Rebel Teacher Alliance

Happy Holidays from us to you! We are so grateful to have you be part of this show and wish you all the best for the rest of this year. We are looking forward to a new season coming in January! Season 4!! Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast and rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts! Find us on Instagram @rebelteacheralliance , on Twi...

Hello rebels! This week, the crew talks about Fabian’s attempt to apply for a Disney award, we have a major announcement, our opinions on ChatGPT, and talk about hexagonal thinking. Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast and rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts! Find us on Instagram @rebelteacheralliance , on Twitter @rebelteacherpod ,...

This week, the crew is talking about Scott’s front yard being on NCIS Hawaii, what it was like to have an actual lockdown, why it is nice to ease yourself into the week when coming back from break, and Jamie is sharing a bunch of activities from emc2learning. Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast and rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcas...

This week Scott, Jamie, and Fabian are talking about Donor’s Choose projects, new emc2learning resources, and a really fun game in which students need to keep track of a pen. In our favorite segment “Whatcha been playin’...”, Fabian shares a game that he is playing with his co-workers. Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast and rating and r...

Special Thanksgiving episode! We totally forgot to say Happy Thanksgiving, so here it goes: Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We are so grateful to have you as part of the Alliance and are so excited to keep this community growing! Please check out our new TikTok channel @rebelteacheralliance . We have a ton of stuff coming your way! We are looking forward to interacting with you there. This week we ar...

Excuse us for having too much fun! We got to talk to Andrea Michelle who is better known as EducatorAndrea on TikTok! Her content shows a tremendous amount of insight into the students she is teaching and the every day insanity that happens in her and all of our classrooms. Her videos always bring a smile to our faces and we had a blast talking to her. Follow her on TikTok and Instagram @EducatorA...

If you wondered what it would be like to take 31 students to Disneyland and attend a workshop put on by Disney, who Eric Baker (Executive Creative Director on Galaxy’s Edge) is and why he has a segment on Disney+, and how all of this ties into the classroom, then you need to listen to this episode! Fabian shares his experience and what it was like to talk to a former Imagineer. Join @hofmannedu ,...

Thanks for listening! This week we are talking about what Jamie, Scott, and Fabian do in their classrooms/schools for Halloween. Fabian shares how he tries to create a tradition by dramatically reading an Edgar Allan Poe story, Jamie talks about how she makes her classroom fun by using spooky activities, and Scott mentions his school’s interesting policy for wearing costumes. Finally, our ever pop...

What a treat! Jamie and Fabian went to FallCUE in Stockton this past weekend and got a chance to sit down with two awesome humans and educators: Tisha Richmond and Jeremy Sederquist. While Jeremy was plotting to replace Scott (an act of treason, as Fabian sees it), Tisha spoke about her experience at the conference and what she is up to currently. We had a blast talking to them! Please follow Jere...

This week we have Shaun Moriarty on our show! He is a wonderfully creative teacher from Massachusetts with a gamified classroom. Listen to his very unique approach to gamification and how he developed his classroom game. He also goes into some detail about how he offers students multiple ways to win the game. Finally he shares a game in our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”. Find him...

Thanks for listening! This week we talk about Jamie’s adventures in Disneyland and in her classroom observations, her experience with emc2learning’s Memory Lab, and how Fabian is creating something out of nothing in his design class with the help of a YouTube Channel. Finally, we talk about a game in our favorite segment “Whatcha been’ playin’..?” Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingm...

Welcome back to the Alliance! This week, Jamie talks about her extreme Jon Corippo experience, Fabian shares how he uses SMART goals in his class to have students be more self aware of their areas of growth, and Scott talks about his Mental Health Day and how he has students build something with LEGO bricks. Finally, Scott shares a game in our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”. Thing...

This week, with no guest on the show, Jamie, Fabian, and Scott talk about their latest developments in their classrooms and experiences they had in the last few weeks. Fabian announced to his students where their surprise workshop will take place. Finally, they talk about how to have conversations with students about team work. Also, don’t miss our latest installment of our favorite segment “Whatc...

