Podcast appearances and mentions of Julia E Torres

We invest much time, energy, and resources in getting elementary students to read, but that effort often wanes as we approach middle school and high school. Join us as we zero in on the challenges of inspiring teens and tweens to continue to love reading and how school librarians can help. Follow on Twitter: @Amele77 @ISTE @mrhooker @jonHarper70bd @bamradionetwork @shellthief @hyphenatic @ISTEMLN Get the Book: Liven Up Your Library #ISTE20 #ISTEturns40 #edchat #edtech #edtechchat Valerie Tagoe is a high school librarian in Texas. She's a winner of the S. Janice Kee Award from Texas Woman's University, and a past president of the Dallas Association of School Librarians. Valerie has 20 years of experience in education and libraries. She holds a bachelor's in French, with a minor in History, from the University of Oklahoma; a Master's of Bilingual Education from Southern Methodist University; and an MLS from Texas Woman's University. Valerie is also involved in the American Library Association and the Texas Library Association. I am excited to learn more about Data Science through the LEADING Fellowship and plan to apply what I learn to my work as a school librarian. I also plan to share Data Science concepts from the LEADING Fellowship with colleagues through professional development sessions, and with students via instruction in Advanced Placement program classes such as AP Seminar and AP Research. Julia E. Torres is a veteran language arts teacher and librarian in Denver Public schools. As a teacher/activist committed to education as a practice of freedom, her practice is grounded in the work of empowering students to use language arts to fuel resistance and positive social transformation. Julia was awarded the 2020 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Teacher of Excellence award and currently serves teachers as part of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE board of directors. Julia facilitates workshops and professional conversations about anti-bias/anti-racist education, social justice, and culturally sustaining pedagogies in language arts, as well as digital literacy and librarianship. Her work has been featured in several publications, including NCTE's Council Chronicle, NPR, Al Jazeera's The Stream, PBS Education, KQED's MindShift, New York Times Learning Network, the Chicago Tribune, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's Education Update, Rethinking Schools, School Library Journal, and many more.

In this episode, I had the honor of chatting with teacher-librarian extraordinaire Julia E. Torres about her personal journey in education, her evolution in librarianship, the current banned books controversy impacting schools during the pandemic, and so much more! To learn more about Julia's work, you can visit her website at juliaetorres.com and you can also follow her on Instagram & Twitter (@juliaerin80). BIO: Julia E. Torres is a veteran language arts teacher and librarian in Denver Public schools. She is a teacher/activist committed to education as a practice of freedom. Her practice is grounded in the work of empowering students to use Language Arts to fuel transformative resistance and social progress. Julia has been awarded the 2020 NCTE Colorado Affiliate Teacher of Excellence award chosen as a 2020 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, and serves educators as a member of the ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE) Board of Directors, Educolor Collective Steering Committee member, Book Love Foundation Board Member and Co-founder of #DisruptTexts. Through her work with The Educator Collaborative, and other organizations, Julia facilitates workshops and professional conversations about anti-bias/anti-racist education, social justice, and culturally sustaining pedagogies in Language Arts, as well as digital literacy and librarianship. Her work has been featured in several publications including NCTE's Council Chronicle, NPR, AlJazeera's The Stream, PBS Education, KQED's MindShift, NY Times Learning Network, The Chicago Tribune, ASCD's Education Update, Rethinking Schools, School Library Journal, and many more. Her forthcoming co-authored title Liven Up Your Library will be published by ISTE in 2022. LINKS: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/identitytalk4educatorslive/ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/identity-talk-4-educators-live/id1509599570 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/23k0HRkXxi1OJSahtqS7xO Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMDNjZGQ2Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwiA6NSi6rT1AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en Anchor - https://anchor.fm/identitytalk4educators --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/identitytalk4educators/support

