Today Chris welcomes Kory Tellers, Elementary innovations Teacher from SE Minnesota.

Chris welcomes Jodie Lang to the show. She was the 2012 Ontario Elementary Teacher of the Year. Today Jodie teaches second grade but has taught kindergarten, third, fourth, and fifth grades as well.

It's #80 for Chris Woods and the STEM Everyday podcast.  On this episode Chris welcomes the 2017 Geek of the Year and special host for Chris Marion Leary to the show

On this episode, Glenn gives his 5 favorite (for this week) online places to grab social studies digital online content.

Projects, everyone loves having students work on a project in class. They can use glue sticks, scissors, poster boards, and have a lot of fun doing it. But projects aren't just fun. They aren't just something to show off at parents night. In this episode, Chris thinks about what is the real purpose of projects in a classroom.

Glenn shares 3 tools to help you create social media posts.

On today's show host, Glenn Wiebe shares how Twitter Chats can help you with your ongoing professional learning.

Host Chris Woods chats with Lea Melchoir from Goldenrod.  Goldenrod brings educational technology to life in 3 dimensions.  The company's flagship offering is YouthTouch, a complete system of hands-on technology integration, for learners in Grades 3-8.

What is Civic Engagement?  Can you define it?  How do you teach it?  On this episode of the History Tech podcast host, Glenn Wiebe discusses these topics and gives some helpful tools to use in the classroom.

Host Chris Woods interviews Instructional Technology Coach and Sports Analytics Director for the Atlanta Blaze Jesse McNulty.  

Today on the PracticingPBL podcast we get a different point of view about PBL.  Caylie Ratzlaff was a student of Gingers.  She is presently attending Emporia State University and pursuing a dual major in Secondary Education: Social Sciences and English.  Listen in as Caylie and Ginger talk about projects and PBL between teacher and student.

Today on the STEM Everyday podcast we go back to STEM Everyday #3 which originally aired July 23, 2014.  In this episode host Chris Woods shares ideas on how to grow a STEM culture through sharing ideas and collaborating with other teachers in your school.

Rachel Meenen is an elementary teacher at Colwich Elementary School in Kansas. She is also a STEAMmaker Camp Trainer and can be reached on Facebook or on Twitter at @meenenrachel. 

It is number 75 here for the STEM Everyday podcast and we are excited to have Judy Zimny with us.  Judy is Vice President for National Institute for STEM Education.  This position is focused on working collaboratively with others to increase the number and diversity of young adults capable of - and interested in - pursuing STEM or STEM related careers.

You know you've done it.  Totally over thought a something only to realize the answer was so simple.   In this episode of STEM Everyday host, Chris Woods shares one of those stories from a friend of his.   

Today, we get to talk with Martie Hoofer about the realities of making PBL/Genius Hour work for her students while still meeting the strict scope and sequence expectations of her district.  She has learned to dance inside of her straight jacket so her kids will win.

She gives credit to her principal for permission to try something different and credit to her co-facilitator, Kelly Looper, the school media specialist for partnering with ideas, resources, and co-teaching.

Martie a 7th grade Reading and Writing Teacher at Guion Creek Middle School in Pike Township, near Indianapolis, Indiana.  She is a self-taught Project/Problem-Based Learning facilitator who runs her PBL through a Genius Hour format, which means that one day a week in her writing classes, students get to discover their passions in learning.

Host Chris Woods welcomes Mark French, Principal at Gatewood Elementary in the Hopkins Public Schools in Minnesota, to the show.  Principal French is enhancing his knowledge and skill in using technology to increase teachers’ confidence, student learning, and communication. Out of school he enjoys cooking on weekends, traveling, and reading.

You can also follow Mark on Twitter @PrincipalFrench.

Jayne Diaz shares her journey as an instructional leader in a widely diverse school district, helping teachers realize that stepping out of the structured and routine to try PBL is a move they're able to take. She shares both successes and mis-steps (and plans for correcting her route) with learning by doing, whether that be with makerspaces or Project/Problem/Passion Based Learning.

Jayne is a former district-level instructional coach for Dodge City Public Schools and currently works as Assistant Principal at Ross Elementary School in Dodge City, Kansas. Go Rhinos! (rawr!)

In this episode of the STEM Everyday podcast host, Chris Woods discusses how a simple thing like camping can add so much to a child's summer building relationships, leaving the distraction of social media and video games at home, and finding STEM in nature.

