Making Small Steps toward Self-Paced and Choice-Based Classrooms
This episode is a recap of a synchronous professional development session offered on November 2nd in which we discussed the importance of allowing choices for your students and different ways to start...
20 Nov 20206min
Exploring the Station Rotation Model (an interview with Maureen Ritter)
In this episode, we interview English teacher Maureen Ritter, one of our pioneer BlendEd teachers who recently presented at Central’s Professional Development day. We were so happy to talk with her mo...
20 Nov 202013min
Help! My students want to talk about current events: Having critical conversations in a remote setting
In this episode, we interview department chair and Democracy School Committee leader Jason Janczak who recently presented at our PD day with the help from Loyola University. In this episode, Jason ex...
20 Nov 202016min
Supporting Multilingual Learners (w/Gabrielle Devlin + Chelsey Hernandez)
In this episode, we interview Grayslake District Department Chair of EL and Equity, Gabrielle Devlin, and English and ESL teacher Chelsey Hernandez. Join us as we discuss some important terminology, g...
20 Nov 202016min
Video Lessons: Why We should Do Them + How to Do Them Well
In this episode, Vic digs into some video lesson research to explain just how important video lessons are for our students, and presents some tips on doing them well. Check out this Playlist Hyperdo...
20 Nov 20208min
Teacher Spotlight: French Teacher Maggie Shore
In this episode, we check in with French teacher Maggie Shore with the ups and downs of eLearning.
20 Nov 202013min
Teacher Spotlight: Lauren Tracy
Join us as we speak with GCHS alumn and English/Fine Arts teacher Lauren Tracy. She highlights the power of the HyperDoc, the challenges of making connections with students, her joy of dabbling in vid...
25 Sep 202010min
Oh Technology
During this last year, we have been forced to learn all new tools, to completely adjust the way we build relationships with our students and our co-workers, and to be “at the mercy” of the technology ...
25 Sep 20208min
