What Works!

Dan Jones with Kate Baker, Bryan Beal, Trent Bowser, and Marcos Navas Innovative educators are embracing ChatGPT as a transformative tool that can improve teaching and learning, make creating interactive lesson plans more accessible, and unleash a whole new level of student, parent, and community engagement. In this discussion, teachers, tech coaches, and a school superintendent share specific ways they use ChatGPT. Follow our PLN on Twitter: @KtBkr4, @bryanrbeal,@Mrnavas @Handsoncoding...

Teachers working side-by-side with outside tutors is not new, but the practice has expanded in the wake of the pandemic. Collaborating effectively with tutors requires some awareness of the unique challenges and some clear guidelines. In this discussion, we talk about the essential basics and identify 18 do’s and don’ts. Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Follow our PLN on Twitter: @MsGreeneEdu @ideasforteacher @MsRandazzo @sgthomas1973 @bamradionetwork...

We can help students surpass the barriers to unfinished learning if we acknowledge the challenges and think differently about how we approach teaching and learning. Follow our PLN on Twitter: @SarahDSparks @playyay @d4griffin3 @ideasforteacher @poweroficu @bamradionetwork @jonharper70bd BreAnn Fennell is a 1st, 2nd, 3rd-grade looping teacher in Ashland, Ohio. She obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in education from Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. She is a Training and...

We invited a parent, a teacher, and a school administrator to talk about engaging parents in the wake of the pandemic. Among the recommendations are more transparency, more communication and more face time between teachers and parents. Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Follow our PLN on Twitter: @ideasforteacher @bamradionetwork @jonharper70bd Laura Burns is the parent of two school-aged children. Her research and advocacy background has helped her develop relationships...

Though student engagement has always been essential to teaching and learning, the pandemic has impacted students in ways that raise questions about what it takes to engage students this term. In this episode, we invited a panel of educators to share their updated thinking on student engagement in a post-pandemic classroom. Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Follow our PLN on Twitter: @AngelaMaiers @jaymctighe @curriculumblog @MsRandazzo @ideasforteacher @bamradionetwork...

Like us, our students have been through a lot over the last two years and many of the traditional expectations we have of them simply don’t fit. Join us as we talk about expectations and how we can adjust them to meet the moment with greater ease. Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Follow our PLN on Twitter: @ideasforteacher @bamradionetwork @jonharper70bd @the_delta_group @Martinez_Edtech Ashley Ertel is a Nationally Board Certified Licensed Clinical Social Worker with...

In this episode, we unpack the silent grief many of us are feeling about the myriad ways teaching has changed since the pandemic and how those changes are impacting our students and our careers. Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Follow our PLN on Twitter: @ideasforteacher @bamradionetwork @the_delta_group Ashley Ertel is a Nationally Board Certified Licensed Clinical Social Worker with an additional specialty as a Certified DBT Professional. She is currently based in...

Increasingly, we are accepting that social-emotional learning needs to take priority ahead of teaching content. In this episode, we discuss psychological safety, and why it’s foundational to social-emotional learning. Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Follow on Twitter: @alice_bouis @D4Griffin3@jonharper70b@ideasforteacher @bamradionetwork Alice Bouis is an innovation project manager based in Paris, France, she started teaching to Bachelor students in 2017. She...

In this episode, we ask our guests to share their strategies for building relationships with students who seem almost impossible to reach. what can we do? Follow on Twitter: @pfagell @MrRKhusky @jonHarper70bd @bamradionetwork Phyllis L. Fagell, LCPC is the school counselor at Sheridan School in Washington, D.C. and a therapist at The Chrysalis Group. Phyllis frequently writes columns on counseling, parenting and education for The Washington Post, and she’s the author of Middle School...

This year the ability to reach every student where they are is more important than ever. How will we discern what each student requires this term, and how will you use your class time to me their individual needs? Follow on Twitter: @drbiotom @flippingwithjoy@ peter_santoro @ideasforteacher @jonHarper70bd @bamradionetwork Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Tom Mennella is an Associate Professor of Biology at Bay Path University. An 'early adopter' of innovative...

