their students. Her teacher education work with her brothers, Peter and Paul, is revolutionary including their soon to be Teacher Learning an...
The SecEd Podcast: Effective line management in schools
SecEd Podcast - May 01, 2024 06:46 - 59 minutesThis episode looks at how to be an effective line manager in the secondary school, offering practical advice, examples and strategies for middle and senior leaders who have line management responsibilities. We chat with two experienced school leaders to discuss the golden rules and key skills ...
The Teacher As Proud Supporter of Students' Reading Lives
The Teacher As... - April 27, 2024 03:00 - 6 minutesIn this minisode, Melissa talks about the importance of read alouds and silent reading time. She shares some reading successes in her classroom and encourages teachers to reflect on how far their students have come.
The Arrival of the Homework Machine
TeachLab with Justin Reich - April 25, 2024 04:00 - 1 hourJustin spoke at the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education in November of 2023. You can see his graphics and outline.tsl.mit.edu/AI/ has more generative AI related resources, including our SURVEY for educators, school leaders, students, and parents. Jesse Dukes is leading our current pro...
Zooming In on Balance, Boundaries, and Breaks with Evan Whitehead
The Teacher As... - April 20, 2024 03:00 - 40 minutesEvan Whitehead, M.Ed. is an author, speaker, Mental Health Advocate, and the creator of Balance Boundaries and Breaks.™️ Evan shares his struggles with finding balance that brought him to his new focus of helping all educators find a healthy work/life balance.
The Teacher As Encourager of Logic
The Teacher As... - April 14, 2024 00:00 - 1 minuteIn this very short minisode, Melissa, with laryngitis, shares that listeners should go to the Episode 112 page on theteacheras.com to see her students' reflections about logic puzzles. The students share how the puzzles got easier with continued practice and how they created their own logic puzz...
The SecEd Podcast: A school leadership survival guide
SecEd Podcast - April 10, 2024 07:26 - 1 hourThis episode looks at how school leaders can thrive and survive in their role, including wellbeing advice, tips for leading from the front, and advice for those new to leadership roles. We interview two experienced school leaders to get their insights and practical advice. We look at the har...
Zooming In on Math Puzzles with Dr.Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record
The Teacher As... - April 06, 2024 03:00 - 42 minutesDr. Nicki and Ann Elise share 10+ fun math puzzles you can use in your classroom tomorrow! Puzzles to practice math facts, understand algebra, and many more math concepts. "Puzzles are a portal to perseverance," Dr. Nicki Newton.
Zooming In on Math Student Vital Actions with Jen Hawkins
The Teacher As... - March 23, 2024 03:00 - 25 minutesIn this episode, math educator Jen Hawkins shares the 7 student vital actions in the math classroom that are grounded in equity and logical thinking/reasoning. Jen talks about the importance of productive struggle as well as all students regularly using math vocabulary as they share their thinki...
Powerful Poem: There's a Hole in My Sidewalk
The Teacher As... - March 16, 2024 03:00 - 4 minutesIn this minisode, Melissa shares a powerful poem that she feels could be shared with students in fourth grade and up. It is about the process of changing and it's been around since the 70s.
The SecEd Podcast: The first & last 10 minutes of your lessons
SecEd Podcast - March 13, 2024 06:21 - 1 hourIn this episode, three experienced teachers discuss how to start and end our lessons in the secondary school classroom – focusing on getting the first and last 10 minutes right. We kick off with some “golden rules” and key ingredients for opening and closing our lessons. We look at achieving...
Spring Episode Preview
The Teacher As... - March 09, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutesIn this episode, Melissa shares her amazing Spring lineup of guests. Just to list a few, math educators Jen Hawkins, Ann Elise Record, and Dr. Nicki Newton return to The Teacher As…Podcast. Also, Daphne Russell - self proclaimed educational evolutionist and chaos pilot- will discuss reading.
Students' Thoughts About Chess
The Teacher As... - March 02, 2024 04:00 - 7 minutesIn this minisode, Melissa's students share why they love chess and why they think it should be played in schools.
Rewind: Top Ten Math Routines with Dr. Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record
The Teacher As... - February 24, 2024 04:00 - 38 minutesThis is a rewind episode. This was originally published on February 19, 2021. It has the most downloads of all my episodes. Dr. Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record collaborate to create a top ten list of math routines.
The SecEd Podcast: Great teacher questioning
SecEd Podcast - February 21, 2024 09:59 - 1 hourGood questioning is at the heart of great teaching – as such this very practical episode looks at how teachers can plan and ask effective questions that support student participation, learning and progress. Two experienced teachers discuss the different purposes of questioning in the classroom...
The Many Benefits of Students Playing Chess
The Teacher As... - February 17, 2024 04:00 - 8 minutesIn this episode, Melissa talks about the many benefits of students playing chess. From spatial reasoning and critical thinking skills to patience and time management, chess is a valuable addition to your indoor recess games and/or math centers.
Zooming In on Cult Education with Janja Lalich
The Teacher As... - February 09, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutesIn this episode, Melissa talks to Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Sociology, who is an international authority on cults, extremism, and coercion. Janja's work is promoting a deeper, more accurate understanding of cults with the intent to avoid their manipulation, exploitation, and abus...
The Teacher As Film Editor: The Bad Bits
The Teacher As... - February 03, 2024 04:00 - 5 minutesIn this Teacher As Film Editor minisode, Melissa talks about Walter Murch's term the "bad bits." Teachers are like film editors who sometimes cut out the "bad bits" of their lessons to meet the needs of their students.
The SecEd Podcast: Teaching neurodiverse students
SecEd Podcast - January 31, 2024 04:56 - 1 hourThis episode of the podcast asks how classroom teachers and teaching staff can best support the learning, progress, and wellbeing of their neurodiverse students. Our expert panel offer a range of advice, ideas, and tips based on their extensive experience within SEND education. We define neu...
Zooming In on a Mindhunter with Dr. Ann Burgess
The Teacher As... - January 27, 2024 04:00 - 28 minutesMelissa speaks with Dr. Ann Burgess, a leading forensic and psychiatric nurse who worked for the FBI for over two decades. Dr. Ann tells how she educated FBI agents in data collection and organizing their research. She also shares about her college teaching her work to help with threat assessm...
The Teacher As Film Editor: Student Accommodations
The Teacher As... - January 20, 2024 04:00 - 10 minutesIn this episode, Melissa shares Walter Murch's thoughts about editing as a "discovery of a path." Student accommodations are discussed as a path for general education teachers to reach the diverse learners in their classroom. The Multi-Tiered System of Support and District Curriculum Accommodati...
The SecEd Podcast: Safeguarding in schools: Advice and tips for teachers
SecEd Podcast - January 10, 2024 06:17 - 1 hourThis episode looks at the role of the classroom teacher and teaching staff when it comes to effective safeguarding practice, offering insights, tips and practical dos and don’ts. Classroom teachers and teaching staff are on the frontline when it comes to spotting students who are at risk or st...
The SecEd Podcast: Subject reviews & deep dives
SecEd Podcast - December 06, 2023 08:24 - 1 hourThis episode focuses on subject reviews or “deep dives” in the secondary school, asking what they are, how we can conduct them effectively without burdening staff, and what information we can and cannot expect to gather accurately. Our expert panel asks what a subject review or deep dive is an...