Unpacking Education & Tech Talk For Teachers

Teacher, author, and learning expert, Jon Bergmann joins us to discuss mastery learning. Our conversation ranges from the basics of mastery learning to its benefits, how it connects to flipped learning, and how to get started implementing this approach in your classroom. Much of the conversation revolves around Jon’s new book, The Mastery Learning Handbook: A Competency-Based Approach to Student Achievement. Jon believes this is his best work and says, “Everything I believe about education is in that book more than any other book I’ve ever written. And I think that the way to teach is mastery learning.” He also adds, “If you talk to people who’ve done this, they all say, I could never go back.” Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

In today’s episode, we'll explore six ways that you can allow students to create with animation tools in your classroom. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

The key to effective innovation is not to simply initiate change for the sake of change. Instead, it’s to initiate change that will result in something better than where you started. It’s innovation with a purpose, and this is true both whether we intentionally initiate a change or if change is forced upon us. In this episode, we are joined by educational thought-leader and author George Couros to discuss the importance of continued school improvement and the power of having an innovator's mindset. Join us as we discuss innovation, change, creativity, and the importance of empowerment in the innovation process. We delve into both current topics as well as past experiences to provide insights into what can lead to successful innovation and change in our schools. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

In today’s episode, we'll review seven ways that you can have students write creatively in any content-area classroom. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Kendall Latham, a senior K-12 Education Strategist at Dell Technologies. We explore Girls Who Game, a free program intended to inspire and empower girls in STEM and computer science. With over 300 active clubs, Girls Who Game is built on three foundational pillars: authentic application, a girl-centric ecosystem, and mentorship. Through these core principles, girls use Minecraft to work together, develop global skills, and solve local problems. Kendall explains how the program works, its benefits, and how a school can get started. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

In today’s episode, we explore five ways that students can create with images. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more. 

In this episode, Jorge Valenzuela shares insights and actionable strategies for how to identify personal passion, as well as how to design learning experiences that allow students to infuse their passions into their learning. Our conversation touches on ways to develop student–teacher relationships, questions that can be used to help students identify their passions, and student-centered instructional strategies that can allow students to see themselves and their passions in their learning. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

In today’s episode, we'll explore tools and strategies to inspire student creativity by integrating audio into your classroom. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

In today’s episode, we'll review video capture and production tools as well as seven flexible integration ideas you can use to bring video into your classroom. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Kids today are more than just digital natives, “They’re mobile first,” observes our guest, Alefiya Master—a former teacher and the founder and CEO of MAD-learn. “That’s the first device that they learn how to use before they get to a computer. So let’s use that hook. Let’s leverage that hook to enable them to come into the computer science world, come into the world of creating as opposed to just consuming.”An introduction to computer science goes beyond opening up career opportunities for students. It helps them better understand the technology with which they interact on a daily basis, and it can open them up to a new world of creativity and problem-solving. These opportunities can serve as cornerstones in helping students develop their growth mindsets. Throughout this episode, we discuss how app development can be used as a way to hook students into computer science and help them develop transferable, lifelong skills. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.