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Seventh Grader Chayce talks about what his experience, feelings, and opinions were and are, as he looks back on the last year until now.  He also interviews his younger brother to get the 4th grader's perspective on the experience,

Sixth-grader Jacob returns to his ongoing podcast about Anglo-Saxon history to talk with his younger brother about the history of the three men who had claims to the throne and gives further details from episode 2.

Sixth-grader Jacob returns to interview his sister to help teach her further details about the three men who would claim the throne of King in England and reflects on the history, context and interesting pieces of the story.

Sixth-grader Jacob presents the first episode of his ongoing podcast discussing the history of Anglo-Saxon England with key historical context, background, and personal commentary.

We welcome @FortMorganCO Chief of Police Loren Sharp along with Sergeant John Renteria and Officer Paul Mendoza.  We talk about policing in a rural community vs metro areas.  We also talk about what COVID has been like for them and the community they serve.  They spotlight the good stuff they've seen and offer suggestions on how to be better & stronger together.  We end with an idea from the Chief...

Aaron's back for a solo episode in which he talks about closing the chapter on teaching during a pandemic, and stuff he's learned along with two others who share via Twitter as well.  Credit to @EnglishElective and @DigThisBird for their thoughts!  

We welcome Kelly and Tabitha to the program to talk about suicide prevention, and their org - "Break the Silence" that is located here in Fort Morgan.  They share what brought them to create the org, and why they continue to work in the community.  We talk about how to help others in real-time and also in the digital world plus explain the stigma that surrounds this subject.  Their website is http...

Aaron (The Educator) sits down with Kelly (our resident wrestling coach at the gym) and Siobahn (Lady Gladiator training and wrestling coach) to talk about what brought them here, why they've got their two sons in the program, what it means to them, and why you should join.  Ignore the sounds of a mildly snoring background person, and stick around for a story of two people finding meaning, purpose...

We're back with two of our strong boxers Jorel and Mike talking about what brought them to the gym.  Conversations about life, having a philosophy about it all, and how we're looking to engage and serve in the community.  We also talk about the power of boxing as therapy to help you get our of your own way and be stronger mentally and physically.

A new podcast is here!  Come for Ernie Marquez's story of life starting in Pueblo, CO, and then becoming a man in Fort Morgan, CO.  Coach Ernie's story is one of struggle, of triumph, of joy, of hope, and of rising above, and working hard.  Stay to hear him and Chris Sturgeon (our head wrestling coach) talk about what the gym has become, and what the future holds.  Two to three episodes of this sh...

Aaron's here talking about a statue in Chicago and connecting to a Confederate monument he stood in front of in Augusta, GA.  Then he talks about school reopening article, and digs into the complexities of it all.

I'm talking about two articles in the WSJ this weekend.  One is on the Rubix Cube and is featured on the front page at the bottom while the other is an article about letting our minds wander and if that's a good thing.  This is an experimental episode that may happen every Saturday with me (and others) finding articles in the WSJ or others that have connections to teaching etc.

A new segment in our podcast - activities and things that have to be shared with the world because we think they're so cool!  Today is my model in answering the prompt for a speech about advice to middle school students.

Four months later, and Aaron is back talking about what that time has been like, and how he's fared in the COVID teaching time.  Then it's time to update on the bright future of this little podcast channel and what you can expect as we hurtle towards the middle of 2021!

Back in July, I spoke with @EScottEngland about a great many topics - all-around education, teaching, and what we are doing, what we're going to do, and what we should be doing.  Lots of good conversation, discussion, and thoughts on a great number of topics.  @EScottEngland is a Superintendent of schools and has been working much of his life in education.  He hosts his own podcast at https://www....

It's another long episode, this time with @MatRyanELATeach from twitter.  We talk about Canon, we talk about reading, we talk about teaching reading, and so much more.  This was recorded in July so keep that in mind as you listen.

Jamie shares her story of first teaching in Aurora, CO at Aurora Central and why she her heart keeps coming back to for various reasons which we talk about around the concept of 'community'. We talk about why diversity in schools matters and how it helps us see a true and complete understanding of humanity through the many faces and stories. We touch on being accepted and loved by the communities...

I take some time to reflect on what we've learned, what we've experienced, and how we move forward as educators.  Lots of questions, lots of thoughts, and still searching for answers as I look back on the last 370 days of my career as a 6th grade Literacy Teacher moving into alternative high school education.

It's been nearly a month since I stepped out of my classroom and never came back.  I talk about what it's been like, what long distance learning has been for me, and what is helping me to get through it.

Mr. DeLay is back and talking about his first year of teaching and how his second year is going.  He waxes poetic and philosophical about the future of education, the country, and a few other things.

Our grade level PLC's asked us to answer some teacher interest questions using three different methods - I figured podcasting checked three boxes - technology, writing, and audio!  Listen in as I tackle three random questions and answer. Fun for the whole family.

Mr. DeLay attends day one of the National Council of Teacher's of English conference and finds himself changed in so many ways.

We have Professor Monica Fuglei from Arapahoe Community College with us and she's talking about her own story with education (including how her folks got a call b/c she was "reading too much") and how came to be a professor.  Monica also talks about dealing with the t eaching experience as a first year and beyond.  She also pontificates pointedly about diverse literature and the need for it.  We w...

We've made it to ten episodes!  And to that end, we bring in an outsider to education.  Paul joins the program to talk about distance learning, business model stuff, and how do we change, fix, upgrade, address, and/or triage education without losing the plot?  Be ready to be challenged plenty by Paul and his view of the world of education.

Join Kris (English) and Clint (Social Studies) as we talk about the job search, being a non-traditional student, our relationship with school, and what we are both worried about and excited about - AND MORE!  Give it a listen.  You'll learn something.  We promise.