Rebel Teacher Alliance

Today, Scott and I are checking in on each other after our first week of teaching our classes from home. This is hard enough in itself, making the switch from analog to digital, but juggling kids that need to be entertained and also get on a schedule makes it extra hard. However, we talk about what is working and what we have been doing with our kids in our classes as well as with our kids at home...

In this episode we are talking to fellow #XPLAP and gamification contributor Candice Healing (follow her on Twitter @CandiceCth )! We had a great conversation about what she is doing to keep her students engaged and how her school/district is handling the current Corona Virus situation and why doing a TextQuest (check out @meehanedu 's template here ) can be quite challenging but still doable. We...

Since we are social distancing at the moment, we wanted to check in with you guys and see how you are doing. So this episode is just very random. No guest, but we talk about the HIDOE press conference and reflect on how things are going for our school district and are wondering what is going on where you are. We also do a shout out to John Meehan ( @meehanEDU ) for doing a daily podcast during thi...

This week we are talking to our lovely co-worker Blake Carrigan! Check her out on Instagram ( @mrs.blakecarrigan ). This was our first episode recorded during the Corona Virus outbreak, so we talk a little about that and how to explain to kids why hand washing is important by showing them a gross picture of a bread experiment ( bit.ly/grossbread ), why using “currency” in a SpEd classroom works re...

This week we have our amazing co-worker Matt Evans as a guest. Join us as we talk about how gamifying your classroom just a little can have amazing buy in from even reluctant students, what it sounds like when Fabian speaks German, why fist bumps work better for us than complicated secret handshakes, why driving in Hawaii is so different than it is on the mainland, why student led conferences can...

This week we tried something new! We tweeted out a call for a random guest and Liz Gallo (@whymaker) jumped on the chance! It was a great talk and we learned about what she does to support teachers and schools in their attempt to open Maker Spaces and STEM labs. We also talk about the 7th grade spring craziness, why we should not be disappointed when things don’t turn out the way we expect them to...

Welcome to our podcast! Happy to have you listening! This week we have a ton of stuff to talk about: Why marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge can be an inspiration for teamwork, uniform issues with students, why 72 degrees is cold, how to take a defiant student and become their ally, how to spell rapport (repoire ?), when and how to reflect on units, why QRBreakIn is amazing, why to change or update you...

This week we are alone again (insert song) and it’s just the two of us (again… another song) and we talk about our haunted building, why H3 is the most expensive freeway in the USA, why Twitter is an amazing resource, how much small progress with students can mean to a teacher, why to celebrate small progress, why sarcasm does not work with kids, why writing is like sports for students, and so muc...

This week we talked to Jamie Halsey! She is an amazingly creative elementary school teacher in Roseville, CA. We talked about what she brought back from the recent conference she attended, and she shared some ideas to use in your classroom. As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and @fin...

What a treat! We got to talk to John Meehan (@meehanedu) about running, gamification, why being vulnerable, not just in front of students, can be beneficial, and why Survivor is the best blueprint for an action packed classroom. As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and @findingmyaloha...

Today, we are talking to our wonderful co-worker, department head, and, some would say, friend Dani Hitt! She is an amazing educator and we are thrilled she took the time on a weekend to be our guest and also part of our tribe. She has been for us, now she will be part of our podcast tribe! Follow her on Instagram @miss.hitt to get daily updates about what is going on in her classroom! It’s entert...

Thanks for listening! Episode 2 is ripe with information about how to handle student misbehavior, building relationships, why haircuts can be funny, what GlideApps is, etc. We hope you enjoy the show and please feel free to contact us! We want to talk to you, have you on the show, get your input, or just say hi! That's what our tribe is meant to be: a community, who listens to each other and benef...

Hello everyone! Thanks for joining us! In this episode we are covering why passing out papers can waste a lot of time, why Flipgrid rocks, how to gamify your procedures review, why they are not saying "Henry" in the B-52s song Love Shack , so much more! We hope you enjoy our first episode and tune in next week! You can contact us via Twitter @findingtribepod , @hofmannedu , or @findingmyaloha . Yo...

Welcome to Finding Our Tribe. A podcast about teaching and supporting each other in our common profession. This is a taster episode. Later episodes will be a bit longer and will probably stay around the 30 minute mark. Please follow us on Twitter @findingtribepod , or follow us individually @HofmannEDU (Fabian) and @findingmyaloha (Scott). You can email us at findingourtribepodcast@gmail.com! Enjo...