Teaching Channel Talks

Minecraft Global Mentor   Jessica Pilsner  joins  Tch  Talks to discuss how we can help students express themselves and their original ideas through Minecraft. Listen as Jessica explains how she unleashes her students' creativity as they build and solve problems together within the world of Minecraft. Resources Minecraft Education Edition Minecraft Starter Kit

Has Minecraft cracked the code to highly effective, spontaneous collaboration?  Minecraft naturally fosters a community of learners, where students learn about what it takes to work in a team and collaborate in an authentic and meaningful way. Minecraft Global Mentor  Josh McLaughlin  joins  Tch  Talks to discuss how we can facilitate meaning, collaboration, and opportunit...

Kids love Minecraft. They love mining for ore, they love collaborating with friends, they love creating Minecraft worlds. How do we take advantage of that intense interest for the purpose of deeper learning in the classroom? Minecraft Global Mentor  Stephen Elford , an educator in Australia, joins  Tch  Talks to discuss student engagement and how that engagement facilitates exc...

 National Board for Professional Learning Standards  President and CEO Peggy Brookins discusses her path as an educational leader. Her storied career as an educator includes many national leadership positions and accolades.  Tch Laureate Crystal Morey  interviews Brookins about her work, her leadership, and her inspirations.

EdCamp co-founder and Director of Learning at Slack, Kristen Swanson talks about leadership as part of the  Women Leaders in Education  series.  Tch Laureate Crystal Morey  interviews Kristen, a self-described curriculum nerd. We are all leaders, Kristen says, as she describes her path as an educator and pioneer in collaborative learning.

Linda Darling-Hammond  is a leading light in the progressive educational movement. She sits down with  Tch Laureate Crystal Morey  to discuss pressing issues such as the teacher shortage, addressing inequity, and the critical role women play as leaders in the field. Tune into this first episode of our series,  Women Leaders in Education .

What do you love about teaching? And how can you let the world know? Join  Gary Abud , co-founder of  #LoveTeaching , as he discusses why he helped start this annual outpouring of positivity.

Sara Kadjer , professor of English Education at the University of Georgia, discusses her distinguished career, from middle school teacher to higher ed faculty. A pioneer in digital literacies and new media education, Sara talks about the greater complexities of the world today and the important role teachers play in helping young people navigate those complexities. Through it all, Sara is inspired...

Meenoo Rami  has taught high school English in Philadelphia, written the book  Thrive: 5 Ways to (Re)Invigorate Your Teaching , and is now the Education Manager for Minecraft, the wildly popular virtual building game. Sarah Brown Wessling talks with Meenoo about her work in education over the years, with a special emphasis on being new to the profession.

In Part Two of our series on Social & Emotional Learning (SEL),  R. Keeth Matheny  shares his experience as a high school teacher with a dedicated freshman course for SEL (see  Infusing Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom  for an advisory angle). How do you get started? What resources are available? And, in an ideal world, what should all students receive as far...

In this  Tch  Talk Series "Sarah and Friends,"  Tch  Laureate Sarah Brown Wessling catches up with Oklahoma State Teacher of the Year Shawn Sheehan to hear his advice to his first-year teacher self.

Creating a classroom that includes social and emotional learning can start tomorrow. Join Minnesota 2013 Teacher of the Year Megan Hall as she shares tips and strategies for getting started.

Leah Alcala , well known to the  Teaching Channel  community from her popular videos such as  My Favorite No  and  Highlighting Mistakes: A Grading Strategy , talks with Sarah Brown Wessling about her teaching journey. Now a Math teacher at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California, Leah recounts what she's learned over the years about the craft of teaching.

This is an election year for the ages. The rhetoric is at a fevered pitch, the sides are divided, and the issues muddied by inaccuracies, half-truths, lies, and innuendo. How do we help our students wade through the messages, see the purpose in participating, and become actively engaged with the presidential election? Find out during this lively conversation with high school teachers Janelle Bence...

Josh Parker  started as a substitute teacher — and nearly quit. Now, a Marlyland State Teacher of the Year, Josh talks with Sarah Brown Wessling about his first year of teaching, part of the launch of our Tch Talks podcast.