In Episode 131, Chey and Pav reflect on how they’ve been implementing “Thinking Classrooms” in their respective learning spaces. The “Thinking Classroom” model has been coined by mathematician Dr. Peter Liljedahl and his work of creating math learning…
In Episode 130, Chey and Pav speak with Salima Kassam, elementary school principal and anti-racist, anti-oppression educator from Ontario, Canada. Chey and Pav talk to Salima about her journey in education, in particular about her experiences with…
In Episode 129, Chey and Pav reflect on their summer and discuss some of the ways they are getting ready for the new school year, as well as the goals they have for themselves professionally. Chey and Pav’s return to the classroom this year means they…
In Episode 128, Chey and Pav speak with Paul Bloomberg, Vivett Dukes, Kara Vandas and Rachel Carrillo-Fairchild – a few of the incredible authors of the book “Amplify Learner Voice through Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Assessment.” The guest…
In Episode 126, Chey and Pav speak with Judy McKeown – anti-racist educator, consultant and professional learning facilitator. Chey and Pav talk to Judy about her experience with anti-racist, anti-oppressive, anti-colonial, and culturally responsive…
In Episode 126, Chey and Pav recap their past year as centrally assigned teachers, as well as some of the great work they’ve had the opportunity to engage in before their roles ended a few weeks ago. They discuss the many ways learning coaches impact…
In Episode 125, Chey and Pav speak with Angela Stockman, teacher, instructional designer and author of the recent book, “Teacher’s Guide to Multimodal Composition.” The Dynamic Duo speaks with Angela about how she developed this Multimodal Writing…
In Episode 124, Chey and Pav talk about their experience with open artificial intelligence – in this case, how they have been using ChatGPT as teachers. The AI chatbot has allowed for them to explore a number of ways to make planning, lesson-building…
In Episode 123, Chey and Pav speak with Frank Bouchard, co-founder at Wipebook. The Dynamic Duo first became aware of Wipebook Flipcharts through professional development they were offered for math – Building Thinking Classrooms. Through the work of…
In Episode 122, Chey and Pav talk to Beth Lyons, teacher and one of the hosts of the podcast, “Read Into This.” This conversation with Beth is the 2nd of a two part crossover episode – the…