Chris talks about those connections in life that makes things special.  For Chris one of his connections is his birthday, it was on the seventh anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. 

Today, we're joined by 3 educators who have been practicing PBL for many years (remember, this isn't new, folks).  Monika King is the Principal, Steve Murdie is a Physics teacher, and Todd Miller is a Biology and A&P teacher at Maur Hill-Mount Academy, a college-prep international boarding school in Atchison, Kansas.  Teachers at MH-MA are acutely attuned to what colleges of all types are wanting from high school graduates.  Facing a real shift in expectations, they have been shifting what college-prep means for their students.  They are working with Flex-Mod Scheduling (http://www.redesignu.org/design-lab/mastery-learning/resource-bank/flexible-modular-scheduleflex-mod) to better prepare students for beyond-graduation college life.  They each share successes and challenges for themselves and their students and as Steve and Todd head back to class, Monika shares how she, as an administrator, has been able to move parent expectations beyond prepping for the ACT/SAT tests.

 Connect with Monika on Twitter: @ksedleader

Amy Storer is a curriculum coach in Montgomery ISD outside of Houston, Texas. In today's podcast, Amy shares
several stories about how she started practicing PBL -- or at least she thought she was, but on reflection, it was still
just a 'project.' She then talks about several successful and exciting examples. The overarching theme we keep
hearing from Amy is how she's a constant learner, reaching out to experts (she shares a piece of GOLD about local
experts and distant experts), colleagues, and uses social media to broaden her own expertise in teaching and learning
content.
Follow Amy's ups and downs on her blog, Converse in the Classroom, http://converseintheclassroom.blogspot.com/
where she regularly shares what she and her colleagues are doing, learning, and loving. It's a must-read!

Proud Principal at Gatewook Elementary in Hopkins School District in St. Paul Minnesota.  Interests are traveling, cooking, & learning new things! 

Christine’s work focuses on one key question: How can the teaching of engineering and science change so that it benefits and includes diverse populations?  Before launching EiE in 2003, she was director of engineering education research at Tufts University; she also directed the first national longitudinal study of the factors that help women persist in college engineering majors.  Her work has been honored with numerous awards, including an Outstanding Leadership Award from the American Society for Engineering Education.  Christine holds joint bachelor's and master's degrees in biology from Yale University and a Ph.D. in science education from Cornell University.

Listen in as Jennifer tells us about her highly diverse, Title 1 classroom and the PBL that her students are doing.  She reflects on PBL in the elementary classroom, and the balance of direct instruction with PBL, specifically.  And she reveals she does NO direct instruction for her reading classes and yet her kids have made phenomenal growth this year.  

Today, we're talking with longtime friend, Cindy Sheets, a retired gifted ed teacher who taught K-6 students. Cindy shares 4 stories about "those kids," learners in all our classrooms who are sometimes difficult to engage in deeper learning. One student is a "feed me Seymour" girl who always wants to be reassured that she's on the right path. Another story is about a group of boys who are a bit lackadaisical and spend more time making excuses to get out of work than they do actually working. The third story is about a boy who struggled socially, who didn't have friends, and who no one in the class thought would be able to create a joyful masterpiece of learning -- that topped everyone else! The final story is about Cindy herself, and how one student helped her to pause and "listen longer" or not shut down a student's "silly" idea before it had a chance to fully bloom.

We all have these learners in their room. Come take a listen to see how these kids were impacted by Project Based

Learning!

It is that time of year school kids dream about, SUMMER BREAK!  Host Chris Woods gives some fun STEM ideas for the summer to keep kids mind in the swing of things. 

In this episode of the STEM Everyday Podcast we took four short takes from Chris's library to create this one episode of fun things to do in the classroom.

Chris interviews Tony Tatangelo from Iron Mountain Michigan.  Tony is adding things usually reserved for middle to high school activities to his kindergarten class. 

Chris talks with Daniel Mares.  Daniel is currently and Instructional Technology Coordinator and a Social Studies teacher in a K-12 school district.  Daniel has a wide ranging experience using and implementing technology into his lessons.  

Ginger is back telling the success stories of PBL being used in the classroom.  Her guest today is Ginny Ogden.  Ginny is a foreign language teacher at Jefferson Forrest High School in Lynchburg, Virginia.  They talk about an exciting new opportunity Ginny in the school.  She is on a pilot team using a flexible schedule and more PBL to change the way students learn.

