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72: Hack Learning Uncut – Hacking Independent Learning with Author/Educator Connie Hamilton
Well-known connected educator Connie Hamilton says the most critical component of kids becoming independent learners is to be clear about what they should be learning and how it’s connected to a broader purpose. In...
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71: Education Technology and the 4 Cs with Stephanie Budhai and Laura Taddei
Many districts/schools are implementing technology programs that offer opportunities for 24/7 learning, but teachers need more support and ideas when it comes to implementing the technology in a way that redefines and...
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70: Hack Learning Uncut: Shift the Mindset and Throw Out Homework
Hack Learning Podcast host Mark Barnes is uncut, as he vilifies traditional homework and the idea that it has any real value to learners. Hack Learning Uncut is a special weekly episode, dedicated to subscribers....
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69: How to Easily Uncover Your Biases
A Teacher Disposition Assessment (TDA) measures bias. Student experts, who consume your presentations daily, generate critical information. The TDA is a set of teacher-created prompts based on potentially...
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68: Hack Learning Uncut - How to do projects right
In this episode of Hack Learning "Uncut"--the unedited, unbridled, under-eight-minute edition of the Hack Learning Podcast--Mark Barnes explains how to do projects right. Using a model of an uninspiring old-school...
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67: How to Teach Core Values with Casey Ewy
When Kansas middle school teacher Casey Ewy realized that kids will become independent, enthusiastic learners if they are part of a non-threatening community, she threw out everything that most teachers consider to be...
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66: Hack Learning Uncut - Riffing on Rigor in Education
In this episode of Hack Learning "Uncut"--the unedited, occasionally-interrupted, under-eight-minute edition of the Hack Learning Podcast, Mark Barnes riffs on the word "rigor" and its use in education. Referencing a...
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65: How to Discuss Politics and Other Sensitive Issues in School
During a presidential debate, a citizen asked Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump if they are appropriate for kids. In this episode, Mark Barnes expands on the question while explaining how to discuss politics and other...
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64: Three Keys to Unlock the Door to Student Engagement with James Sturtevant
James Alan Sturtevant calls student engagement the "whole ballgame", and who would know this better than the 32-year veteran teacher, rapidly becoming known around the education world as the student engagement...
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63: Hacking School Discipline: How to Throw Out Detention and Other Lame Punishments
Mark Barnes explains how one Baltimore school repurposed and rebranded its detention room, turning it into a Mindful Moment Room, dramatically impacting schoolwide student behavior and almost magically making...
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62: Three Hacky Ways to Remember Things with Brad Zupp
Renowned author, presenter, and memory expert Brad Zupp rarely forgets things. Since 2009, Zupp has been dedicated to testing the limits of his own memory while helping others learn the benefits that come from memory...
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61: Hacking Teacher Mistakes with My Bad Host Jon Harper
Jon Harper admits that in more than a decade in education, he's made plenty of mistakes. Some might call Harper a mistakes guru. He interviews experienced education stakeholders about their mistakes on his popular Bam...
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