16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning

Volleyball! Softball! Baseball! Basketball! All of the balls! Join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss the history of modern sports programs in public schools in America. From the late 1800s on, high school rivalries and intercollegiate competitions have motivated students to get and stay fit, but they've also applied an increasing amount of pressure on student athletes. Funding sports programs is another big concern, particularly when athletics often compete with academic programs for limited dollars. Hear Katie's perspective as a former coach and Chelsea's view as a less-than-stellar athlete in this episode of 16:1. Thanks, listeners!Show Notes:OHSAA EligibilityHome Work by Julie Andrews - Book Loft LinkWikipedia - Student AthleteiSport 360 - A History of Youth Sports in the US by AxiosThe University of Kansas - Study Shows High School Athletes Perform Better In School, Persist To Graduation More Than Non-Athletes by Mike KringsThe Atlantic -The Case Against High-School Sports By Amanda RipleyThe Today Show - Former Ohio St. football player delivers powerful message to anyone struggling with depression99% Invisible - Episode 483 Grid LockedKUT & KUTX Studios — The Disconnect: Power, Politics And The Texas Blackout by Mose Buchele

This week, Katie and Chelsea take you on a virtual tour of the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution. Founded with funds from an English chemist who never set foot in America, the Smithsonian as we know it now is a cultural and educational treasure. From Chelsea's favorite Air and Space Museum to Katie's National Museum of American History, join your hosts as they discuss curation, planning your trip, and resources for your students.Ohio attempts censorship!OSU Senate Response to Ohio HB 327Smithsonian - HistorySmithsonian Mag - "How James Smithson’s Money Built the Smithsonian" by Edward ParkWikipedia - Smithsonian InstitutionBrittanica - Smithsonian InstitutionThe Smithsonian InstitutionYoutube - Smithsonian InstituteSmithsonian - For EducatorsTiktok - Skywalkermovies

Welcome to Episode 53 - Go with the FLOW. Join Katie and Chelsea on a deep dive into the state of consciousness known as flow, a concept pioneered by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Have you ever been so consumed by a project or task that you lost all track of time? You might have been in a state of flow. Chelsea discusses her experiences with flow during coding and composing music, and Katie laments the fact that her career as a classroom educator means she doesn't have as many opportunities to enter a flow state as she might like.Sources: Wikipedia - Flow (psychology)Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyiflow- The Psychology of Optimal Experience - by Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiMedium.com - Finding the Flow; Why Hyperfocus is not the “superpower” of ADHD and Flow is something we should all aim for. by Mirte P. van der LugtThe Cut - When Adult ADHD Looks Something Like ‘Flow’ By Jenara NerenbergUkraine Support - Together RisingNBC News- Russia criticized after Ukraine says Kyiv airstrike hits near Holocaust memorial site By Alexander Smith

This week, Katie takes the lead in a discussion of one of her passions-- Holocaust education. As with many difficult historical topics, there are dos and don'ts to keep in mind, and your hosts will help you navigate these discussions with your students and peers. Katie's focus on Holocaust education has given her the chance to discover a multitude of high-quality classroom teaching resources, and she also outlines a few of the best professional development opportunities for educators who wish to deepen their understanding of the Holocaust and related world events. Thanks for listening!The Olga Lengyel Institute For Holocaust Studies And Human RightsFive Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz (Paperback) By Olga LengyelCANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education CenterSurviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz (Paperback) By Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany BuccieriThe Story of Eva Mozes KorUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum YouTube ChannelUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum Professional Development OpportunitiesYad Vashem The World Holocaust Remembrance CenterMemorial de la Shoah - What is the Shoah?USC Shoah Foundation - Virtual History Archive OnlineUSC Shoah Foundation - IWitnessEchoes and ReflectionsIrena SendlerNight by Elie WieselUnpacking (Steam)Medium - "The Original Big Short Squeeze" by Grace Huang 

No Child Left Behind was the dominant topic in educational policy circles for much of the early and mid 2000s. The legislation, enacted by Congress under the G.W. Bush administration, created a chaotic tangle of testing, accountability, credentialing, and training for public school educators in the United States. Join Kate and Chelsea as they discuss the lasting legacy of NCLB.Sources:AP News - "Holocaust novel ‘Maus’ banned in Tennessee school district" NBC News - "Banned: Books on race and sexuality are disappearing from Texas schools in record numbers" By Mike HixenbaughWikipedia - No Child Left BehindWikipedia - Every Student Succeeds ActNPR - "No Child Left Behind: What Worked, What Didn't" by Cory TurnerUnderstood - "What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?" by By Andrew M.I. Lee, JDVox - "The scariest lesson of No Child Left Behind" by Libby NelsonThe Washington Post - "‘No Child Left Behind’ has failed" by Lily Eskelsen García and Otha ThorntonThe Washington Post - "Are states really trying to overcome the harmful legacy of No Child Left Behind?" by Valerie Strauss 