NASA, green screens, overhead projectors, super heroes, Latin, jumbotrons, The Walking Dead, Hollywood Georgia?...could Chris and Mary Ann Rogers Lamberth from the STEM Academy in Savannah Georgia add anything else into their chat this week on the STEM Everyday podcast.   

Chris shares thought of using calculators in the classroom along with calculator apps. 

Chris takes a few minutes to reflect on when he what triggered hm to decide to become a teacher.

Chris talks with CEO and Co-Founder of Makkajai about Monster Math.  A game available on either iPad or iPhone which uses story lines to engage students and help them practice and learn over forty skills in math.  The game is fully customizable to suit your student's aptitude and you can choose between basic and advanced skills with a simple toggle.  

Fresh off of attending and presenting at the 2017 MACUL conference Chris shares his experiences about conferences.  

Chris talks with Maureen Marcoux from Ardusat about their programs. 

This week on the STEM Everyday podcast Chris talks with Allison Bischoff.  Allison along with Jessica Gordon started the Rozzy Learning Company.  Beyond Rozzy’s children’s books and curricula, Jessica and Allison are dedicated to empowering teachers to build their own curricula and providing them with the tools to do so. Together, Jessica and Allison have designed tool kits and trainings to aid teachers in curriculum writing and development.

Glenn gives you information about Newsela, Google Expoditions, Smithsonian Learning Lab, DOCSTeach from the National Archives, Arizona Geographic Alliance, Chronicling America from the Library of Congress, and World Digital Library.  

This week on the STEM Everyday podcast, Chris chats with Jeff Bush from Kent Innovation High in Grand Rapids, MI.

Chris talks with Amy Farkas about science, teaching, having students reinvent the box, and use a bunch of really cool science terms.

Chris introduces ways to add STEM to your Valentine's day classroom with ideas for experiments and projects.

Super Simple Valentine's Day STEM for Your Sweethearts from Scholastic https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/lindsey-petlak/super-simple-valentines-day-stem-your-sweethearts/

How It's Made Valentie's Day Edition - https://youtu.be/j6FtdPygxxQ

Chris connects with Osman Rashid, an engineer who thought outside the box to make science more engaging in this digital age.  Learn along the way as you take an adventure in an animated world aligned with NGSS standards.

Part 2 of Glenn's conversation with Ashley and Darren of the Smithsonian Learning Lab.

Glenn interviews Ashley Naranjo, Learning Initiatives Specialist, and Darren Milligan, Senior Digital Strategist, from the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access about what the Smithsonian Learning Lab. 

Chris talks with Teri Bauerly.  Teri teaches 6-8 grade STEM and Ed Tech classes at Spearfish Middle School in South Dakota. She is the 2015-2016 Spearfish Middle School Teacher of the Year!  Teri is a Level 1 Google Certified Educator has her K-12 Gifted endorsement, K-12 English as a New Language endorsement, and 6-8 Engineering endorsement.  Teri is happily married and has 2 awesome dogs. 

Teri Bauerly

Twitter:  @mrstbauerly                                                                               

Blog:  https://teachingeyes.wordpress.com/ 

Teacher of the year article:                        http://www.bhpioneer.com/local_news/teri-bauerly-named-teacher-of-the-year/article_5df6afce-f1d6-11e5-b7de-ef2bea60a358.html

URL for Tynker Game her student created:                     https://www.tynker.com/play?p=569514e7436e6933758b457f

Tynker: https://www.tynker.com

Chris Woods on Twitter:  @dailystem 

Teresa Gonczy is an entrepreneurial leader and enthusiastic educator, who is passionate about building communities where kids and adults feel capable of creating their lives and changing the world.  She has a special affinity for young children, and seeks to understand how our early experiences shape our lives.  Her research interests are in the large-scale improvement of adult-child interaction quality - parents, early childhood teachers, or other caregivers - using intervention design and evaluation with an understanding of how learning happens for young children, how behavior change happens for adults, and how continuous improvement and radical change happens for organizations.  Teresa is focused on bringing early learning research into innovative policies and practice, including capacity building and workforce development.  

Teresa’s website

http://www.teresaeg.com/

Links for Teresa

https://twitter.com/teresaeg

https://twitter.com/EarlyMath

www.linkedin.com/in/teresagonczy/

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