Spark Starters: Recent Episodes
Olathe Spark Starters
Our mission is to inspire innovative ideas and empower educators to cannonball into personalized professional learning.
Our goal for this episode is to help listeners understand how you can make real-world connections in the classroom.
Our goals for this episode are to help listeners understand how to gamify your lessons and personalize/differentiate learning to meet the needs of all students.
The goal of this episode is to share the importance of incorporating movement into learning activities.
Our goal for this episode is to show listeners how to combine research-based strategies and technology to actively engage students.
Our goal for the episode is to help listeners understand small moves you can make to differentiate for students.
Welcome to Olathe Spark Starters Podcast, where it is our mission to inspire innovative ideas and empower educators to cannonball into personalized professional learning. On Episode 11, we will help listeners understand the importance of computer science in education today and provide ideas and resources for implementing the Hour of Code in December.
The Olathe Spark Starters' mission is to empower educators to cannonball into personalized professional learning. This episode focuses on helping listeners understand the importance of Multi-Age Mentorships and how to utilize technology to connect your students with mentors.
The Olathe School District Podcast Team seeks to empower fellow educators by sharing ideas that will spark innovation and help spread effective practices. Our goal of Episode 9 is to help listeners understand the importance of pedagogy, content, and technology working together and to give the listeners a preview of upcoming episodes.
TPack Model: http://www.tpack.org/
Video: https://www.commonsense.org/education/videos/introduction-to-the-tpack-model
ISTE Educator Standards: https://www.iste.org/standards/for-educators
Kristen Lester @KLester02
Ariel Jankord @mrsjankord
Ryan Stephans @Coach_Stephans
Jordan Billings @MrBillingsClass
Welcome to Olathe Spark Starters Podcast, where it is our mission to inspire innovative ideas and empower educators to cannonball into personalized professional learning. On Episode 8, we will discuss the power of Personalized PD and reveal that PD can come in many shapes and sizes.
On Episode 6, of Olathe Spark Starters, we hear from elementary and secondary students. They share how teachers help them feel loved and supported.
Welcome to the Olathe Spark Starters Podcast where it is our mission to inspire innovative ideas and empower educators to cannonball into personalized professional learning. On Episode 4, we will focus on how to create an emotionally safe classroom.
Welcome to Olathe Spark Starters Podcast where it is our mission to inspire innovative ideas and empower educators to cannonball into personalized professional learning. On Episode 3, we will interview Erik Erazo, Olathe District Migrant Director and Hispanic Student Facilitator. He is a living testimony that behind every success story there is a staff member who championed for their student.
Welcome to Olathe Spark Starters where it is our mission to inspire innovative ideas and empower educators to cannonball into personalized professional learning. On Episode 2 of Olathe Spark Starters, we will focus on our journey to discover how to actively engage all students.