Unpacking Education & Tech Talk For Teachers

In today’s episode, you'll discover 10 tips for improving the prompts you use with generative AI chatbots. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

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In today’s episode, we clarify what artificial intelligence (AI) is, how it appears in our daily lives, and how generative AI tools like ChatGPT have changed the game. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

This episode is Part IV of a four-part series featuring educator voices from the 2022 AVID National Conference . Each episode features interviews with teachers and school leaders. In this episode, educators share what it takes to help students succeed. Specifically, our guests talk about how we can help students pave their path forward toward personal, academic, and career success.   Throughout th...

In today’s episode, we'll review Flippity, a free website offering 28 different learning activity templates that you can use in your classroom. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

This episode is Part III of a four-part series featuring educator voices from the 2022 AVID National Conference . Each episode features interviews with teachers and school leaders. In this episode, educators share what it takes to help students succeed. Specifically, our guests talk about strategies to engage and empower their students. In almost every response, building relational capacity is men...

In today’s episode, we'll explore eight ways that you can build a strong foundation of technology skills and procedures to begin the school year. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

This episode is Part II of a four-part series featuring educator voices from the 2022 AVID National Conference . Each episode features interviews with teachers and school leaders. In this episode, our educator guests share their favorite AVID teaching and learning strategies. Their insights are both inspirational and practical. One thing you will likely notice when listening to the guests featured...

In today’s episode, we'll review three strategies for helping students build confidence in your classroom. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

This episode is Part I of a four-part series featuring educator voices from the 2022 AVID National Conference . Each episode features interviews with teachers and school leaders. In this episode, our educator guests share strategies and rationale for creating relational capacity in their classrooms and schools. In fact, as Rena, Winston, and Paul interviewed teachers and school leaders at the AVID...

In today’s episode, we'll review three ways that educators can begin to use AI chatbots—like ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing Chat, and Google Bard—to help save time. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

This episode was recorded live at the AVID National Conference in Orlando, Florida, on December 9, 2022. It was part of the General Session that took place on the second day of the conference. In this episode, we feature four AVID alumni: Grace Campbell, Mildred Medina, Isaiah Walker, and Muhammad Kara. These former students joined us to share their inspirational success stories. They are amazing,...

Disclaimer: The information provided during this podcast is not, nor is it intended to be, construed as legal advice. You should consult with a licensed attorney in your state if you have specific questions and for advice regarding your individual situation.   In today’s episode, we'll review the basics of copyright and important factors to evaluate when considering the use of content in your...

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Michelle Magallanez, the Head of Special Projects at AVID Center.  Despite being a self-defined math phobe, Michelle has become a champion for STEM, computer science, and the transformative skills those areas of study can provide students.  Michelle wants students to understand that these fields are not about multiplication tables. They are about asking, “How are...

In today’s episode, we'll review the final step of the ANSWERS Inquiry Process, which focuses on preparing students to effectively share their new learning with an audience. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

In this episode, we talk with Unpacking Education host Paul Beckermann about his teaching career and what he’s learned along the way. Paul believes, “The most successful teachers are the ones who learn a little bit every day.”   Paul also believes that teachers are amazing and that we can learn a great deal from each other. “Every single teacher does something really well,” he says, and he encoura...

In today’s episode, we'll explore the sixth step of the ANSWERS Inquiry Process and review strategies that can help guide students to review their work, reflect on possible improvements, and then revise their products to make them ready for sharing with an audience. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Today, we celebrate the 200th episode of Unpacking Education and Tech Talk For Teachers. We reflect on our journey so far and look ahead to possibilities for the future. Throughout the show, we talk about some of our most vivid memories in education and what this podcast has meant to us. We share plenty of laughs as well as sincere appreciation for all of our listeners. We are here for you and bec...

In today’s episode, we'll explore how students can elaborate and express their learning by analyzing, synthesizing, and interpreting their research as well as how they might communicate those findings. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

In this episode, we talk with Unpacking Education cohost Rena Clark about her teaching career. From her personal experience as a struggling reader, who did not want to be a teacher, to a successful career as an elementary teacher, district learning coach, and educational leader, Rena shares what she’s learned along the way.   Overall, Rena says, “I have lots of hopes and things for the future. I t...

In today’s episode, we'll review two key elements of weaving information together: the critical consumption of information and the process of note-taking and making connections. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Girls Who Code recently celebrated its 10th anniversary as an organization, having served over 500,000 girls and women during that time. Chrissy Ziccarelli, the Senior Director of School and Community Programs at Girls Who Code, joins us for today's episode to share more about this impactful work supporting girls and women in the fields of computer science and coding. Tune in to this episode...

In today’s episode, we'll review five ways that students can search and seek out credible information to support their inquiry questions. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Dr. Kelly Camak joins us to discuss ways to rethink assessment in our classrooms. Using a five-part framework, she explains how we can use assessment as revelation and make assessment a more collaborative, personal, and student-centered experience. Dr. Camak says that this framework is not a one-way-to-do-things recipe, but rather, these elements include “ideas and constructs to help us really thi...

In today’s episode, we'll review how to have students gain general background knowledge about their topic and develop a research plan by noting the possibilities available to them. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.