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Category Archives: Podcast
Damon Galgut’s, The Promise
After a seven year hiatus, previously nominated writer, Damon Galgut, delivers an emotional and introspective look into family dynamics and the manifestations of grief. Through the lives of three south African children, Astid, Anton and Amor, Galgut mirrors the turmoil … Continue reading
We ARE Talking About This
Let us talk about what no one is talking about: No One Is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood’s Booker Prize Nominated novel. Over the past few months, we have dived into this unique story of a woman living in the … Continue reading
Keeping it Real: A Podcast on Real Life by Brandon Taylor
To conclude our PBL project, we took to the mic and created a podcast centered around our discussions of Brandon Taylor’s Real Life. Listen to it here on Soundcloud.
How can we apply an interdisciplinary approach to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?
We will return to the “In Our Time” podcast to open our unit on “The Modern Era.” This particular podcast will help us appreciate Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and promises to be quite a podcast. It has been noted to be … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning, British Literature, Interdisciplinary, Podcast, YouTube
Tagged Melvyn Bragg
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Closing With Our First Assignment
We began this #PBL journey at the start of the winter trimester, and this story as well as the students’ own posts sustained an authentic innovator’s mindset. It was fun to revisit this work at the close of class because … Continue reading
Let’s Use Malcolm Gladwell’s Podcast to Introduce Kate Chopin’s The Awakening
Malcolm Gladwell examines the story of this famous painting to begin his podcast. Below is an image of Calling the Roll After An Engagement, Crimea, better known as The Roll Call. I used the image from Wikipedia; it is an 1874 oil-on-canvas … Continue reading
Can a Podcast Help Cultivate a Growth Mindset in the Classroom?
https://www.npr.org/player/embed/562887933/563105739 Let’s have fun learning about this now ubiquitous App Instagram evolved, and then we will examine how we can adopt elements of their success story as we begin our first steps in our own project-based learning journey. So how … Continue reading
Posted in Growth Mindset, Podcast, Project Based Learning
Tagged Guy Raz, How I Built This NPR
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Let’s Use Malcolm Gladwell’s Podcast to Introduce Kate Chopin’s The Awakening
Malcolm Gladwell examines the story of this famous painting to begin his podcast. Below is an image of Calling the Roll After An Engagement, Crimea, better known as The Roll Call. I used the image from Wikipedia; it is an 1874 oil-on-canvas … Continue reading
Posted in American Literary Studies, Design Thinking, Podcast, Reflective Assessment
Tagged Malcolm Gladwell
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