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Summer 2017 is more than half way over. As the sun sets on our 2017 fun, Chris, AJ, and I share some updates about our Summertime learning and look ahead to what we plan to explore during the first quarter of the school year. Featured Content AJ fills us in on his #10bks10wks challenge-so far he has read Drive, You Are a Badass, and Tribes. On deck is The Energy Bus. For more details about these books and why AJ picked them, listen to episode 10! Chris is dropping the pounds and is committed to improving his health, though waking up at 5 AM is no fun! Stacey is increasing her mileage and putting the run back into iruntech. She may or may not run the Perfect 10, and is already signed up for a half in 2018 (could there be more than one?). Stacey also vows to complete her creativity project by the start of the school year; end of August/beginning of September. Links and Resources Books: Drive You Are a Badass Tribes Energy Bus Perfect 10 Kevin Carroll’s Hyperdoc Faculty Handbook What Are We Listening To AJ: Cult of Pedagogy and getting excited about the StartEdUp Podcast Chris: 30 for 30 Podcast from ESPN Stacey: Thoroughly Considered Episode 12: The Conference Racket What We Are Learning AJ: #10bks10wks Chris: How to build a charging station for his classroom

This is part three of our reflective and look-ahead series. We now turn our attention and conversation to Summer 2017 and what we anticipate learning in the time we have away from school. Featured Content Reflect – Take time to think about your previous school year. Consider journaling about it and getting your thoughts on paper in order to make new things happen in the coming school year. Attend a Conference – Find a local conference to attend this summer. We’re attending and presenting at a number of local conferences this Summer and we’d love to hear about your learning adventures too! Grow by reading – Join AJ’s Ten Books in Ten Weeks Challenge! The challenge begins on June 26, 2017, and you can read the books that AJ is reading or choose your own books to grow from over the next ten weeks. Here’s AJ’s list: Tweet #10bks10wks Drive by Daniel Pink Play Like A Pirate by Quinn Rollins Gamify Your Class by Matthew Farber Learn Like A Pirate by Paul Solarz Hacking PBL by Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy How to Personalize Learning by Barbara Bray and Kathleen McClaskey Lead Like A Pirate by Shelly Burgess and Beth Houf Tribes by Seth Godin The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon You Are A Badass by Jen Sicero Listen to Podcasts – Find podcasts that fit your interest level! 15 Must-Listen Education Podcasts for Summer Vacation Personal Growth – Learn something OUTSIDE your profession. Grow as a person. Accomplish a goal. A Challenge For You. Do You Accept? – HoET065 Chris is going to lose weight and get healthy this summer! Stacey is going to be working on some creative projects. They’re under wraps for now but stay tuned! She will also be training for a half-marathon! AJ is looking forward to playing golf! Links and Resources Breakout Edu BrainPop Kahoot Thinkfun Brain Quake Filament Games Classcraft What We Are Learning

This is part two of our reflective and look-ahead series. We now turn our attention and conversation to the 2017-18 school year and what we anticipate learning in the coming school year. Featured Content Stacey is super jazzed about the Jim Knight visit her district will have in the early fall of 2017. All of the Teacher Resource Specialists (aka instructional coaches) will receive training to help create a common coaching model/framework. AJ is ready to take on an even larger leadership role in his school, offering more PD, sharing ideas, and inviting teachers in to #watchmeteach. Stacey also has plans to leverage her school’s Google Classroom to deliver more PD, help teachers set tech goals, and share content specific articles, information, and activities. AJ is on a mission to find and share relevant PD with his teachers. He will also be challenging his colleagues to co-present and attend conferences with him. Other PD opportunities AJ will be sharing include NJAMLE, CoffeeEDU, and EdCamp. Chris stopped us in our tracks with the notion that he’s not sure what he wants to learn/do in the 2017-18 school year…and that’s ok!!! It’s ok to NOT have a plan. Take the summer to focus on small PD, recharge, reflect–then set your goals for this coming school year as we get closer to Back to School. We all know it will be here sooner than we know it! Links and Resources Jim Knight Instructional Coaching Group What We Are Learning AJ:  In preparation for summer personal PD, AJ is narrowing down his list of 10 books for 10 weeks of summer. The 10 books are centered around Student-Centered Learning, Project Based Learning, the Flipped Classroom, Leadership, Personal Growth and a better use of technology in his social studies classroom. Follow along on AJ’s journey on his blog and with #10bks10wks. Chris:  Learned he could only be a physical education teacher at the elementary level after volunteering at his son’s field day/fun day. Stacey:  Returned to her #OneWord…Balance and is finding a balance between listening to audio books and keeping up with the constant download of podcasts in Overcast. Feedback and Shoutouts Thanks, Tina Monteleone for all your

