Rebel Teacher Alliance

This week we celebrate our 200th episode milestone, reflecting on our journey and exploring the potential of AI technology in education. We delve into AI music creation with suno.ai and discuss tools like ChatGPT and Wheel of Names to enhance writing and presentation skills. Jamie shares engaging project on national parks, implementing boss battles for interactive learning, and a heartfelt gratitu...

On this week’s episode, we invited high school history teacher and Star Wars enthusiast, Jason Hilbert back on the show. Now that both of Jason’s kids are students at his high school, he has learned about their perspectives as students. In these discussions, he found some eye-opening insights about what teachers can do to make students feel like they care. We also learned about Jason’s most recent...

This week, Scott talks about his experience going to the AMLE conference and running into Katie Powell ( Twitter ), Jamie talks about sketchnoting, and Fabian talks about connecting with a student who is very disruptive in his class. Finally, Fabian talks about how he has been trying to make the boardgame Pandemic: Fall of Rome work in his classroom in our ever popular segment “Whatcha’ been playi...

No guest this week, but we do have some fun stories from inside and outside of the classroom. Scott got yet another award and connects with his advisory, Fabian is restarting his game with a new group and is doing things a bit differently, Jamie does a follow up to her feeling like a fraud sometimes and talks about an emc2 activity called Poker Chip Challenge. Finally, Scott shares why a playing w...

We have a returning guest on today’s episode. Educator Andrea from Tiktok joined in on the discussion. We talk about her new role as Dr. Forcum, teacher prep programs, and the eye-opening differences between K-12 and higher education classrooms. You won’t want to miss out on this conversation!  Follow Andrea on Tiktok and Instagram Andrea’s upcoming podcast: “Those Who Can’t, Do”. Join @hofmannedu...

Hello everybody! On today’s pod, Jamie channels her inner middle schooler, Scott apologizes, and Fabian’s new class begins with a power outage. Other topics include: snowball fights and city states, existential teaching crises and what’s happening on our Discord channel. Plus, Fabian shares King Domino in our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”. Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and...

On today’s podcast, Fabian and Scott discuss a Disney experience and Jamie shares a story about how her class takes charge and gets their work turned in despite a teacher error. Plus, the crew talks about cantina crawls, coin pouches, socratic seminars and reflecting on the mechanics of a year long game. In our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”, Scott shares a hands-on version of Tet...

Hey Everybody! On this week’s pod, we talk about the coin frenzy happening on our Discord and toss around some ideas for incorporating currency into the game. Scott got his battle cards up and running. Fabian is launching a socratic seminar in his class and with the help of AI, he is combining a one-point rubric with a checklist so that students can reflect and grade their performance. Finally, Ja...

Happy New Year! We ring in 2024 with Fabian and Scott living it up in Hawaii while Jamie is chilling in California. Fabian purchased a new toy from Galaxy’s Edge that will play a part in an upcoming scavenger hunt. We also talk about using Easter Eggs and Aurebesh in a gamified class. Jamie has acquired an Echo Dot and the crew brainstorms ways to use it at school. Scott has a deck builder idea br...

Happy Holidays Rebel Teachers! The crew is officially on Winter Break and we reflected on the last few days of crafts, movies, and Secret Santa offerings. Scott made current events fun by doing an XP palooza for Chance Cards. Jamie had students research holidays around the world with a candy-themed Research Raiders project. Fabian gave his students a choice to either watch a documentary or play a...

New episode is in the house! Today, the crew talks about the newest award given to one of the members (hint: he received one before), Jamie talks about how she engaged her student with a Station 2 Station activity which can be found on emc2learning, and Scott talks about how his son had to create a boardgame for class and how we might use this in our classrooms. Finally, Jamie talks about how she...

Welcome to the pod! On today’s episode, Fabian uses practical math lessons to help his students see the benefits of starting on time and turning in work. This created some lightbulb moments in his class. Jamie discusses an interactive presentation called Walk Thru California and uses one of Kevin Roughton’s History Mysteries to get students interacting with primary documents. Scott’s starting to g...

