Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Toni Rose is joined by Theresa Benedetto, Laurie Hutchinson, and Stephanie Peel, to talk about planning and implementing the model side-by-side as a team. Show Notes The Edutopia Videos on the model and highlighting elementary implementation Connect with Theresa, Laurie, and Steph on Twitter: @theresa_bene @lauriegus @mspeeleng2 Contact us, follow us online, and learn more: Email us questions and...

In the kickoff episode for Season Two, Kareem is joined by Catlin Tucker to talk about addressing issues and innovating in the world of education. Show Notes Catlin Tucker Follow Catlin on Twitter and Instagram Contact us, follow us online, and learn more: Email us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org Send us an audio note and we'll include it on a future episode! Modern Classro...

Toni Rose is joined by Deidra Fogarty about the experiences that led her to found the Black Girls Teach, and how those experiences inform the professional development her organization provides. Show Notes Black Girls Teach Connect with Deidra: Black Girls Teach on Instagram: @blackgirlsteach Deidra on Instagram: @teachmedee Contact us, follow us online, and learn more: Email us questions and feedb...

Toni Rose is joined by Michael Molnar, of Lynn Public Schools, to talk about how the district's partnership with MCP came to be, how it's implemented, and what may be to come. Show Notes Cult of Pedagogy Podcast episode on screencasting with Kareem The Original MCP Edutopia Video Michael referenced (also, check out MCP's new video with Edutopia!) Distinguished Modern Classrooms Educator Credential...

Toni Rose is joined by Matt Hickson, Modern Classrooms' Director of Partner Transformation and former principal, to talk about how administrators and district leaders can support teachers who are implementing Modern Classrooms. Outline and Show Notes Meet Matt Ignite! Online Academy Supporting Teachers as an MCP Principal Maintaining A Positive Culture Ignite Online Academy Podcast (Apple Podcasts...

We're taking the week off! Check back next week for a brand new episode, and make sure to check out our episodes in the coming weeks as we launch Season Two of the Modern Classrooms Project Podcast. Contact us, follow us online, and learn more: Email us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org Send us an audio note and we'll include it on a future episode! Modern Classrooms: @modern...

In this episode, we hear from Lisa Doty and Jamie Forshey, two educators who coach and support teachers in their school districts who are implementing the Modern Classroom instructional model. Show Notes Virtual Mentorship Program Screencast-o-Matic and Modern Classroom tutorial Modern Classroom resources Modern Classroom webinars School and District partnerships , including Expert Consultation se...

New for Summer 2022 - ISTE Meetup! Toni Rose will be at ISTE in New Orleans from 6/26/2022 to 6/29/2022! If you're attending, please fill out this form so she can schedule an in-person MCP meetup. In episode 10, we begin a two-episode series on collaboration; this week's episode focuses on pre-planned full group activities like labs and seminars, and we discuss ways teachers can manage these colla...

New for Summer 2022 - ISTE Meetup! Toni Rose will be at ISTE in New Orleans from 6/26/2022 to 6/29/2022! If you're attending, please fill out this form so she can schedule an in-person MCP meetup. 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 struc...

Toni Rose is joined by Brittney Cairns to talk about teaching whole-class novels using MCP. Show Notes Get to know Brittney Kareem on the Cult of Pedagogy podcast: Everything you need to know about building a great screencast video How to create a self-paced classroom Setting up mastery-based grading in your classroom Planning for teaching whole-class novels Blended learning approaches to whole-cl...

This week, Toni Rose is joined by Lindsay Armbruster to talk about planning units with the end in mind, beginning with standards and learning targets, and working down to mastery checks and activities before planning lessons and videos, as well as managing student (and teacher) pacing and workload via the planning process. Show Notes Distinguished Modern Classroom Educators - More Information Lind...

Kareem joins Toni Rose and Zach to wrap up our first official podcast season, which focused on self pacing! We look back on the season and discuss our takeaways, as well as giving some updates on how VSI is going and what to expect over the summer and in August when we launch our second podcast season. Thanks for listening! Contact us, follow us online, and learn more: Email us questions and feedb...

Toni Rose and Zach tackle some more listener questions on our last Q&A episode of the Spring 2022 season! Topics include explaining MCP to stakeholders, classifying lessons, displaying data in a very large class, and dealing with internet outages. Show Notes Send us an audio note (From Zach: I pulled this up into the main show notes this week since we talked about it, but you can always find t...

