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Vicki Davis - AP Computer Science teacher, author, and longtime educational technology blogger focused on practical strategies for teachers and school leaders.
Julia Garcia - Practical Habits For Building Hope, Reflection, Receiving Support, Reshaping Unhelpful Thought Patterns, And Teaching Through Grief.
Blake Harvard - Attention, Memory, Retrieval Practice, Spaced Practice, Pre-testing, Working Memory, And Cognitive Science Strategies For K-12 Learning.
Angela Cannava - Curriculum-aligned Educational Travel, Experiential Learning, International Student Trips, Classroom Relationships, Chaperone Planning, And Student Transformation.
Building Apps with Students Using MAD-learn — Episode 951
July 21, 2026
Can elementary students build their own apps? Two elementary teachers — Erin Keith and Edward Courtney — show how they use MAD-learn for gold-standard project-based learning, and how app-building teaches the soft skills that last long after the code. In this episode, you'll learn: How teachers with no coding background get started with app development Real student apps — from advocacy projects to digital portfolios to "Meet the Teacher" apps The soft skills students build: persistence, teamw...
950 - Valuing Students and Teachers: Become a Hope Agent
July 20, 2026
What students achieve is tied to whether they feel valued — and the same is true for the teachers who serve them. In this Motivational Monday conversation, coach and author Debbie Simões (founder of Best Questers, co-author of High Five to Thrive) shows teachers how valuing students transforms a classroom, even on the hardest days. Drawing on years in inner-city classrooms, Debbie shares how to see past a child's behavior to the person of value underneath, how to communicate to connect instea...
11 Books for Your Teacher Summer: AI, Faith & Focus — Episode 949
July 18, 2026
Summer reading for teachers — 11 books I've highlighted over 6,800 times and keep coming back to. This Significant Saturday special is my personal summer list for educators and lifelong learners, spanning AI ethics, productivity, faith, and the classroom-management classics I hand every first-year teacher. In this episode, you'll learn: Why The Age of AI by Jason Thacker belongs at the top of a Christian educator's list The one big-picture idea from The Future Is Faster Than You Think that b...
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