Diving into E-Learning with Sarah Shifting back into teaching in person from a year of teaching online has been a struggle, and marrying the two experiences has been quite an experience. How has teaching online shaped our perspectives on technology now that we are back teaching in-person? What was the biggest challenge of teaching online? What role do you see in technology for the future of education? Sarah and I sit down and explore these questions. E-Learning/EdTech Resources: e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning, 4rd Edition, Ruth Colvin Clark, Richard E. Mayer ISBN: 978- 1119158660 ; 2016. Iasevoli, B. (2022, June 23). 11 education trends to watch in 2022. Education Trends to Watch in 2022 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://www.hmhco.com/blog/education-trends-in-2022-to-watch

What is wrong with traditional structures of learning? Are we in a learning crisis? How do we rekindle the love for learning in a learning crisis? Join Duc, a graduate student getting his masters in clinical psychology, and me as we dive deep into these questions about education. 

Drastic bell schedule changes. Finding algorithms. Chasing quality over quantity. Sarah and I reflect back on the highs, the lows, and insights gained in the year 2021-2022 as we wrap up year 5 of teaching and move forward to year 6.

Teaching uses up a lot of energy. Socializing does too. Something has to go. Read the blog post of this episode here: https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/07/29/turning-into-a-social-sloth-after-becoming-a-teacher/

Don't take things personally. Ignore your emotions. This is how you survive in the teaching world. Or that's what I've been told. Read the blog version of this episode here: https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/07/22/is-growing-thicker-skin-the-solution-to-responding-to-a-students-rudeness-my-heart-is-saying-no/(opens in a new tab)

Let's bathe in awkward silence together. Let's walk into a world where being ignored seems like the norm.

Passing the first five years of teaching is like a rite of passage, bootcamp, and a tornado all in one. With the help of 6 factors, I survived. You can read the blog version of this episode here: https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/07/01/how-i-survived-my-first-5-years-of-teaching

Weeds can be stubborn like bad habits. Sometimes weeds can look beautiful. But, to who?

 I sat down with my two friends, Darling & Blazhia, from my old teaching credential program from 7 years ago, and discussed how we became friends and these four central questions reflecting on our teaching credential experience: What did you think of our teaching credential program? Did it prepare us for the teaching world? Where are we now? Would we go back and still attend this teaching credential program?

Can you be too productive or relax too much? Hear about what teaching, going to Disneyland, and the salon will do for me this summer.