Bell Ringers

Its our birthday! Yes, we are birthday twins. Listen to find out more about us and how we got here.

Check out Young's song to help him answer the 3 big questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5_LQArLa0

And his favorite birthday present that is going to keep him occupied for days!

We discuss the Coronavirus from the perspective of a new college student, student teacher, looking for jobs, and working in a school district. Then we think about how this pandemic might bring change to the education system. Maybe the answer is to remove subject silos and integrate learning using Newsela and CommonLit. Our biggest breakthrough is that we may be able to literally solve the world’s problems from home using PBL and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Enjoy!

How do you get students involved in their learning? Simulations are a great place to start!

Check out #sschat to find simulation ideas. Zinn Ed Project has several great resources. https://www.zinnedproject.org/

Urbanization Game: https://www.brightonk12.com/cms/lib/MI02209968/Centricity/Domain/574/The%20Urban%20Game%20ppt.pdf

Enlightenment Tweets: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZfeH782kIx4GT_QORdz5CfahGcPZ7-MUJkUsAnLvnMU/edit?usp=sharing

Reach out if you have questions about others. bellringerspodcast@gmail.com or @BellRingersShow

Listen to our ideas for increasing student talk. And check out these great resources:

• Highest Aspirations podcast link
• Question Formulation Technique
• www.eduprotocols.com
• Jared Cooney Horvath Stop Talking, Start Influencing
• Pooja Argawal book and website
• EdCafe
• Parlay and Equity Maps to track/record/analyze classroom discussions

Contact: bellringerspodcast@gmail.com or @BellRingersShow

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Listen to our musings about seating in the classroom.