94: A Two-Way Conversation - Christine Witcher chats with us about the importance of feedback, and how to make sure our students are emotionally ready for it, and prepared to learn from it. 

Christine Witcher chats with us about the importance of feedback, and how to make sure our students are emotionally ready for it, and prepared to learn from it. Christine shares how fixing a problem in her classroom lead to creating an app to help others solve the same problem, and why we need to ask our students everyday what they need, and then listen to them.  More at www.teachbetter.com/podcast/christinewitcher Episode Highlights 0:35 - Shoutout to Jess Hamilton for Rae's descriptive word. Tweet @RaeHughart or join our Facebook Group to give Rae a word and get a shoutout! 1:54 - Talking about how much Rae loved this episode. 3:05 - Talking about feedback and why it is so important in our classrooms. 6:30 - Previewing the episode with Christine Witcher. 8:59 - Christine introduces herself. 9:54 - Talking about Floop; the feedback tool that Christine co-created. 14:40 - Christine's failure: Was experiencing "student resistance" and surveyed Felt stuck. Total flop. Conducting  anonymous survey to get feedback. Almost quit teaching after seeing their feedback. Students where telling me exactly how to be  a better teacher. 19:15 - Christine's success: Switching entirely to self-assessment. Listening to her students' feedback on her teaching. 28:17 - Christine's advice to teachers: Understand that feedback is a conversation. It is a two-way conversation between you and each student. 29:50 - 6 questions answered in 15 seconds or less. 33:10 - How to connect with Christine. Links to Connect With Christine Website: blog.floopedu.com Twitter: @FloopEdu