Best CNUSDEdChat Podcasts (2024)

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Season 6, Ep 1: Chat GPT...Cheat? A Conversation Around the role of AI in Teaching and Learning 26:43

1y ago26:43

26:43

What is ChatGPT? And should we be worried about this technology? In this episode, Kim and Kate sit down with Amy Dell, George Wise, and Mike Grothem, members of the CNUSD Innovate EdTech Team, to talk about how this artificial intelligence tool will impact teaching and learning.By CNUSDEdChat

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S 5, Ep # 2: Leading in a Pandemic: a chat with Superintendent, Dr. Sam Buenrostro 31:01

2+ y ago31:01

31:01

In this episode, Ivy and Annemarie sit down to talk with Dr. Sam Buenrostro, superintendent of Corona-Norco Unified School District. We ask him about his ongoing journey in the field of K12 education and what it was like taking on this new leadership role during the height of the COVID 19 pandemic.By CNUSDEdChat

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S 5, Ep 1: ThrivingYOUniversity-Supporting Our Students and Ourselves 34:24

2+ y ago34:24

34:24

Kim and Kate chat with Dr. Joelle Hood, Janeen Antonelli, and Jessica Fuller, creators of ThrivingYOUniversity, about the impact of trauma on students and adults. Joelle, Janeen, and Jessie share common misconceptions about trauma and address the importance of wellbeing and resilience. These fascinating and knowledgeable educators offer timely info…

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S 4, Ep 11: History has its eyes on Us: What will your story be? A conversation with Hardy Brown II 33:36

3y ago33:36

33:36

We chat with historian Hardy Brown II, a Leader in historical empathy, Collector of Historical Freedom artifacts, Underground Railroad tours for educators, the Chairman of the Black Voice Foundation, and member of the San Bernardino County Board of Education. After listening to this episode, head over to our Facebook page or go to https://youtu.be/…

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Season 4, Ep 10: Equity is UDL: Understanding the Principles with Dr. Molly McCabe 41:03

3+ y ago41:03

41:03

Lifelong learner and educator, Dr. Molly McCabe, shares how the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework and guiding principles ensure that we strive to remove barriers for all learners, always obtain student and family feedback, and create expert learners. Dr. McCabe offers her advice for what to hold important whether we are in remote school…

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Season 4, Ep 9: Leading While Female 1:01:55

3+ y ago1:01:55

1:01:55

We chat with educators Dr. Trudy Arriaga, Dr. Stacie Stanley, and Dr. Delores Lindsey. Our guests are the authors of Leading While Female: A Culturally Proficient Response for Gender Equity. They discuss their inspiration for the book as well as their recent research on gender equity in educational leadership. Listen to learn the pitfalls, pipeline…

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Season 4, Ep 8: An Urgent Conversation with Dr. Delores Lindsey and Dr. Randall Lindsey 48:35

4y ago48:35

48:35

In the context of the current pandemic, persistent inequities, and recent civil unrest, our CNUSDEdChat team invited long-serving advocates for equity and cultural proficiency, Dr. Delores Lindsey and Dr. Randall Lindsey, to help us process our own emotions, to examine our own values, assumptions, and beliefs, and to help us support our community o…

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Season 4, Ep.7: Writing with Digital Tools, a chat with Troy Hicks 21:48

4y ago21:48

21:48

Dr. Ivy Ewell Eldridge chats with Central Michigan University professor and author, Troy Hicks, a super advocate of ways to teach and enhance the process of writing through the use of digital tools. He encourages educators to nurture our students’ curiosity, openness, flexibility, persistence, engagement, and responsibility as they engage in the wr…

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Season 4, Ep. 6: Modeling and Igniting Math Mindsets 15:26

4y ago15:26

15:26

Kate chats with colleagues Tiffany Vosberg, Patricia Krcmar, and Paaru Kwiatkowski who are Instructional Coaches for Elementary Math in the Corona-Norco Unified School District. They discuss a new model for mathematics instruction and fostering math mindsets. In our second ever lightning round, they provide useful activities and resources for both …

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Season 4, Ep. 5: Teaching is our super power! a chat with Michael Hughes 24:05

4y ago24:05

24:05

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Season 4, Episode 4: The time is right for UDL Now! 22:51

4+ y ago22:51

22:51

In this episode, Kim sits down with Dr. Katie Novak to discuss the importance of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) a framework that embraces all students and acknowledges the potential barriers imposed by our educational practices. Dr. Novak encourages listeners to consider UDL as a buffet in which all learners have the potential to be successful…

