Use It or Don't
By 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.
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.
Use It or Don'tDec 12, 2018
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024- How My District is Supporting the Teaching of Reading
In this episode, I talk about how our district is training teachers in the five components of the five pillars of reading. These include phonics, pandemic, awareness, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.
Apr 22, 202405:27
023 Word of the Year- Growth
In this episode, I share my word and focus of the year- growth. Hopefully this will be an encouraging message to you as you are growing in your position as an educator.
Mar 17, 202408:57
022 White Supremacy in Math Class? Not for These Reasons.
This is a more serious response to the idea that objectivity, right or wrong answers and a few other characteristics are examples of white supremacist culture. Short summary: I push back on the idea that these are inherently white characteristics and how this is ridiculous and unhelpful to the conversation about math and/or race.
Jan 31, 202408:46
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, 202408:39
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 05, 202408:28
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 04, 202307:45
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, 202309:57
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, 202307:37
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, 202306:14
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 02, 202307:31
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, 202305:54
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, 202305:49
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 05, 202306:41
011- Common Mistakes- Disorganization and Dislike
In this episode, you’re going to learn common mistakes about being disorganized in your classroom or disliking teaching as a way to help your class become more disruptive.
Aug 17, 202306:12
010 Consistency and Variability
In this episode, you will learn about the importance of having consistent procedures, and having variation, or variability, to those procedures using Class Yes as an attention getter.
Aug 09, 202308:59
009 Responding to Misbehavior
Instead of trying to reason with a child with big emotions, try using the 3 R’s. Regulate, Relate, then, Reason
Aug 01, 202304:26
008 Common Mistakes- How to Help Your Students be More Disruptive Pt. 1
Yelling and punishing are 2 mistakes we can make when helping our class be more disruptive.
Jul 26, 202306:46
007- Are We the Problem?
Can we transform kids by transforming how we interact with them?
Jul 16, 202305:12
006- Talk More, Lose Kids
Whole Brain Teaching quote
Jul 05, 202303:51
005- Welcome Back
Reintroducing myself and stretching out of my comfort zone.
Jul 03, 202303:35
Ep.. 004- Good Morning CUE 2019
Just a pre conference consideration. Still working out how to do this podcasting.
Mar 16, 201904:09
003 Test Reading as a Genre
I share a couple thoughts from Donalyn Miller’s book, The Book Whisperer. How we can limit the amount of test prep while helping our students do well on a standardized test.
Feb 01, 201905:40
002 Reading Rewards and Motivation
How using Accelerated Reader is not always the best way to encourage our developing readers. Can we do better?
Dec 12, 201808:21
Episode 001- Technology to Support Learning
Jul 14, 201806:28