SOS Podcast

Jeff and Tricia walk through their free Shifting Schools podcasting resources that can be found in the free resource area at shitingschools.com. They cover how to support and create strucutres for students to learn about podcast and how to create strucutures that support podcast PD in our buildings and districts.  You can download the presentation along with all the links to resources here. 

Sponsors: Flexispot.com Use code shifting20 to save $20 on the E7 Pro Plus Standing Desk at checkout.  Check out the Shifting Schools Pathway on Google MyMaps to start having your students create mapping stories today! Guest: Sriharsha Devulapalli Sriharsha Devulapalli joined The San Francisco Chronicle in 2022, after finishing his master's degree in data journalism from Columbia University. Prior to this, he was working as a Product Manager for Blue Sky Analytics where he helped build a mapping platform for environmental data. Previously, he was a software developer with Mint, where he was responsible for data visualizations for the newspaper's daily data journalism page – Plain Facts. During his time there, Harsha wrote and produced data visualizations focusing on politics, development and economic issues in India. Devulapalli also brings with him experience outside of journalism. He had worked with the Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute, Columbia University and the Hyderabad Urban Lab. He enjoys citi

Off script and off the cuff Jeff and Tricia hit record and then talk about some of the updates happening at Shifting Schools. New website layout, new logos, and new social media. Please a FREE give a way to the first 10 people who leave us a auido recording at https://podinbox.com/shiftingschoolspod tell us what you like about the Shifting Schoosl podcast or if you have a recommendation for an episode you'd like to hear...we're all ears.... NYTimes article: Gen Z Tiktok Search Engine of Choice Find us on Tiktok at: https://www.tiktok.com/@shiftingschoolspod?lang=en Jeff at https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffutecht Tricia at https://www.tiktok.com/@tricia_fried 

Shifting Schools Pathways Our Guest: Jennifer LaGarde Jennifer LaGarde is a lifelong teacher and learner with over 20 years in public education. Her educational passions include leveraging technology to help students develop authentic reading lives, meeting the unique needs of students living in poverty and helping learners (of all ages) discern fact from fiction in the information they consume. Jennifer is the coauthor of the books Fact VS Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking In the Age of Fake News (ISTE, 2018) and Developing Digital Detectives (ISTE, 2021) with Darren Hudgins. Subscribe to their free monthly information literacy newsletter here! A huge fan of YA Literature, Jennifer currently lives, works, reads and drinks lots of coffee in Olympia, Washington. Follow her adventures at www.librarygirl.net or on Twitter @jenniferlagarde.

Our Guest: Linda Flanagan LINDA FLANAGAN is a freelance journalist, researcher, and former cross-country and track coach. A graduate of Lehigh University, Flanagan holds master's degrees from Oxford University and the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and was an analyst for the National Security Program at Harvard University. She is a founding board member of the New York City chapter of the Positive Coaching Alliance and a 2020–21 advisory group member for the Aspen Institute's Reimagining School Sports initiative, and her writing on sports has appeared in The Atlantic, Runner's World, and on NPR's education site MindShift, where she is a regular contributor.   https://twitter.com/LindaFlanagan2 Link to Book on Amazon

Our Sponsor:  https://www.prideandlessprejudice.org/events   Our Guest: Gabrielle Merite Gabrielle Merite. Proper noun. Scientist-Turned-Designer powered by plants and activism. She is not: a graphic designer with 30+ years experience or qualified in fine arts. She is: a Science graduate, creative, analyst, advocate for humanity, cat lady and feeling awkward writing this at the third person. I specialize in provocative imagery that ignites imagination, inspires and sometimes shocks. Deeply passionate about social justice and our responsibility as humans to be there for one another, I choose to communicates analytic findings with honesty, rawness and compassion. My mission is simple. To help ethically-driven organisations uncover important truths and share stories with intention. In my work, the faces behind behind the figures matter. In places where numbers are usually found, I use faces. Because subjects aren't dots. Quite often, they're people. Like you (and me). Offering a collaborative approach, I become a