ISTE REWIND: In this special edition of Learning Unleashed, we air a panel discussion about the need for safe spaces and places in schools, why the pandemic has made these spaces even more important, and how to create them. Follow on Twitter: @Mx_Collins @ISTE  @mrhooker    @Packwoman208  @juliaerin80  @JorgeDoesPBL  @sarahdateechur @cmurcray @jonHarper70bd @bamradionetwork  Grace Collins is the founder of Snowbright Studio, an LGBTQ+ certified game and media development studio. They previously led game-based education policy at the U.S. Department of Education and managed educational technology projects at the Smithsonian Institution. Grace is a former computer science teacher at an all-girls' school, a published author and game developer. They have been recognized with several awards, including being named a Finalist for the 2020 Digital Education Breakthrough of the Year Award, receiving a 2020 Educator Award by the National Center for Women & Information Technology and being named a 2021 Innovator for the Headstream Accelerator. Grace is author of the ISTE jump start guide Esports in Schools Jessica Pack is the 2014 California Teacher of the Year, and was named the CUE Outstanding Educator in 2014. She has used digital storytelling as an instructional strategy for 14 years, and has presented on the topic at regional and national conferences, including the ISTE Digital Storytelling Network (DSN) 2020 Virtual Summit and ISTE20 Live. Pack has spent a decade as a teacher-consultant for DIGICOM Learning, a nonprofit that promotes and supports digital storytelling in Southern California classrooms. In this role, she provides professional development courses for teachers on digital storytelling. Pack also co-hosts the podcast “Storytelling Saves the World,” available on iTunes and SoundCloud. She previously self-published a book on iTunes called Digital Storytelling: Connecting Standards to Movie-Making (2013), and she is author of the ISTE book Moviemaking in the Classroom. Julia E. Torres is a language arts teacher at a public high school in Denver, Colorado. As an advocate for all students and public education, Torres regularly undertakes speaking engagements and facilitates workshops and professional conversations about equity, anti-bias/anti-racist education, culturally sustaining pedagogies and literacy in the digital age. She also serves on several local and national boards and committees that promote educational equity and progressivism. With Valerie Tagoe, she is co-author of the forthcoming ISTE book Liven Up Your Library: Design Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens. Sarah Thomas, Ph.D., is an educator and the founder of the EduMatch movement, a project that empowers educators to make global connections across common areas of interest. She has presented internationally, participated in the Technical Working Group to refresh the 2017 ISTE Standards for Educators, and is a recipient of the 2017 ISTE Making It Happen Award. She is also a national advisor for the Future Ready Instructional Coaches Strand. With Nicol R. Howard and Regina Schaffer, she is co-author of ISTE's 2-book Closing the Gap series. Jorge Valenzuela (@JorgeDoesPBL) is an education coach, author and advocate. He has years of experience as a classroom and online teacher, a curriculum specialist and a consultant. His work focuses on improving teacher preparation in project-based learning, computational thinking and computer science integration, STEM education, and equity and SEL integration. Valenzuela is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University and the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined. His book Rev Up Robotics and the jump start guides Ready, Set, Robotics! and SEL in Action are available from ISTE, and he is co-author, with James Fester, of the ISTE book Environmental Science for Grades 6-12. His next book, which dives deeper into the Equity and SEL Integration Framework, is forthcoming from Solution Tree.

ISTE REWIND: In this special edition of Learning Unleashed, we air a panel discussion about the need for safe spaces and places in schools, why the pandemic has made these spaces even more important, and how to create them. Follow on Twitter: @Mx_Collins @ISTE @mrhooker @Packwoman208 @juliaerin80 @JorgeDoesPBL @sarahdateechur @cmurcray @jonHarper70bd @bamradionetwork Grace Collins is the founder of Snowbright Studio, an LGBTQ+ certified game and media development studio. They previously led game-based education policy at the U.S. Department of Education and managed educational technology projects at the Smithsonian Institution. Grace is a former computer science teacher at an all-girls' school, a published author and game developer. They have been recognized with several awards, including being named a Finalist for the 2020 Digital Education Breakthrough of the Year Award, receiving a 2020 Educator Award by the National Center for Women & Information Technology and being named a 2021 Innovator for the Headstream Accelerator. Grace is author of the ISTE jump start guide Esports in Schools Jessica Pack is the 2014 California Teacher of the Year, and was named the CUE Outstanding Educator in 2014. She has used digital storytelling as an instructional strategy for 14 years, and has presented on the topic at regional and national conferences, including the ISTE Digital Storytelling Network (DSN) 2020 Virtual Summit and ISTE20 Live. Pack has spent a decade as a teacher-consultant for DIGICOM Learning, a nonprofit that promotes and supports digital storytelling in Southern California classrooms. In this role, she provides professional development courses for teachers on digital storytelling. Pack also co-hosts the podcast “Storytelling Saves the World,” available on iTunes and SoundCloud. She previously self-published a book on iTunes called Digital Storytelling: Connecting Standards to Movie-Making (2013), and she is author of the ISTE book Moviemaking in the Classroom. Julia E. Torres is a language arts teacher at a public high school in Denver, Colorado. As an advocate for all students and public education, Torres regularly undertakes speaking engagements and facilitates workshops and professional conversations about equity, anti-bias/anti-racist education, culturally sustaining pedagogies and literacy in the digital age. She also serves on several local and national boards and committees that promote educational equity and progressivism. With Valerie Tagoe, she is co-author of the forthcoming ISTE book Liven Up Your Library: Design Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens. Sarah Thomas, Ph.D., is an educator and the founder of the EduMatch movement, a project that empowers educators to make global connections across common areas of interest. She has presented internationally, participated in the Technical Working Group to refresh the 2017 ISTE Standards for Educators, and is a recipient of the 2017 ISTE Making It Happen Award. She is also a national advisor for the Future Ready Instructional Coaches Strand. With Nicol R. Howard and Regina Schaffer, she is co-author of ISTE's 2-book Closing the Gap series. Jorge Valenzuela (@JorgeDoesPBL) is an education coach, author and advocate. He has years of experience as a classroom and online teacher, a curriculum specialist and a consultant. His work focuses on improving teacher preparation in project-based learning, computational thinking and computer science integration, STEM education, and equity and SEL integration. Valenzuela is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University and the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined. His book Rev Up Robotics and the jump start guides Ready, Set, Robotics! and SEL in Action are available from ISTE, and he is co-author, with James Fester, of the ISTE book Environmental Science for Grades 6-12. His next book, which dives deeper into the Equity and SEL Integration Framework, is forthcoming from Solution Tree.

