Hover-free Teaching w/Miriam Plotinsky
Miriam Plotinsky, author of Teach More, Hover Less, breaks down hover-free teaching, showing how teachers can free themselves from helicopter habits and allow students greater control of their own learning, while still maximizing learning.
Go Out on the Branch w/Jay Percell
Jay Percell is an Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University, an author of several academic essays, and a TEDx speaker. Michelle Cottrell-Williams hosts as Jay shares his reasons for moving away from traditional grades and toward a classroom where learning, improvement, and growth is the focus.
Helping Students Own Their Own Narrative w/Ekta Sahasi
Ekta Sahasi is the founder of spikeview, a global pre-professional portfolio platform for students and young adults. She is reinventing how Gen-Z represent themselves online, build meaningful networks, and forge a pathway to success.
Care at the Core w/Sherri Spelic
Sherri Spelic, an elementary physical education teacher at American International School Vienna, shares her experiences and reflections on assessment, as well as how we can create more inclusive, responsive spaces in our classrooms.
Making Room for Metacognition w/Rachael Kettner Thompson
In this episode of TG2Chat Live! we learn more about metacognition and student reflection from Rachael.
Differentiated Assessment w/Rick Wormeli
In this episode of TG2Chat LIVE! well known educator and author, Rick Wormeli, discusses how educators can better communicate learning with students and stakeholders.
Inclusive Assessment w/Natalie Vardabasso
Arthur Chiaravalli interviews Natalie Vardabasso, an instructional design and assessment specialist at Calgary Academy, a special education private school in Alberta, Canada. She is the host of the #EduCrush podcast and is a passionate advocate learning spaces that are inclusive of all students.
Respectful Assessment w/Starr Sackstein
Aaron Blackwelder interviews Starr Sackstein, author of the book Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School, and her latest book Assessing with Respect: Everyday Practices That Meet Students' Social and Emotional Needs.
Wad-Ja-Get? w/Barry Fishman
Arthur Chiaravalli interviews Barry Fishman, professor of Learning Technologies in the University of Michigan School of Information and School of Education. Barry pens the new introduction to the 50th-anniversary edition of Wad-Ja-Get, one of the earliest critical examinations of the effects of grading on student attitudes toward learning.
Dialogic Assessment w/Dr. Sarah Beck
Join Aaron Blackwelder as he interviews Dr. Sarah Beck, Associate Professor of English Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at NYU Steinhardt and author of the book A Think-Aloud Approach to Writing Assessment.
Beyond Evaluation w/Paul Thomas
Aaron Blackwelder interviews Paul Thomas, Professor of Education at Furman University, Greenville SC about how grades and grading create inequities for both students and teachers.
Teachers as Ethnographers w/David Kirkland
Arthur Chiaravalli interviews David Kirkland, Executive Director of The NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and The Transformation of Schools. He is the author of A Search Past Silence: The Literacy of Young Black Men and co-editor of Students Right to Their Own Language.