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In this rather short episode, we discuss the future of our podcast with our new Co-Host Jamie Halsey! Please give her a follow on Twitter @MrsJamieHalsey and don't forget about our contest! Go to www.findingourtribe.net to find an Easter egg (literally) and get started! There are seem fun prizes waiting for you! Please click here and leave us a message telling us about your favorite moment from ou...

We did it! We are 100 episodes in and have a massive announcement. Or two. Check Twitter for one of them and keep listening to find out who our third permanent host will be! This is an episode in which we reminisce a lot and we hope you enjoy it! Stay tuned for our new season which will start with the next episode! We are so proud to have such a great community and loyal listeners! We cannot wait...

Hi everyone! Just a quick appreciation message before we are back next week with our 100th (!!) episode with not just one, but two gargantuan announcements! So excited for you to find out! Happy New Year!

As we settle into our winter break, we wanted to give you a quick update of what has been going on. Scott is struggling with student language, how he and his class went on an impromptu field trip, why Fabian likes to use speedy spreadsheets to organize his classes in his gradeless classroom. Thanks for listening and we hope you join us for our 100th episode coming up! Click on Leave us a Message!...

Welcome, Tribe! This week we are welcoming Dr. Casey Jakubowski. He talks to us about his experience as an adjunct professor teaching future elementary school teachers, why teaching in rural America is different from urban and suburban areas, and why bringing back CTE pathways are the way of the future. He is the author of two books that are available for purchase on Amazon (find the link below)....

Hello everyone! Welcome back and a hello specifically to our new listeners that we might have gained over the last few months. This week we have our permanent fixture @mrsjamiehalsey with us. She tells us about new developments in her classroom, Scott talks about laying down the law in his classroom, and Fabian explains why his students lost the privilege to participate in a BreakoutEDU... probabl...

Welcome back from your well deserved (albeit short) Thanksgiving break! This week, Scott shares a story about the Thanksgiving tradition at his school, why having some living history stations at your school is a cool idea, how to keep kids engaged who might struggle with technology, and a lot more!  Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to reply to you and will play your message on o...

Hi y’all! Fabian is visiting family in Georgia and has no recording equipment. Nevertheless, we wanted to say a quick thanks to you guys for being part of our tribe! Have a great thanksgiving and we will be back with a new episode next week!

Thanks for tuning in this week! On this episode we talk about how to tackle some serious conversations and why it is not necessary to have them same life experiences as students in order to be empathetic and a positive and stable role model for them. Fabian also talks about using fake Twitter and text message exchanges to review previous knowledge and why it is important to NOT share a QR code tha...

Today we talk about taking over the world... Well, actually, we talk about students having to re-learn how to be students, what Fabian's classroom boardgame was like and how he played it, and why Scott put up a poop-tree outside his classroom . Finally Fabian talks a little about a platform that helps manage Oculus Quest devices! Let's get into it! Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to...

Thanks for tuning in! This week, Scott and Fabian talk about classroom management, how using Hero Builder had students engaged for at least three class periods, development of a classroom game in progress, and so much more!  Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to reply to you and will play your message on our show! Give it a try! You can also find the button on our homepage, findin...

This week Fabian debriefs his and @mrsjamiehalsey's Fall Cue presentation, why meditation with a whole class can be very hard, some ideas on what to do with scratch off stickers, why BB-8 needed to be repaired in Fabian's classroom, and so much more.  Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to reply to you and will play your message on our show! Give it a try! You can also find the but...

This week, Scott and Fabian share some great ideas for the classroom, why it sometimes can be overwhelming to be too engaging, why sticks fly through the air, and so much more! Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to reply to you and will play your message on our show! Give it a try! You can also find the button on our homepage, findingourtribe.net . Please also check out our 9 episode s...

Thanks for listening and reading these notes. You are special and you are doing awesome! This week we have Jamie Halsey back to check in and she is telling us all about how she started her first boss battle, how she got a Donor's Choose funded, and so much more. Fabian talks a little bit about what it is like to have a mentee and Scott shares how his decorations are going. Keep listening to hear s...

Hang on to your butts: This is an episode you want to listen to again and again. Michael Matera and John Meehan are our guests and not only were we having a lot of fun recording and joking with them, we also had a really insightful and candid conversation about teaching in (almost) post-COVID and why their new book is not a Nintendo Game manual. Enjoy this one and recommend it to your friends! Cli...

Hello and welcome back! This week we talk a little bit about sidequests and some thoughts on the points involved, why Fabian used Station 2 Station from emc2learning , how incorporating a Silhouette cutter can inspire students, and so much more. Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to reply to you and will play your message on our show! Give it a try! You can also find the button on our...

Hi Tribe! Thanks for your patience. Someone dropped the ball and I am not going to tell you who. But, maybe next episode. This week we talk about why keeping student work of multiple quality levels can be helpful, how games can and should be modified on the fly through student feedback for later periods in the day, what to do with failed 3d prints, and so much more. Click on Leave us a Message! We...

Thanks for coming back and joining us this week! Scott finally gets to use devices in his class after 7 weeks... sort of, Fabian has a broken Chromebook, why faxes are kind of awesome, how Fabian started off his sidequests, and so much more. Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to reply to you and will play your message on our show! Give it a try! You can also find the button on our home...

Hi everyone! We are excited you are joining us today for a new episode! This week we talk about Scott's adventures at the dentist, what QFT is, why Scott is wrong and what he learned during his PD day, why it is sometimes hard to not take sides when a teacher friend complains about someone else, how to hype up a boss battle, and so much more! Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to reply...

Hi! We are so excited to have Thomas Bussey on our show this week! He gladly agreed to be on our show and talks all about his gamified classroom and the ideas he puts into practice. Find out why trash can be magic. Come for the gamification, stay for the amazing ideas to form relationships. Thomas is on Twitter @TheBestEducator .  Please also check out our 9 episode sidepod project "Jedi in t...

Welcome back to our podcast! This week we talk about how the classroom can change by using folding tables, why solo cups are hard to come by,  how to make students from different cultural backgrounds feel connected, and some tips for first year teachers. Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to reply to you and will play your message on our show! Give it a try! You can also find the...

Wait for it... what a surprise we have on this podcast! No hints here. The team talks about how Fabian is preparing to start school the following week, why students are going to have a hard time in the beginning of the year, how Scott is planning on using interactive notebooks, why finding justifications for Donor's Choose can be a very personal thing, and so much more! Click on Leave us a Message...

Wow, this episode is chock full of solid teaching advice! There are recommendations for how to be creative with your students and so much more! Please find all kinds of links of stuff we mentioned on our show below! Please also check out our 9 episode sidepod project "Jedi in the Classroom" which we recorded with @MrsJamieHalsey. Find it in the feed! As always, please join us on Twitter for our gr...

This week we had a great conversation about what we've been up lately. Scott went back to school/work and helped teachers get their Donor's Choose projects off the ground, Fabian finished his CLAD certification (sort of), is participating in the Hive Summit (find link below), and is currently reading Fully Engaged. Please also check out our 9 episode sidepod project "Jedi in the Classroom" which w...

Sorry for being late. But, we made it! Scott and Fabian have a brief conversation about what is going on in Scott's back to school days (hint: meetings!) and Fabian talks a little about the Holocron he acquired while visiting the planet of Batuu. It's a short one, but I think there is some stuff you would enjoy! Please also check out our 9 episode sidepod project "Jedi in the Classroom" which we r...