In this last episode of Campfire, Erin and Jeff say goodbye to the Campfire brand and hello to the new name of the podcast.To continue learning with us, subscribe to The Digital Backpack wherever your subscribe to podcasts. For some great sub

Engagement Hoopla

Nov 16th, 2018 54m 39s

In this episode, we chat with our colleague Emily Sicilia about engagement in the classroom. We explore how to define engagement in the classroom and chat about Hoopla, an app Emily shares that has changed our reading lives! Attribution:Up F

Power With, Not Power Over

May 15th, 2018 51m 39s

In this episode, Jeff and Erin chat about the concept of “power with vs power over” (a conversation that stemmed from a recent book study of Jim Knight’s High-Impact Instruction), have a great interview with the always amazing Val Capel, and as

Live Episode @ Rebel U.mp3

Feb 15th, 2018 23m 34s

In this episode, Jeff shares some audio from a recent teacher professional development session on ... you guessed it podcasts! Then, Jeff and Erin chat about facilitating learning with teacher and how they utilize their classroom teacher experi

Anchors Away!

Dec 11th, 2017 25m

In this episode a podcast about … podcasts! Jeff and Erin discuss a cool tool for recording podcasts and how teachers might think about using podcasts in the classroom.Attribution:Up From Here - Scratch Cut by AsIsBeats is used under an open

FlipGrid & The Great Chicken/Egg Debate

Nov 8th, 2017 31m 29s

In this episode, Jeff and Erin share about Flipgrid and how they ‘dig’ using it with students and teachers alike. They also engage in the great chicken/egg debate of educational technology: what comes first, the technology tool or the learning?

Putting Students in the Driver's Seat

Aug 31st, 2017 48m 53s

After a summer hiatus (or a summer full of professional learning opportunities with teachers), we’re back! In this episode, we have the opportunity to chat with Sharon Murchie, a high school English teacher with Bath Community Schools. She pro

The End of Swiss Cheese Learning with Dan Spencer

Apr 26th, 2017 57m 9s

In this episode we chat with our guest, and friend, Dan Spencer. Dan is a high school science teacher turned tech integration specialist turned high school science teacher. He brought some great insight, not only from his classroom, but to educ

Talking Marginalia With Rachelle

Mar 28th, 2017 1h 19m

In this episode we got into some deep conversations with Rachelle Wynkoop surrounding literacy, explored a new tool for us that linked up with the tips Rachelle gave us and talked about finding the balance between digital and paper reading. Oh

Failure-free Failing

Feb 21st, 2017 1h 6m

In this episode we chat with Erin Mastin, a 3rd grade teacher in Boyne City, Michigan. She shares with us her growth mindset approach to her classroom and how she is working on shifting her classroom toward a competency-based learning environme

Shirley Temples With Ben

Jan 27th, 2017 56m 35s

In this episode, we chat about our favorite tool this week: Quizizz, a gamified quiz site; spend some time conversing with one of our favorite ed techs, Ben Rimes — hear about what he’s up to — and even convince him to play a round of Mad Libs

Talking About, And To, A Wonder Woman

Jan 15th, 2017 1h 10m

In this episode, we’ll chat with elementary school teacher, Sandy Freeland about how she uses technology intentionally in her classroom to ‘break down’ her classroom walls. We also dive into the tool, Actively Learn, a site that allows you to s

Getting Wizer Just P-Cuz

Dec 19th, 2016 49m 30s

In this episode of Campfire, we’ll chat about a cool new tech tool (Wizer), gather around a metaphoric campfire to hear the stories from Ben Pineda’s 8th grade social studies classroom, and discuss blended learning and why we love it and think

Chubby Bunny Teacher Challenge

Dec 4th, 2016 13m 4s

It might be a little chilly to gather around a campfire this time of year, but we’d love for you to grab your coffee and get cozy while you listen to our FIRST Campfire Podcast. We want to bring you a different style of education podcast that s

Justin Bruno

Dec 15th, 2015 52m 50s

Justin Bruno is a Research Associate for the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute, a division of Michigan Virtual University.Justin is a colleague and, for the past year, a fellow podcast host. The Virtual Viewpoints podcast features

Ashlie O'Connor

Dec 10th, 2015 49m 43s

Ashlie O’Connor is an Instructional Technology and Data Coach for the Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District and Alcona Community Schools itself.I met Ashlie this past summer at the Boyne Tech Conference. We both presented ses

Erin Luckhardt

Oct 14th, 2015 59m 59s

Erin Luckhardt is an 8th-grade social studies teacher at Boyne City Middle School.She’s one of the organizers of the Boyne Tech Conference which has been held the last two years in late June after school ends. If you haven’t been up before, th

Andrea Zellner

Sep 1st, 2015 1h 2m

Andrea Zellner is a Technology Integration Specialist at Oakland Schools, working exclusively with the Pontiac School District. She is also a Ph.D student in the Educational Psychology and Educational Technology program at Michigan State Univer

Rachelle Wynkoop

Aug 26th, 2015 1h

Rachelle Wynkoop is the Supervisor of Secondary Curriculum and Professional Development at the Port Huron Area School District. She is an active member of the #michED community and a regular presenter at education conferences throughout the sta

Cresta Wright

Apr 30th, 2015 48m 52s

Cresta Wright is the Instructional Technology Coordinator at Pennfield Public Schools in Battle Creek. Her career in education started in Pennfield as a classroom teacher where she was dabbling in blending learning before the phrase had much bu

Sarah Wood

Apr 22nd, 2015 29m 6s

Sarah Wood is is an Educational Technologist at Godfrey-Lee Public Schools in Wyoming, Mich. She works with K-12 teachers to utilize the technology resources that the district has available. There is no such thing as a “normal” week in her role

Kerry Guiliano

Apr 15th, 2015 48m 28s

Kerry Guiliano is a Technology Integration Specialist at Oakland Schools. As part of the intermediate school district’s shared services model she works exclusively with Southfield Public Schools, helping educators to use technologies thoughtful

Kit Hard

Apr 8th, 2015 46m 59s

Kit Hard is an Education Technology Specialist at Marysville Public Schools. Part of his professional responsibilities are to provide training and support to teachers, which he focuses predominantly around blended learning instruction and forma

Elaine Mantinan

Apr 1st, 2015 36m 37s

Elaine Mantinan is a Spanish teacher at L'Anse Creuse High School - North in Macomb, Mich. When her principal approached her to be among the first educators in L’Anse Creuse Public Schools to pioneer their blended learning initiative, she was e

MACUL15

Mar 25th, 2015 53m 1s

Attending the MACUL conference is one of the biggest highlights of the year for Michigan educators. Over 4500 attendees descended on the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit to soak up sessions put on by teachers throughout the state as well as inte