Use It or Don't
Use It or Don't
Derrick Bright
These episodes will mostly be my reflections on what I am learning about, especially in the area of Education Technology. This will also include other issues and thoughts about education. I have found that I need a combination of time and a cool idea to try something new. Thus the rebranding of Bright's Ideas to Use It or Don't.
021 Holderness Family- Introverts vs. Extroverts
In this episode, I share a blog post about being an introvert. I also share about the Holderness Family podcast in the what I’m listening to section.
Jan 11, 2024
8 min
020 CMC -Eduprotocol- Math Rep/ Sketch and Tell/ Thin Slides
In this episode, I share several eduprotocols, such as math reps, sketch and tell and thin slides.
Jan 5, 2024
8 min
019 CMC- Eduprotocols
In this episode, I talk about a session I went to about stacking eduprotocols in a mathematics classroom, but just in general eduprotocols are awesome.
Dec 4, 2023
7 min
018- CMC South 2023- Part 1
In this episode, I share some of my learnings from CMC South, and the presentation by Jo Boaler.
Nov 13, 2023
9 min
017 Knowledge vs. Skills- The Knowledge Gap- Ch. 2
In this episode, I share my learning from Chapter 2 of of Natalie Wexler's book, The Knowledge Gap. I discuss how Natalie contends for the importance of helping students establish background knowledge versus just focusing on comprehension skills
Oct 26, 2023
7 min
016- The Knowledge Gap- Pt. 1
In this episode, I share my learning from chapter 1 of Natalie Wexler's book, The Knowledge Gap. We look at some of Wexler's pushback on the way we have been teaching comprehension to students, usually using a skills-based model. She begins to suggest that that, alone, will not fill that learning gap between our low and high-level readers.
Oct 19, 2023
6 min
015- Child Driven or Data Driven. Can you be Both?
In this episode, I reflect on a blog post by George Couros, titled Child-Driven or Data-Driven. Can you Be Both? The short answer is no. The long answer could be an interteresting conversation.
Oct 2, 2023
7 min
014 Thinking Classrooms- Types of Students
In this episode, I talk about the different types of students that you might see in your classroom before you implement a thinking classroom.
Sep 21, 2023
5 min
013 Common Teaching Mistakes part 4
In this episode, I talk about not expecting your kids to be just like you and growing as an educator. Also, I wrap up the seven teaching mistakes from our Whole Brain Teaching series.
Sep 14, 2023
5 min
012 Common Teaching Mistakes Part 3
In this episode, I talk about working more after class to make your class a success. And I push back a little.
Sep 5, 2023
6 min
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