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Season 4, Ep. 3: Supporting Our English Language Learners, Dr. Michelle Barrios and Sussan Ortega 18:46

4+ y ago18:46

18:46

In this episode, Jenny interviews Dr. Michelle Barrios and Sussan Ortega, members of the Corona-Norco USD English Learner and Equity Department. Sussan and Michelle speak to the beauty and the challenge for teachers, schools and families in supporting English Language Learners. They remind educators that our English Language Learners bring a whole …

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Season 4, Ep 2: Tech Tools to Strengthen Teaching and Learning--a Chat with CNUSD Innovators 16:10

4+ y ago16:10

16:10

Kim sits down with the CNUSD edtech innovation team, Director Joe Fuertsch, Laurel Kirchhoff and Roni MacDonald, as they chat about exciting tech tools to enrich student learning. This episode features advice for teachers looking to give tech a try in the classroom and inspiring innovators to follow on social media. Take a listen and learn how you …

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Season 4, Ep 1: Advocating for Education and for Each Other, a chat with Nicholas Ferroni 19:18

4+ y ago19:18

19:18

You may recognize our guest from his active twitter feed, guest appearance on Good Morning America and The View, and not so small photo-op in People magazine, but more than that, Nicholas Ferroni is an educator who seeks to empower both teachers and students. In this episode, Ferroni sits down with Kate to discuss the power of his social experiment…

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Season 3, Episode 8: Teaching for Transfer with Jennifer Fletcher 14:35

5y ago14:35

14:35

How do we prepare students for a world that we know is changing? Jennifer Fletcher shares her work with teaching for transfer, teaching rhetoric in an information saturated world, and teaching for “adaptability rather than compliance.”By CNUSDEdChat

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Season 3, Ep 7: Inspired by Innovation with Katie Martin and A.J. Juliani 15:58

5y ago15:58

15:58

Looking for more ways to be innovative in your practice? Listen in to lead innovators, researchers and fellow EDUpodcasters Dr. Katie Martin and A.J. Juliani speak to what it means to be innovative in 21st century education. Together they share the must do's and may do's for teachers and administrators when it comes to practical innovation at any s…

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Season 3, Ep 6: The Grade Debate: What’s in a Mark? 29:10

5y ago29:10

29:10

What do grades actually represent? Should we allow re-takes or assign zeros? In this episode, Corona-Norco USD principal, Dr. Jeremy Goins and teachers, Kathryn Byars and Tracy Gamache, confront traditional grading systems. Together, they share their investigation and exploration of standards based grading.…

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Bonus Episode: Dr. Tyrone Howard, Teaching in Urban Schools 5:11

5y ago5:11

5:11

In this bonus episode, Ivy and Dr. Tyrone Howard chat about the experiences of teaching in urban schools and the particular needs students, families, and educators face in urban schools.By CNUSDEdChat

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Season 3, Ep 5: Dr. Tyrone Howard, A Call for Conversations Around Race and Culture 19:53

5y ago19:53

19:53

In this episode, Ivy chats with Dr. Tyrone Howard, Professor of Education and Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion at UCLA. He calls on educators to have much-needed conversations around race, culture, and equity. Dr. Howard is the author of Why Race and Culture Matters in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America’s Classrooms.…

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Bonus Episode: Kid Weather Reports 17:25

5+ y ago17:25

17:25

In this bonus episode, CNUSD third graders share fun and informative weather reports via the CNUSDEdChat podcast. Listen together with your students or children and discuss the causes and effects of current weather conditions or severe weather such as floods, tornadoes, blizzards, and hurricanes.Approximate Timestamps:• :40, L.P Rains and V.H Blizz…

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Season 3, Ep 4: Common Core Math: Think it's a Problem? Here's Some Solutions. 12:32

5+ y ago12:32

12:32

What's the deal with common core math? Kim chats with our colleagues, the CNUSD Math Mob, to answer our questions about Common Core math. Christine Ventrella and Don Havenhill are Teachers on Assignment for Secondary Math in Curriculum and Instruction in the Corona-Norco Unified School District.By CNUSDEdChat

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Season 3, Ep 3: Bringing History Alive with Tech & Travel 20:28

5+ y ago20:28

20:28

In this episode, Annemarie chats with Amanda Sandoval, CNUSD History Teacher and former Riverside County Teacher of the Year. Amanda tells us how she brings history to life with technology, personalized learning, travel and "Forrest Gump" moments.By CNUSDEdChat

