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HOOKED on Learning!

by BAM Radio Network - The Twitterati Channel

Powerful strategies for getting students hooked on learning, with your hosts Jed Dearybury and Matt Miller.

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  1. A Beginner's Guide to Skype In the Classroom

    Our guest talks about how he uses Skype to connect his students to the world. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @mrtomshelton @bamradionetwork Todd Flory teaches 4th grade in Andover, Kansas, and is a Skype Master Teacher and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. He believes in global...

  2. How to Create Meaningful, Memorable Learning Experiences

    Our guest has found a creative way to bring his passion into his classroom and create memorable learning experiences. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @mrtomshelton @bamradionetwork Tom Shelton has been a teacher with Valley Oaks Charter School for the past 15 years, 10 of which he has had the...

  3. Five Teaching Strategies That Grabbed and Kept My Students' Attention

    Our guest is a teacher's teacher who shares some of her proven approaches to getting students hooked on learning. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @mrsmieliwocki @bamradionetwork Rebecca Mieliwocki is a 7th grade English teacher in Burbank, California. She is the 2012 California and National...

  4. Six Things I've Learned About Students That Changed the Way I Teach

    Our guest is a Georgia teacher of the year, who dropped in to share how she gets her students excited about learning. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @GeorgiaTOTY2014 @bamradionetwork Jemelleh Coes is Georgia's 2014 Teacher of the Year. She has been in education for 8 years. Her teaching...

  5. Letting Students Teach You How to Teach Them

    Our guest teaches at a HOT school, where the focus is developing higher order thinking. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @ShannaPeeples @bamradionetwork Emily Lopez is just ending her 7 year tenure as Principal of Columbus Magnet School in Norwalk, CT in order to join the LilySarahGrace Fund as...

  6. Letting Students Teach You How to Teach Them

    Our guest is a national teacher of the year. In this segment, she shares with us how she relies on students to guide her toward better student engagement. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @ShannaPeeples @bamradionetwork Shanna Peeples, an English teacher and instructional coach at Palo Duro…

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  7. Arts: The Gateway to Teaching and Learning Just About Anything

    Can any subject be taught better if approached through the arts? Our guest says yes. Learn more... Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @geneinletford @bamradionetwork Genein Letford is the music director at NEW Academy Canoga Park and runs an Alumni360 program which educates her graduates on...

  8. How to Use Donorschose.org to Fund Powerful Learning Experiences

    Our guest is the founder of a platform that helps teachers fund compelling class projects. Learn more... Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @CharlesBest @bamradionetwork Charles Best leads DonorsChoose.org, a nonprofit organization where public school teachers create classroom project requests…

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  9. Promoting Student Reading Beyond the Book

    Our guest is passionate and masterful about making reading more engaging by reaching beyond the book. Learn how she uses social media and Skype to take her students' passion for reading to another level. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @campreadsmore @bamradionetwork Kelly Spector is a former...

  10. Engaging Students with "Flended" Learning

    Flipped and blended learning produced "flended" learning. Our guest shares how he uses the strategy in his classroom. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @MattJohnson10 @bamradionetwork Matt Johnson is a 3rd grade teacher at Boiling Springs Elementary in Boiling Springs, South Carolina; 2014…

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  11. New School Year, New Teaching Tools: Where to Get Started

    Our guest is a leading edge school librarian. In this segment, she shares the strategies and new tools she'll be using this year. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @dawnjmitchell @bamradionetwork Elizabeth Graham is in her second year as the Library Media Specialist at Woodland Heights…

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  12. Helping Reluctant Writers with Smart Prompts and Passion Projects

    Our guest shares the strategies she uses to get students excited about writing. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @lavonnaroth @bamradionetwork Dawn Mitchell is a consultant with the Spartanburg Writing Project, an affiliate of the National Writing Project housed at USC Upsate, an adjunct...

  13. How I Changed My Teaching Once I Learned How Students' Brains Work

    Our guest shares how learning neuroscience dramatically changed the way she teaches. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @lavonnaroth @bamradionetwork LaVonna Roth is a high-energy and passionate professional development speaker and consultant with the privilege of working with teachers in four...

  14. 3 Ways You Can Build Powerful Relationships with Your New Class

    Our guest has a few fresh ideas on building relationships with her new class of students. Tune-in and see what you can borrow. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @Beth_Heidemann @bamradionetwork Beth Heidemann is a passionate kindergarten teacher who inspires her students learn through in-depth...

