Six Years at KQED!
Today marks my sixth year working at KQED for the education department. Still feel so honored to get to work here, with these incredible people, supporting this important mission to “inspire, inform and engage” our community.
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Constructivist Learning on Roller Skates!
Last week I had the unique opportunity of teaching two back-to-back workshops for two very different audiences: one was a webinar for 80+ teachers from around the country and the other was an in-person class for 25 roller skaters in a park. The interesting thing is that both workshops were very similar in structure. This …
Check out the Making Photo Essays to Inspire Learning course on KQED Teach
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I Love Leading Teacher Workshops!
In the Before Times, doing in-person workshops for teachers and librarians was one of the best parts of my job. Luckily, those days are back, to some degree. In July, I got to help with a KQED organized a summer media making day for local educators. Then in August, I helped lead professional workshops for …
Leading a Session at NAMLE 2024 on Impactful Student Media Projects
I’m excited to be leading a session at the National Association for Media Literacy Education virtual conference on July 12 at 12:15pm PT. I’ll be facilitating a conversation with three educators that have led inspiring student media projects across various media formats. You’ll learn how English language learners can gain confidence and skills through audio …
KQED Education Launches 3 New Courses on Implementing Student Media Projects
I’m excited to share that KQED Education has launched 3 new teacher courses on implementing and assessing student media projects. Looking to engage student learning through media making like podcasts, digital comics or short video? These are the courses for you! Check out the link for all the deets and to sign-up for free. Or …
The First Teacher to Make a Difference in My Life
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Here’s a story of the first teacher who made a profound difference in my life. I was below average for all of elementary and middle school. Then my 6th grade math teacher mid-semester told me I was “too smart” for regular math and belonged in Advanced Algebra. I had never had …
Co-teaching a Media Making Workshop at Boys and Girls Club of San Leandro
This month is one of the rare times when I get to teach actual students. For the month of February I get to working with a group of teens at the Boys and Girls Club of San Leandro as a pilot project for our Youth Media Challenge at KQED. The Boys and Girls Club of …
On Classroom Attention and Smartphones
I read this really interesting conversation with Georgetown professor Jeanine Turner on how smartphones have fundamentally changed the dynamic of what students “being present” means, even when the phone is turned off. This section in particular gave me pause: I absolutely believe that every teacher, every presenter in a business situation, if you want people’s attention on you, you …
Workshop on Teaching Students How to Analyze the Media, September 27
Sign up for my next teacher workshop on September 27: “Go Behind the Camera to Help Students Analyze Media Messages”.From TikTok videos and “authentic” social media influencers to advertisements and docudramas, teaching students how to critically read media is more important than ever. In this workshop, learn how media messages are built not just through …