In the Classroom - a Podcast for Teachers

#teachingthroughvideo #teachersarecreators If you are a teacher interested in making videos to help you teach face-to-face, online, or through social media, you're in the right place. In this video, I talk about different kinds of cameras you might use for recording educational videos.

Interested in recording and sharing your educational content through social media? In this episode, I talk about some of the things you should probably consider before posting and I ask a few questions that may help you to prepare to share your content online.

Teachers are always making content for their lessons. In this episode, I talk about how it's becoming easier for teachers to turn their lessons into to product they can share. This is the first of many podcasts and tutorials on creating content for education. I hope you enjoy it!

Cindy McComish is a high school English teacher in southeastern Arizona. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about her experience as a long-term substitute, an ESL teacher in Phoenix, Arizona and her current challenges as a high school English teacher.

As with anything, it's hard to understand and appreciate the job of a teacher before you become one. In this video, I talk about five things I wish I knew before becoming a teacher. If you're a teacher, you might agree or disagree. If you're planning on becoming a teacher, I hope this helps to provide some perspective. Thanks for listening!

I just got back from an educational conference on leadership and so I talk over some of the things I learned about leadership and organizational change in education.

In this episode, Dr. Jacob Lauritzen interviews his sister, Stori Lauritzen, a Montessori teacher currently teaching in Hong Kong. Ms. Lauritzen details her journey from being a camp counselor in New Hampshire, to studying scenic design in graduate school, to ultimately finding her fit as a Montessori teacher.

Taking constructive criticism is hard for teachers, especially experienced teachers. We need to be students in our own classrooms, willing to learn no matter who we are or how much experience we have. In this episode, Dr. Lauritzen talks about listening to advice and a few things he learned at a recent conference. You can also watch this episode on his YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/E1l_PfSHLqk

Test is a four-letter word. That’s what every student learns early in their educational careers. Pop quizzes, tests, or standardized tests of any kind are trouble and should be avoided at all costs. As teachers, we sometimes opt for the more acceptable word “assessment” because it doesn’t carry all the baggage that the word “test” does. Whatever we call it, it's important but problematic. In this episode, Dr. Lauritzen talks about the some of the problems teachers face when planning assessment a gives a few suggestions on what to do. This episode is also available to watch on Dr. Lauritzen's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/jdlauritzen

This is the first episode of In the Classroom with Dr. Jacob Lauritzen. In this episode, Dr. Lauritzen talks about the importance of being you and bringing your personality into your classroom. Like this episode? Please consider subscribing! This episode is also available on Dr. Lauritzen's YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/Nr97xLuykyE.