What Works! Podcast
1) How to Use Passion Based Learning to Resurrect Apathetic Students and Spark Intrinsic Motivation to Learn
In the wake of the pandemic, student apathy soared to new levels, and teaching became more challenging and exhausting. Our guests have discovered how to use passion-based learning to resurrect apathe...Show More
2) 10 Ways We’re Improving Project-based Learning with ChatGPT and Other Generative AI
Dan Jones with Marilee Scott, Jay McTighe, Rachelle Dené Poth, and Brad Weinstein We’re always exploring the possibilities for enhanced teaching and learning, and we’ve discovered that ChatGPT opens ...Show More
10 Ways We’re Improving Project-based Learning with ChatGPT and Other Generative AI
13:31 | Jul 13th, 2023
3) Yes, We're Using ChatGPT to Teach Higher Order Thinking, Here's How
Teachers who have embraced ChatGPT have found that we can take students to the very top of Bloom’s taxonomy by shifting our thinking about the tool. This conversation discusses the traditional barrier...Show More
4) ChatGPT Is Here, We’re Using It, It’s Amazing: 6 Creative Ways to Teach With It Right Now
Dan Jones with Kate Baker, Bryan Beal, Trent Bowser, and Marcos Navas Innovative educators are embracing ChatGPT as a transformative tool that can improve teaching and learning, make creating interact...Show More
5) How Teachers Work Most Effectively With In-Class Tutors: 18 Do’s and Don’ts
Teachers working side-by-side with outside tutors is not new, but the practice has expanded in the wake of the pandemic. Collaborating effectively with tutors requires some awareness of the unique c...Show More
How Teachers Work Most Effectively With In-Class Tutors: 18 Do’s and Don’ts
18:03 | Jan 14th, 2023
6) Rising Above the Barriers to Unfinished Learning
We can help students surpass the barriers to unfinished learning if we acknowledge the challenges and think differently about how we approach teaching and learning. Follow our PLN on Twitter: @SarahD...Show More
7) More Transparency, More Communication, More Face-to-Face Meetings With Parents Recommended Post-Covid
We invited a parent, a teacher, and a school administrator to talk about engaging parents in the wake of the pandemic. Among the recommendations are more transparency, more communication and more fac...Show More
8) Why We’re Rethinking Student Engagement for the New School Year
Though student engagement has always been essential to teaching and learning, the pandemic has impacted students in ways that raise questions about what it takes to engage students this term. In this...Show More
9) Adjusting Our Expectations of Students
Like us, our students have been through a lot over the last two years and many of the traditional expectations we have of them simply don’t fit. Join us as we talk about expectations and how we can ad...Show More
10) Why It’s So Important to Acknowledge the Silent Grief in This Challenging School Year
In this episode, we unpack the silent grief many of us are feeling about the myriad ways teaching has changed since the pandemic and how those changes are impacting our students and our careers. Reso...Show More