Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Episode 9: Planning and Teaching in a Modern Classroom Oct 25, 2020

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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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Cult of Pedagogy Podcast episode on Screencast Videos (Kareem was the guest on this episode)

MCP Exemplar Units

Edutopia video

Universal Design for Learning

High Quality Blended Instruction: research-based best practices

Examples of Pacing Trackers showing lesson classification

Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
Kate: @gaskill_teacher on Twitter
Zach: @zpdiamond 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!

Episode 8: Elementary, Middle, and High School Modern Classrooms Oct 18, 2020

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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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Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
Kate: @gaskill_teacher on Twitter
Zach: @zpdiamond 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!

Episode 7: Exploring The Shifting Role of the Teacher Oct 11, 2020

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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.

Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
Kate: @gaskill_teacher on Twitter
Zach: @zpdiamond on Twitter (and check out Zach’s writing at Learning to Teach!)
The Modern Classroom Project
Modern Classrooms Online Course
- 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!

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Episode 6: Building Self Regulated Learners Oct 04, 2020

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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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Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
Kate: @gaskill_teacher on Twitter
Zach: @zpdiamond 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!

The Lecture-Less Classroom: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Student Autonomy by Modern Classrooms educator and podcast guest Moira Mazzi

How to Help Middle School Students Learn to Work Independently by Modern Classrooms educator Ryan Steinbach

Helping Students Develop Executive Functioning Skills from Edutopia

Reflections on Shifting to a Flexible Classroom from Edutopia

Examples of student-facing and public pacing trackers; guidance for using public pacing trackers in the classroom.

Moira, our guest, referenced a few items from her classroom she uses to help build self-regulation in her students:

This is her weekly reflection
This is how she presented choosing a partner/accountability buddy to her students

What do Modern Classrooms units look like K-12? Check out examples here.

Two monitoring services mentioned:
Go Guardian
Hapara for GSuite

Here are the two tools mentioned for staying in touch with students and families:

Remind (can also translate a message before sending); our tutorial on using Remind
Talking Points

Episode 5: Supporting Disengaged Students Sep 27, 2020

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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

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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 4: Building Authentic Relationships with Students Sep 13, 2020

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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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Modern Classrooms resources for building relationships (Includes “Five by Five” strategy Mike mentioned)
Weather Check Do Now
Chilled Cow LoFi Hip Hop
Peardeck and the templates Mike mentioned (available once you join)
Flipgrid
How to use reactions and breakout rooms on Zoom
The Power of Classroom Relationships (Zach's article in NGLC on how the Modern Classrooms model helped him cultivate and leverage authentic relationships with students)

Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
Zach: @zpdiamond on Twitter
Toni Rose: @classroomflex on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok
Mike: MCarr121314 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!

Special Guests: Michael Carr and Toni Rose Deanon.

Episode 3: Pivoting to Effective Distance Learning Aug 30, 2020

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

Gates Foundation Study profiling teachers’ descriptions of their ideal PD - “Treat Teachers like Professionals” Distance Learning Resources (MCP) Edutopia | Use Live Class Time to 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

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.

Facebook
Twitter:

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

Episode 2: Rolling Out the Model Aug 23, 2020

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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

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

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Some Pacing Tracker Exemplars: (Click these to make a copy of your own to experiment on)

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.

You can follow Monte's work at Periodically Science

Facebook
Twitter:
Monte: @countofmontee
Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj
Kareem: @kareemfarah23
Zach: @zpdiamond

Special Guest: Monte Woodard.

Episode 1: Introducing the Modern Classrooms Model Aug 04, 2020

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Modern Classrooms Project co-founder and Executive Director Kareem Farah, and Modern Classroom Mentor Zach Diamond, discuss the origins of their instructional model as well as their experiences implementing it.

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

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The Modern Classrooms Project

Kareem's Article on the Lecture Bottleneck

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.

Facebook
Twitter:
@modernclassproj
@kareemfarah23
@zpdiamond