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86: Three Simple Ways to Stop Bullying Apr 05, 2017

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According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 42 percent of students who are bullied report that it happens in school hallways and stairwells.
Thirty-four percent say they're bullied in the classroom, right under their teachers' noses, yet the bullying problem continues in both public and private schools.
In this episode, Mark shares three easy hacks to stop bullying at your school.
Check out the show notes at http://hacklearning.org/bullying.
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85: How to Teach Kids to Police Themselves on Social Media Mar 22, 2017

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After an intense debate on Facebook, which led to some heated comments, Mark explains how to both model and teach kids best practices on social media.
Read his 5 tips for teaching kids to police themselves on social media at http://hacklearning.org/police.
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84: How Jurassic Park Made Hackers Heroic Mar 03, 2017

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Asked by a book translator if people would consider the word "Hacking" negative, Hack Learning creator and your host Mark Barnes explained that "hackers" can actually be heroic. Mark shares the story of how a fictional character from the famous movie Jurassic Park taught him why hackers and hacking are perfect for education.
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83: How Moving Is Giving Our Kids a Real-World Learning Experience Feb 15, 2017

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Worksheets and workbooks do not provide real-world learning opportunities. The best real-world teaching and learning comes from, where else, the real world. Mark Barnes explains how buying and selling a house gives his kids better real-world learning than they get at school and how teachers can carry their own real-word experiences back to their classrooms.
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82: How to Improve Reading with the 80/20 Analysis Feb 03, 2017

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Hacking Literacy author Gerard Dawson wonders, Why are required texts often so inaccessible? These texts are often not modern. They may take place in a different historical, geographical or cultural setting than the setting of your classroom. They are often written at a reading level that may far exceed that of your students, and the experiences of the characters may not immediately appear to be relevant to your students’ lives.
With all that working against us, we still can make required texts work for our students. But, it takes a hack -- the 80/20 analysis.
Learn how to employ this cool strategy to engage even your most reluctant readers.
Also, learn 5 Ways to Turn Any Classroom Into a Culture of Readers at http://hackingliteracy.com.
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81: How to be the Best Teacher Every Day Jan 26, 2017

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In Episode 81 of the Hack Learning Podcast, Mark Barnes shares a heartfelt story from author James Sturtevant about being the best teacher you can be, taken from the conclusion of the new book, Hack Learning Anthology: Innovative Solutions for Teachers and Leaders. Read Sturtevant's story and learn more about being your best on the show notes page at http://hacklearning.org/bestteacher.
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80: Hacking Powerful People: Inspiration from Meryl Streep Jan 11, 2017

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Meryl Streep, the three-time Oscar-winning actress, condemned the actions of a man she chose not to name and who shall remain nameless here on the Hack Learning Podcast.
During her acceptance of the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement award at the Golden Globes, Streep stood as tall as ever, as she set her sights on the most powerful man in the world and fired back like no on has since the 2016 presidential election.
Hack Learning Podcast host Mark Barnes discusses Streep's viral speech and supports her plea for people to speak up and fight back against leaders who abuse their power by bullying people who are powerless to fight back.
Mark shares a 3-pronged approach to standing up and speaking out, while teaching kids that bullying is wrong, no matter how powerful the bully may be -- even a bully who resides at the White House.
See Streep's entire speech at http://hacklearning.org/streep
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79: Nail Your New Year's Resolution: Learn how to write a book Jan 04, 2017

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Connie Hamilton wrote a book. What's the big deal? Like most would-be writers, Connie wondered if she could do it. In Episode 79 of the Hack Learning Podcast, educator/presenter and popular Twitter influencer Connie Hamilton explains how she went from self-doubting, wannabe writer to a published author whose book hit Number 1 on Amazon in its first week. Best of all, she gives you a success plan with some hacks you probably didn't know.
Learn more about Connie's journey at http://hacklearning.org/write.
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78: How to Eliminate Both Homework and Grades with Starr Sackstein Dec 27, 2016

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Starr Sackstein believes in change, and sometimes change in education means cutting out archaic practices like traditional homework and grades.
Author of Hacking Assessment and Hacking Homework, Starr explains how to change out-of-class work so that the onus of learning and how that learning is assessed falls squarely on our most important stakeholder — the student.
Read an excerpt of Starr's latest book, Hacking Homework, at http://hacklearning.org/hwgrades
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77: How to Overcome PBL Paralysis with authors Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy Dec 21, 2016

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PBL paralysis. That's a scary phrase that makes many teachers run as far as possible away from project-based learning.
Hacking Project Based Learning authors and PBL and inquiry learning experts Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy explain how to overcome the paralysis and dive into project-based learning today.
In this episode, the authors identify several problems with project-based learning and share several simple ways teachers can begin creating an efficient PBL environment immediately.
Learn more and read an excerpt from Hacking Project Based Learning on the show notes page at http://hacklearning.org/pblparalysis
Look inside the book at http://hackingpbl.com

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