Episodes
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Episode 19: A Path Forward in 2021
January 3rd, 2021 | 46 mins 1 sec
education
This week, we discuss some of the ways the Modern Classrooms Project will support educators as they face the challenges and uncertainty of the coming school year.
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Episode 18: Building Effective Instructional Videos
December 27th, 2020 | 56 mins 28 secs
blended learning, education
On this week's episode, we discuss the benefits of using instructional videos in a self-paced class, best practices for building instructional videos, and strategies educators can use to build engagement with their video lessons
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Episode 17: Trauma-Informed Teaching in a Modern Classroom
December 20th, 2020 | 54 mins 8 secs
education, trauma-informed teaching
What can Modern Classroom educators do to help students who have experienced trauma? Tune in to this week's podcast episode to learn concrete strategies you can use to make students feel safe, strengthen memory, and build self-regulation skills.
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Episode 16: Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students in a Modern Classroom
December 13th, 2020 | 43 mins 50 secs
education
On this week's episode, we discuss strategies for supporting our Emergent Bilingual students, as well as how we can leverage the blended, self-paced, and mastery-based structure of the model to enhance literacy for all learners.
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Episode 15: MCP Q&A
December 6th, 2020 | 49 mins 21 secs
education
Your hosts answer audience questions. Topics include implementation of the model, differentiation, collaboration, and deadlines. You can submit questions for future Q&A episodes at www.modernclassrooms.org/askmcp or tweet at us with the hashtag #askmpc
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Episode 14: Learning from Team Teachers in Australia
November 29th, 2020 | 44 mins 50 secs
education
We chat with two incredible English teachers in Australia who shared their fascinating journey redesigning their team-taught English class around blended, self-paced, mastery-based instruction.
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Episode 13: What We're Grateful For
November 22nd, 2020 | 38 mins 19 secs
education
Your hosts take a moment to talk about what they're grateful for. We also hear from several Modern Classrooms educators, from teachers to school administrators, about what they're grateful for and what's bringing them joy this year, despite the challenges of the moment.
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Episode 12: Modern Classrooms Founders Chat
November 15th, 2020 | 45 mins 41 secs
Kareem is joined by Modern Classrooms Project cofounder Rob Barnett to discuss the origins of the model, how the organization has scaled while retaining a teacher-first approach, and their vision for the future of the organization.
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Episode 11: Collaboration Pt. 2 - Planning for Organic Collaboration
November 8th, 2020 | 44 mins 3 secs
collaboration, education, self-directed learners
In Part Two of our series on collaboration in a Modern Classroom, we discuss how teachers can establish a classroom culture in which students are encouraged to collaborate organically and spontaneously.
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Episode 10: Collaboration Pt. 1 - Planning for Collaboration in a Modern Classroom
November 1st, 2020 | 46 mins 54 secs
collaboration, education
In episode 10, we begin a two-episode series on collaboration; this week's episode focuses on pre-planned full group activities like labs and seminars, and we discuss ways teachers can manage these collaborative activities in a self-paced, mastery based class.
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Episode 9: Planning and Teaching in a Modern Classroom
October 25th, 2020 | 51 mins 2 secs
Kareem is joined by Nora Barnett and Lisa Doty to discuss in detail how they plan and implement their modern classrooms, from planning and recording instructional videos, to implementing self-paced structures and mastery checks.
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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.