Notorious Pedagogues: Recent Episodes
Notorious Pedagogues
Hosted by Dr. Pauline Schmidt and Dr. Kruger-Ross, Notorious Pedagogues chronicles the notorious adventures of co-teaching WRH 325, a course for secondary English educators on the powers and challenges of integrating educational technologies.
In September 2022, we sat down with the Distance Education folk at WCUPA to participate in their new podcast series, ODLI on Air. We are happy to cross-post that episode, and happy that our institution is actively supporting our obsession with podcasts and podcasting.
What have the Notorious Pedagogues been up to?? Listen to our check-in!
The conference we name drop - and that we will be presenting at soon - is PCTELA: http://www.pctela.org/
Episode 510 is the sixth in the Macbeth Curriculum Group podcast series from WRH325 Spring 2022.
In this episode we hear from Alora, Veronica, Tommy, Abby, and Zack as they share their lessons on Act V for a month-long unit plan on Macbeth. This group was responsible for developing lessons and activities for secondary ELA students to complete during the reading of Act V of Macbeth.
The unit plan and individual lesson plans are located on the WRH325 Schtuff Google site: https://sites.google.com/view/325schtuff/2022-macbeth
Episode 509 is the fifth in the Macbeth Curriculum Group podcast series from WRH325 Spring 2022.
In this episode we hear from Nolan, Max, Zach, Kelly, and Savannah as they share their lessons on Act IV for a month-long unit plan on Macbeth. This group was responsible for developing lessons and activities for secondary ELA students to complete during the reading of Act IV of Macbeth.
The unit plan and individual lesson plans are located on the WRH325 Schtuff Google site: https://sites.google.com/view/325schtuff/2022-macbeth
Episode 508 is the fourth in the Macbeth Curriculum Group podcast series from WRH325 Spring 2022.
In this episode we hear from Zack, Maria, Erin, Mara, Mike as they share their lessons on Act III for a month-long unit plan on Macbeth. This group was responsible for developing lessons and activities for secondary ELA students to complete during the reading of Act III of Macbeth.
The unit plan and individual lesson plans are located on the WRH325 Schtuff Google site: https://sites.google.com/view/325schtuff/2022-macbeth
Episode 507 is the third in the Macbeth Curriculum Group podcast series from WRH325 Spring 2022.
In this episode we hear from Andrew, Maddie, Catherine and Kelly as they share their lessons on Act II for a month-long unit plan on Macbeth. This group was responsible for developing lessons and activities for secondary ELA students to complete during the reading of Act II of Macbeth.
The unit plan and individual lesson plans are located on the WRH325 Schtuff Google site: https://sites.google.com/view/325schtuff/2022-macbeth
Episode 506 is the second in the Macbeth Curriculum Group podcast series from WRH325 Spring 2022.
In this episode we hear from Echo, Danny, Zoe, Mia and Chris as they share their lessons on Act I for a month-long unit plan on Macbeth. This group was responsible for developing lessons and activities for secondary ELA students to complete during the reading of Act I of Macbeth.
The unit plan and individual lesson plans are located on the WRH325 Schtuff Google site: https://sites.google.com/view/325schtuff/2022-macbeth
Episode 505 begins the Macbeth Curriculum Group podcast series from WRH325 Spring 2022.
In this first episode in the series we hear from Adam, Nick, Mara, and Jenna as they share their opening lessons for a month-long unit plan on Macbeth. This Pre-Reading group was responsible for developing lessons and activities for secondary ELA students to complete before reading Macbeth.
The unit plan and individual lesson plans are located on the WRH325 Schtuff Google site: https://sites.google.com/view/325schtuff/2022-macbeth
This brief follow up episode to Ep 503 introduces and provides greater context for the Macbeth Curriculum Group podcasts from WRH325 Spring 2022 that will drop weekly starting next week (July 15).
The unit plan and individual lesson plans are located on the WRH325 Schtuff Google site: https://sites.google.com/view/325schtuff/2022-macbeth
In this episode the Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross - the Notorious Pedagogues - are BACK and better than ever. We share what we've been up to for the past year and what to look forward to in our podcast feed.
Links/Places referenced in the episode:
- National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Hadestown the Musical
- The Kennedy Center
- MoMA
- Moulin Rouge Musical
- Brooklyn Museum
- The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago
In spring 2021 the Notorious Pedagogues invited their preservice teachers as guests on the podcast to discuss the work from their book club groups. In the second episode of the series, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross speak with Madison, Clare, Carl, Andrew, and Megan about Hey Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka.
