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Today we talk to Gabriela Quezada about how she uses Seesaw as a first grade teacher at Aptitud. We also read the tips and tricks that were submitted through the blog.
On today's episode we talk to Ujala Ramachandran about her implementation of Seesaw in her first grade class at Dorsa.
The first episode of season two is with our district Seesaw partner, Laura. She talks to us about the Seesaw learning community and new features coming soon.
Welcome back Alum Rockers! In season 2 we will have an edtech theme for each month. Check out the blog for updates and information on each episode.
Today we are wrapping up the official Season One of #alumROCKit with Rene Sanchez, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services. He talks to us about his role, his insights from transitioning to distance learning, and how we will move forward. We will be back in the fall with more episodes. Thanks for listening!
On today's episode, we talk to Andrew and Tian about their experience with distance learning.
On today's episode of Parent Perspective, we talk to Aurora and Natalie. Aurora has a child at Painter Elementary and also works as a paraeducator in an SDC class at Russo/McEntee. Natalie has children who attend Ryan STEAM Academy. We would like to extend a big thank you to all the parents and guardians out there supporting students through distance learning!
This week, we are taking the podcast in a different direction. We will be talking to parents about their experience with distance learning and how we can improve. Today, we talk to Fatti and David who have students at Cureton, Renaissance at Mathson, and Adelante. If you haven't already done so, please fill out our survey.
On May 28, Alum Rock had a virtual townhall in both English and Spanish to discuss COVID-19 and school reopenings.
On May 28, Alum Rock had a virtual townhall in both English and Spanish to discuss COVID-19 and school reopenings.
Our Early Learning Director, Dr. Dianna Ballesteros, talks to us about how school closures have affected her department.
As many of you know, Alum Rock partners with RAFT (Resource Area For Teaching). Our partnership includes hosting the annual STEAM Showcase, providing memberships for our teachers, facilitating professional development, and much more. Today, we talk to Qi and Chase from RAFT about how they are supporting distance learning and hands-on STEAM during school closures.
Today we talked to Alum Rock's Director of Special Education, Anthony Colonna. He tells us about special education services during school closures.
On today's podcast, Jason and Brittany go over Academic Services updates and supports for distance learning.
On today’s podcast, we talk all about STEAM with The Tech Interactive (formally The Tech Museum). They are supporting distance learning with design challenges you can do at home, teacher resources, and much more! Here are some of their awesome resources: https://www.thetech.org/athome https://www.thetech.org/en-casa
On today's podcast, we talk to Le Tran, principal at Painter. She tells us about Painter’s distance learning efforts, her favorite edtech tools, and the opening of a Vietnamese strand at Painter next school year.
Jesus Araujo is a Coordinator in Alum Rock's Student Services Department. He talks to us about the services they are providing families during these times. Alum Rock COVID Hotline: (408)928-6937 Alum Rock Enrollment: (408)928-6945
On today's podcast, we talk to Denisse Mendez, Director of Alum Rock's Child Nutrition Services. We discuss all the amazing things her staff has been doing for the Alum Rock community during school closures!
On today's episode, we talk to Ruby Hidalgo from the City of San Jose, Stacy Galdamez from Think Together, Jose Magana from City Year, Seung Lee from Citizen Schools, and Marisela Valdez from East Valley YMCA. In a round-robin style interview, we discussed how our ASES (After School Education and Safety Programs) partners are helping to support distance learning.
On today's episode, we had the pleasure of talking to our Superintendent, Dr. Hilaria Bauer!
For today's podcast, we talk to Avtar Gill and Jose Chavez from Alum Rock's IT.
In our final episode of the Spring Break 7, we talk to 7th grade ELA teacher, Primavera Hernandez. She talks to us about her experience with distance learning and how she benefits from teacher collaboration.
For our 6th episode, we talk to Clarissa Johnston from Ryan. Clarrissa teaches Kindergarten through 2nd grade Special Day Class for the Therapeutic Program. She talks to us about distance learning for our young learners using Seesaw.
In our 5th episode of the Spring Break 7, we talk to 3rd-grade LUCHA teacher, Jonathan Almerido. He is an edtech frontier and has set up systems of feedback and collaboration with his students.
In our 4th episode of Spring Break 7, we talked to Cathie Berg. Cathie is a T4/TK teacher at San Antonio. She brings us a great perspective about distance learning for our young students.
In our 3rd episode, we talk to 5th grade Cureton teacher, Kelsey Rothrock. She brings a great perspective on distance learning and shares her insights on teaching during this time!
In our second episode of the Spring Break 7, we talk to Sarah Jacobs who teaches at Sheppard Middle School. Sarah is another one of our amazing Alum Rock teachers who has gone above and beyond during Distance Learning.
Since it's Spring Break for us Alum Rockers, we are pivoting from our normally scheduled programming to bring you a series of 7 mini-episodes - The Spring Break 7. We will be posing 7 questions to 7 different teachers, and will be releasing them once a day for 7 days. Today, we talked to Helena Manley, a 5th grade teacher at Dorsa. She has 15 years of experience in Alum Rock and has a great perspective on Distance Learning. Happy Spring Break Alum Rock!
This Friday's episode is all about how two 6th grade math teachers (Kelli Sorich and Laura Hinsch) collaborate and teach during Distance Learning. Check out our blog for more information on the resources they share.
We had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Annya Artigas. She is the Coordinator of Mental Wellness Support Services in Alum Rock and is a fantastic resource for all things SEL (social and emotional learning).
We interviewed Kristin Burt, Principal at LUCHA, about her experience transitioning to Distance Learning.
As we near the second three week cycle of Distance Learning, we interviewed 5 teachers from Lyndale about their experience implementing a new way to teach.
Brittany interviews Candace McIsaac about what to read this summer
Podcast Episode One: Journey to Project Based Learning In our first podcast, we talk all about PBL implementation. As four of our elementary schools prepare to take on the PBL journey, we interview Ocala teachers and students about how their path to PBL.
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