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Welcome back, Tribe! This week we have Eryn Holt on our show! She is an incredibly passionate Kindergarten teacher and she told us not only how and why she became a teacher, how her Kindergarten team transitioned to online learning and drops many words of wisdom about teaching in general as a 17 year veteran. What a great episode! Hope you enjoy! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growin...

Hey everyone! Today we have the big announcement of our contest winner! Thanks so much for everyone who participated (one person) and congratulations to our winner (one person) for running this gauntlet. We also talk about how Fabian's return to school is going to look like, using empathy with students, why we need to put Mazlow before Bloom, why relationships matter more than content, professiona...

Oh boy, Tribe! What a treat! We happened to talk about it and then *pow* we made it happen! We are so happy to have our first double guest episode! John Meehan and Michael Matera talk about their new website and trove of treasures EMC2Learning! We talk origin and future! Tons of tips and encouragement for people who want to “make a thing”. Follow Michael on Twitter @MrMatera and John @MeehanEDU. G...

Welcome back, Tribe! This week we talk about our experiences getting our COVID vaccines, the emc2learning announcement, Kevin Roughton's appearance on our show and what we took from it, Fabian's variation on Kevin's Black Death simulation, Fabian's classroom experience with the Swivl Bot, what games Scott is playing with his students during recess, and so much more! As always, please join us on Tw...

This week we have Kevin Roughton on our show and we had such a great time! He walks us through how he got started as a teacher, gamifier, Jungle Cruise Director, why it is ok to scale back your game a little for these trying times, and so much more! You should definitely check out his materials that he posts on his web page www.teachwithmagic.com ! Not only are they super creative, but they also s...

We are back together again! Just the two of us. After having guests on back to back (you should check out Uli Oberender’s and Dave Burgess’ episodes) we are catching up and talking about Scott’s presentation about gamification, why Xena warrior princess is apparently still relavant, why SEL is maybe more important than content, and so much more! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing...

This episode is chock full of interesting anecdotes and top advice from one of education's most prolific publishers. Dave Burgess sat down with us and we had a fantastic time. Give this one a listen and keep your eye out for a giveaway! Not mentioned on the show, but still happening on Twitter! So follow us on Twitter @findingtribepod and take part!  As always, please join us on Twitter for o...

As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and @findingmyaloha (Scott)! Or, if you are old school, send us an email at findingourtribepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Rate us! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notifications about new...

Thanks for tuning in this week! We have a packed episode, so get ready! This week we talk about confronting students about their unwillingness to turn on video in distance class, what universal screeners of behavior are, why Fabian has a book recommendation, and some recommendations for how to create item cards in your classroom game. As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community....

We are so excited to have John Meehan on this week! He literally wrote the book on gamification in the classroom, namely Edrenaline Rush (you can find it here). We talk about the changes he had to implement in his classroom for his game, how Star Wars changed ( http://bit.ly/3qKoBtB ) his life, why he chose a very different theme for his classroom game, why it was important to make a choice for yo...

Happy New Year! We started a new season and have a lot planned for the future! Stay tuned for more details soon! This time we talk about what we did on break and how we tried to disconnect, how to manage students on site and at home otherwise known as the dreaded hybrid-model, playing the board game Second Chance with students, and more! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing communi...

Hi Tribe! Thanks for listening this week! We are rounding out the year by talking a little bit about what we did on our final day with students, how Fabian structured his summative assessment for gamified storytelling, and more! It is a bit shorter episode this week due to the break. We will be back with our new season in January! So have a great break, recharge, sleep, do things with your familie...

Here we go, almost Christmas and we have a new episode for you! We are talking about furloughs in Hawaii, how to manage breakout room discussions, a gamified summative idea with story telling elements, how to introduce gamification language to students, and more!  As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually...

Welcome to episode 50! Wow. It's almost been a year that we started this podcast and we still have as much fun as in the beginning. And it is because of you! Yes, you! Thank you for listening and being a part of our tribe! This episode we talk about Blooket, what kind of item cards to introduce to your gamified classroom, how to easily introduce some choice elements that are not really a choice fo...

Hideho everyone! Thanks for joining us again this week after a little break for Thanksgiving. We are back on our regular Thursday release and have a fun episode for you! We talk about using Dr. Seuss in the Social Studies classroom, Zoom Parent Teacher Conferences, why taking a mental health day is good for you, how to provide some choice for students, and more! AND: We are now on Instagram! Check...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here we have an amazing treat for you this week! Carrie Baughcum (@carrie_baughcum) joins us this week to talk about gamification in the Special Education classroom. The conversation ranges from Carrie telling Scott that Fabian was right to use a leaderboard and XP in his class (I had to rub this in) to examples of which board games work in distance learning and to wha...

Hi everybody! Welcome back to another episode of your favorite education podcast! This week we are getting an upgrade on Scott’s room situation, why boss battles are awesome, building relationships, playing games with students on Zoom, building empathy by sharing your own feelings about the current situation with students and having serious conversations with students about their feelings, and so...

Hey tribe! Thanks for listening! This week we talk about Scott's cleaning efforts in his classroom, reverse... no... Blind Kahoots (a way to introduce content, so dust off that account), and also conversations we had with students about why they avoid turning in work. As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @...

What? I can’t hear you! … What? Just kidding. This is text. Not audio. Scott’s day was interrupted by someone loudly jackhammering his door, Fabian talks about an interesting misunderstanding of assignment instructions, how he used video feedback for students, Fabian and Scott have a discussion about gamification, and so much more! An XL episode due to various interruptions that some find… funny I...

Hey hey hey! Thanks for joining us this week! We do have a lot we are covering, so buckle in and get ready. Scott found a bug (or a feature) in the new Google Meet Breakout Room feature, Fabian explains how he used Jamboard to have his students 'translate' standards/criteria strands so they can grade themselves, how Scott played "name that song" with his students and how it contributed to student...

Thanks for joining us this week! We cover quite bit! Look forward to hearing about Scott's not so great week, how Google Meet is becoming more awesome with breakout room features, how Fabian started using @mmhmmapp , and something he learned at a workshop with Dr. Ernie Mendes .  As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and al...

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by. Take a seat and settle in… this is a long one. This week we are talking about Scott’s time off (which he only mentioned about 18 times), Exploding Kittens’ Poetry for Neanderthals (on sale for $14.99 at the moment) as a review game for vocabulary, Scott’s week off and how he filled it, his week off, and his week off. Also, a blossoming book project by Scott...

Welcome to this week’s episode! Big moving day is behind us! We are now releasing episodes on Thursdays! Tell your friends! And enemies! Just anyone. We want to grow the tribe! This week Scott and Fabian talk about why Peardeck is amazing, why it feels yucky to give students Fs and how to try and move past it (it is hard). Fabian gives @MrRoughton a shoutout and also answers some gamification ques...

Hi everyone! So glad you're tuning in! This episode has some stories about Scott's first real IEP meeting as a SpEd teacher, Fabian's trip to Downtown Disney, a way to kinda sorta force students to answer a Flipgrid, and a lot more! Are you excited? We know we are! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hof...

Wow. Just wow. That's all we can say about this episode. Jamie Halsey is back! We invited her back because she is an amazing educator, super creative, and plain fun to talk to! She was such a great sport when Fabian's internet connection started to drop (multiple times) and we still have an incredibly insightful conversation and that is all thanks to her! Give it a listen! We talk about her experi...