Hailing from Alabama, Carol McLaughlin has been gamifying for a few years now. But instead of running a gamified classroom, she decided to co-found a gamified school! Multi-age classrooms, a storyline that grows and develops for her students over the years they attend. She shares how this came to be and how she decided it was time for her to move on from a public school system to founding her own...

We are back, yet again, and we have Jonathan Keck on our show. He shares how he started as a beard growing, Tolkien pipe seeking, lecturing History teacher and how he got inspired to try gamification and diving full force into it. The stuff he does is phenomenal! Check him out on Twitter @jonathandkeck. Join @hofmannedu, @mrsjamiehalsey, and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast...

This week, we Fabian secured a surprise guest for the show: John Meehan was one of our first guests when we started this podcast and has been on many times. He is not only author and co-author of two game-changing books about student engagement, but also co-founder of the website and “Netflix for engagement strategies” emc2learning . Scott likes to interrupt people a lot, as we are sure you notice...

Jason is a powerhouse! Pun intended. He tells us all about how he engages students and how he is implementing a glitch this year which will send students down an alternate reality in his classroom game. Come for the jokes and stay for the Canadian kindness. Jason Howse is truly a rebel who rethinks student engagement. He also shares a game in our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?” We...

Holy moly! What an episode! When Jamie texted Scott to not embarrass her in front of our guest, we did not know that Jon Corippo would just take the ball and run for it! What an episode! Full of funny stories, great insight into teaching, why EDUProtocols work, and why flashy things are sometimes awesome for students. Follow @jcorippo on Twitter , TikTok , and Instagram ! Join @hofmannedu , @mrsja...

Welcome to the Alliance! This week we have Will Carlson on the show. Will tells us all about how he runs his gamified Marvel classroom and he and Jamie collaborated to have a crossover event. In our ever popular segment "Whatcha been playin'...?" Will talks about Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast and rating...

Welcome to this new iteration of our podcast! From now on, we will be called Rebel Teacher Alliance and we are so excited for what we have planned for the future! Listen for why we decided to change our name and some sneaks for what we have in store! This week, Scott talks about a defunct piano that he inherited and fixed up for his classroom, Jamie dives into her bookclub experience where she rea...

We are so happy to have another Disney Award winning educator on the show! This week we have Susan Thompson, 5th grade teacher from Indiana, and she tells us about all the amazing things she does in her classroom and why she qualified for a Disney teacher award. Hint: It is quite impressive! Be sure to follow her on Instagram and check out Bananas the Traveling Monkey as well! Join @hofmannedu , @...

Such a fun deep dive with amazing educators! This week we have first time guest Itzel Lizarraga and returning guest Josie Wozniak on our show to talk all things TextQuest, the brain child of John Meehan (and now EMC2Learning). We talk about different variations, how Jamie, Fabian, and Itzel ran it in their classrooms, and Josie asks great questions to help clarify understanding. If you ever wanted...

This is such a great episode! We might be biased, but Katie Powell is a force to be reckoned with. Not only did she clap with us in the beginning to help align the audio, but she also wrote two books called Boredom Busters and Frustration Busters. She talks about how she started her career as a SpEd teacher, landed in her chosen field of Middle School ELA instruction, and how her presenting led to...

Hello there! This episode is very Star Wars centric, but also, not really. This week we get to talk to Jason Hilbert, an amazing, veteran High School History teacher from San Jose, CA. Fabian noticed him when he was doing research on how to turn his classroom into a bit more of an immersive experience and Jason graciously agreed to come on and talk about his inspiration for why he incorporated Sta...

Tribe, this episode has some amazing stories! Our guest, and fellow Disney Award Winner (tm), Dale Hoggatt has been in the classroom for over 30 years and the stories he told us are just incredible. An incredibly engaging teacher, Dale did not only wrestle a lion, but also wrote a few books and articles about teaching. A wealth of experience for sure and with this episode we are only scratching th...