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Season 3, Ep 2: Affirming Multiculturalism, Bilingualism, & Respect 33:14

5+ y ago33:14

33:14

Our guests is Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes. She shares insight into the California ELA/ELD Framework, equity and access, teaching English to language learners, the benefits of bi-literacy, and more.By CNUSDEdChat

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Season 3, Ep 1: Re-imagining the 21st Century Classroom 21:40

5+ y ago21:40

21:40

What do you see when you picture a typical classroom? rows of desks? a teacher at the white board at the front of the classroom? Take a listen as we chat with 5th grade teacher, Christine Richins, who last year drastically revamped her classroom to evoke a Starbucks-like environment. Richins tells Annemarie and Kate how behavior, learning, and comm…

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Season 2, Episode 10: Family, School, Community... The Perfect Partnership 19:36

6y ago19:36

19:36

Educating students is truly a partnership. In this episode, co-host, Ivy, chats with the CNUSD Director of Student Family Support Services, Cassandra Willis, about partnering with families and focusing on what really matters.By CNUSDEdChat

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S 2, Ep 9: Moving Writers with Mentor Texts: A Conversation with Rebekah O’Dell & Allison Marchetti 22:26

6y ago22:26

22:26

“Do real writers get assigned topics and have to force them into five-paragraph essays by their editors?” Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O’Dell, co-authors of the popular blog movingwriters.org, Writing with Mentors, and Beyond Literary Analysis, use real world texts as mentor texts to teach the skills of writing. In this episode, Marchetti and O’De…

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Season 2, Episode 8: Carol Jago, Literacy for Life 18:08

6y ago18:08

18:08

Annemarie speaks with literacy advocate and sage, Carol Jago, about creating communities of readers, disciplinary literacy, the importance of teaching argument, and building robust libraries. We hope you'll agree, you'll concur, that the counsel we received from Carol shall endure.By CNUSDEdChat

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Season 2, Episode 7: Leaders to Learn From with Dr. Michael Lin 15:15

6+ y ago15:15

15:15

Corona-Norco USD Superintendent, Dr. Michael Lin, sits down with co-host Ivy to discuss how our district develops the capacity for leadership and builds our culture of leadership.By CNUSDEdChat

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Bonus Episode: Penny Kittle and our "former failures" 3:12

6+ y ago3:12

3:12

In this bonus episode, Penny shares three stories of former students she believes she failed to reach. What can we learn from these “former failures”, as Penny calls them. How do they impact the work we do today?By CNUSDEdChat

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Season 2, Episode 6: Penny Kittle, Awakening the Dormant Reader 20:04

6+ y ago20:04

20:04

Kate sits down with teacher, author, and literacy advocate, Penny Kittle. Each year, Penny manages to light a fire inside her students and they become real, habitual readers. Listen in as Penny discusses the importance of choice, volume, and access to books.By CNUSDEdChat

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Season 2, Episode 5: Kevin Colleary: The Power of Inquiry, Evidence, and Conversation 24:13

6+ y ago24:13

24:13

Dr. Kevin Colleary speaks with co-host Annemarie about the importance of Social Studies instruction and offers advice and resources for both teachers and families to help prepare today’s students for participation in a democratic society.By CNUSDEdChat

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Season 2, Episode 4: Melanie Oliver, Educators Connecting Educators 12:15

6+ y ago12:15

12:15

We chat with another CNUSD educator whose enthusiasm and dedication to her profession is truly infectious. Melanie Oliver, a teacher at Highland Elementary is one of CNUSD’s Teachers of The Year and was honored as one of the four Riverside County Teachers of the Year for 2016. After she was honored with teacher of the year, she was eager and ready …

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Season 2, Episode 3: Ernest Morrell, Engaging in Critical Media Literacy 18:11

6+ y ago18:11

18:11

Ivy joined Dr. Ernest Morrell in Washington D.C. at the Watergate Hotel at a Literacy Summit in October 2016 to discuss the importance of not just bringing media into classrooms but how to guide students in examining it critically. Dr. Morrell also explains how to inspire kids to love themselves as readers. He reminds us, that as educators, there i…

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Season 2, Episode 2: Pam Allyn- Building a Generation of Super Readers 14:07

7y ago14:07

14:07

How do you fit all of Pam Allyn's words of wisdom into one episode? Oh, that's right: You don't. Pam Allyn had so much to share that we created two episodes. In part 2, Allyn discusses how to build Super Readers, the idea that literacy is a social-emotional learning journey, and provides tips for how to support independent reading. If you would lik…

