Pursuing Mastery

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Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, describes five learning techniques that will help students build memory, understanding, and ability! These techniques are reflection, deliberate practice, self-testing, spaced repetition, and the Pomodoro technique. Using them will help accelerate your academic journey and make studying far more productive. Further reading from this episode: reflection:...

Note: This episode is also available as a video! You will probably find it easier to follow in that format! So if you’d like to see Nico’s screen and Sean and Nico’s faces, click below! Part 2: https://youtu.be/9O7RE9KWkUw Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, goes back to school with Nico Marcora, a Master Instructor of Software Engineering in our London campus, to learn about data types in JavaScript. This is the second of two parts. If you didn’t hear...

Note: This episode is also available as a video! You may find it easier to follow in this format. So if you’d like to see Nico’s screen and Sean and Nico’s faces, click below! Part 1: https://youtu.be/dcMruBTGXe0 Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, goes back to school with Nico Marcora, a Master Instructor of Software Engineering in our London campus! Nico shares his thoughts on adult learners going back to school (hey, it’s what we do here!) and then...

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, shares thoughts on Bloom’s revised taxonomy, differentiating lower order from higher order thinking, and how to reflect your goals for your students in your classroom activities. Link from the episode: What No One Tells You About Bloom’s Taxonomy | Education to Save the World (https://edtosavetheworld.com/2018/06/12/what-no-one-tells-you-about-blooms-taxonomy/)

A review of what we’ve learned in this podcast!

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, talks with Brian Tobal, Flatiron School’s Director of Academics, about spaced repetition, hacking your memory, and how to play games against your brain.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, shares his thoughts on cold calling (hint: don’t do it) as well as great techniques for building an active but supportive learning environment in your classroom. Links from the episode: Positive findings * Dallimore, E. J., Hertenstein, J. H., & Platt, M. B. (n.d.). Nonvoluntary class participation in graduate discussion courses: Effects of grading and cold calling. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from...

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, speaks with the amazing Kristi Riordan, Flatiron School's COO, about her approach to thriving in a growth organization and how pressure can drive personal growth.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, speaks with Rishi Tirumala, one of our amazing Lead Instructors, about his experience teaching here.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, speaks with James Quick, a software developer and teacher, about his LearnBuildTeach platform and his work in a bootcamp. Links from the episode: Learn VS Code (James’ Udemy course): https://www.udemy.com/learn-visual-studio-code/?couponCode=VS_CODE_FLATIRON Build a Quiz App with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript course: https://www.udemy.com/build-a-quiz-app-with-html-css-and-javascript LearnBuildTeach:...

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, speaks with Ryan Ghaida, a Software Engineering Coach at Flatiron's Access Labs Brooklyn campus, about his Anxiety Alchemist workshop and how he helps students cope with stress.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School's Director of Educational Development, gives advice on why and how to check your students' understanding.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Teacher Training, talks with Jane Lunnon, Head of Wimbledon High School and brilliant UK educator, about authentic experience, learning from failure, and finding balance in our technological lives. Links from the episode: The State of Independence book: https://www.routledge.com/The-State-of-Independence-Key-Challenges-Facing-Private-Schools-Today/James-Lunnon/p/book/9780815352419 Examples of Sean's 3D photos:...

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School's Director of Teacher Training, gives advice on handling difficult conversations with struggling students.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School's Director of Teacher Training, talks with Avi Flombaum, Flatiron's Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, and gamification and game design for learning.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School's Director of Teacher Training, talks with David James, a respected teacher and writer from the UK, about stress and its effects on learning and motivation. Supplementary links: https://chronotopeblog.com/2016/06/03/not-all-stress-is-bad-the-benefits-of-eustress-or-good-stress-for-learning/?wref=tp https://johntomsett.com/2019/02/25/this-much-i-know-aboutlooking-after-our-own-mental-health-first/...

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School's Director of Teacher Training, on "intentional learning," one of Flatiron's 5 Educational Principles.