Episodes

Remember to get your free ebook:  The Top 10 Reasons Why You need to Own a vending Business Matt is the Founder of School Spirit Vending. He is also a graduate of the US Air Force Academy  and a former pilot of T-38s and C-5 Galaxies. He has been succ...

Nathan is a teacher.  He teaches college students who think that they want to attend law school how to take the LSAT to get accepted to law school. His test prep books are easy to read and actually fun to read.  Yes, I am telling you that test prep ca...

Jack C. Berckemeyer is an engaging, thought-provoking, and very, very funny educational consultant. He is a teacher's teacher. Go ahead I dare you to listen to him and not start saying you know he makes sense. By the way, along with that acknowledgem...

Brian Buffington is an instructional technology Specialist in Cleveland, Georgia. Brian says that as an instructional technology specialist he is "helping teachers do more with technology in 15+ regional school systems, colleges, and universities in ...

Kelly Croy is a parent of four, a 7th grade language arts teacher, an author, speaker, and podcaster. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator and a Google Certified Teacher. Recently, he was named a Top Innovator in Education by the PBS LearningMedia Digi...

Jeremy S. Adams is an author, teacher, husband, and father. He is the author of the book The Secrets of Timeless Teachers: Instruction that Works in Every Generation published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.  He also wrote the critically acclaimed mem...

Ok, I know we all are busy and it is so easy to say,  "You know I will gladly read something tomorrow, but today, I just need to do this."  Come on, you know what I'm talking about.  Just say no to that inclination.  You need to be constantly learning...

Bryan Cohen is an author, podcaster, actor, and a freelance writer. He has written over 30 books, which have sold more than 30,000 copies.     These include 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts, The Writing Prompts series, and Bryan’s “Ted Saves the Wor...

Kasey is an award-winning digital learning consultant, speaker, blogger and author of e-books: The Teacher's Guide to Google Classroom and The Student's Quick Guide to Google Classroom as well as Google Cheat Sheets.  Kasey is a Google certifie...

It's graduation time at high schools in the United States! What an incredible moment in the life of our kids and the educators who worked with them over their many years in school. A few years ago I was asked to talk with elementary school kids about ...

Where have you been? Come on … are you really afraid of social media? Hmmm? I understand why you might have some fears, but that’s because the news conglomerates have convinced you that only bad comes from that evil social media. Their tales of w...

Teachers:  10 Promises to Make Yourself for Next School Year From year to year, it is a great practice to reflect on what we can do better.  As a classroom teacher, there are some practices that will help you accelerate the kids with greater succ...

If you work in a school at some point you are going to have to deal with confrontation. Issues arise that need you to try to remove the heat, lower the temperature, de-escalate the situation. Today, in this segment on classroom management, I am foc...

This is the conclusion of a three-part series on Formative Assessment in the Classroom. If you haven’t listened to the first two parts they are Episodes 93 and 94. In this three-part journey, I have introduced you to several characterizations of kids...

The riddle asks you what purposeful, not graded and used to adjust instruction have to do with  American Idol…?  Do you know? Before we take a deep dive into the answer let's first revisit my definition of formative assessment …. Formative asses...

What is formative assessment? Let’s use a simplistic working definition Formative assessment is the purposeful use of activities that will not be graded that will reveal to the teacher what the kids know and don’t know. The results of these activities ...

Ernie is the 2016Georgia Teacher of the Year. He is a history, civics, and government teacher at WindsorForest High School in Savannah, Georgia. When Ernie turned 50 he left his world of law to become a public school teacher. He always knew he...

Classroom Management is almost always dependent upon you. After all, you are probably the greatest variable in the classroom next to the kids. It is in your best interest to figure out what behaviors you have that might create problems for you. Hence,...

Colin and Michelle are high school teachers who have created amazing resources for classroom teachers. Their website links you to their podcast and show notes as well as other goodies. The audio podcast, Teacher Tactics, covers many different topic...

Jennifer Gonzalez is a former middle school language arts teacher who earned her National Board Certification. After a break to be a stay at home mom, she took a position at a college where she works with pre-service teachers. She is a podcaster, blogge...