The ThoughtStretchers Podcast
Episodes
Ep. 46 Shared Learning With Quizlet
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThoughtPD talks with Andrew Sutherland CTO andFounder of Quizlet about how he created and grew Quizlet as wellas the pr...
Ep. 45 Let's Start With Why
25 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with David Mead from Simon Senek's Start With Why organization about the how and why of establishing purpose in education.
Ep. 44 A Teacher Tells How Project-Based Learning Has Impacted Her Teaching
21 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with elementary teacher Nan Arant about her experience in our PBL workshop and the impact it has made on her teaching and her stud...
Ep. 43 Let's Grow Students With PBL And Urban Agriculture
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with the mind and personality behind the Green Bronx Machine, Stephen Ritz about his work to grow students by growing food.
Ep. 42 Should We Assign Homework And Grades?
11 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with author, speaker, and researcher Alfie Kohn about the negative effects of homework, grading and standardized testing.
Ep. 41 Is School Choice and Charter Schools The Answer?
04 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Western Kentucky University professor Gary Houchens about school choice and charter schools as a school reform model.
Ep. 40 Integrating Differentiation In Your Classroom
29 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with TeachThought Specialist John McCarthy about integrating Differentiated Instruction in the classroom.
Ep. 39 What Is Differentiation?
22 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Heick talks with the godmother of differentiation, Carol Ann Tomlinson, about what differentiation is, why it's important, and how to begin to ...
Ep. 38 Scaling Project Based Learning Online
21 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Thom Markham about world class project based learning and how his new online course can help bring this framework to teachers ...
Ep. 37 Growing Inquiry In The Classroom With The i5 Strategy
14 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Kimberly Mitchell about her journey as an educator and work increasing inquiry in the classroom.
Ep 36 How Technology Is Changing Modern Knowledge Demands
11 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Heick talks with Conrad Wolfram of the Wolfram Knowledge Engine fame about knowledge, and how technology is changing how we think about it, incl...
Ep. 35 Growing Better Professional Learning Communities with Dr. Richard DuFour (part 2 of 2)
09 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Dr. Richard DuFour, in this second part of two podcasts, about his new book In Praise of American Educators: And How They Can...
Ep. 34 Growing Better Professional Learning Communities with Dr. Richard DuFour (part 1 of 2)
07 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Dr. Richard DuFour, in this first part of two podcasts, about his new book In Praise of American Educators: And How They Can B...
Ep. 33 Innovating Education At High Tech High With Larry Rosenstock
02 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Larry Rosenstock, co-founder and CEO of High Tech High, about their approach in designing, sustaining and refining their appro...
Ep. 32 Learning, Loving And Listening To Our Kids
27 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with John Thompson about his new book, A Teacher's Tale: Learning, Loving and Listening to Our Kids.
Ep. 31 Let's Teach Students To Ask More And Better Questions With The QFT
24 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins discusses the Question Formulation Technique with the Co-Director of the Right Question Institute, Dan Rothstein. Visit our Inquiry Serv...
Ep. 30 Let's Grow A Culture Of Personalized Learning
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Jim Rickabaugh, Director of the Institute for Personalized Learning, about his work with schools to build a culture where per...
Ep. 29 Let's Increase The Use of #Inquiry In our Schools
17 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Amy Spinelli from Inquiry Partners about their work to spread the gospel of inquiry including their i5 approach and the new Ea...
Ep. 28 Integrating #EdTech With The Padagogy Wheel
15 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Allan Carrington, the inventor of the popular Padagogy Wheel, about it's evolution and how to use it to purposefully integrate...
Ep. 27 Let's Make Professional Development More Effective
10 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins discusses ways to make professional development more effective by using inquiry to align it with your mission and vision statements.
Ep. 26 Weaving Creativity Into Your Curriculum With Cyndi Burnett
10 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Cyndi Burnett about her book Weaving Creativity Into Every Strand of Your Curriculum.
Ep. 25 Education Through The Eyes And Work Of A Libyan Exile
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Shahrazad Kablan about her role in the overthrow of the Libyan regime and her efforts to help establish a working education ...
Ep 24: Let's Build Better Relationships With Students
05 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Terry Heick speaks with James Sturtevant, a social studies teacher and author of 'You've Gotta Connect: Building Relationships That L...
