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Unpacking Education
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If it relates to education and matters to you, we're talking about it on our podcasts.

Tune in every Tuesday for a new episode of Tech Talk For Teachers—our 5-minute format where we introduce practical and actionable tech integration strategies and tool tips.

Watch for new episodes each Wednesday of Unpacking Education for longer conversations with exemplary guests to dive deeper into timely topics impacting educators like you.

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Episodes

New! Unpacking Education October 30, 2024 • 48 min

Eric Sheninger and Nicki Slaugh share insights from their new book about personalized learning, including why they are proponents of this approach, strategies for achieving personalization, and what it looks like in practice.

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New! Tech Talk For Teachers October 29, 2024 • 16 min

Explore online resources that you can use to teach your students news and media literacy skills for election season and life in general.

Unpacking Education October 23, 2024 • 39 min

Dr. Federica Fornaciari, a professor in the Strategic Communication programs at National University, helps us unpack the importance of media literacy, concerns with mis- and disinformation, and strategies for becoming better consumers and producers of media.

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Tech Talk For Teachers October 22, 2024 • 11 min

Explore online resources that you can use to teach your students news and media literacy skills for election season and life in general.

Unpacking Education October 16, 2024 • 39 min

The Unpacking Education podcast team reflects on their own experiences as new teachers, what they found to be helpful, and how they’ve seen colleagues supported as they enter into the teaching profession or take on a new role.

Tech Talk For Teachers October 15, 2024 • 15 min

Explore the third and final section of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines: Design Multiple Means of Action and Expression.

Unpacking Education October 9, 2024 • 33 min

Jennifer Gonzalez, the editor in chief of Cult of Pedagogy, talks about effective tech integration in the K–12 classroom.

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Tech Talk For Teachers October 8, 2024 • 11 min

Explore the second section of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines: Design Multiple Means of Representation.

Unpacking Education October 2, 2024 • 27 min

Dr. Aditya Nagrath discusses themes and strategies from his book, Treating Mathematics Anxiety, and provides an overview of a related software program that he has developed called Elephant Learning.

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Tech Talk For Teachers October 1, 2024 • 11 min

Explore the first section of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines: Design Multiple Means of Engagement.

Unpacking Education September 25, 2024 • 32 min

Heather Healy, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Super League, joins us to discuss immersive game-based learning and its role in educational spaces.

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Tech Talk For Teachers September 24, 2024 • 8 min

Explore the newly released version 3.0 of the Universal Design for Learning Guidelines from CAST.

Unpacking Education September 18, 2024 • 42 min

Eric Anderson describes his district’s innovative approach to summer school, which they call their Summer Success program, and their unique Grow Your Own Teachers program, which elevates students and introduces them to possible careers in the teaching profession.

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Tech Talk For Teachers September 17, 2024 • 12 min

Explore how you can use the resources at AVID Open Access (AOA) to design professional learning experiences.

Unpacking Education September 11, 2024 • 31 min

Gina Gamnis, Executive Director for AVID Center in the Upper Midwest Area, shares her insights into the skills that students need to be future-ready and how teachers can support the development of those skills in the classroom.

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