The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | Education Podcast
1) 407: Build a Better Choice Board Project for any ELA Unit
We know we want kids to have choice. As much choice as possible in creating the education that is meaningful and helpful for them. That choice can come through choice over content, medium, expression ...Show More
2) 406: Try this Choice Twist on Review
I bet you know your favorite way to learn something. Maybe it's by listening to a podcast, skimming a couple of articles on the topic, reading a book, going to a live lecture, taking a Masterclass, ta...Show More
3) 405: 5 Creative Activities for A Christmas Carol
Dickens' A Christmas Carol stands out strongly from his other works, but not because it's so different, really, in what it hopes to accomplish. Critiquing society, drawing attention to the world outsi...Show More
4) 404: The Missing Piece in Most ELA Projects
According to research by Stanford Professor Bob Sutton, innovative businesses need to generate about 4,000 ideas to come up with two or three really good ones. Think about that. 4,000 ideas. What ...Show More
5) 403: 5 Hexagonal Thinking Minis (Try One Tomorrow!)
It's easy to think of hexagonal thinking as a big event, a full-class activity that you set up and run for a whole period. But once your students know how to use this tool, it could come in handy in l...Show More
6) 402: Make Your Space a Partner with Flexible Resources
You know how some spaces just make you feel excited to DO something? Whether it's a Cricut getting your wheels spinning with what-ifs, beautiful shelves of paint inviting you to decorate holiday potte...Show More
7) 401: Easy Wins on the Sensory Dashboard (yes, in ELA!)
The other day I found myself walking through a parking garage stairwell in Iowa City, and I realized they were using the same scent design as the local mall in Bratislava where we used to live. Half-s...Show More
8) 400: #evolvingEDdesign: Giving Students Real Agency
Imagine you and I were about to make a dinner together. Now, I bring a love of baking to our project, and a decently strong roast chicken game. But I don't want to dominate the conversation too much. ...Show More
9) 399: #evolvingEDdesign: Crafting a Flexible Classroom
My first classroom was a little blue trailer on the edge of the soccer field. Every morning, I got my shoes clogged with mud hiking across the field, but I loved my corner of campus, and I felt pretty...Show More
10) 398: A Simple Trick to Elevate Poetry Analysis: Poetry Blackout
The first time I had much use for poetry came in college, freshmen year. My professor assigned each of us to memorize a poem and recite it in class. Horrified, I chose ee cummings' "anyone lived in a ...Show More