Ep. 23 Teacher Of The Year: Defining And Measuring Teachers
03 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Jason Korreck and Rob Phillips about their documentary, Teacher of the Year which explores the complexity of the teaching prof...
Ep. 22 Education And Entrepreneurship With Dyme Startup Founder Joey Prather
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Dyme startup founder Joey Prather about the parallels between the startup and the education worlds and how being more entrepre...
Ep. 21: Reframing Education By Erasing the Deficit Mindset With Yong Zhao
27 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with internationally recognized education thought leader Yong Zhao about changing education from a standardized and deficit minds...
Ep 20: The One Where Terry Speaks To A PhD That Prints Living Tissue
26 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Terry speaks with Dr. Adam Feinberg, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon Universit...
Ep. 19: Learning for Social and Personal Change with Kahoot!
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Jamie Brooker, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Kahoot! about their mission driven approach to learning, how Kahoot!...
Ep. 18: #Edtech talk with the ISTE Chair of the Board of Directors
20 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Dr. Matt Harris about his work as the new Board Chair of ISTE, the refreshed ISTE Standards, teaching internationally and the...
Ep. 17: Most Likely To Succeed - The Purpose and Possibility Of Our Schools
18 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Ted Dintersmith, the producer of Most Likely to Succeed, about the film and book and why we need to innovate our current scho...
Ep. 16: How to leverage and grow thinking and learning with PBL
15 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks about the TeachThought Levers for PBL Quality with a brief explanation of the 5 Levers.
Ep. 15: Teaching And Learning vs. Accountability With @justintarte
13 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Justin Tarte about his role as the Director of Teaching and Learning and Accountability in a school district near St. Louis, ...
Ep. 14: Elevating student voice with the #stuvoice movement.
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Andrew Brennen, National Field Director of Student Voice, about his work as a student to elevate and amplify student voice in ...
Ep. 13: How do we actually change schools?
06 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Grant Lichtman about his books, The Falconer: What We Wished We Had Learned In School and #EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future ...
Ep 12: What Are The Different Types Of Assessment?
04 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this 'quick' episode, Terry Heick reviews different types of assessment (e.g., formative, norm-referenced, etc.), and the defining characteristics ...
Ep. 11: Redefining intelligence to unlock the possibility in our students.
04 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Scott Barry Kaufman about his book Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined which challenges the traditional measures of intelligenc...
Ep 10: Are Charter Schools Solving The Equity Problem?
30 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Director of Teachthought PD, Drew Perkins talks with Julian Vasquez Heilig about what is driving education reform, charter schools, poverty and the po...
Ep. 9 How can "Beautiful Questions" improve teaching and learning?
28 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins talks with Warren Berger, author of the book A More Beautiful Question, about the importance of increasing inquiry in innovating educa...
Ep 8: An Introduction To Critical Pedagogy
12 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Critical Pedagogy and Critical Literacy both involve the idea of thinking carefully about human and social contexts--using knowledge to think critical...
Ep 7: Teacher Accountability And a Challenge To The Gates Foundation
11 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Perkins and Anthony Cody discuss education reform efforts by the Gates Foundation, his book The Educator and the Oligarch, teacher accountabilit...
Ep 6: What's Wrong With Professional Development?
03 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Heick and Drew Perkins discuss what's so wrong with current approaches to professional development, and how TeachThought's new professional deve...
Ep 5: The Struggle Of Teaching In A Non-Progressive District
15 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, among other topics I talk with Jennifer Gonzalez about where she's from, how to pronounce "pedagogy," and how and why it's usefu...
Ep 4: Would Shakespeare Be On Twitter?
25 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Would Shakespeare be on twitter? Was he an intellectual, or a budding Capitalist? In episode 4, I speak to Cass Foster, a theater professor, about mak...
Ep 3: How Technology Is Changing Our Behavior
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Nita Nehru from Kinsa, the company that created the world's first app-enabled thermometer. Among other topics, we discuss...
Ep 2: The Truth About College Entrance Exams
14 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Anthony-James Green, who's been profiled by the Wall Street Journal for commanding $1000 an hour for his services. We d...
Ep 1: 3D Printing Is Changing Everything
13 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Laura Taalman, Professor of Mathematics at James Madison University and Senior Product Manager for Education at Ma...