Welcome to Episode 50! Thanks for joining us for a milestone episode. We are celebrating our big 5-0 by bringing on our very first guest, Risha Allen, who is something of an expert in banned books. When we dreamed up the list of possible show topics for 16:1 several years ago, banned books was one of the first things we discussed, and we are happy that we saved it for this special guest! If you don't know Risha Allen, you can find her on Instagram at @rishaallen and as Tiktok's Music Teacher at @rishdishfish. Risha is a National Board Certified educator who is spending her 15th year of teaching doing something she's never done before: teaching music! Prior to teaching music at the elementary level, Risha developed her mastery teaching high school English in three different states (Kentucky, Ohio, and North Dakota). Her relationship to banned books? Well... it involves young adult literature, a bit of witchcraft, and a LOT of committees. Listen to find out why Risha is southeastern Kentucky's most notorious leader of literature circles! Join Katie and Chelsea as they get to hear Risha's never-before-told story of censorship, the power of social media, and the lasting gifts of falling in love with reading.Content note: discussions of sexual assault and other adult content are included in this episode.Authors Mentioned:Laurie Halse AndersonChris CrutcherJo KnowlesIrving RothSheri ReynoldsNikki Giovanni Sources:Banned Books WeekAmerican Library Association - List of America's Libraries 2021 Special Report: Covid - 19NBC News - "Book bans in schools are catching fire. Black authors say uproar isn’t about students." by Tat Bellamy-WalkerPEN America - The Freedom to Write20 Thousand Hertz - Aural ExamThe Book Loft - "Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady" by Susan QuinnReading Partners - "The little-known history of banned books in the United States" By Ally BushThe New York Times - "Where Are the Hardest Places to Live in the U.S.?" by Alan FlippenTiktok - @mndiaye_97

Welcome to the first episode of 2022! This week everyone gets to learn a new word: autodidacticism! Episode 49 discusses being your own teacher and methods for teaching yourself. In Chelsea's case, most of her career exists thanks to self-teaching. Meanwhile, Katie struggled to figure out what she has ever taught herself (if anything). Your hosts break the big news about our 50th episode and the very first guest we will ever have on our show, Risha Allen! As always, please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on whatever platform you use to listen!Learning From Autodidacts by Pat Galagan99% Invisible - Built on SandAnnapolis Makerspace

Welcome and thanks for listening to episode 48, The Disappearing Internet! This episode deals with the ephemeral nature of the internet and the lasting impacts of losing websites, software, and other pieces of technology (and the content that is associated with them) over time. While it may seem natural for the internet to grow and evolve, we seldom contemplate the lost of our social, political, cultural, and creative history on the web. How does the internet disappear, and who is doing the work to archive and preserve all of the ridiculous Tweets and blog posts we create? From the demise of Yahoo Answers and Xanga to preservation efforts headed up by The Internet Archive and the Library of Congress, Katie and Chelsea discuss the vanishing content that you don't miss until it's gone forever. Friendly reminder, we are taking the next episode off for Christmas and family time. Please take some time this Holiday season to take care of yourself! We will see you in January!The Million Dollar HomepageThe Internet ArchiveNPR - "Library Of Congress Will No Longer Archive Every Tweet" by Laurel WamsleyBBC - "Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet sells for $2.9m" By Justin HarperFast Company - "Parts of the web are disappearing every day. Here’s how to save Internet history" By Kayla Harris AND Christina Beis AND Stephanie ShrefflerThe New York Times - "Yahoo Answers, a Haven for the Confused, Is Shutting Down" By Daniel VictorVideo Game History FoundationWikipedia - DiscordPolygon - "Video game archivists celebrate new victory in preservation of abandoned games (update)" By Allergra FrankElectronic Frontier FoundationInternet Archive - Software LibraryBBC - "Why there’s so little left of the early internet" By Stephen DowlingThe Verge - "Myspace deleted 12 years’ worth of music in a botched server migration" By Jon Porterhow is prangent formed - YouTube/Yahoo Answers meme videoCreative Bloq - The Evolution of Twitter's LogoIna Garten's Real Margarita Recipe

This week's episode delves deep into the field of educational psychology. Behaviorism, neuroscience, information processing-- we're serving as your guides as we walk through the textbook highlights. Katie learns about the family trees of President George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II, and Chelsea shares about having fun with Unity.Psychology Discussion Net - Gestalt Theory of Learning (With Objections)Wikipedia - Psychology of LearningWikipedia - Jean PiagetWikipedia - B. F. SkinnerFrontiers in Psychology - Why Educational Neuroscience Needs Educational and School Psychology to Effectively Translate Neuroscience to Educational Practice by Gabrielle WilcoxMarian University Indianapolis - The Three Disciplines of Educational NeuroscienceThe Social Cognitive Theory - Boston University School of Public Health - Wayne W. LaMorte, MD, PhD, MPH

Episode 46! This week the hosts discuss popular science and science literacy. Chelsea tackles the history of popular science, the conduit through which the general public receives information about scientific advancements. Katie covers a few pop sci figures of the 1990s and declares her love and admiration of Lily Tomlin as Miss Frizzle. Your hosts cover the challenges faced by journalists who cover topics of popular science, the impact of digital media on skepticism and relativism in narratives involving science, and the ways that science fiction can encourage science literacy. Chelsea and Katie bring it home for Fill in the Blank, when Katie reveals answers about her favorite Grand Teton animal, Grizzly Bear 399!Wikipedia - Popular ScienceWikipedia - Bill NyeWikipedia - The Magic School BusWikipedia - Jack Hanna's Animal AdventuresProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - "(Mis)informed about what? What it means to be a science-literate citizen in a digital world"The Crazy True Story of the Zanesville Zoo Escape