As the end of the 2016-17 school years approaches our discussion turns reflective as we look back at our learning since the start of the school year. Featured Content CoffeeEdu EdCamps FOMO and Being Selective with PD Books/Podcasts/Other THIS Podcast! Links and Resources WOW in the World Podcast from NPR Calm.com for bedtime stories What We Are Learning AJ: I am prepping for my 10 books in 10 weeks reading challenge! There will be more to come and you will be able to follow along and join in via ajbianco.me. Some of the books I’ve selected already include: Learn Like a Pirate Gamify Your Classroom Hacking PBL Chris: I recently started listening to the Stories Podcast with Miles! The Stories Podcast was created to provide family-friendly content to families on the go, Always free, the podcast is a great way to entertain kids on the go and limit screen time while encouraging imaginations. Stacey: I passed my Google Level 2 exam! Additionally, I am listening to Steven King’s On Writing and I went to my first formal Yoga class. ASK QUESTIONS, SHARE FEEDBACK, AND CONNECT Comment on the show notes below Email feedback@podcastpd.com Follow @PodcastPD Load More...Follow on Instagram PODCASTPD HOSTS Stacey Lindes Website: iruntech.me Follow @iruntech

Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique. Anne Rosenberg provides insight about how to bring mindfulness into your classroom and introduce it to your students. Featured Content Anne Rosenberg is a graduate of TCNJ and currently teaches 5th-grade in West Windsor-Plainsboro, New Jersey. Anne is a passionate educator who likes to experiment with technology in the classroom. Outside of the classroom, Annie teaches yoga to adults and kids. Follow @OMinEDU Links and Resources Airtime from GoNoodle Calm.com Glitter Jars 6 Mindfulness Exercises You Can Try Today What We Are Learning AJ shared his take on his SGDP for this year and talked about what he’s thinking about for next year which is a student-centered classroom for differentiation. If you can help AJ out please connect with him! Chris learned how to make fire! He attended a 3-hour class to learn multiple ways to start fires. He took this course through the Monmouth County Park System. Stacey collaborated with Adam Schoenbart on Google Sheets project for the district her children go to. If you need help with Google Sheets Adam is THE MAN! Stacey’s other PD has taken place at home as she and her husband have opened up their washing machine to perform a little DIY maintenance. PodcastPD Feedback and Shout Outs Kelly Grotian recently discovered the podcast and shared her excitement! ASK QUESTIONS, SHARE FEEDBACK, AND CONNECT Comment on the show notes below Email feedback@podcastpd.com Follow @PodcastPD

