Perfect Chaos

Do you remember the days of tornado drills...or yet the more fun nuclear bomb drills in which students calmly moved to the hallways, or huddled under their desks, if not you may still be relatively new to the field of education, but there are times in which the classroom seems anything but calm, in fact it seems more like a hurricane meets a tornado, coupled with a large fire, earthquake and maybe...

Can't believe that it is already that time of year again when we are seeing the supply lists start to come out, commercials for last minute get aways and then it hits you...are you ready for the return to school. Whether you are a veteran teacher or a first year new to the field, the wishlist can help you prepare your classroom to be more welcoming to students . Unless you won the lottery, fun...

After what seems to be a really long time, the Perfect Chaos Podcast is back. We get behind the microphones to discuss the next iterations of education from P-12 to Higher Ed, Initial Ed and Con Ed, institutional or service based. Come join us on this ride. Also, we will be looking for you to help us with some of these episode check it out and let us know about you. Don't forget to find us at the...

In Episode 54 of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, we continue to welcome back our educators to the classroom, and know that we are welcoming in several to their first year of teaching, so we discuss 12+ reasons to love Education. From the kind of humans people turn into as they grow, seeing that light bulb come on to teachable moments that transcend standards, these are some great reasons. Let us know w...

In Episode 53 of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, we switch out of the realm of AI and into the bad words of school starting back. Not quite all, at least for some, but soon nonetheless. While we have spoken about the need for work-life balance, this sounds counterintuitive, but will also help keep you on track. Is it a little in each week, starting a few days early, but what does it mean to start slow...

In Episode 52 of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, we take a wrap on the month of AI in July as we get into a discussion about AI Trends and Tomorrow's classroom. As we have discussed before, on one of our most popular episodes so far, work life balance is key and AI can help us utilize our time more efficiently to give time back. Big data, no problem. Assessment, lesson plan development and even com...

In Episode 51 of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, we explore the transformative power of artificial intelligence to make teaching more engaging and effective. Discover how AI can help you meet students where they are, gamify your standards to capture their interest in just 7 seconds, and tackle time-consuming tasks like meeting agendas, seating charts, and lesson plan development. Learn how to enhance t...

In Episode 50, we further our conversation into the realm of artificial intelligence and how we can use this to curate our learning opportunities for our students. When we are talking about machine learning and generative AI, what do we think of when we talk about customizing our study journey, and how can it help you reach more students in the time you have allotted. As we wrap up this episode, w...

In Episode 49, we start a deep dive into the realm of AI and what to expect. Now, in episode 49, we start with the basics...some great definitions, where at and of course some movie references to really start off the topic strong. No these notes weren't AI generated, the jokes wouldn't be that good. 1. What exactly is Artificial Intelligence? No we are not talking about Sarah Connor in the...

In Episode 47, we dive deep into a topic that every educator can relate to: addressing challenging and unexpected real-world issues with our students. As teachers, we know that the classroom isn't always a predictable environment, and it's not uncommon for challenging topics to find their way in, no matter how carefully we plan our lessons. These moments can be some of the most difficult a...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David are ready to go live, but for now we just discuss where we have been and where we are going throughout this summer. From Profession Development that Ronda provided to my faculty and some guests, to the West Tennessee EMS Educators Conference, ISTE, TETA and others. Check out this Perfect Chaos short that talks all about our s...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David are branching out and working on bringing the Perfect Chaos Podcast to video land as we bring the topic of SEL in the Classroom into our discussion. Social and Emotional Learning has taken a lot of bad wrap over the last couple of years, and while educators didn't come up with the term we have been working with students f...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David are going off script and just talking about the perfect chaos that can occur. While traveling this week, Ronda experienced some of the chaos that can occur and threaten our day, but doesn't that also take into account our plans in the classroom...heck even on the podcast we have a few errors with batteries failing, dogs s...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David are on the topic of Modeling in the classroom. Now we are not talking about finding the best fashionista available and showing off their clothing down the runway, trust me I am not going to be on America's Next Top Model. This is more about being in the front of the classroom and showing the behavior that should be exhibi...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David to on the topic of AI in Education. Since the Matthew Broderick movie "Wargames" in the 80's in which Joshua, the personality in the Department of Defense Computer know as the WOPR (War Operations Planning and Response), AI has been a concept that wasn't thought about a whole lot. Even with the AI systems of...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David take on burnout, and more specifically the topic of burnout when it comes to educational technology.  We take several rabbit holes on this episode including a long conversation about what burnout is, and then we tie it to the ed tech.  Was COVID-19 the starting off spot, or did it just serve as a catalyst to picking up...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David take on the question, can you just send me your powerpoint?  Whether you are at a conference, or have a student that went on a school sponsored field trip and missed your class, do you give them what they ask for?  What about the key to the content, you?   Feel good/Tip of the Week:  Don't forget to take time...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David take on the topic of Sage on the Stage...you remember what we are talking about.  Remember back to your first University 101 class with 300-400 of your closest friends, where the profession would lecture for an hour straight and walk straight off the stage.  Did you pick up some of that in your teaching style?  Is...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David take on the topic of educator perception and movement in the political arena.  How do you go from being an essential front line person to one that is having their processes and effectiveness questioned.  We would love any and all feedback on this episode.   Feel good/Tip of the Week:  Be a blessing to another...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David take on the topic of establishing your classroom technology plan.  This plan goes over a lot of the content of chapter 3 or Ronda's Textbook, but we help pass along the information about how to best integrate technology into the classroom to make it effective for the student, and efficient for the educator.   Feel good/...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, Ronda and David take on the topic of absences and preparing for how to get those students caught up.  After last weeks conversation about setting expectations, you should have a good foundation to going forward with absences.   Feel good/Tip of the Week:  Have you ever made it to the educational side of TikTok, if not, take a look...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast Ronda and David talk about setting the expectations of the classroom on day 1...yes, we just got done talking about packing up the classroom and being done.  So how do you create the expectations?  Creating classroom ownership will help designed partners to making the year a success.   Feel good/Tip of the Week:  Intentionalit...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, we talk about packing up for the year.  Yes, we know that you just got done, but knowing you understand the rush and shove of packing up at the end of the year so the summer cleaning can commence.  In this episode we talk about that and preparing for returning it to normal in the fall.   Feel good/Tip of the Week:  Throw thin...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, we talk about all the extra stuff.  While we certainly can't get to each and every extra thing there is in P-12 and Higher Education, we do talk about many.  From the clubs, to the sports, debate, honor society, honor guards and ROTC to many of the others, what should you take into account before saying yes, and YES you can check thing...

On this week's episode of the Perfect Chaos Podcast, we talk about how you can get involved.  From a little bit involved to a lot involved there are many different ways.  This podcast has the ability to be the first in a set of episodes, but alone it will talk about the legislative process when it comes to those that are making the laws that effect teaching.  Is it perfect, absolute...