Episode Archive
216 episodes of Modern Classrooms Project Podcast since the first episode, which aired on August 4th, 2020.
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Episode 8: Elementary, Middle, and High School Modern Classrooms
October 18th, 2020 | 38 mins 25 secs
In Episode #8 of the Modern Classrooms Podcast, we hear from elementary, middle, and high school educators about what self-pacing and mastery-based learning looks like across grade levels.
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Episode 7: Exploring The Shifting Role of the Teacher
October 11th, 2020 | 46 mins 35 secs
Your three co-hosts, Kareem, Kate, and Zach, discuss the shifting role of the educator in a Modern Classroom and how it can help you cultivate a truly student-centered classroom.
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Episode 6: Building Self Regulated Learners
October 4th, 2020 | 49 mins 37 secs
Self-regulated students are strong learners that are more equipped to navigate the challenges of life outside K-12 education. Kareem and Zach are joined by Moira Mazzi to talk about how they use the Modern Classrooms model to develop self-regulated learners both in-person and remotely.
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Episode 5: Supporting Disengaged Students
September 27th, 2020 | 51 mins 46 secs
computer science, district of columbia, high school, history, north carolina
Kareem is joined by Dacia Guffey and Shane Donavan to discuss some of the reasons students disengage and ways to address disengagement in the classroom and in remote learning.
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Episode 4: Building Authentic Relationships with Students
September 13th, 2020 | 52 mins 13 secs
district of columbia, english, high school, math, middle school
Zach is joined by special guests Michael Carr and Toni Rose Deanon to talk about social emotional learning and how the Modern Classrooms Model helps us cultivate authentic relationships with students, in person and virtually.
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Episode 3: Pivoting to Effective Distance Learning
August 30th, 2020 | 45 mins 18 secs
district of columbia, high school, history, math
Kareem and Kate Gaskill, Head of Teaching and Learning at the Modern Classrooms Project, discuss pivoting to effective distance learning, strategies for synchronous and asynchronous class, and the potential for long-term change in education as a result of COVID-19.
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Episode 2: Rolling Out the Model
August 23rd, 2020 | 52 mins 38 secs
district of columbia, middle school, science
Kareem and Zach are joined by Monte Woodard, a middle school Science Teacher and Modern Classrooms implementer, to discuss rolling out the model and introducing students and families to the Modern Classrooms approach
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Episode 1: Introducing the Modern Classrooms Model
August 4th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
district of columbia, high school, math, middle school, music
Kareem and Zach discuss what led them to start a podcast about Modern Classrooms and their experiences with the model.