The gang opens the episode with a little PARCC chatter. Like so many educators it’s not all sunshine and roses when it comes to testing. Featured Content Mike Andriulli joins us as our first-ever guest on the podcast!  In this episode, we’re talking all about ASCD Empower 2017, as well as conference attendance benefits. Mike shares his experience at the west coast conference, highlighting a session with education power-house, Baruti Kafele, one of the most sought-after educational speakers in the country. Other conference highlights include using math performance tasks, which Mike plans to turnkey to his district in the near future, as well as personal conversations had during down times. Mike’s biggest regret/criticism was his inability to attend all the sessions he wanted to attend; the offerings were so robust that he could have easily attended more than one offering per session — we should all have that problem! Mike goes on to discuss his role in bringing new strategies to the teachers of his district and passionately shares his views that it is NOT ok for teachers to say, “I’m just not a math person.” We hope you enjoy our conversation with Mike as much as we did. Mike Andriulli is the Supervisor of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, at Hillsdale Public Schools (NJ). A former elementary and Math teacher, Mike has degrees from both Rowan University and Ramapo College. He is a well-respected educational leader with experience in curriculum design, staff development, and technology integration. Mike is also a member of the North New Jersey Chapter of ASCD. Follow @MikeAndriulli Links and Resources ASCD Baruti K. Kafele – @PrincipalKafele, PrincipalKafele.com Mathematical Mindsets – http://amzn.to/2ooHulL Denis Sheeran – @MathDenisNJ; denissheeran.com Gretchen Bridgers – Always A Lesson’s Empowering Educators Podcast What We Are Learning AJ is continuing to research and learn about ways to help students create a growth mindset and change the culture of the middle school social studies classroom. He is also taking the time

Featured Content #PodcastPD celebrates its 2nd birthday with the release of this episode! If you would like to read about our history visit Stacey’s original blog post. In this episode we get back to our original roots and share some of the great podcasts we’re listening to and that we think you should check out to add to your own personal learning. Links and Resources Thanks, Joe Dziuba! Our latest Twitter follower! Check out these great #PodcastPD recommendations from @AJBianco @iruntech & @mrnesiClick To Tweet Be sure to download and use Overcast if you listen to podcasts on an iOS device! Not only does the app intelligently remove some of the dead air, the user interface is amazing. Stacey suggests you listen to everything at a minimum of 1.25 speed, this way you can listen to more great content in less time! Here are our podcast recommendations: The Story Behind Podcast (Chris) – Do you like trivia and fun facts? Have you lost hours to Wikipedia rabbit holes? Do you ever wonder about the history of everyday things in your world? The Story Behind is the show for you! Ask Me Another (AJ) – Ask Me Another is the rambunctious live show from NPR and WNYC that blends brainteasers, pub trivia, comedy and music into an hour of mind-bending fun. Host Ophira Eisenberg invites guests and listeners alike to stretch their noggins, tickle their funny bones and be serenaded by house musician Jonathan Coulton. What you’ll hear resembles the casual intimacy of game night at a friend’s house: one where scores are forgotten in favor of hilarious gaffes. Magic Lessons (Stacey) – Author Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat Pray Love) offers wisdom and advice to artists trying to overcome creative obstacles. To help these writers, poets, dancers, and comedians she enlists the help of several friends including Sarah Jones, Neil Gaiman, Gary Shteyngart, Amy Purdy, Michael Ian Black, Brandon Stanton, Martha Beck, and Glennon Doyle Melton. Magic Lessons are roadmaps for the path to creativity, the extra nudge we need when we’re feeling stuck in our creative lives. The podcast evolved out Gilbert’s book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear published by Riverhead.

Featured Content What are your biggest fears related to professional development? Stacey, AJ, and Chris run the table about some different areas of education where our fears and insecurities creep in. Links and Resources Dr. Spike Cook #IMMOOC Padlet NJAMLE What Are We Learning AJ – I presented at the recent NJAMLE Conference. Chris – I’ll be replacing a portion of the waste line under the House of #EdTech! Stacey – I’m doing a 30 day blog challenge! I’m also reading Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success: A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders ASK QUESTIONS, SHARE FEEDBACK, AND CONNECT Comment on the show notes below Email feedback@podcastpd.com Follow @PodcastPD Load More...Follow on Instagram PODCASTPD HOSTS Stacey Lindes Website: iruntech.me Follow @iruntech AJ Bianco

