In part two with culture expert Jimmy Casas, Jimmy reveals the four most powerful words in leadership, the key to leading amid uncertainties, and how he uses “Life Fit” to custom tailor priorities, perspectives, and principles to help people become the best versions of themselves.
Don't miss this inspiring episode with special guest, culture expert, Jimmy Casas who shares some positive vibes and tips for creating a postive classroom culture!
Amidst challenging and uncertain times, we, as educators, have the opportunity to examine and redefine roles, build capacity, and propel students to become the true catalysts of their own learning. In this episode, we explore learning design using the 3 D's: Discover, Discuss, and Demonstrate.
One name is synonymous with Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The. Dr. Katie. Novak. She literally wrote the book -- 7, in fact, if you’re counting -- including the best-selling UDL Now and Innovate Inside the Box with George Couros. Katie shared so many great ideas with us that it was worthy of more than one episode so this is part 2. Check out episode 10 for Part 1 if you haven't already! In this episode, Katie shares how "firm goals, flexible means" translates to professional learning.
10 is a big number -- and to celebrate our 10th episode we invited a special guest -- our very FIRST guest -- to stir things up. One name is synonymous with Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The. Dr. Katie. Novak. She literally wrote the book -- 7, in fact, if you’re counting -- including the best-selling UDL Now and Innovate Inside the Box with George Couros. Pouring her expertise over our continually evolving educational environment, Katie shares her manifesto of firm goals, flexible means ...
Is this March 2020? No, it is July and the 2020/21 school year will be starting soon for many around the world. Yet, there is a strong sense of Deja Vu as more and more districts and counties announce going fully remote for the unforeseeable future. How do we, as educators and parents, cope with all this uncertainty? In this episode, we talk about planning with portability in mind and design thinking. We share ideas for working together and getting creative once we know our constraints.
In this episode, we discuss an easy 4 part framework for evaluating tech apps and resources that is also effective for designing lessons and learning. Taking into consideration these 4 lenses -- age, activity, access, and appropriateness -- we apply scenarios, circumstances, and situations that will help assist you in making the right choices for your needs.
We live in the age of ubiquitous information, and right now at least, it seems that we’re witnessing, experiencing, and processing unprecedented amounts of highly charged events and emotions. How can we help our children make sense of things when we aren’t even sure ourselves? What are appropriate response mechanisms and outlets? How can we keep our eyes on the proverbial prize when the promise of it keeps moving further away? As parents, we know our kids look to us -- for comfort, for safety, f...
It's Summer, What Now? Activating Agency, Engaging Choice & "Engineering the Special" Description: As educators, how can we help parents best continue and encourage learning through the summer? How can we empower parents to help their children move from a place of compliance to owning their learning? Please see the link to the recording in the show notes!
This special episode is a raw, unscripted response to the death of George Floyd and the global attention to racial inequality in our country that this tragedy sparked. As educators and parents, we stay committed to sharing ideas to make learning better for all. While we certainly don’t have all the answers, in this episode we discuss the importance of honoring the work of social-emotional learning as well as culturally responsive teaching and our responsibilities as parents and educators to infu...
The 2019/20 school year is coming to a close and the CDC has released reopening guidelines for schools that make one thing clear: Schools will not look the way we want this fall. In this episode, we give ourselves permission to grieve as we feel this second wave of emotions. By exploring our own emotions and unpacking our visceral reactions, we realize that auditing our “nows” and “hows” are necessary to move forward. And, as often is the case, reflection clarifies intention. Pulling from sound ...
Many of us are struggling with the uncertainty of what our next school year will look like. Moving to emergency remote teaching with learners we already knew is one thing, but how do we start the school year with new students? Regardless of how your school year starts, fully online or blended, trust us, there are plenty of ways to get to know your learners and establish teacher presence to let them know that you are with them on their learning journey. We are excited to share our ideas with you!...
We are huge advocates of empowering kids to be more self-directed and we also want to promote interdependence in our community of learners. In this episode, we share specific strategies for peer to peer learning online. Bonus: These strategies will save you time and make your life easier!
As parents and educators, we are often rushing in to rescue our kids/students. Now is the time to empower kids to be self-directed and interdependent. In this episode, we share tips for empowering kids to own their learning while building confidence and lifelong skills. Plus, we are tired. Seriously, could someone else do this for me?
In our first episode, recorded shortly after school closures, we talk about the sweet and sour of sheltering in place with our school-age children during COVID-19. We are giving ourselves permission to fail forward as educators and parents. It's all about grace, flexibility, and lots of patience. Plus we are better together!
Welcome to Lemonade Learning, a refreshing look at learning today.
