TCAPSLoop Podcast

Relational Mindset Part 1: Personalize Learning

This may be a bit far afield from our usual "edtech" focus but the TechNollerGist has some thoughts on the importance of building intentional relationships with EACH student. Personalize Learning

• Developing Relationships have the same capacity for predicting success as IQ or Standardized Test Scores.
• According to John Hattie and Robert Marzano, having good relationships with teachers have effect sizes of 0.72 and 0.87, respectively. (0.8 is a large effect, and 1.2 is a very large effect)

Learn names — super simple? super impactful!

• personal connection
• make the learning of their names visible…
• let them see you struggle but persevere
• Strategies
• Students say their name before they speak
• Use desk name tags
• Alliteration or association
• Inject the TECH
• Photo gallery
• Games: Kahoot or Quizizz — MC

“Me Bag”

• teacher shares items with class
• connect items to stories that tell who we are
• relate to students as a person first, and as a teacher second
• open to students — a few per day
• inject the TECH
• Video tour
• Presentation (Google, Prezi, etc)
• Photostory
• Website

Share everyday problems

• easy way to connect to students
• share a personal problem from your own life
• students share reactions and solutions
• set expectations to avoid inappropriate responses, but use errors as teachable moments
• demonstrate that difficult problems can be solved with strategies, patience, perseverance, critical thinking

Share progress on goals

• share goal and tell them how you plan to meet them
• share setbacks and how you overcome them
• model goal-setting and the process
• students set own personal goals
• establish a collective goal for the entire class
• Promotes sense of belonging/ownership
• Promotes community

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TCAPSLoop Weekly Episode 77...Classroom LibraryiTunes    Google Play   Stitcher   Tune-In    RSSThough this Classroom Library doesn’t contain Rumi, Sun Tzu or Ron Burgandy, Stephie Luyt was able to make some suggestions that would meet the needs of your classroom. So dust off those leather bound volumes that smell of rich mahogany and take a listen to this weeks TCAPSLoop Weekly.       Check out these additional resources: Seattle Global Reading Challenge We Need Diverse Books Books for woke kids - younger grades TeachingBooks.net Transcripts are still in the works...getting there.  Enjoy the show! A weekly podcast hosted by Danelle Brostrom and Larry Burden and a cast of thousands spreading the good word regarding Traverse City Area Public Schools, Public Education and Education Technology. Please subscribe to and rate our podcast on iTunes, or via email and join our conversation on twitter @tcapsloop or the tcapsloop facebook page and check out the what's new on the Loop. Music provided by Podington Bear

the TechNollerGist Episode 8...Student ChoiceiTunes    Google Play   Stitcher Student ChoiceLeveraging tech tools and student tech interest to increase student choice and voice and (hopefully) increase engagement.

• social media as research
• twitter conversations with experts
• databases with millions of topics (Gale Power Search, MelCat, Mel.org)
• passion projects injected into research
• research SKILLS matter way more than CONTENT of the topic!

Senior Research Project Topics and authentic research

• Great Lakes Surfing and Need for Conservation

1. Twitter conversation with Surfrider founder

• Nursing education

1. interviewed nurse practitioner
2. video recorded interview with nursing instructor at CTC; video part of presentation

• Who's responsible for policing online harassment

1. Research includes video game company EULAs and participant regulations
2. Research includes autobiographical video posted by female gamer regularly subjected to sexual harassment, misogyny and threats of violence

• The challenges of foster care (and what to do about it)

1. Email interview with foster parent who adopted a teenager

• Promoting more technical/trade education

1. smartphone recorded interviews with TBA CTC teachers and students

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TCAPSLoop Weekly Episode 76...Up North STEM!iTunes    Google Play   Stitcher   Tune-In    RSSThere is no chance that this show will underwhelm in our pursuit of progress over perfection as we are joined by the Northern Michigan Sage of STEM, Drea Weiner. She shares some of the amazing progress made in creating collaborations with local industry and our classrooms. Check out these links for more inspiration:

• Drea Weiner - Twitter
• MiSTEM Network
• Northwestern Lower MiSTEM Network - Twitter, Facebook, Website
• Dash and Dot
• Keva Planks - Brain Builders Kit
• Little Bits
• Snap Circuits
• REMC - Checkout STEM kits (Search for STEM)
• Maker Summit - June 20 in Midland
• 3D Printer Gutter Car Derby

STEM Goodies!STEM Role Model Posters (free download) Civil Air Patrol - $35 membership Transcripts are still in the works...getting there.  Enjoy the show! A weekly podcast hosted by Danelle Brostrom and Larry Burden and a cast of thousands spreading the good word regarding Traverse City Area Public Schools, Public Education and Education Technology. Please subscribe to and rate our podcast on iTunes, or via email and join our conversation on twitter @tcapsloop or the tcapsloop facebook page and check out the what's new on the Loop. Music provided by Podington Bear

TCAPSLoop Weekly Episode 75...Get Tidy!iTunes    Google Play   Stitcher   Tune-In    RSS Danelle has brought dozens of specifically sized, color coordinated boxes into the studio in an attempt to get education organized, minimized and to rekindle our joy of learning. Things to get rid of because they don't bring joy:

1. Trying every new shiny ball tech site that comes out (rationale: check privacy policies, does it help reach your learning goals, I personally LOVE sites that can be used for more than one thing).
2. Saving all my teaching materials from a specific grade "just in case" I get put back in that grade (rationale: things change, new curriculum, etc...).
3. Saying YES to everything (rationale: teachers are burned out; pick a few extra things that feed your soul and do those well).
4. Homework (rationale: stress on families, and kids; let's make it intentional and stick to large outcomes we really want--reading every night, math flash cards--and have families do that instead of a random worksheet).
5. Sit and "Git" PD (rationale: listening to and consuming new knowledge is good, but having time to work with the learning in a hands on manner is better; this is part of the rationale behind changing the format of this summer's WIRETC, check out this Awesome article to reference...)
6. Reply All - Please. Just. Stop. This does NOT bring me joy. Awesome article on how to use Cc and Bcc.

Things that bring joy:

1. Parent Teacher Conferences (rationale: opportunity to see parents and connect with families to create a collaborative learning team for the student; parents could be in the classroom even more often).
2. Collaboration time - there is never enough time to learn from your colleagues; let's do more of that. 
3. Twitter chats - opens doors to new learning and to my teaching tribe; see #2.
4. Books - SO many great books about education, technology, and leadership out right now; but beware #2 from the first list. 
5. Using technology to bring kids faster, better feedback (Google Docs, Classroom....awesome article to reference) Again, let's do more of this.
6. Announcing snowdays in a fun way. :) Thanks for the awesome meme smile TCAPS! :)

METS Virtual RallyAll the Session are archived! Transcripts are still in the works...getting there.  Enjoy the show! A weekly podcast hosted by Danelle Brostrom and Larry Burden and a cast of thousands spreading the good word regarding Traverse City Area Public Schools, Public Education and Education Technology. Please subscribe to and rate our podcast on iTunes, or via email and join our conversation on twitter @tcapsloop or the tcapsloop facebook page and check out the what's new on the Loop. Music provided by Podington Bear