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
Fisher & Frey PLC+
Episode 041: PLC Plus with Nancy Frey & Doug Fisher
Join us for this discussion with the potent pair Doug Fisher & Nancy Frey! We learn about their new book, PLC+ and the five questions that get to t…
First Week of School Activities
Episode 040: Welcome to the 2019-2020 School Year!!!
A quick intro episode after our summer break. Listen for some inspiration, activities, and free resources to help get your year started off right!!…
Making the Most of Your Summer
Episode 041: Making the Most of Your Summer
A compilation episode highlighting advice on how to make the most of your summer, courtesy of the interviews from some of our amazing guests. Don’t let dec…
Doris Kearns Goodwin & Michael Goodwin - Learning Through History
Episode 038: Doris Kearns Goodwin & Michael Goodwin, Learning from History
Connect with Doris Kearns Goodwin
Website: https://doriskearnsgoodwin.com/ | Twitter: @DorisKGoodwin
Connect with Michael G…
School Leadership Reimagined with Robyn Jackson
Dr. Robyn Jackson, School Leadership Reimagined
Connect with Dr. Jackson
Website: mindstepsinc.com | schoolleadershipreimagined.com | Twitter: @robyn_mindsteps
Connect with Vrain Waves
Website: vrain…
Teaching Kids Who Read with Daniel Willingham
Episode 038: Dr. Dan Willingham, Cognitive Scientist
Connect with Dr. Willingham
Website: http://www.danielwillingham.com/ | Twitter: @DTwillingham
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Website: vrainwaves.com | …
Positive School and Classroom Culture
Episode 037: Jennifer Gonzalez, Cult of Pedagogy
It’s not a real cult. It’s a mindset, a family, a ton of free resources, a podcast, great blog posts, relevant topics, and, frankly, a security blanke…
Digital Minimalism With Cal Newport
** Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism**
Join us to learn from best-selling author & Computer Science professor Cal Newport as we talk to him about exploring the world of digital abundance, using technol…
Evicting The Enemies of Yes (ASCD Recap)
Connect with Alyssa Gallagher & Kami Thordarson
Website: www.inprogress-consulting.com/ | Twitter: @am_gallagher; @kami_thor
Connect with Vrain Waves
Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPete…
Ditching Deficit Thinking (ASCD Recap)
Connect with the Dream Team
Websites: learningpersonalized.com, habitsofmindinstitute.org, nuatc.org | Twitter: @allison_zmuda, @benakallick
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Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter…
Dwayne Reed on a Culture of We - ASCD Recap
Episode 035: Dwayne Reed, Welcome to the 4th Grade :)
In the first of our mini-series highlighting the conversations at the ASCD Empower 2019 Conference (#Empower19 for more on social media as well…)…
We Got This with Cornelius Minor
Connect with Cornelius Minor
Website: kassandcorn.com | Twitter: @MisterMinor | Book: We Got This
Connect with Vrain Waves
Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb
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Sylvia Acevedo on Building Girls of Courage, Confidence, and Character
Episode 032: Sylvia Acevedo, Girl Scouts & STEM
In this episode, Girl Scout CEO Sylvia Acevedo shares so much wisdom and insight into how to reach learners at every level, especially girls. Her stori…
Solving Wicked Problems with Design Thinking
Episode 031: Design Thinking for School Leaders
Co-authors Alyssa Gallagher and Kami Thordarson stop by Vrain Waves to share the 5 elements of design-inspired leadership. Alyssa & Kami “believe that …
Educated by Design with The Tech Rabbi
Educated By Design with The Tech Rabbi
In his new book, Educated by Design, The Tech Rabbi Michael Cohen shares his journey to education through design, while providing useful tools and resources for…
On Learning Spaces with Dr. Robert
Episode 029, Dr. Robert Dillon: The Space
We’ve covered what we teach, and how we teach, and why we teach… but we have never really talked about WHERE we teach. So today, enjoy the insights and inspi…
Into the Classroom!
Episode 028, Into the Classroom
For our first show of 2019, we decided to outsource for more tangible tips and creative ideas for your classroom to kick off second semester. We asked Vrain Waves list…
Auld Lang Syne: The Best of 2018
Number 5:
Episode 5 with Dave Burgess:
“Mediocrity doesn’t motivate.”
Episode 11 with Dan Meyer:
“Never assume anyone even cares.” / “Teach math as if it were an elective.”
Episode 9 with Daniel Pink…
Starting with Why with Stephen Shedletsky
Connect with Vrain Waves
Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb
Connect with Start with Why
Website: https://startwithwhy.com/ | Twitter: @steveshed, @simonsinek |
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John Couch on Rewiring Education
Episode 025, John Couch: Rewiring Education
In this episode, we speak with a former executive of one of the most influential companies on the planet! In addition to being a personal friend of Steve J…