In spring 2021 the Notorious Pedagogues invited their preservice teachers as guests on the podcast to discuss the work from their book club groups. In this first episode of the series, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross speak with Caitlin, Sarah, Daria, Lexi, and Megan about First Part Last by Angela Johnson.
In the second episode of 2021, Drs. Schmidt & Kruger-Ross re-record another one of their earliest episodes, Ep 101 What Makes a Successful WRH325 Student?. This episode is updated for Spring 2021 and remote instruction due to COVID-19.
Drs. Schmidt & Kruger-Ross kick of 2021 with a re-recording of one of their earliest episodes, Ep 102 WRH325 Course Overview. This episode is updated for Spring 2021 and remote instruction due to COVID-19.
In this episode Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross discuss their fall 2020 semester courses and what it has been like starting a fully remote term.
Welcome back to Notorious Pedagogues! In this episode Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross talk about their research and scholarly work from May-August 2020. The primary topic for this episode is their book writing project.
In spring 2020 the Notorious Pedagogues invited their preservice teachers as guests on the podcast to discuss the work from their book club groups. In this final episode of the series, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross speak with Aliza, Jen, Justin, and Reina about Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell.
In spring 2020 the Notorious Pedagogues invited their preservice teachers as guests on the podcast to discuss the work from their book club groups. In this episode Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross speak with Alex, Ciara, Sierra, and Sophie about Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon.
In spring 2020 the Notorious Pedagogues invited their preservice teachers as guests on the podcast to discuss the work from their book club groups. This is the sixth episode of the 2020 Book Club Podcast series.
In this episode Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross speak with Allison, Becca, Nick, and Teeyana about If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson.
In spring 2020 the Notorious Pedagogues invited their preservice teachers as guests on the podcast to discuss their work in their book club podcast groups. This is the fifth episode of the 2020 Book Club Podcast series.
In this episode Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross speak with Chloey, Alyssa, Kyrsten, and Morgan about The Fault in our Stars by John Green.
In spring 2020 the Notorious Pedagogues invited their preservice teachers as guests on the podcast to discuss their work in their book club podcast groups. This is the fourth episode of the 2020 Book Club Podcast series.
In this episode Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross speak with Abigale, Emma, Haley, and Marissa about Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.
This is the third episode of our 2020 Book Club Podcast series.
In spring 2020 the Notorious Pedagogues invited their preservice teachers as guests on the podcast to discuss their work in their book club podcast groups.
In this episode Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross speak with Enya, Hana, Helena, and Lindsay about Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Seeing White podcast series
- Teaching Tolerance
- Not Light But Fire by Matthew Kay
- How To Be An Antiracist & Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi
This is the second episode of our 2020 Book Club Podcast series.
In spring 2020 the Notorious Pedagogues invited their preservice teachers as guests on the podcast to discuss their work in their book club podcast groups.
In this episode Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross speak with Brook, Emily, Fiona, and Meghan about All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven.
Welcome to the first episode of our 2020 Book Club Podcast series!
In spring 2020 the Notorious Pedagogues invited their preservice teachers as guests on the podcast to discuss their work in their book club podcast groups.
In this first episode of the series Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross speak with Katie, Lauren, Mike, and Natalie about Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli.
In this update episode, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross discuss what worked and what didn't in Spring 2020. They also share their thoughts for Spring 2021 (when they teach WRH325 again).
In this brief podcast extra, the Notorious Pedagogues share some good news: Dr. Schmidt is the 2020 recipient of the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Learn more abut the award and wish her congratulations!
This episode follows directly from the conversation about the 2020 Book Club podcast assignment (Episode 203) and discusses the NCTE "Beliefs for Integrating Technology into the English Language Arts Classroom." This position statement grounds our teaching and is also the inspiration for our co-authored book. For more information on our book project, visit: https://sites.google.com/view/npbook/home.
In short, the "Beliefs for Integrating Technology into the English Language Arts Classroom" are comprised of four statements:
- Literacy means literacies.
- Consider literacies before technologies.
- Technologies provide new ways to consume and produce texts.
- Technologies and their associated literacies are not neutral.