We are back after a short hiatus of sickness and surgery. In today’s episode, Scott gives us an update on his world river project and his largest funded item from Donor’s Choose. Fabian discusses his sub day woes but Sneaky Cell Phone Snoop saves the day with some high engagement from an unlikely student. Jamie was productive in her Covid quarantine and created an entire novel study with EMC2 reso...

On this week’s episode, we had an on-the-spot brainstorm session about engaging students with homemade dice. We also talk about game resets, EMC2’s Triple Threat Throwdown, Story Dice Diaries and hooking students with a video to pique students’ interest in a side quest. Plus, our ever popular series, “Whatcha been playin’?”. Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by sub...

This week’s episode features a friend of the pod, Tisha Richmond. Tisha discusses her new role at Canva, her latest podcast, her partnership with #Eduprotocols and a special project that will be coming out soon. Plus, she shares a fantastic game that sparks creativity in students and teachers alike. Join us for some laughs, joy and discussion. Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyalo...

We are really excited to launch this episode. Today, we discuss the latest in our Rebel Teacher Alliance Community: we have a discord and a merch shop! Scott shares a hands-on activity that has brought his advisory class together. Jamie talks gradebook woes and challenging her students to create story dice diaries. Finally, Fabian flips the script on his class by gamifying productivity through dic...

The crew welcomes you back to a new episode. Scott just started fall break and shares what happened on the lead up to it. Fabian tells a story of how his students forced him to take some extreme measures. Jamie shares how she won a bunch of books and how she uses lit circles in her 4th and 5th grade combo class. Fabian also shares how he uses Jake Carr’s ChatGPT feedback idea with a project studen...

Interested in Gamification? This is the episode for you! Boss battles, Wookie rescues and dice rolling plus we discuss the power of equity maps. As always, we end with our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin?”. Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast and rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts! Find us on Instagram @rebelteacherallia...

Hello everybody! On today’s episode we talk about light pucks and emotional roller coasters, sticky note prints and cell phone snoops and a delightful dice dig with a tiny broom. Sound crazy?! It is! Plus, our ever popular segment, “Whatcha been playin’?”. Come laugh with us!#RTAlliance #xplap #rtalliance #teachersofinstagram #elementaryschool #middleschool #highschool #gamification rebelteacheral...

In this episode Fabian and Jamie finally got to see Scott’s classroom and talk about all the fun stuff they saw. And some… obnoxious stuff as well. Fabian talks about some of the things he saw Dan Lewer (TikTok: History4Humans ) posted on TikTok. Jamie explains how she maneuvered her way through teaching 4th and 5th grade math. We also play a message by a listener and hope you will leave us one on...

Boy, how did we get this lucky? This week we have former Imagineering Creative Director and all around nice guy Eric Baker on our show! Eric tells us all about his experience being part of the Imagineering design process and bringing Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge to life. He also talks about how the connection with Fabian came to be and why he loves talking to students about his line of work. You do no...

Welcome back everyone! This week, Scott shares his Craigslist junk score, how he was using no devices for four weeks of school because of … reasons, Jamie shared how she took over classrooms and has to speed up her boss battle arrival, Fabian talks about smart starting thin slides with Jake Carr’s Eyebombs activity and how a quick pivot actually turned into something very productive. In our ever p...

Full speed ahead on this week’s pod. Fabian discusses how he’s onboarding his class with his Blast Off game and his Boardgame Club redesign. The crew also talks about getting students excited with welcome letters and Scott has incorporated rubber chickens into his classroom. Plus, our ever popular segment, “Whatcha been playin’” features ET the board game.  Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and...

School has (almost) officially started for the pod. The crew shares ideas to Smart Start our classes with Eduprotocols such as Frayer a friend, random emoji and  things that rock . We also discuss how important it is to arrange the classroom in a way that creates a nice flow for learning and moving around the room. Plus, our ever-popular segment, “Whatcha been playin’” featuring  Shut the box and...

We are slowly transitioning back to reality and the start of a brand new year. Scott shares how he plans to kick off his new game. Jamie started her year off teaching teachers at the EDUProtocol Academy and at her district PD Day. Then Fabian shares some great news about Fall CUE. Plus, Fabian shares a game in our ever-popular segment, “Whatcha Been Playin’...?”  Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey...