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TeachLab with Justin Reich
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TeachLab is a podcast that investigates the art and craft of teaching. There are 3.5 million K-12 teachers in America, and we want to explore how they can become even better at what they do. Hosted by Justin Reich, MIT Professor and director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab.
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Subtraction in Action: Matt Kraft
Nov 11, 2022Tap to summarizeIn our latest episode of Subtraction in Action, our host Justin Reich is joined by Researcher and Professor Matt Kraft to discuss his latest paper “Instructional Time in U.S. Public Schools: Wide Variation, Causal Effects, and Lost Hours”. Subtraction in action is all about getting the stuff that we don't need out of schools so we can focus on the most important things, and Matt’s research offers some promising targets. Matthew Kraft is an Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Brown University. His research and teaching interests include the economics of education, education policy analysis, and applied quantitative methods for causal inference. His primary work focuses on efforts to improve educator and organizational effectiveness in K–12 urban public schools. His scholarship has informed efforts to improve teacher hiring, professional development, evaluation, and working conditions; changed how scholars interpret effect sizes in education research; and shaped ongoing investments in school-based tutoring and mentoring programs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources and LinksRead Matt Kraft’s latest paper: Instructional Time in U.S. Public Schools: Wide Variation, Causal Effects, and Lost HoursYou can learn more about Matt’s work at matthewakraft.com.Follow Matt Kraft on TwitterWatch our film We Have to Do Something DifferentExplore our Covid 19 Reports and ResourcesGet your copy of Justin Reich’s book Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can't Transform EducationCheck out Jal Mehta’s Book In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High SchoolSubscribe to Jal’s podcast Free Range Humans Transcripthttps://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/matt-kraft/transcript Produced by Aimee Corrigan and Garrett Beazley Recorded and Mixed by Garrett Beazley Follow TeachLab on Twitter and YouTubeFollow our host Justin Reich on Twitter
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Sep 12, 2022Tap to summarizeTeachLab is excited to introduce Subtraction in Action, a new series about the positive impact that subtraction can have on school communities. How do we make school simpler? How do we give teachers and students some room to breathe? Can we clear out the marginal to focus on the most important things?For this new series of episodes, we’ve been talking to teachers, school leaders, and design experts from around the country about what we can take away from schools - to free up people to focus on the essential.
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Teaser: New Season of TeachLab
Dec 2, 2021Tap to summarizeTeachLab returns! Our host Justin Reich is back in the studio and excited to bring you a new season of episodes, starting December, 9th, 2021. Stay tuned!
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Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Courtney Bell
Feb 12, 2021Tap to summarizeFor TeachLab’s eighth Failure to Disrupt Book Club we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest Courtney Bell, a former research scientist at the Education Testing Services and now director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), UW–Madison School of Education. Together they discuss the book’s third edtech dilemma, the Trap of Routine Assessment.“The assessment practice of observing Justin teach or Justin teaching in an assessment situation is not the same, by definition from Justin's real world teaching… My assertion is, that's always true in every assessment. If that's the case, then we think to ourself where can technology fit into this thing?”- Courtney Bell In this episode we’ll talk about:Courtney’s edtech story - PalmPilot and MursionComplex performance assessmentHistory of assessment technology - TUTOR and PLATOReal-world teaching vs. The observer effectCapturing teacher decision makingLack of social understanding in technology assessmentPeer-assessment technologyMeaningful feedbackStealth Assessment Resources and LinksWatch the full Book Club webinar here!Check out Justin Reich’s new book, Failure To Disrupt!Join our self-paced online edX course: Becoming a More Equitable Educator: Mindsets and Practices Transcripthttps://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/bookclub8/transcript Produced by Aimee Corrigan and Garrett BeazleyRecorded and mixed by Garrett Beazley Follow TeachLab:FacebookTwitterYouTube
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S. Craig Watkins
