13 Jul 2019
Leveraging Social Media as Educators [Part 2]

Leveraging Social Media as Educators [Part 2]

EPISODE SUMMARY A common narrative around social media in classrooms is 'how can we get the kids off their phones and off social media during class?' Today, I speak with two educators that are weaving social media directly into their classroom curriculum instead. EPISODE NOTES Michael Hernandez & Don Wettrick are two educators that are actually assigning students social media homework; tweet at least three times a week, connect with an influencer on LinkedIn, discuss how the new Instagram updates will change your content strategy. They're not utilizing social media for it's own sake, but to leverage the greater work…
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28 May 2019
Leveraging Social Media as Educators [Part 1]

Leveraging Social Media as Educators [Part 1]

EPISODE PREVIEW: https://youtu.be/Sj6R2Aidqlo Many educators are hesitant to use social media in their classrooms, and for good reasons; most of the stories you hear in the news show do not showcase it as something that's positive for the educator or their students. I sat with an educator who's is looking to flip the script in regards to how he is leveraging social media in his classroom for good. CJ Reynolds is a high-school teacher in West Philadelphia with an active YouTube and Instagram channel where he documents the meaningful learning experiences in his classroom with the goal to inspire, engage,…
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19 Apr 2018
Post 15 – What’s Been Going On?

Post 15 – What’s Been Going On?

Howdy folks, For any regular readers of the blog, you'll probably noticed that before this week, I haven't posted in a while.  This week will have like 5 posts; things I've been making things (podcasts & videos) and meaning to put here but just forgot so just scheduled them all to post this week (instead of putting them all up in one day). HOW'S PRE-ALGEBRA? My general lessons haven't been much different from last year.  I've been making a couple notes here and there for myself on tweaks to make for next year (change out this problem, practice this skill…
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05 Feb 2018
Post 14 – Doing a ‘YouTuber’ Camp For 6th-12th Graders

Post 14 – Doing a ‘YouTuber’ Camp For 6th-12th Graders

My school does something called Project Week; a week without classes where students explore whatever they want. https://youtu.be/Q5yOe-zio1M A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED THIS YEAR The last few years I've just worked with students who were interested in making films for Project Week.  They all were doing different things and I served sort of as just a mentor and helped them with editing.  This year, I decided to have a group that was focused on creating YouTube content.  Instead of just having them off creating their videos and editing on their own and coming to school when they needed help, it's…
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