During remote learning, we became more familiar (and dependent) on creating instructional videos. But a perfect five-minute video is no match for even one imperfect minute we spend one-on-one with our students. In this episode, we try to course correct and share strategies for spending less time making videos and more time making magic with students. Follow on Twitter: @DrGraceO @peter_santoro @ideasforteacher @MrHabegger @jonHarper70bd @bamradionetwork Resources: Flipped Learning Global...

Getting parents on board with Flipped Learning is a best practice identified by the Academy of Active Learning Arts and Sciences. In this episode, we discuss strategies for getting "parent-buy-in" and support and why it makes a difference. Follow on Twitter: @MsRandazzo @DrGraceO @flip4students @peter_santoro @ideasforteacher @jonHarper70bd @jonbergmann @bamradionetwork Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Karen Randazzo is an enthusiastic chemistry teacher in New Jersey....

We all know that effective teaching involves overcoming various barriers, obstacles, and hurdles to reaching our students. In this episode, we discuss some of the biggest hurdles we've faced in achieving authentic learning and the strategies we found effective for getting over them. Follow on Twitter: @drbiotom @flippingwithjoy@ peter_santoro @ideasforteacher @jonHarper70bd n @bamradionetwork Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Tom Mennella is an Associate Professor of...

Failure equals learning. Embracing this principle is one of the Global Elements of Effective Flipped Learning. It's also much easier said than done. In this episode, we talk about how to encourage students (and each other) to pick ourselves up without missing a beat, when we mess up, screw up, or drop the ball. Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Follow on Twitter: @flippingwithjoy @martharamirezco @ideasforteacher @MrHabegger @peter_santoro @jonHarper70bd...

Most of us do things in our classrooms that we believe are good for students, but our students despise. When should we end a practice that isn't going over well, and what are the alternatives? Follow on Twitter: @martharamirezco @ideasforteacher @bamradionetwork @MrHabegger @DrGraceO @jonHarper70b Martha Ramirez has worked in the education field for more than 16 years. Her experience includes being a school teacher, a department head, a higher education educator, an academic consultant,...

The ultimate aim of student-centered teaching in a flipped classroom is to create self-directed learners. In this episode, we talk about some of the barriers we faced in making the transition and how we overcame them. Follow on Twitter: @crbuitrago @DrGraceO @peter_santoro @ideasforteacher @MrHabegger @jonHarper70bd @jonbergmann @bamradionetwork Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) Carolina R. Buitrago has been an English as a Foreign Language Teacher for over 18 years in...

Once we get over the time it takes to set up for Flipped Learning, we encounter a new time challenge. What do we do with all of the time we recover in a flipped classroom? Follow on Twitter: @flippingwithjoy @ideasforteacher @peter_santoro @jonHarper70bd @bamradionetwork Joy McCourt teaches high school chemistry, physics, and mathematics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she lives with her husband and two sons. Her interests include helping to moderate #flipclasschat every Monday on...

Call it what you want, learning loss, learning gap, student learning gone fishing; forward-looking educators are already preparing to deal with it. In this episode, we preview a model for hyper-differentiating instruction that may be just the lifesaver we’ll all need next school term. Follow on Twitter: @ideasforteacher @flip4students @MrHabegger @jonHarper70bd @jonbergmann @bamradionetwork Dr. Cara Johnson authored the book An Insanely Simple Guide: Flipped Mastery Learning to share the...

Let’s face it, many of us are overachievers who want to be excellent teachers. So why do we sometimes feel like we’re not doing enough? Join us as we discuss how we can become more energized and secure in the knowledge that we are doing our personal best. Follow on Twitter: @jonbergmann @burnedinteacher @ideasforteacher @bamradionetwork @jonHarper70bd #edchat #flipclass #teachers SsRPeAmFlCr Michele S. Gorman is the founder and principal of the Richland School of Academic Arts School...

In this episode, we look at why pandemic learning and typical teaching burnout are very different. More importantly, what are we doing about it? Follow on Twitter: @jonbergmann @burnedinteacher @ideasforteacher @bamradionetwork @jonHarper70bd Michele S. Gorman is the founder and principal of the Richland School of Academic Arts School which she started in 2010. Michele believes in a rigorous disciplined school that integrates the arts into the curriculum making sure all children have the...