To learn more, visit the NCTE Position Statement website: https://ncte.org/statement/beliefs-technology-preparation-english-teachers/
In this episode Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross switch back into Season 2 ("Season 3" is our special ongoing miniseries "Going Virtual") and discuss the 2020 podcast assignment for our co-taught course, WRH 325.
We will soon be meeting with our students to record a series of podcast episodes discussing their book club pairings as they intersect with either visual literacy, aural literacy, or multimodal literacy. In short, you can expect episodes in the future focused on:
VISUAL:
- All the Bright Places
- Love, Hate, & Other Filters
- Graphic R&J
AURAL:
- Aristotle and Dante
- Stargirl
- Eleanor & Park
MULTIMODAL
- Fault in Our Stars
- Everything Everything
- If You Come Softly
In this eighth episode of the miniseries Going Virtual, the Notorious Pedagogues interview Maria Mejia-Tucker, the inspiration for the miniseries. We talk about how Maria, an experienced instructional designer from both higher education and the corporate world, is thinking and reflecting about the response to COVID19. We talk flexibility, going virtual, and avoiding "Groundhog Day."
In this episode Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross are joined by Dr. Dana Morrison (or just "Dana" because she's that popular) to discuss the current debate surrounding synchronous and asynchronous teaching/learning. Dr. Morrison is an assistant professor at West Chester University in the Department of Educational Foundations & Policy Studies.
To learn more about UDL (Universal Design for Learning), see the CAST website on UDL Guidelines.
To see just two examples of the mixed messages being shared at the moment, see the NYTimes article "Everybody Ready for the Big Migration to Online College? Actually, No" and this chart that has been circulating for a few weeks.
In the second of our theoretical focused episodes, Episode 6 presents and discusses TPACK - a model of teacher knowledge that includes technology as an important component.
Additional Resources for TPACK
- TPACK Image
- Official TPACK website
- TPACK Explained (Schoology)
We turn in this episode (Episode 5) to the theory/framework perspective. We discuss SAMR, an acronym that helps teachers think through various ways of integrating technology.
Additional Resources on SAMR
- Kathy Schrock's Guide to SAMR
- 8 Examples of Transforming Lessons using SAMR
- SAMR Step Image
- The Padagogy Wheel – It’s Not About The Apps, It’s About The Pedagogy
The focus of this fourth episode in our special series Going Virtual is Zoom, a video conferencing tool that many higher ed faculty are using to facilitate the transition to virtual teaching and learning.
Helpful Links:
- Zoom Support
- Zoom Support - Getting Started
- Zoom Support - Joining a Meeting
- Zoom Support - Using Personal Meeting
- Zoom Support - Closed Captioning
- Zoom Support - Meet Now vs Scheduled Meetings
- Zoom Support - Join a meeting via Phone
- Zoom Support - Waiting Room
- Zoom Support - Automatically Transcribe Cloud Recording
In the third episode in this mini-series chronicling the NP's process of "Going Virtual" given world events surrounding COVID-19, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross discuss initial tools and apps that are being recommended to help facilitate this process. These tech tools include:
- Flipgrid
- Padlet
- Adobe Spark
- Microsoft Sway
- Twitter (see more below)
- Google Drive, Forms
Twitter Users to Follow
(This list was originally put together by Dr. Schmidt for our secondary English preservice teachers so it is skewed towards secondary English)
- Mrs. Tricia Ebarvia
- Dr. Paul Gorski
- Dr. Valerie Kinloch
- Dr. David E Kirkland
- Dr. Kim Parker
- Dr. Sonja Cherry Paul
- Ms Julia E Torres
Organizations to Follow
- ALAN
- International Literacy Association (ILA)
- ISTE
- National Writing Project (NWP)
- NCTE - National
- NCTE - Local
- PAWLP
- PCTELA
- Project Lit Community
- PSEA
- Teaching Tolerance
- We Need Diverse Books
Hashtags to Follow
- #31DaysIBPOC
- #BuildYourStack
- #DisruptTexts
- #TheEdCollab
- #EdTech
- #NCTEchat
- #NCTEVillage
This is the second episode in a mini-series chronicling the NP's process of "Going Virtual" given world events surrounding COVID-19. Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross discuss taking care of and being in communication with their students.
This is the first episode in a mini-series chronicling the NP's process of "Going Virtual" given world events surrounding COVID-19. Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross process the past few days and sketch out a number of topics to discuss in future episodes.
