PODCAST · education
Two Teachers
by Tom Freesmeier
A 10 Minute Teaching Podcast
Episodes
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Episode 46: Diversity in Texts
In this episode, I am honored and humbled to be joined by 3 professors from the University Wisconsin Stevens Point to discuss and opportunity that is incredible important to me. Their passion and excitement is infectious. In previous episodes we have touched upon the increasing diversity and…
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Episode 45: Authentic Audiences, Blogging and Fan.School
When students write, their audience is typically just the assessor(teacher). If we want to give them meaning in their writing, we have to give them an authentic audience. On this episode we explore R.A.F.T. and specifically the use of blogging in student demonstration of their learning. We will...
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Episode 44: Book Club Part 1
Lindy and I have begun a long desired journey to provide a book club to the parents of our students who struggle to navigate the complication and challenges of the adolescent journey. We have chosen to read with our parents(of our students) two books. These books are by Rosalind Wiseman. Queen…
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Episode 43: Engaging the Same Old Same Old
In this episode, Lindy joins us to discuss quick adaptations to everyday practices to increase engagement. We will run through a number of strategies that will not cost more time or money to improve the attention of your students. We like many of you find ourselves leveraging the same tasks...
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Episode 42: My Problem is Your Problem too; Hopefully.
On this episode I have identified 4 issues(my problems) I am having in my classroom right now(Classroom Management). I will share with you my plan for managing and hopefully improving my classroom with some researched and solid solutions. How did we get here? We have reached the midpoint of the...
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Episode 41: Interview with a Virtual School Principal
This week we are joined by Brandon. He is Principal and Teaching and Learning Specialist extraordinaire. We hear from Brandon who is full of tips for managing the madness of the virtual classroom now and whenever.
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Episode 40: English Learners During the Pandemic
Today we take a long overdue visit with Jayna who is a long time and exceptional English Learners teacher. She hails from the twin cities and has taught students of 39 different languages and cultural background. She has taught in immersion programs in many countries as well. She joins us to...
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Episode 39: Preparing for the unknown
Here we sit usually setting up our classroom for the coming year. If you are like us, you might be in limbo with what is to come this year. Today's episode seeks to discuss things we can do NOW even though we are approaching the unkNOWn.
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Episode 38: COVID Chronicles – Assessing the Situation
On this episode we address how to grade within the inequity of virtual learning and how to set yourself up to be fair. We stumble upon the solution. It is not about the grade(letter, percentage or otherwise) its about the feedback. All students (essentially) are in this same boat. There will...
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Episode 37: COVID Chronicles – Student Send Off
We are devastated that we do not get to bring closure and celebrate success with our student in our physical classroom. With things so up in the air, we do not know if we will have this chance for months to come. Obviously there are some significant milestones like promotions and graduations, but...
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Episode 36: COVID Chronicles: Trial and Error
On this episode we take a critical look at what #VirtualLearning has exposed good and bad about education. Our goal continues to be to provide take aways for now and later. We will discuss things that need to be tossed when we return to school and things that need to stick around.
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Episode 35: One Week In: Virtual Learning
On this week's episode we share our thoughts, feelings, and reflections on our first full week of remotely educating our students from home. We take a look at what's worked and what struggles we're having during this time.
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Episode 34: Remotely Educated
In this episode we address some very pressing teacher needs. What do you do with many days of virtual learning in a row? Remotely educated students have very different needs. Our conversation starts with what to do if your district is not so fortunate to be 1:1 in the tech world. We then share…
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Episode 32: Respect The Process(ing)
On this episode we take a look at what is a bit of a new revelation to us as teachers. It is definitely something that should've been (it might've been) explained to us in our teaching education. This revelation is the concept of effective note taking. Furthermore it is less the focus on what is...
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Episode 31: New Student? New Opportunity.
On this week's episode we converse on some equitable ways to welcome a student into your classroom especially in the middle of the year. The statistics on student mobility are just as shocking as the experiences that are causing students to move; some necessary, some unfortunate. We will share…
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Episode 29: Avoiding SUBpar Plans
Episode 29 shares our thoughts on creating plans for a substitute teacher that will ensure success in your classroom while you are away. We share some of our secrets and discuss some potential dos and don't that may go onto your plans. After listening to this, you will deserve a day off. Luckily…
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Episode 28: The Perfect Parent Email
In this timely episode as we come to the end of the 1st semester, we share our 5 keys to writing the perfect parent email. We share some strategies to be sure we infuse empathy, concern, compliment and even gratitude into even the most difficult to write email. (*disclaimer: a phone call home…
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Episode 27: Discussing Discussion
On this first episode this new calender year, we share our favorite ways to get kids engaged into a high quality discussion surrounding content. Luke shares what iss called "I Wonder, You Wonder." In this strategy you really set the students up for success in asking questions and then sharing...
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Episode 26: The Power of PD Through Podcasting
On Episode 26 we share an argument for why listening to podcasts for professional development is the BEST way to receive Professional Development. We then share a couple of our favorite professional development podcasts for you to check out too. As educators ourselves, our goal is to provide some...
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