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New! Unpacking Education April 30, 2025 • 34 min

Tracie McMurray shares how the AVID Certified Educator program strengthened her classroom practices and renewed her desire to teach.

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New! Tech Talk For Teachers April 29, 2025 • 13 min

Explore strategies for researching, generating citations, and note-taking during the writing process.

Unpacking Education April 23, 2025 • 50 min

Trevor MacKenzie, an author, educator, and inquiry consultant, explains the powerful role of curiosity and inquiry in learning.

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Tech Talk For Teachers April 22, 2025 • 13 min

Explore how technology can be integrated into the second part of the pre-writing process: generating preliminary ideas.

Unpacking Education April 16, 2025 • 37 min

AVID Site Coordinator Kera Diller shares strategies for implementing AVID’s WICOR methodology—which incorporates Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading—in K–12 classrooms.

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Tech Talk For Teachers April 15, 2025 • 14 min

Explore how technology can be integrated into the first part of the pre-writing process: clarifying your task and choosing a topic.

Unpacking Education April 9, 2025 • 41 min

Thomas Murray dives into the evolving landscape of Future Ready Schools, while detailing free resources from All4Ed that are available to schools.

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Tech Talk For Teachers April 8, 2025 • 12 min

Explore tech-enriched strategies to facilitate writing to learn.

Unpacking Education April 2, 2025 • 46 min

Tyler Rablin, an instructional coach and author of Hacking Student Motivation, explains how changes to assessment practices can improve student motivation.

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Tech Talk For Teachers April 1, 2025 • 9 min

Explore Snorkl, an AI feedback tool.

Unpacking Education March 26, 2025 • 34 min

Brittney Smith from the News Literacy Project discusses the importance of news and information literacy in today’s digital age.

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Tech Talk For Teachers March 25, 2025 • 9 min

Explore Canva Whiteboard, a robust digital canvas and workspace.

Unpacking Education March 19, 2025 • 43 min

Dr. Catlin Tucker discusses her new book that she coauthored with Dr. Katie Novak, Elevating Educational Design with AI, and outlines a framework for integrating AI into lesson planning.

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Tech Talk For Teachers March 18, 2025 • 10 min

Explore using interactive slideshows to teach computer science and critical thinking.

Unpacking Education March 12, 2025 • 35 min

Rena Clark, an Instructional Technology Facilitator and one of our Unpacking Education podcast cohosts, shares insights about language acquisition and effective use of translation tools.