In the wake of the pandemic, student apathy soared to new levels, and teaching became more challenging and exhausting.  Our guests have discovered how to use passion-based learning to resurrect apathetic students and tap into their intrinsic motivation to learn.

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Chandra Shaw has more than 24 years of experience in education, as a teacher, reading specialist, instructional coach, and now a Literacy Consultant at Region10 Education Service Center providing professional development, planning assistance, and instructional coaching services to more than 120 districts in the DFW area.  Whether as a TEDx speaker and amateur YouTuber Chandra loves to find creative ways to share her passion and love for teaching and learning with educators everywhere.

Eric Anderman, Professor of Educational Psychology and Interim Dean and Director of the Mansfield Campus at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on academic motivation, and he has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and invited chapters on this topic, as well as several books.  He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the American Educational Research Association, and his research has been featured in numerous media outlets, including CBS News, Dateline NBC, CNN, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and numerous others.

Steve Martinez is a former Social Science teacher from California where he had a fervor for the Flipped Classroom model and Project-based Learning. He now serves schools and districts across the United States as a Teacher Success Champion at Kami, delivering high-quality Professional Development with Kami and Pedagogy.

Dan Jones with Marilee Scott, Jay McTighe, Rachelle Dené Poth, and Brad Weinstein

We’re always exploring the possibilities for enhanced teaching and learning, and we’ve discovered that ChatGPT opens some new possibilities in our classrooms. Today we run down a quick list of ways we use AI to level up project-based learning.

Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI)

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Maralee Scott, a National Board Certified teacher since 2003, holds a MEd in Curriculum and Instruction from University of MN and was a recipient of the NASA Endeavor Fellowship, Goddard Space Center, in Rye, NY, earning her STEM Certification through Columbia Teachers College in 2013. After getting her start as a teacher in St. Paul, MN, Maralee has been teaching 2nd – 8th grades at Aptakisic-Tripp District 102 in Buffalo Grove, IL for the past 20+ years. Maralee is known by her administrators, colleagues and students as an innovator, whose ideation and creativity stretch students to think in all directions. Maralee learned early on that shifting the power of learning over to students creates a dynamic community of shared learning by engaged learners.

Brad Weinstein is a co-author of the Washington Post bestseller Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice and has been featured in numerous high-profile publications and podcasts. He is also is the creator of TeacherGoals, one of the most popular educator social media accounts in the world. Brad is passionate about fostering equitable teaching and learning practices that help all students succeed.​Brad was the founding Director of Curriculum and Instruction for a network of high schools in Indiana dedicated to an innovative student-centered approach to equipping students with future-ready skills to enhance outcomes in college attainment and career success.

Jay McTighe is an accomplished author, having written more than 50 articles and book chapters and has co-authored 18 books, including the award-winning and best-selling Understanding by Design® series with Grant Wiggins. Jay has an extensive background in professional development and is a regular speaker at state, national and international conferences. He has made presentations in 48 states within the United States, in 7 Canadian provinces, and internationally in 41 countries on six continents.

Rachelle Dené Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, and teacher. Rachelle teaches Spanish and STEAM: What’s nExT in Emerging Technology at Riverview Junior Senior High School in Oakmont, PA. Rachelle has a Juris Doctor degree from Duquesne University School of Law and a Master’s in Instructional Technology. Rachelle is an ISTE Certified Educator and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. She is a past-president of the ISTE Teacher Education Network and served on the Leadership team of the Mobile Learning Network for five years. She received the ISTE Making IT Happen Award and has received several Presidential Gold Awards for volunteer service to education.

Teachers who have embraced ChatGPT have found that we can take students to the very top of Bloom’s taxonomy by shifting our thinking about the tool. This conversation discusses the traditional barriers to teaching higher-order thinking and how ChatGPT and other generative AI tools can help students apply, analyze, evaluate, and create.

Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI)

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Jay McTighe is an accomplished author, having written more than 50 articles and book chapters and has co-authored 18 books, including the award-winning and best-selling Understanding by Design® series with Grant Wiggins. Jay has an extensive background in professional development and is a regular speaker at state, national and international conferences. He has made presentations in 48 states within the United States, in 7 Canadian provinces, and internationally in 41 countries on six continents.

Dr. Catlin Tucker is a Google Certified Innovator, bestselling author, international trainer, and keynote speaker. Catlin is currently working as an education consultant and blended learning coach while pursuing her doctorate at Pepperdine University. er, Keynote Speaker & Bestselling Author and author of several books, including Power Up Blended Learning: A Professional Learning Infrastructure to Support Sustainable Change.

Dan Fitzpatrick is the author of The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. Award-winning digital learning strategist. A former teacher and senior leader of a UK secondary school.

Throughout her career, Dr. Lois Campbell has consistently worked on ways to encourage learners (Elementary-College) to be engaged in the areas traditionally associated with STEM. She had directed students in cognitive-focused inquiry instruction, environmental/science education, and laboratory techniques. Her greatest emphasis has been on student research endeavors. She is certified in Flipped Learning 3.0 Certification Level 1, and focuses on Standards Based Grading, Mastery Learning and developing Higher Order Thinking Skills in her students.

Dr. James Brauer is currently the Director of Graduate Studies and Instructor at Avila University’s School of Education. Previously, he was the founding school leader of Iowa Connections Academy (a public, virtual school serving students in grades K-12 throughout the state of Iowa) and an assistant principal for the North Kansas City School District. Dr. Brauer began his career as a special education teacher at USD 500 Kansas City, KS.