TOPIC: InnovationIn this episode, Hernesto and Danny talk about innovation in education and how this doesn’t necessarily spell T-E-C-H-N-O-L-O-G-Y. Innovation is when truly new ideas are tried out in the classroom (although you may often find

#005: Welcome to the New Dark Ages

May 13th, 2013 39m 40s

TOPIC: Critical thinkingIn this podcast, Sarah Kam-Gordon and Danny Kam-Gordon discuss critical thinking as a general phenomenon and how it might be (or not be) used in schools. Is asking students to think critically worthwhile? Why or why not

#004: Literally Hashtag Everything

May 5th, 2013 54m 23s

Followup From the Last EpisodeDanny introduced students to Class Dojo. Class Dojo can have the unintended consequence of riling students up and students who have difficulty understanding probability or who are impatient may say, “The randomize

#003: R2R2 Backup to 3CPO

Apr 28th, 2013 58m 19s

LifeHacks for Grading:Should you use your built in district grading system or use one of the gradebooks below?EasyGradePro: This gradebook is great if you want lightning fast grade input. CON: You cannot post grades to the internet.Engrade:

#002: All the Answers are on Google

Apr 20th, 2013 56m 41s

TOPIC: Scaffolding.We want to break things down for students, but when the building is done, we also want students to be able to do the work. In this episode, Danny and Hernesto deal with the difficult topic of walking the line between helping

#001: Managing Expectations

Apr 1st, 2013 48m 50s

In which Danny and Hernesto talk about managing expectations in schools where expectations are varied and sometimes contradictory. We all have bosses and we also have expectations for ourselves and for our students. Do we think about the expe

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