Brea Baxter (@breabaxter) interviews Wes Palm for Keystone's sixth Authentic Learning Quick Win on the topic of The Power of Reflection. Wes Palm serves Western Dubuque Schools as a Technology Teacher Leader. Wes shares his experience using a 360° camera to reflect on his teaching. Check out the resources below that are mentioned in the podcast. Ke…

Brea Baxter (@breabaxter) interviews Steve Peterson (@steve1peterson) for Keystone's first Authentic Learning Quick Win on the topic of Students as Co-Designers. Steve Peterson is a fifth-grade teacher at Decorah Middle School who teaches ELA and Science. Steve shares his experience using the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to generate student…

Keystone combined KPEC and their Trauma Sensitive Conference for a 2 for 1 combo. The Be ALL In conference was held on June 25th and 26th in Dubuque, Iowa with Keynoters Hamish Brewer, Pete Hall, Kristin Souers, and Tricia McKale Skyles. Listen to the episode to hear from attendees including their big takeaways from the amazing two days of learning…

Jarod Bormann (@jbormann3) and Brea Baxter (@breabaxter) discuss their visit and interviews with Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School in Dubuque, IA. The school is initiating the SUMMIT Learning program for Personalized Learning. In our 1st part of the 3-part series, we talk with Katherine Frank, 6th grade EDGE teacher giving us the personalized lear…

Jarod Bormann (@jbormann3) and Brea Baxter (@breabaxter) broadcast from the ITEC Iowa conference and discuss Brea's learning experience from various sessions. Listen to how the variety of sessions provide great ideas for moving into the upper-levels of thinking. Are you or an educator you know in the Keystone AEA area working to move students into …

Jarod Bormann (@jbormann3) and new co-host Brea Baxter (@breabaxter) discuss Jarod's interview with Michelle Ptacek (@michellelynn_music), an elementary teacher at North Winneshiek, about her Genius Hour initiative.Stay tuned at the end of the episode for some bonus audio with Michelle where she also talks about another concept that she is trying c…

Jarod Bormann (@jbormann3) and Norma Thiese (@nthiese) attempt to make some connections between the first five episodes by identifying educational themes that have presented themselves in their interviews with educators. Four have emerged so far:- Taking Risks- Kids Expressing Their Thinking- Questioning- Making ConnectionsStay tuned at the end of …

Jarod Bormann (@jbormann3) and Norma Thiese (@nthiese) discuss Jarod's interview with Ann Gitzner, a high school Science teacher in her 24th year at Central in Elkader, IA. Ann uses and embraces the Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach and has seen students reaching deeper levels of learning. Not only that, some incredible projects have come out o…

Jarod Bormann (@jbormann3), Norma Thiese (@nthiese), and special guest Sarah Sieck (@SarahSieck) discuss Norma's interview with Anne Johnson, an award-winning elementary Math teacher at Sageville in Dubuque Community Schools District. In her 18 years of experience, Anne uses a multitude of strategies to continually get her kids in the upper-levels …

Jarod Bormann (@jbormann3) and Jason Martin-Hiner (@jmartinhiner) discuss Jarod's interview with Kellie Olson, an Instructional Coach at Allamakee in Waukon, IA. Kellie has experience teaching middle school Science and Social Studies, and now works directly with teachers as the Tech Coach for her district. Through her experience, Kelli has learned …

Jarod (@jbormann3) and Norma (@nthiese) discuss Jarod's interview with Mike Wulfekuhle, a 37-year veteran Social Studies teacher from Dubuque Senior in Dubuque, IA. Over the course of his teaching career, Mike has accumulated an array of knowledge on moving students into the upper-levles of learning through a variety of different strategies. But on…

In our very first episode, Jarod and Norma interview Stephanie Stocks, Media Director at West Delaware CSD, to see how she uses the Breakout EDU activity to move learners into the upper-levels of thinking.