Shownotes Guest: Allen Hillary Allen is a data storyteller who's passionate about building community and curating articles that highlight the importance of data narratives. He has spent 20 years in Fortune 500 companies using data analysis and analytics to help sales and marketing leaders make informed decisions. What he's learned is that numbers alone are not memorable and managers are not making decisions solely based on them. Empathy and communication are key in getting the work done. Allen created Data Heroes to spotlight notable figures who used data to make an impact on society. In reading these stories it's his goal to inspire others to appreciate the art of telling their own. https://twitter.com/AlDatavizguy http://www.datastories.cc/ Data Stories is planning to launch Community Training Boot camps for educators later this fall. The boot camps will be a weekend session where educators can bring storytelling into their classroom and have a new way of showing my students how to look at the world that is

Media Literacy Routines: Check out templates and strategies to set up routines that help learners become more media literate. These routines are perfect for launching at the start of the year. Explore the free guide on this topic here: https://www.shiftingschools.com/free-pdfs

Show Notes: Check out our latest free guides Webinar link: Magnifying Metacognition Webinar link: Spotlighting Softskills The podcast on Youtube Our new Instagram for the podcast: @shiftingschoolspod Our new TikTok for the podcast: @shiftingschoolpod Guest: Matthew Courtney Matthew Courtney helps schools help kids, and he wants to show you how to leverage the power of education research and data to drive continuous improvement in your districts, schools, and classrooms. https://www.matthewbcourtney.com/ Twitter: @mbcourtneyedd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbcourtneyedd/ Direct Book Link: https://www.matthewbcourtney.com/edaintheclassroom  Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3w7XH3T (Affiliate link)

Spotlighting SoftSkills: Learn about six different tried and trusted methods for embracing, celebrating, and rehearsing different soft-skills. Explore the free guide on this topic here: https://www.shiftingschools.com/free-pdfs Slide Deck here: http://gg.gg/softskillsshiftingschools

Show Notes: Check out our new series of courses on being efficient with Google Workspace. Our Guest: Dr. Monica Burns Dr. Monica Burns is a curriculum and edtech consultant, author, and founder of ClassTechTips.com. She works with schools, districts, and organizations to provide actionable and engaging professional development. Monica started her blog in 2012 to help make edtech easier for fellow educators and launched the Easy EdTech Podcast to support educators who want to simplify and streamline technology integration." https://classtechtips.com https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-questions-help-you-make-edtech-decisions https://classtechtips.com/2022/07/26/educators-save-time-173/ https://www.edutopia.org/blog/tech-tips-for-parent-newsletters-monica-burns

Bounce Episode for our podcast community. This is the audio recording of our free flash webinar that was delievered on August 3rd, 2022. You can find the video recording on YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and our Facebook page.  Coaching for Metacognition: Try out our micro-menus that help you have engaging coaching conversations with scholars and peers that boost a culture where we are more mindful of our mindset, emotional literacy, and self-awareness. Link to the slide deck here Explore the free guide on this topic here

Show Sponsor: https://libsyn.com/ Use the code: friend and get your first month of podcast hosting free!   On this episode of the podcast Tricia talks with Janet Avery, superintendent and founder #IDedchat Co-Founder #edcampidaho . They talk about common challenges school leaders face as well as the importance of networking and soft skills.   Connect with Janet: https://twitter.com/averyteachhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/janet-avery-14147333/   Explore the free resource discussed on this episode: https://www.shiftingschools.com/free-pdfs   Twitter #IDedchat - Twitter Search / Twitter The latest Tweets on #IDedchat. Read what people are saying and join the conversation.   Twitter #edcampidaho - Twitter Search / Twitter The latest Tweets on #edcampidaho. Read what people are saying and join the conversation.   Twitter Janet Avery, EdS (@averyteach) / Twitter Superintendent #PSD285; Former Curriculum Director, MS Principal, and English Teacher; Mom; Wife; Golfer. Love my PLN! Founder #IDed