Toni Rose is joined by Rebecca Mason and Paul O'Donoghue to talk about how self pacing has impacted their approaches to teaching as well as their students approaches to learning, and their learning outcomes. Outline and Show Notes Meet Rebecca and Paul The Edutopia Video (plus MCP's new video with Edutopia featuring elementary students) Paul's Twitter: @paulodonoghue_ What does self pacing look li...

Toni Rose is joined by Alison Stone, who shares tons of fascinating information on cognitive science, how it relates to classroom teaching, and how it fits in with the Modern Classrooms approach. Outline and Show Notes Get to know Alison Cult of Pedagogy episodes on MCP with Kareem Everything You Need to Know About Building a Great Screencast Video How to Create a Self-Paced Classroom Setting up M...

Zach is joined by Charlie Moynahan, who shares the story of how he rapidly rolled out a modern classroom and then went about troubleshooting it, and both of them share some ideas on how implementers may troubleshoot common issues that arise in self-paced classrooms. Outline and Show Notes Introducing Charlie How to Create a Self-Paced Classroom - Cult of Pedagogy Modern Classrooms Exemplars Issues...

Toni Rose and Zach tackle listener questions! Topics include motivation, guided notes, collaboration, tech tools, teaching novels, and standardized tests in the context of MCP. Feedback: Class Dojo Megan’s tracker image Q&A: What do you do when the type of teaching you want to be doing doesn't match with the students you are working with? How do you motivate them? Q&A Episode with Sam (who...

Toni Rose is joined by Brandy Netherton and Pierce Woodward talk about how they use the model to facilitate the work they do in their (very different) non-traditional school settings. Outline and Show Notes Meet Brandy and Pierce The Edutopia video (plus MCP's new, elementary-focused Edutopia video) Brandy and Pierce's non-traditional teaching contexts Massachusetts Innovation Schools Google Voice...

Zach is joined by Aimee Plueger to chat about how she uses MCP in her visual art classroom and how she provides her students with creative freedom using the model. Outline and Show Notes Meet Aimee Rolling out the model mid year A typical day in Aimee’s Modern Classroom Accommodating student choice and creative freedom in Arts classes Choice based learning in the art room Planning projects and cla...

This week, Zach is joined by Andrea Mahr, Beth Benavides, and John Tyler to address six common misconceptions about self pacing and self-paced classes. Outline and Show Notes Get to know Andrea, Beth, and John Andrea and Beth's previous MCP Podcast episode: Elementary Math Kareem on the Cult of Pedagogy podcast Everything you need to know about building a great screencast video How to create a sel...

Toni Rose and Zach tackle feedback and questions! For this month, we have feedback on different teaching contexts and physical vs. digital trackers, and questions on structuring breaking up work time in class, instilling a sense of urgency, and structuring units. Outline and Show Notes Feedback Zach's anonymized pacing tracker Breaking up work time Edpuzzle (and MCP tutorial ) Pomodoro technique (...

Zach is joined by Elizabeth Armstrong and Kathleen Shafer, both TOSAs who work with teachers, to talk about how MCP principles can be applied when working with adult learners. Outline and Show Notes Intro Cult of Pedagogy articles and podcasts featuring Kareem: How to Create a Self-Paced Classroom Everything You Need To Know About Building a Great Screencast Video CoP Podcast: Setting Up Mastery B...

Zach is joined by Kareem to talk about why summer is an important time for planning and innovations, how educators can engage with MCP over the summer through the Virtual Summer Institute, and a few other updates. Read a recap of this episode here Read a transcript of this episode here Outline and Show Notes Planning, innovating, and recharging over the summer MCP's new animated, student-facing ex...

Toni Rose is joined by Jess Bille to discuss using opening and closing routines to streamline classroom activities in both in-person and virtual/hybrid classes. Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog Outline and Show Notes Intro - Meet Jess MCP Podcast episode 73 (with Sarah, Jess' teacher bestie!) Opening routines Daily Goal Sheet on IG SEL Do Now IG Toni Rose’s In-P...

Zach is joined by Sam to cover some listener feedback and tackle questions on self-pacing as well as reporting mastery grades, managing mastery checks and video production time, and motivating students in a self-paced class. Outline and Show Notes Intro Edgenuity Feedback: Guardrails Feedback: Different data points Zach’s blog post on automatically tracking time since a student’s previous submissi...