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EduTip 21: Bring some drama with an anticipatory set. Feb 26, 2023

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Anticipatory sets — quick preludes to your lessons — are a creative way to get students interested in what's to come. They are not an absolute necessity, but if you can work them in, they make a lesson just a little more special.

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You can find full written versions of these tips at cultofpedagogy.com/edutips.

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Thanks to The Modern Classrooms Project for sponsoring this episode.

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205: How to Use ChatGPT as an Example Machine Feb 20, 2023

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To learn any concept well, students need to experience multiple, varied examples of that concept, and coming up with those examples can be a time-consuming task for teachers. ChatGPT can help you get it done in a fraction of the time. In this episode, Stanford's Chris Mah and Sarah Levine show us how it works.

Thanks to Listenwise and Wipebook for sponsoring this episode.

EduTip 20: Don't give out your slides. Feb 12, 2023

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Many teachers give out copies of their slides as a supplement to a lecture or presentation, but this practice leads to terrible slides and ultimately, ineffective teaching. In this EduTip I'll share a better alternative.

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You can find full written versions of these tips at cultofpedagogy.com/edutips.

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Thanks to The Modern Classrooms Project for sponsoring this episode.

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204: Authentic Group Discussions with the Real Talk Strategy Feb 05, 2023

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After years of listening to shallow, perfunctory student discussions, ELA teacher Jessica Cannata found a way to make those conversations more natural, more interesting, and more real. In this episode, Jessica explains how her Real Talk strategy works, and how you can use it in lots of other courses outside of the English classroom.

Thanks to EVERFI and Parlay for sponsoring this episode.

You can learn more from Jessica Cannata at EB Academics.

203: What Happens When Two Schools Experience the Street Data Process? Jan 29, 2023

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In episode 178, we learned about an approach to school change called Street Data. I believed so strongly in this methodology that I asked the two authors of Street Data, Jamila Dugan and Shane Safir, if they would allow me to produce a video series documenting teachers in two schools as they worked their way through the Street Data process, so that other teachers could learn from it.

In today's episode, I talk with Jamila and Shane about the project, and we hear from teachers Amanda Liebel and Araceli Leon about their experiences.

The video series is now available at cultofpedagogy.com/streetdataseries.

EduTip 19: Help students learn each other's names. Jan 15, 2023

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The time students spend in your classroom may be the only opportunity they have all day to engage with other humans in any meaningful way. And it's such a shame to waste that by letting them stay in some sort of Matrix-like environment where they're only plugged into devices and rarely even look to the left or to the right. So take deliberate steps to help them get to know each other.

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You can find full written versions of these tips at cultofpedagogy.com/edutips.

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Thanks to The Modern Classrooms Project for sponsoring this episode.

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202: Six Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2023 Jan 11, 2023

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A messaging platform that translates messages into any language, a daily curation of current events, the one everyone's talking about that writes essays for you, and more: Here are six tools we think are worth a look this year. And while you're listening, you can grab a brand-new copy of the 2023 Teacher's Guide to Tech here.

Thanks to JumpStart and Hapara for sponsoring this episode.

201: How to Build Psychological Safety in Professional Development Dec 17, 2022

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Learning requires us to be vulnerable, and in order to do that, we need to feel safe. In this episode, I talk with Elena Aguilar, author of The PD Book, about how professional development facilitators can make that happen for teachers.

Thanks to JumpStart and Hapara for sponsoring this episode.

200: Ten Ways to Give a Better Lecture Nov 16, 2022

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Two factors have given lectures a bad name: overuse and poor execution. In this episode we'll deal with both of these issues, considering when a lecture might be the best choice, then looking at ten things you can do to make sure the lectures you do give are outstanding.

Thanks to EVERFI and Hapara for sponsoring this episode.

199: How to Personalize Instruction with Seminars Oct 17, 2022

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Offering small group mini-lessons that students only sign up for if they are interested is another great way to offer personalized instruction. Author and writing instructor Melanie Meehan returns to share how she has used this strategy in her classroom.

Thanks to EVERFI and Today by Studyo for sponsoring this episode.

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