Podcast
PDcast SVUSD
Hosted by Kevin Fairchild · EN
Your professional development podcast by and for Saddleback Valley Unified School District educators.
10episodes
Episodes
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040 Finishing Strong
Jun 5, 202000:19:55Tap to summarizeIn the final episode for the stranger-than-strange 2019-20 school year, Team ToSA shares how to close out your Seesaw classes and your Google Classrooms to prepare for next year, and gives some advice for the summer.
Transcribe →039 Virtual Academy Teachers Panel
May 29, 202000:37:47Tap to summarizeElizabeth and Jen talk with three teachers from Virtual Academy: Lisa Meyers, Angela Dean, and Carla Nellis. These three share their best strategies for building instructor presence and community in online classes, how to provide structure with flexibility for students, how to keep students engaged, and how to manage their own workflows.
Transcribe →038 Professional Learning in the Time of Coronavirus
May 22, 202000:21:38Tap to summarizeThe usual suspects talk about the pros and cons of virtual conference sessions, how to find online PD that meets your needs, what podcasts you should listen to, and other topics around professional learning at a distance.
Transcribe →037 Grading in Secondary
May 15, 202000:18:48Tap to summarizeLisa Turlo and Robert Sherlock join us to discuss the district's grading policy for secondary students this term. We also talk about some strategies teachers can use to help engage and motivate students during the COVID 19 shutdown.
Transcribe →036 Elementary Teachers Panel
May 8, 202000:30:15Tap to summarizeListen as five elementary teachers describe their distance learning successes, challenges, and hints for other teachers. Teachers Peggy Aungst, Raniah Crail, Erin Hansen, Kelley Miller, and Catherine Scanlon join Jen and Kathleen on our elementary teachers panel.
Transcribe →035 Secondary Teachers Panel
May 1, 202000:23:18Tap to summarizeWe talk with four secondary teachers about their experiences so far with distance learning. Michelle Mock (MVHS), Ryan Mock (THHS), Michelle Stafford (La Paz), and Emily Tombleson (THHS) share what has gone well so far, how they have organized online learning for their students, and how they have provided both the structure and the flexibility that students (and teachers) need during this time.
Transcribe →034 Interview - Amanda Taylor
Apr 24, 202000:28:53Tap to summarizeWe talk with Once and Future ToSA Amanda Taylor to get her perspective on distance learning both as an educational consultant and teacher, and also as a parent. Our wide-ranging discussion covers topics such as technology inequity among schools, organizational practices for teachers and students in distance learning, how she is helping her own children with the work they are getting, and many other great insights.
Transcribe →033 To Meet or To Zoom
Apr 17, 202000:25:37Tap to summarize... that is the question. We review some of the recently updated features of Meet and Zoom, share some strategies for using either one of them well with students and with adults, and discuss the burning question: Is it rude to turn off your camera in a video meeting?
Transcribe →032 Quarantine Diaries Vol 2
Apr 10, 202000:16:26Tap to summarizeWe revisit previous episodes that may be helpful for teachers in this time of distance learning. Listen for highlights about Discovery Education, BrainPop, making videos with Explain Everything, and creating and finding Hyperdocs.
Transcribe →031 Distance Learning with Glenn Giokaris
Apr 3, 202000:19:01Tap to summarizeGlenn Giokaris is the principal of Saddleback's Virtual Academy. In this episode, we ask him about what advice he has for teachers who have had distance learning thrust upon them and how they can help their students succeed remotely.
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