FEATURED CONTENT Your Professional Personal Learning Network (PLN) is an invaluable resource to both your career in education as well as your private life outside the walls of your school. In the third episode of PodcastPD, Chris, AJ, and I discuss the people you should include in our PLN and how to go about building a PLN of your own (step 1-include US!).Personally we like to build our PLN with people who are: like minded, share the same interests, share ideas, positive and upbeat, and push our learning and thinking. We connect in a variety of ways- from Personally, we like to build our PLN with people who are: like minded, share the same interests, share ideas, positive and upbeat, and push our learning and thinking. We connect in a variety of ways and a variety of platforms, from Twitter and Voxer to Facebook and CoffeeEdu (be brave-start your own!).We even discuss less traditional but more fun ways to connect with you PLN, like DinerEdu, EdCampOut, and BoardGameEdu! What would be your entry point for building your PLN? Who would you We even discuss less traditional but more fun ways to connect with you PLN, like DinerEdu, EdCampOut, and BoardGameEdu! What would be your entry point for building your PLN? Who would you like to connect with? LINKS AND RESOURCES Our favorite Twitter chats: #BFC530 #SSTLAP #TLAP Find a chat that will help you grow your PLN Voxer Walkie Talkie App Overcast.fm Innovator’s Mindset MOOC WHAT WE’RE LEARNING AJ is currently reading Blended Learning in Action: A Practical Guide Toward Sustainable Change by Catlin Tucker, Jason Todd Green and Tiffany Wyckoff. Chris recommended a podcast from WNYC (NPR) called Note to Self. His wife recently turned him on to this podcast and his jumping off point was a series of episodes called The Privacy Paradox. What is the Privacy Paradox? It’s the term behavioral economists use to describe the disconnect between our feelings about digital privacy (we value it!) and how we act online (we give privacy away!). Stacey is back to listening to podcasts (YAY!) afte

We hope you enjoy episode #2 of PodcastPD! We discuss Lego Batman, EdCamp-style PD and share the latest in our own learning. Featured Content In this episode, Stacey, AJ and I discussed the idea of bringing edcamp-style or unconference learning to your school or district. We discuss our experiences and the topic for the episode grew out of Stacey’s upcoming district PD day where she’s planning this type of PD for her colleagues. What is Unconference or EdCamp-style PD? Both styles of professional development revolve around the common theme of choice and teacher-led and self-directed learning. The Value of Changing Your PD Offering Mentions, Links, and Resources Lego Batman Movie Adam Schoenbart – The Schoenblog Google Teacher Tribe Podcast The Art of Manliness Podcast (ep 274) ASK QUESTIONS, SHARE FEEDBACK, AND CONNECT Comment on the show notes below Email feedback@podcastpd.com Follow @PodcastPD Load More...Follow on Instagram PODCASTPD HOSTS Stacey Lindes Website: iruntech.me

PodcastPD is back! AJ, Chris, and I are so happy to be creating this podcast for you. As you will learn in this episode this new podcast is a little different from the original #PodcastPD Twitter chat. Our goal with the podcast is to provide you with the PD you’re not getting in your faculty meetings or and other district professional development. We would be honored if you would subscribe to the podcast and include us in your podcast listening schedule. Look for a new episode every few weeks! Featured Content In this episode, Chris, AJ and I discuss the origin of #PodcastPD (it all started with a little blog post), the resulting twitter chat, our expectations for professional development, topics we might explore in coming episodes, and how we like to learn best. What’s PodcastPD About? PodcastPD is a bi-monthly show where your hosts will come together to discuss some hot topics in education, the professional development we are taking part in within our districts, as well as the topics and areas of discussion we are leading for others. How We Learn As with many of you, there is no one way that Chris, AJ and I learn. We use myriad methods to inform our practice and improve ourselves both professionally and personally. Chris and AJ learn by doing and taking part in demonstrations. An emphasis is placed on teaching and movement. I, on the other hand, will soak up new information I am interested in any way it is delivered; be it book, podcast, or anything on the internet. Just don’t ask us to sit through a boring panel discussion! Mentions, Links, and Resources The original PodcastPD blog posts (1, 2, and 3) Jennifer Gonzalez Derek Larson Brent Warner Rich Czyz Connect with us and Podcast PD Visit our website: PodcastPD.com Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Check out #PodcastPD Chris Nesi-Twitter, Ins