Cadet Architects: Recent Episodes

Matt Miller

While using technology in the classroom will be a major highlight of this podcast, it will also highlight the amazing teaching that is happening in the Mill Creek Community School Corporation and how they are helping to "build" Cadets.

Cadet Architects is hosted by Matt Miller, Fivestar Technology Solutions eCoach / Innovative Learning Specialist at Mill Creek Community Schools in west-central Indiana. Follow him on twitter at @dropstepdunk

You can see the great teaching and learning that happens at Mill Creek by following #CadetArchitects on twitter.

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Allison Paradise, Allie Carpenter, Kori Ellis, Amy Wachnicki, Hannah Brame, Sara Gauck, and Luke Hollin discuss what's working after a month-ish into COVID-19. Tools discussed are Flipgrid, Screencastify, Canvas, Google Meets, Canvas Conferences, Write on Web, WeVideo, Adobe Spark, iMovie, Google Forms, ClassDojo, YouTube embedding and more. #Cadet Architects

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00:51- Allison Paradise, ELA Teacher, Cascade High School

03:12 - Allie Carpenter,  MTSS Coordinator / Behavior Coach, Mill Creek West Elementary

05:00 - Kori Ellis, 1st Grade, Mill Creek East Elementary

06:01 - Amy Wachnicki, High Ability, Mill Creek East Elementary

07:59 - Hannah Brame - 3rd Grade, Mill Creek East Elementary

09:34 - Sara Gauck - Kindergarten, Mill Creek West Elementary

10:47 - Luke Hollin - 3rd Grade, Mill Creek East Elementary


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Ada Stucky joined the show to talk about teaching during COVID-19, her math classes, high heels, then and now differences, Global Read Aloud, Fish in a Tree, Flipgrid, Padlet, Canvas Conferences, Tiny Houses, Teaching her own kids, overhead projectors, Money and Me Class, and More! #CadetArchitects, Check out the show notes HERE #CadetArchitects

Links from the show

  • 00:15 - Intros
  • 01:40 - Girls Who Code Mention - (I meant to come back to this later and forgot. )
  • 01:53 - Random fact - FBI/CSI/Criminal Minds
  • 03:30 - Student Investigations
  • 05:00 - Info about her math class
  • 05:55 - Info about your brain. If you're a person, you're a math person.
  • 07:20 - Turning student statements into questions
  • 09:25 - Differences from teaching then and now
  • 11:45 - Tech changes from yesteryear
  • 12:50 - Where's my overhead projector? :)
  • 13:59 - Money and Me Class
  • 17:30 - Counterfeiting money :)
  • 18:40 - Mister 880 movie
  • 20:34 - Global Read Aloud of The Bridge Home
  • 21:50 - How to handle books that make you cry.
  • 22:50 - How to connect with other students around the world from the Global Read Aloud

Flipgrid, Padlet, Google Sheets * 24:38 - The benefits of taking the learning outside the walls of your school * 26:00 - PenPal Schools * 26:48 - Fish in a Tree whole school read aloud * 28:20 - Parent donations * 29:00 - COVID-19 Teaching - What's working? This is the time to do what you've always wanted? Try things out. * 30:29 - Interruption - Real life home learning interruption.

(I left this in the podcast because it's what everyone is currently experiencing. It's just a snapshot of reality during these times.) * 32:15 - Geometry unit during COVID-19 : Design a Tiny House * 33:20 - Lucid Charts for Blueprints * 34:11 - Planner 5D for 3D modeling * 34:50 - Next year possibly 3D print the winning tiny house * 35:45 - How will COVID-19 change you? * 36:18 - Canvas Conferences * 37:14 - Google Meet * 38:15 - Teaching with your own children in the same school discussion and advice * 45:50 - Teaching in high heels * 47:17 - One piece of advice for trying something new? * 49:15 - Ada's contact info

Twitter - @AskStuckyMath

Google Voice - 317-563-1387


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Allison Paradise joined the show to talk about Adulting Month, Pilgrimmages, NaNoWriMo, Learning Spaces, Adobe Spark,  Blogging, Traveling, Dowel Rod Fights, Reindeer Antlers, and More! Check out the show notes HERE #CadetArchitects


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Hillary Carpenter and Ben Neilson join the show to talk about Co-teaching, PBL, Independent Reading, Nearpod, Classcraft, and more. Check out the show notes at HERE #CadetArchitects 


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Mr. Shafer joins the show to talk about Dramas, Musicals, Canvas, Flipgrid, Managing time, and more. #CadetArchitects


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In this episode, Todd Crosby joins the show to give his thoughts on joining the Ford Next Generation Learning (NGL) cohort for this school year, his K-5 STEM class, and learning new things. #CadetArchitects


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The very first episode of Cadet Architects!


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