The Port Townsend School District Website for the 2022 Salish Coast Elementary Children's Film Festival   This year the Library/STEM program at Salish Coast Elementary hosted the 2022 SC Children's Film Festival! It was created by our K-5 citizen-scientists as a "Call to Action for the Future of the Salish Coast Ecosystem" and our students are excited to share their voices to tell their stories to ask our community: "What Will You Do to Help?"   https://sites.google.com/ptschools.org/sc-childrens-film-festival-22/home   Novel Effect is a Seattle-based company that created a fantastic free app that follows along as you read aloud books and uses voice recognition software to respond at just the right moment with music, sounds, and character voices to help make storytime magic.  They also have premium plans with educator discounts.   https://noveleffect.com/educators/ WeVideo is an easy to use, chromebook compatible, cloud-based editing platform that allows teachers and students to work collaboratively on c

Show Sponsor: https://libsyn.com/ Use the code: friend and get your first month of podcast hosting free! Guest: Tiffani Bova Tiffani Bova is the global growth evangelist at Salesforce and the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book GROWTH IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business. Bova has been named to the latest Thinkers50's list of the world's top management thinkers and is a welcomed guest on Bloomberg, BNN, Cheddar, MSNBC, and Yahoo Finance, among others Connect with Tiffani https://twitter.com/Tiffani_Bova https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanibova/ Listen to her podcast https://www.tiffanibova.com/whats-next-podcast/ Explore her website https://www.tiffanibova.com/

Guest: Nathalie Nahai A favoured speaker, consultant and facilitator to Fortune 500 companies, Nathalie has lectured at some of the world's most prestigious institutions (from Cambridge and UCL universities, to Lund and Hult business schools), and her experience as a skilled communicator has seen her present at SXSW, host the Guardian Changing Media Summit and hold main stage interviews at the Web Summit." Connect with Nathalie: https://www.nathalienahai.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathalienahai/ https://twitter.com/NathalieNahai Learn more about her work: https://www.nathalienahai.com/the-hive-podcast/ https://www.businessunusualthebook.com/ https://www.nathalienahai.com/press/ The interview referenced https://www.nirandfar.com/nathalie-nahai-interview/ The Values Map https://thevaluesmap.com/ 

Book time to chat with Jeff Utecht Getting Started with Podcasting Pathway Joe Casabona Joe started his career almost 20 years ago as a freelance web developer before realizing his true passion, which is sharing his years of knowledge about making websites, podcasting, and course development to help podcasters of any size make money.  https://casabona.org https://podcastliftoff.com https://twitter.com/jcasabona Castos.com Buzzsprout.com

Guest: Iain FishUpper School Principal at IS Luxembourg. Always learning and doing my best to keep it all in perspective. Follow Iain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IainFish5 Global Issues Conference 2022 https://www.globalissuesnetwork.eu/gin-conference-2022 More about GIN https://globalissuesnetwork.org/

This week we Tricia Friedman and I chat with Tyler Rablin about his recent tweets and articles about how he is shifting his mindset to the use of cell phones in his classroom.  Guest: Tyler Rablin ELA teacher, writer, and assessment/edtech consultant. Follow Tyler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mr_Rablin Subscribe to Tyler's Blog: https://teacher-totter.blogspot.com/ Tyler's recent post in EdSurge: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-06-06-the-case-for-making-classrooms-phone-free Subscribe to our newsletter for more: www.shiftingschools.com

This week Tricia and I chat with Dori Clark, writer, speaker, author on life and learning. We chat about learning, passions, networking and giving yourself a summer project to keep your fire burning. Follow Dorie Clark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dorieclark Watch her TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dorie_clark_the_real_reason_you_feel_so_busy_and_what_to_do_about_it Get a Sneak Peak at her latest book: https://dorieclark.com/thelonggame/ Learn more about her books: https://dorieclark.com/books/