Episode 208: Lifelong Learning

Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Toni Rose is joined by Jorge Valenzuela to talk about lifelong learning, project-based learning, and staying authentic as an educator.

Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog.

Show Notes

• Lifelong Learning Defined, and the Lifelong Learning Defined Podcast

• Project Based Learning

• Jorge's book, Project-Based Learning+: Enhancing Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

• Raising Equity Through SEL

• Emotional Intelligence 2.0

• CASEL SEL Framework

• The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz

• Jorge's Edutopia Articles and Videos:

  • A Simple Tool for Aligning Instruction and Assessment
  • Building Relationships with Empathy Mapping
  • How a Simple Visual Tool Can Help Teachers Connect With Students
  • Empathy Map Template
  • A Simple, Effective Framework for PBL
  • 5 Steps to Keep Engagement High During Project-Based Learning
  • Using Frequent Feedback Cycles to Guide Student Work

• PBL Resources from Jorge:

  • Jorge's project template and exemplar
  • Jorge's evaluation/feedback template
  • Reproducibles
  • How Students Become Ideal Teammates**

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey

• Jorge's online course, Teaching Pro

• Connect with Jorge on social media @jorgedoespbl, by email at [e-mail], and check out his podcast and Youtube channel. Connect with Jorge for personal coaching here, and check out his speaker info here

Learning Experiences for the Upcoming Week

• Our Back to School Toolkit is out and ready for you! For this year, we focused on communicating to caregivers and stakeholders all about blended, self-paced, mastery-based learning. Download here.

• Have you always wanted a community to read books with? We are hosting a book club with ScreenPal and Kami starting at the end of this month. The community has chosen to read UDL & Blended Learning by Katie Novak and Catlin Tucker. Join us in this 10-week community of practice to learn with and from educators across the country, receive Premium access to both ScreenPal and Kami, and deepen your understanding of UDL and blended learning. Get your must-do reading pages for our second session on Thursday, October 10, 7pm ET. Register here.

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The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach

Special Guest: Jorge Valenzuela.