  15. 6 Ways I Engaged Students with Tech Before Tech Was Cool

    Our guest helped pioneer the practices of engaging students with technology. Listen in as he shares some of the tech strategies he has been successfully using with students for years. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @tonyvincent @bamradionetwork Tony Vincent likes to learn, teach, and make...

  16. Encouraging a Sense of Wonder in Your Students

    Our guest uses a number of tools including thoughtful questions and project-based learning to engender wonder in his students. Learn more... Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @Mrs_Smoke @bamradionetwork With 13 years of professional experience, Josh Patterson, Ph.D., is principal of Oakland...

  17. Connect Your Lessons to the Real World, Watch Magic Happen

    When student passions meet real-world scenarios engagement and learning are natural byproducts. Learn more... Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @Mrs_Smoke @bamradionetwork Dyane Smokorowski is the 2013 Kansas STOY and is currently serving as an Instructional Technology Coach in Andover, Kansas....

  18. The 3 R's: Engaging Students with Robots, Rap, Relevance and Relationship

    Our guest is a national teacher of the year who is known for his ability to engage and inspire kids. In the segment he shares his secret sauce. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @JeffCharbonneau @bamradionetwork Jeff Charbonneau is a Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering teacher at Zillah High...

  19. Self Interest: The Key to Student Engagement

    Our guest teaches a class created to support the individual interests and needs of students. In this segment we discuss the tools he uses to engage students. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @Mr_McComb @bamradionetwork Sean McComb teaches English and AVID students at Patapsco High School and...

  20. Three Award Winning Strategies That Engage Students and Drive Learning

    Our guest is a master of student engagement. In this segment, he shares three strategies he's used to emotionally engage students in difficult topics. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @msoskil@bamradionetwork Michael Soskil is a teacher in northeastern Pennsylvania who is passionate about...

  21. How We Get Students Hooked on Learning

    In this episode our hosts share some of their best strategies for getting students hooked on learning. They go on to give an overview of some of the great guests and strategies they'll be showcasing in the weeks ahead. Follow: @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @bamradionetwork Jed Dearybury is beginning...

  22. Creating Riveting Learning Experiences that Students Will Never Forget

    In this premier episode of the new HookED, we talk about how to move beyond boring lesson plans to create learning experiences that students will never forget. Follow: @burgessdave @jmattmiller @mrdearybury1 @bamradionetwork Dave Burgess is the New York Times best-selling author of Teach Like a...

  23. Compliant Students or Engaged Students, Pick One

    Dan Pink makes the case that control is the enemy of student engagement and offers some thoughts about how to get kids authentically engaged in learning. Dan says the big question we have to answer is what kind of world are we really preparing kids to enter? Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn...

  24. Reality Check: Effectively Preparing Students for the Next Grade

    We hear it often, students reaching grade levels unprepared for the work. In this segment we look at what is fundamentally required to prepare students to step up. Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @bamradionetwork . Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @bamradionetwork Emily Dawson is a 2011 graduate…

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  25. Hooked on Books: Getting Your Students (Especially Boys) Excited About Reading

    According to our guest the love of reading is not dead. In fact Pernile has found a way to get her students, including boys, jazzed about ink on paper. Tune is as she shares her secret sauce for getting kids hooked on books. Follow:@thenerdyteacher @tgwynn @PernilleRipp @bamradionetwork ....

  26. You Have to Show Kids That They Matter

    News flash: Not only do students not care how much you know until they know how much you care, they can not be powerfully engaged in learning until they know that their presence matters, that their life matters, that they matter. How can you demonstrate and communicate to students that they…

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  27. Getting Reluctant Writers to Explore Life Beyond 140 Characters

    Some students are convinced that any writing assignment beyond 140 characters is both cruel and unusual punishment and unconstitutional. Our legal department is still checking into this. In the interim, here are some proven strategies to get students excited about jumping off the 140 character...

  28. Teachers Solicit Undercover Students to Crack the Code on Student Engagement

    From a clandestine bunker in an undisclosed school district, Nick and Tim speak anonymously with five students about why some teachers captivate them while others bore them to texting. Breaking the code of silence the group revealed some invaluable insights into the elusive rules of student...

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Powerful strategies for getting students hooked on learning, with your hosts Jed Dearybury and Matt Miller.

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