Nov 23, 2020Tap to summarizeThis week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined by S. Craig Watkins, professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a respected voice on digital media and youth culture. Together they discuss the affordances and limitations of technology in education and the digital divide created as technology becomes a staple in the classroom.“What struck me is even as I came into the project aware of these ideas around the digital divide and the tech rich and the tech poor, the haves and the have-nots, when we subscribe to that view with no other considerations and in a very one-dimensional way, we end up imposing a kind of deficit narrative on those who we see as occupying the wrong side of the divide. That is to say we only see them, right, through lack. Lack of access to technology, lack of educational opportunities, lack of interest, lack of motivation, lack of this kind of capital, that kind of capital.”-S. Craig WatkinsIn this episode we’ll talk about:S. Craig Watkins’ edtech story: Using technology in the educational settingThe digital divideEarly adopters of mobile technologyHow classes and curriculum can stifle the creativity the technology introducesHow the pandemic changes and doesn’t change edtech Resources and LinksCheck out Young People’s Transitions into Creative Work: Navigating Challenges and OpportunitiesCheck out The Digital Edge: How Black and Latino Youth Navigate Digital Inequality by S. Craig WatkinsCheck out Don't Knock the Hustle: Young Creatives, Tech Ingenuity, and the Making of a New Innovation EconomyCheck out Justin Reich’s new book Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education Transcripthttps://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/s-craig-watkins/transcript Produced by Aimee Corrigan and Garrett BeazleyRecorded and mixed by Garrett Beazley Follow TeachLab:FacebookTwitterYouTube
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Michael Pershan Revisited
Sep 8, 2020Tap to summarizeMichael Pershan, a New York City math teacher, returns to TeachLab to share his experiences in the face of COVID-19. Back by audience request, Michael reflects on the challenges faced during the spring, and shares his strategies for the fall.“...It's hard to know what kids are actually learning and doing. So I'm trying to be flexible. My plan for the spring was eventually keep things engaging, keep kids coming back. That's my fundamental goal. Try to teach as much as I can. And that's what I'm going to try to do in the fall also.” - Michael PershanIn this episode we’ll talk about:What we learned in the springTechnology needs and solutions for remote learningEngaging and motivating kids virtuallyRemote learning for elementary studentsUsing variety and reinforcementResearchED conference Resources and LinksCheck out Michael Pershan on TwitterCheck out Justin Reich’s new book!For more teacher reflections from COVID-19, check out What's Lost, What's Left, What's Next: Lessons Learned from the Lived Experiences of Teachers during the 2020 Novel Coronavirus Pandemic Transcripthttps://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/michael-pershan-revisited/transcript Produced by Aimee Corrigan and Garrett BeazleyRecorded and mixed by Garrett Beazley Follow TeachLab:FacebookTwitterYouTube
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Imagining September with Neema Avashia and Jal Mehta
Jul 22, 2020Tap to summarizeThis week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined in a live webinar by colleagues Jal Mehta from the Harvard Graduate School Of Education, and Neema Avashia, a Civics teacher in the Boston Public Schools to discuss the Imagining September report; a joint research project to identify values and priorities for reopening schools.“We have to get smarter about how we structure ourselves in ways that actually are in service of kids learning.” - Neema AvashiaManaging uncertainty What worked this spring and what did not work Ideas brought by students Imagining September What do you value most from school? How could you start to imagine some of the things you value most from school appearing in a new hybrid remote format. What can you leave behind? Getting smarter about school structure Connecting with all kids Being a teacher and a citizen in today’s climate Being safe AND feeling safe in schools Audience Questions Resources and LinksCheck out Imagining September: Principles and Design Elements for Ambitious Schools During COVID-19Check out Imagining September: Online Design Charrettes for Fall 2020 Planning with Students and StakeholdersCheck out Jal Mehta’s Book In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High SchoolFull webinar link coming soon! Transcripthttps://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/imagining-september/transcript Produced by Aimee Corrigan Recorded and mixed by Garrett Beazley Follow Us On:FacebookTwitterYouTube
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Paul Reville
May 28, 2020Tap to summarizeThis week on TeachLab, Justin is joined by Paul Reville, founding director of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Redesign Lab, and former Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. They discuss the future of education during and post-pandemic, the shift of involvement for parents in their child's education, and the need for communities to shift in order to support it.