Vrain Waves: Teaching Conversations with Minds Shaping Education
Vrain Waves seeks to provide teachers powerful professional learning anywhere, and anytime. We feature interviews with educational giants, successful professionals, and sought-after consultants to help teachers feel more informed, inspired, and connected. Join us each week as we highlight educational theory, strategies, and tools that all teachers can put to use in the classroom.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 84
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
New Year, New Hosts, New Vrain Waves!
The mic has officially been passed to us from Ben Kalb! With the re-launch of the podcast, we are celebrating all things NEW; new year, new students, and new teachers! Our goal is to create inspirati…
Grading for Equity with Joe Feldman
Episode 060: Grading for Equity with Joe Feldman
Connect with Joe Feldman
Website: https://crescendoedgroup.org/ | Twitter: @JoeCFeldman
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Principal Kafele on Transformative Change
Episode 059: Principal Kafele on Transformative Change
Connect with Principal Kafele
Website: https://principalkafele.com/| Twitter: @principalkafele| YouTube: School Leadership Thoughts
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Dr. John Spencer and the Sporky Food Truck
Episode 058: John Spencer and the Sporky Food Truck
Connect with John Spencer
Website: http://www.spencerauthor.com | Twitter: @spencerideas| YouTube: Spencer Videos
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Dr. Katie Martin: Clarity and Purpose during a Pandemic
Katie Martin is a best selling author, an acclaimed keynote speaker, and a highly sought after educational consultant! Whether you are teaching completely in person, totally virtually, or in a hybrid…
Apollo 13'ing it with Zaretta Hammond
Connect with Zaretta Hammond
Twitter: @Ready4Rigor | Website: crtandthebrain.com | Book: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
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You're Not Listening with Kate Murphy
Connect with Kate Murphy
Website: https://www.nytimes.com/by/kate-murphy | Book: You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
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Coping with Covid: Catlin Tucker on teaching during a Quarantine
Episode 054: Coping with Covid, with Catlin Tucker
As we all try to wrap our heads around the implications the pandemic will have on our students, our communities, our families, and ourselves, we hope…
Ending Average with Todd Rose
Episode 053: Ending Average with Todd Rose
Connect with Todd Rose
Website: https://toddrose.com | Twitter: @ltoddrose | Most Recent Book: Dark Horse
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Aligning Words and Intentions with Mike Anderson
Aligning Words and Intentions with Mike Anderson
Connect with Mike Anderson
Website: https://www.leadinggreatlearning.com/| Twitter: @balancedteacher | Most Recent Book: What We Say and How We Say it M…
Live your Excellence with Jimmy Casas
Connect with Jimmy Casas
Website: https://jimmycasas.com/ | Twitter: @casas_jimmy | Most Recent Book: Culturize
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Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: …
The Reshaping of the World with Thomas Friedman
Connect with Thomas Friedman
Website: www.thomaslfriedman.com | Twitter: @tomfriedman | Most Recent Book: Thank you for Being Late
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Bored and Brilliant with Manoush Zomorodi
Connect with Manoush Zomorodi
Website: www.manoushz.com | Twitter: @manoushz | Book: Bored and Brilliant
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Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyE…
Knowledge Party with Natalie Wexler
Episode 048: Knowledge Party with Natalie Wexler
Today on Vrain Waves we have an exciting and somewhat earth shaking interview from Natalie Wexler, education journalist and author of The Knowledge Gap…
Teach Like an Advertiser with Dr. Lindsay Portnoy
- Teaching & Advertising (01:30)
- Authenticity over perfection (05:05)
The Power of Joyful Teaching: A Compilation
Episode 048: The Power of Joyful Teaching
I know, I know - clips episodes seem overdone, but bear with us… in this show, we went through our interviews to this point and used Dr. Martin Seligman’s PE…
The Champions Mind with Dr. Jim Afremow
Episode 047: Dr. Jim Afremow - The Champion’s Mind
Sports psychologist Dr. Jim Afremow joins Vrain Waves to share the importance of cultivating a champion’s mindset in everything you do. There are ple…
Dr. John Medina, Brain Rules
Episode 046: Dr. John Medina - Brain Rules
We’ve been waiting for years now for the chance to interview Dr. John Medina: Developmental Molecular Biologist, Professor of Bioengineering at the Universit…
Expertise in Education with Dr. Tom Nichols
Episode 045: Dr. Tom Nichols, Expertise in Education
Five-time Jeopardy! Champion, professor, and author Dr. Tom Nichols joins us on Vrain Waves to discuss the implications of his work on K12 educatio…
Teaching from a Full Tank with Chase Mielke
Connect with Chase Mielke
Website: https://affectiveliving.com/ | Twitter: @chasemielke | Newest Book: The Burnout Cure: Learning to Love Teaching Again, ASCD
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