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Season 2, Episode 1: Pam Allyn- Literature As Mirrors and Windows 19:12

7y ago19:12

19:12

In this inspiring episode, Pam Allyn, global literacy advocate, author, and education expert, discusses the importance of the classroom library. Students should be able to authentically see themselves in the books we provide for them. Literature must act not only as mirrors, but as windows to the outside world. Allyn believes that our human diversi…

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Episode 8: Kelly Gallagher, Building a Culture of Reading 24:13

7y ago24:13

24:13

Kelly Gallagher had so much to offer, that we needed 2 episodes to cover his interview. In the second half of his interview, the author and long-time teacher, Gallagher, discusses his use of SparkNotes, his collaboration with Penny Kittle, and his call to action--building a culture of reading in our schools.…

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Episode 7: Kelly Gallagher-Turn Up the Volume... of Reading and Writing in the Classroom 16:46

7y ago16:46

16:46

Kelly Gallagher had so much to offer, that we needed 2 episodes to cover his interview. In the first half of his interview, the author and long-time teacher discusses the importance of reading and writing volume as well as the need for using literary texts to provide opportunities for kids to participate in imaginative rehearsals for the real world…

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Episode # 6: Gina Carlson Brown-Cultural Proficiency and Equitable Learning 18:08

7y ago18:08

18:08

In this episode, Kate sits down with her longtime friend, Gina Carlson Brown, to continue the conversation on cultural proficiency and equity. Gina explains how her role as a mother and teacher propelled her into this important work. "If we are educating 21st century learners in a global economy, then we really must educate to appreciate diversity …

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Episode # 5: Cultural Proficiency with Delores and Randall Lindsey 21:23

7y ago21:23

21:23

There are a lot of terms used in education these days---social emotional learning, culturally responsive teaching, microaggressions, cultural proficiency, unconscious bias etc. Educators Delores and Randall Lindsey describe how individuals can use the tools of cultural proficiency to examine their own assumptions and biases, and ultimately, transfo…

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Bonus Episode: Delores and Randall Lindsey, "Does this open doors or close doors for students?" 13:31

7y ago13:31

13:31

In this bonus episode, Delores and Randall Lindsey share how the author of Opening Doors: An Implementation Template for Cultural Proficiency, Trudy Arriaga, EdD, put into practice the important work developed by the Lindseys and their team while serving as the superintendent of Ventura Unified School District. You’ll also hear Ivy ask the Lindseys…

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Episode # 4: Next Generation Science Standards with Peter Lum the Science Chum 12:03

7y ago12:03

12:03

In this episode, Co-Host Ivy, chats with Peter Lum, Corona Norco's Science Coordinator, about the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Peter offers advice to promote our kids love of science.By CNUSDEdChat

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Bonus Episode: Fisher and Frey Talk Text Dependent Question 3:31

7+ y ago3:31

3:31

Fisher and Frey had so much amazing information to share that we couldn't fit it all in episode 1. In this bonus, Fisher and Frey talk text dependent question with Ivy.By CNUSDEdChat

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Episode # 3: Diving into technology and blended learning with Catlin Tucker 12:32

7+ y ago12:32

12:32

In episode 3, Annemarie chats with teacher/author/tech leader Catlin Tucker about personalized and blended learning at our CNUSD Literacy Conference.By CNUSDEdChat

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Episode # 2: Jessica Fuller: Building community and student voice in the classroom 14:59

7+ y ago14:59

14:59

Co-host, Annemarie, sat down with local teacher Jessica Fuller to discuss building student voice and community in the classroom. Jessica Fuller is a teacher at a continuation school in Corona, CA and was named the California League of High School’s (CLHS) Region 10 state finalist.By CNUSDEdChat

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Episode # 1: Fisher and Frey, Engaging the Adolescent Reader and Writer 15:44

7+ y ago15:44

15:44

Dr. Doug Fisher and Dr. Nancy Frey chat with Co-host Ivy on video in the classroom, vocabulary, and disciplinary literacy. Fisher and Frey also offer sound advice for educators and families in our segment: "Tomorrow, This Week, This Month".By CNUSDEdChat

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Welcome to CNUSDEdChat Promo 1:39

7+ y ago1:39

1:39

Welcome to CNUSDEdChat, a podcast for educators and families. Co-producers, Annemarie Cortez, Ivy Ewell-Eldridge, and Kate Jackson introduce a new podcast covering all things 21st century education.By CNUSDEdChat

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