“...it goes beyond just having higher expectations for families, and extended families. It goes to having higher expectations for our communities as a whole.”Education Redesign LabPost-pandemic education The risk of categorizing and ostracizing students with less resources at homeBuilding relationships with students and families and getting feedbackSupporting parents at the centerBreaking community boundaries and connecting with other districts Note to the audience:The Teaching Systems Lab and the TeachLab team would like to thank all of our audience for their patronage as we attempt to shift our production and content in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. We think it is of the utmost importance to continue distributing as much content as we can, and as widely as we can, to assist those who are in need of information in these difficult times. We are working to improve the quality of our content with these new constraints and get back to a more regular scheduling. Thank you for your patience. Resources and LinksCheck out “Broader, Bolder, Betterr: How Schools and Communities Help Students Overcome the Disadvantages of Poverty” by Elaine Weiss and Paul RevilleLearn more about The Education Redesign LabCheck out “In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School” by Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine Transcripthttps://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/paul-reville/transcript Produced by Aimee Corrigan and Garrett BeazleyRecorded and mixed by Garrett Beazley Follow Us On:FacebookTwitterYouTube
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Addressing Student Anxiety in Remote Learning with Jessica Minahan
May 8, 2020Tap to summarizeThis week on TeachLab, Justin is joined by Jessica Minahan, a behavior analyst, special educator, author, and school consultant. They discuss how COVID-19 is affecting students with anxiety, how it manifests through behavior, and some simple strategies that teachers can use during remote learning to help students feel a bit more in control during these challenging times.“...there are a couple of things to keep in mind as you're planning curriculum and planning different things is we're going to see a spike up in fears around sickness and death, particularly those two themes. So for example, if you're going to read a book where the mom dies, we want to be extra thoughtful about that right now. We want to make sure that we think that through and that's something administrators and teachers can be doing together.”How students have been responding to recent changesBehaviors of showing anxietyEstablishing adequate check-ins for students to communicate their feelingsHandling behavior and stress in remote learningCheat sheet of responses for handling student panic in the absence of support staffHelping students develop a sense of control over their own livesYouth cultural change around germs and disease post-quarantineBeing thoughtful about discussing the pandemic Note to the audience:The Teaching Systems Lab and the TeachLab team would like to thank all of our audience for their patronage as we attempt to shift our production and content in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. We think it is of the utmost importance to continue distributing as much content as we can, and as widely as we can, to assist those who are in need of information in these difficult times. We are working to improve the quality of our content with these new constraints and get back to a more regular scheduling. Thank you for your patience. Resources and LinksRead Jessica’s Educational Leadership: Special Report “Maintaining Connections, Reducing Anxiety While School Is Closed”Learn more about Jessica Minahan’s workFind Jessica’s book “The Behavioral Code” on AmazonLearn more about emWave biofeedbackLearn more about the mote voice commenting for Google DocsCheck out Do Something! Transcripthttps://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/jessica-minahan/transcript Join our course on edX!Becoming a More Equitable Educator: Mindsets and Practices Produced and edited Garrett Beazley Mixed by Garrett Beazley Follow Us On:FacebookTwitterYouTube
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Remote Learning Guidance from State Education Agencies with Martin West
Apr 20, 2020Tap to summarizeThis week on TeachLab, Justin Reich presents findings from a report on remote learning guidance from state education agencies (see tsl.mit.edu/covid19). He discussed relevant background research, points of consensus among state guidance, and the most important question for schools right now: what is the purpose of schooling during a pandemic? Harvard University professor Marty West, a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education, joins as discussant to provide a state policy perspective. The conversation was recorded during a live webinar, the video and slide deck can be found below. Note to the audience:The Teaching Systems Lab and the TeachLab team would like to thank all of our audience for their patronage as we attempt to shift our production and content in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. We think it is of the utmost importance to continue distributing as much content as we can, and as widely as we can, to assist those who are in need of information in these difficult times. We are working to improve the quality of our content with these new constraints and get back to a more regular scheduling. Thank you for your patience. Resources and LinksCheck out additional COVID -19 information from Teaching Systems LabWatch the Full Webinar on YouTubeDownload the slide deckCheck out our earlier episode with NYC teacher Michael Pershan Transcripthttps://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/covid-report/transcript Join our course on edX!Becoming a More Equitable Educator: Mindsets and Practices Produced and edited by Aimee Corrigan and Garrett BeazleyRecorded by Justin ReichMixed by Garrett Beazley Follow Us On:FacebookTwitterYouTube
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