For specific information about WCUPA and COVID-10, see https://www.wcupa.edu/healthNotices/
This episode updates our episode from last season on the Book Club to include the new and improved WRH325 Book Club assignment, this time with Shakespeare! Have a listen to learn more about the Spring 2020 Book Club.
Students are using MyShakespeare.com to read Romeo & Juliet, and you can click here to see the YAL Book Club book pairings.
In this brief episode we provide an update on our research and inform listeners about what they need to do if they want to participate.
To learn more, visit https://sites.google.com/view/npbook/home
At the beginning of December 2019 we visited the recording booth after a few days of intense work on our book project. We soon realized we were having an interesting conversation about writing and being (co-)authors and that some might find our reflections interesting. Enjoy!
In late September 2019, Drs. Kruger-Ross & Schmidt sat down to discuss recent updates with their scholarly activities. Listen in on our conversation!
Drs. Schmidt & Kruger-Ross share about their summer activities and scholarly work in this welcome back episode. (This episode was recorded in late September 2019.)
In this episode, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross look back and reflect on the Book Club assignment/podcast and sketch out where this assignment might lead in the future.
This episode is a focused window into our pedagogical thought process -- and who knows if it will pan out in the future as we've sketched it out here!
Here is the fourth episode in the Book Club Podcast series!
In this Book Club Podcast special episode, we speak with Nina, Rowan, Michael, and Molly about The Great Gatsby and The House on Mango Street.
Here is the third episode in the Book Club Podcast series!
In this Book Club Podcast special episode, we speak with Bizzy, Kenny, Taylor, Meghan, and Camryn about To Kill a Mockingbird and All American Boys.
Also mentioned in this episode: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
In this episode, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross look back and reflect on WRH 325 Spring 2019. What worked? What needs to change for the next iteration? How will the course continue to evolve? Have a listen to find out!
Mentioned in this episode:
Lesson Plan Template provided by the College of Education and Social Work Candidate Assessment Resources -- https://www.wcupa.edu/education-socialWork/assessmentAccreditation/assessmentResources.aspx (at the bottom of the page under Appendices)
Here is the second episode in the Book Club Podcast series!
In this Book Club Podcast special episode, we speak with Gabi, Seth, Graham, Madison, and Michael about 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale.
We also mention NCTE support for challenging banned books in the episode. To learn more about this initiative, see their website: https://www2.ncte.org/resources/ncte-intellectual-freedom-center/
You've long been waiting for it -- the Book Club Podcast series!
In this first Book Club Podcast special episode, we speak with Sydney, Courtly, Avery, Emily, and Zach about Lord of the Flies and Beauty Queens.
Enjoy our conversation!
We've been quiet for awhile! In this episode we update listeners on what we've been up to and what to expect in the future.
Show Notes
- Wed, April 24, 12-1p - WCUPA Distance Ed & TLAC - "Building Connections and Creating Successful Interdisciplinary Partnerships"
- Sunday, June 23, 3:00–4:00 pm -- Notorious Pedagogues -- live from ISTE 2019! "Podcasting thru Our Pedagogy: Reflections on Preparing"
- Virtual! Global Conference on Learning and Technology to be held in Princeton, New Jersey, July 10-12, 2019
Follow Dr. Schmidt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drpschmidt
This longer episode includes the book club podcast submitted by Spring 2018 students on The Great Gatsby and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. In addition, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross provide commentary on what the students do well and what could be improved upon. We close with reflections on the challenge of how we are to deal with art and the artist in the age of #metoo.
In this Notorious Pedagogues episode Drs. Schmidt & Kruger-Ross share a Spring 2018 Book Club Podcast assignment submission. Listen to Elpida, Bobby, and Sam share their thoughts on The Scarlet Letter & Speak. Note that this assignment submission will give us (students of WRH325, Spring 2019) plenty of things to consider as you prepare your for your own podcast episodes.
This episode introduces the Podcast Assignment that will be completed within Book Club groups. Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross also discuss the history of the assignment in #wrh325 and their aspirations for the podcast project.
This brief episode shares introductory information about The Book Club assignment, broadly considered, with a focus on the history of the idea behind Book Club.
In this episode, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross process the technology philosophy statement assignment, its history, and their own views on philosophy of teaching statements.
In this episode, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross talk broadly about WRH325, course components and assignments.
In this episode, Drs. Schmidt and Kruger-Ross reflect on previous WRH325 courses and what makes a successful student in WRH325.