Heinemann Podcasts for Educators
Summary: Heinemann Podcasts feature insights and commentary from some of the most popular authors in K-12 education. Each Podcast provides practical teaching information and helpful advice about a specific topic in education. Tune in to Heinemann Podcasts to improve your teaching ability, build closer connections with your students, and better understand the changing landscape of today's educational world.
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Podcasts:
"Plagiarism" author Barry Gilmore answers questions from Carol Jago (Come to Class) about his experiences in confronting academic dishonesty and how those experiences led him to more effective ways of dealing with it.
Steve Zemelman and Harry Ross (authors of 13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment) interview two teachers who got the teaching life they wanted with help from the 13 Steps.
Tom Romano, author of Crafting Authentic Voice and Zigzag, and Penny Kittle, author of the NCTE award-winning Write Beside Them, discuss the important place of voice in student writing. Learn more about what voice is and how to help students uncover what Don Murray calls "the music of the text."
Harvey "Smokey" Daniels interviews two master teachers from The Burley School in Chicago (Debbie King and Michele Timble) who use Inquiry Circles in their teaching.
Mary Howard, author of RTI from All Sides, talks with Heinemann consultant Judy Wallis about RTI and what it means for teaching. She shares 7 keys to success and emphasizes the importance of high-quality instruction, sensible assessment, professional development, and materials that support flexible implementation.
Kylene Beers and Robert Probst talk with author Chris Crutcher about how he begins writing a book.
Smokey Daniels (Literature Circles and Mini-lessons for Literature Circles) talks with Jim Vopat about what Writing Circles are, and why they represent a compelling, practical new approach to approach the workshop.
David West Brown (In Other Words) and Rebecca Wheeler (Code-Switching) clarify what code-switching is with illustrations from literature and student work. Then they discuss ways of teaching writing and responding to it that help students transition from home-speech patterns to Standard English conventions.
Tom Newkirk, author of "Holding on To Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones", talks with Nancie Atwell, author of "In the Middle", about the core principles in their teaching, the obstacles that work against them, and the ways in which their teaching values have changed over time.
