Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Episode 241: Shortcast 201 - Increasing Student and Teacher Confidence

June 1st, 2025  |  18 mins 10 secs

TR is joined by Megan Meachum to talk about how the MCP model benefited both herself and her students, and her plans for the coming school year.

Episode 240: Hacking Assessments

May 25th, 2025  |  44 mins 27 secs

TR is joined by Starr Sackstein to talk about how teachers can authentically innovate and disrupt in the realm of assessment

Episode 239: Wavio

May 18th, 2025  |  40 mins 10 secs

Guest host Aimee Yocom is joined by Dana Kravchick to talk about the Wavio Pulse tracker, developed specifically for MCP. They discuss how Wavio came to be, how it can be used in the classroom, and what the future holds for the platform

Episode 238: What About the High Achievers?

May 11th, 2025  |  51 mins 7 secs

TR is joined by Jocelyn Hieatzman to talk about how high achieving students can learn from discomfort as they thrive in a Modern Classroom

Episode 237: 5th Grade Collaboration

May 4th, 2025  |  56 mins 5 secs

arizona, collaboration, elementary

TR is joined by a fifth grade teaching team to talk about how they work together to use the MCP model in their different classes

Episode 236: Gifted Education

April 27th, 2025  |  51 mins 44 secs

gifted education, maryland

TR is joined by Alex Clough to talk about gifted learners and how to help them thrive in a modern classroom.

Episode 235: Is AI the Solution?

April 20th, 2025  |  1 hr 3 mins

ela, florida, middle school

TR is joined by Carlos Canela to talk about how educators can use AI responsibly and the importance of connection, even in an AI-forward classroom

Episode 234: Learned Helplessness

April 13th, 2025  |  1 hr 7 mins

high school, new york, science

Toni Rose is joined by Ernest Rodriguez to discuss learned helplessness and the importance of SEL and vulnerability in a student-centered classroom

Episode 233: Driver Education

April 6th, 2025  |  1 hr 1 min

driver education, health, high school, physical education, virginia

TR is joined by Debbie Fry to talk about how she uses the MCP model in her Driver Education, P.E., and Health classes

Episode 232: Workforce Readiness Training

March 30th, 2025  |  55 mins 30 secs

adult education, high school, study snacks, washington dc

TR is joined by Sam Meisenburg, co-founder of Study Snacks, to talk about the importance of, and methodologies for, teaching cybersecurity and AI concepts to high schoolers

Episode 231: Physical Education

March 23rd, 2025  |  58 mins

elementary school, massachusetts, physical education

TR is joined by Jake Bersin to talk about the unique considerations of teaching health and PE and the ways he thinks MCP may benefit health and PE teachers.

Episode 230: HS Credit Recovery Team

March 16th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins

alternative education, high school, minnesota

TR is joined by Amy Steele, Kara Cisco, Renee Swanson, and Sierra Burris to talk about their work incorporating MCP into the credit recovery program in St. Paul Public Schools

Episode 229: Family and Consumer Science

March 9th, 2025  |  58 mins 58 secs

cte, middle school, new york

TR is joined by Mauranda Comley to talk about using the MCP model in a middle school Family and Consumer Sciences classroom

Episode 228: iReady

March 2nd, 2025  |  47 mins 16 secs

blended learning, elementary school, oregon

TR is joined by Teri McNulty to talk about how she uses MCP in conjunction with iReady to plan and teach units in her 5th grade class

Episode 227: From Content- to Skills-Based Teaching With MCP

February 23rd, 2025  |  1 hr 5 mins

middle school, oregon

Zach is joined by Carson Hickox to talk about how MCP transformed his middle school social studies classroom and his approach to teaching in general.

Episode 226: I Want Students To Be Proud

February 16th, 2025  |  58 mins 18 secs

TR is joined by Jamie Nutter to talk about her approach to using and sharing MCP as an instructional coach