web01.fireside.fm Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:58:55 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Modern Classrooms Project Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “History” https://podcast.modernclassrooms.org/tags/history Sun, 27 Sep 2020 08:00:00 -0400 Your hosts discuss the model and its implications for the future of education, along with guests including MCP implementors such as mentors, teachers, and administrators. en-us episodic Discussions on education, teaching, and learning from the perspective of the Modern Classrooms Project The Modern Classrooms Project Your hosts discuss the model and its implications for the future of education, along with guests including MCP implementors such as mentors, teachers, and administrators. no blended instruction, self-paced learning, mastery-based grading, differentiated instruction The Modern Classrooms Project zach.diamond@modernclassrooms.org Episode 5: Supporting Disengaged Students https://podcast.modernclassrooms.org/5 9537d844-c041-49d5-b6ec-1cd424ff3a30 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 08:00:00 -0400 The Modern Classrooms Project full The Modern Classrooms Project 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. 51:46 no 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. Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog (https://www.modernclassrooms.org/blog/supporting-disengaged-students) Show Notes Follow us online and learn more: Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter The Modern Classroom Project (www.modernclassrooms.org) Modern Classrooms Online Course (learn.modernclassrooms.org) Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom! Durham Performance Learning Center (https://www.dpsnc.net/domain/59) DC International School (https://dcinternationalschool.org) Academic Self-Concept (https://exploringyourmind.com/self-concept-academic-performance/) * When our students see themselves as scholars who belong in our classrooms, they are more likely to engage As Schools Go Remote, Finding 'Lost' Students Gets harder (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/us/schools-covid-attendance.html) Vygotsy's Zone of Proximal Development (https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-zone-of-proximal-development-2796034) Special Guests: Dacia Guffey and Shane Donovan. education, student-engagement, engagement 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.

Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog

Show Notes

Follow us online and learn more:

  • Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
  • Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
  • [The Modern Classroom Project](www.modernclassrooms.org)
  • [Modern Classrooms Online Course](learn.modernclassrooms.org)
    • Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!

Durham Performance Learning Center

DC International School

Academic Self-Concept

  • When our students see themselves as scholars who belong in our classrooms, they are more likely to engage

As Schools Go Remote, Finding 'Lost' Students Gets harder

Vygotsy's Zone of Proximal Development

Special Guests: Dacia Guffey and Shane Donovan.

]]> 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.

Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog

Show Notes

Follow us online and learn more:

  • Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
  • Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
  • [The Modern Classroom Project](www.modernclassrooms.org)
  • [Modern Classrooms Online Course](learn.modernclassrooms.org)
    • Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!

Durham Performance Learning Center

DC International School

Academic Self-Concept

  • When our students see themselves as scholars who belong in our classrooms, they are more likely to engage

As Schools Go Remote, Finding 'Lost' Students Gets harder

Vygotsy's Zone of Proximal Development

Special Guests: Dacia Guffey and Shane Donovan.

]]> Episode 3: Pivoting to Effective Distance Learning https://podcast.modernclassrooms.org/3 54e99b87-abcb-486a-bbb9-1134221253a4 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:00:00 -0400 The Modern Classrooms Project full The Modern Classrooms Project 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. 45:18 no 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. Show Notes Edutopia Profile of Modern Classrooms (featuring Kate at the very beginning!) (https://modernclassrooms.org) Teachers Know Best | Teachers' Views on Professional Development (http://k12education.gatesfoundation.org/download/?Num=2336&filename=Gates-PDMarketResearch-Dec5.pdf) - Gates Foundation Study profiling teachers’ descriptions of their ideal PD - “Treat Teachers like Professionals” Distance Learning Resources (MCP) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1975EzoQ109wTv25314NukFQVrK-V5Y9dcg_HUSShRlw/edit?usp=sharing) Edutopia | Use Live Class Time to Center Relationships (https://www.edutopia.org/article/use-live-class-time-center-relationships) - Article written by Kareem and Robert Barnett on ways to use Synchronous class sessions to focus on what’s most important - personal interaction and building relationships. The Modern Classrooms Project (https://modernclassrooms.org) The Modern Classrooms Online Course (https://learn.modernclassrooms.org) The course is free to complete, and you can upgrade to a paid membership to participate in our Mentorship Program. Follow us: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/modernclassrooms) Twitter: - Kate: @gaskill_teacher - Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj - Kareem: @kareemfarah23 - Zach: @zpdiamond distance learning, education, online learning, asynchronous 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.

Show Notes

Edutopia Profile of Modern Classrooms (featuring Kate at the very beginning!)
Teachers Know Best | Teachers' Views on Professional Development

The Modern Classrooms Project

The Modern Classrooms Online Course

The course is free to complete, and you can upgrade to a paid membership to participate in our Mentorship Program.

Follow us:

Facebook
Twitter:

  • Kate: @gaskill_teacher
  • Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj
  • Kareem: @kareemfarah23
  • Zach: @zpdiamond
]]> 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.

Show Notes

Edutopia Profile of Modern Classrooms (featuring Kate at the very beginning!)
Teachers Know Best | Teachers' Views on Professional Development

The Modern Classrooms Project

The Modern Classrooms Online Course

The course is free to complete, and you can upgrade to a paid membership to participate in our Mentorship Program.

Follow us:

Facebook
Twitter:

  • Kate: @gaskill_teacher
  • Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj
  • Kareem: @kareemfarah23
  • Zach: @zpdiamond
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