Episode Show Notes — Brave New Teaching

To Be Honest About Fails and Wins [S1 E19]

Sometimes (okay, a lot of times) teaching is just HARD. Here, Amanda & Marie share their biggest fails and a few of their wins.

eLearning, lesson planning, new, teachingAmanda CardenasJuly 30, 2020adviceComment

To Embrace Student Agency [S1 E18]

Hear from expert sociologist Dr. Anindya Kundu on the importance of student

interview, strategies, braveAmanda CardenasJuly 23, 2020interview, community, advice Comment

To Hack Digital Grading & Assessment [S1 E17]

Here is our go-to list of digital grading and assessment tools to bring into your classrooms.

eLearning, lesson planning, season oneAmanda CardenasJuly 16, 2020assessment Comment

To Find Supplementary Texts [S1 E16]

We share our favorite places to locate supplementary texts for your units broken down by genre.

lesson planning, essential questions, newAmanda CardenasJuly 9, 2020unitComment

To Write an Essential Question [S1 E15]

Join us as we do a live workshop/coaching experience with Marie’s new American Lit course.

planning, season one, essential questionsAmanda CardenasJuly 1, 2020 Comments

To Visualize a Unit [S1 E13 & 14]

Being able to see the scope of a unit and knowing where you want students to be at the end is critical in our field. Let’s tackle this together!

lesson planning, eLearning, planning, podcast episodesAmanda CardenasJune 18, 2020unit, planning

To Grow Professionally Over Summer [S1 E12]

Let’s take this summer to relax and rejuvenate, but when we have the time and brain space, it’s also time to keep growing our professional work as educators.

new, planning, season oneAmanda CardenasJune 11, 2020Comment

To Teach Close Reading: Syntax [S1 E11]

We’re taking a deep dive into a very important teaching strategy in the English classroom: close reading. Specifically, we’re looking at SYNTAX.

season one, teaching, strategies, lesson planningAmanda CardenasMay 28, 2020strategiesComment

To Make This Year End Count [S1 E10]

The end of the year is an emotional time, and it feels even more unpredictable and uncertain than ever before. In today’s episode, we cover the most important things to do that will make this end of the year count - COVID or not.

eLearning, planning, podcast episodes, season oneAmanda CardenasMay 21, 2020inspirationComment

To Teach At the End of the Year [S1 E8 & E9]

The end of the year requires organization and planning. Let us help you come up with a system that ends the year with smiles and not freak-outs!

To Appreciate Teachers [S1 E7]

Teachers are miracle workers and we’re here to celebrate that! This episode hands the mic over to six teachers to tell their stories…

podcast episodes, season one, teachingAmanda CardenasApril 30, 2020inspiration Comment

To Teach Poetry [S1 E5&6]

We think teaching poetry is so valuable that we have two episodes in a row dedicated to helping you embrace your vulnerability and tackle poetry in the classroom.

podcast episodes, season one, poetry, brave, teachingAmanda CardenasApril 15, 2020unit, poetry Comments

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