As educators crawl out of this historically unprecedented, hot mess of a school year, what lasting lessons and changes should they be sure to carry on with them? This week we bring back EIGHT of the dopest educators and past AOTA guests to share their key takeaways from this wild school year. Hear from Julia E. Torres, Dr. Betina Hsieh, Larry Ferlazzo, Geneviève DeBose, Leo Glazé, Kevin Adams, Gerardo Muñoz, and Meghann Seril as they each look back on their experience in the year of pandemic pedagogy. Plus, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in the world of education! Get your “Teach the Truth” Shirts here!! Oh, and please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel! TODAY'S AGENDA 0:00 - Welcome! 5:48 - The Do-Now 7:50 - Takeaways from the 2020-2021 School Year 56:01 - Valedictorian speaks up in surprise speech Previous AOTA Appearances from our guests: Julia E. Torres - https://youtu.be/XA95BArRqZA Dr. Betina Hsieh - https://youtu.be/lYfcMsAcP8Y Larry Ferlazzo - https://youtu.be/ki5Gteo0n5M Geneviève DeBose - https://youtu.be/oERbRjN7yNM Leo Glazé - https://youtu.be/k_yArj1ikyw Too Dope Teachers and a Mic - https://youtu.be/M0uhju4RZnA Meghann Seril - https://youtu.be/0otWtj83Fbs Get MORE All of the Above: - Website - https://aotashow.com/ - Podcast on multiple platforms via Anchor - https://anchor.fm/aota - Podcast via Apple Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-of-the-above-podcast/id1339198232 - Podcast via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4NO3FENVr96JJTU4ZjdnCm - Twitter - https://twitter.com/AOTAshow - Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/AOTAshow/ Theme Music by its tajonthabeat: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCChvx9rSyOTEO2AnYynqWFw --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aota/support

We've read the books and had the conversations, but how do we actually “do the work” and put anti-racism into practice in our classrooms? In our previous episode we looked at math instruction--now we'll turn our sights to the English Language Arts classroom for a discussion with Julia E. Torres & Geneviève DeBose. These two super-dope, nationally-renowned educators help us unpack what it means to de-center whiteness and teach inclusive literature in today's ELA classes. But first, Jeff and Manuel explore recent headlines in education including talk of a shift to year-round schooling in the wake of COVID and a new law in California that requires college students to take an ethnic studies class. ***Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/AllOfTheAbove *** DO-NOW HEADLINES: - To address learning loss, some call for schools to adopt year-round schedules (5:41) - Students in CA State University system now required to take a class in ethnic studies (19:07) SEMINAR: - Exploring anti-racism in English Language Arts classes w/ Julia E. Torres & Geneviève DeBose (32:51) CLASS DISMISSED: - Veteran teacher joins race for city council (1:07:34) Geneviève's previous AOTA episodes: - Creating a Culture of Literacy: https://youtu.be/7J6EKRn-v5E - When Teachers Hit A Low Point: https://youtu.be/5B5TduzOYjM - Exploring Teacher Quality in High-Need Schools: https://youtu.be/nef2HODbYXg - The Teacher's Dilemma: Should I stay or should I go?: https://youtu.be/XScpOis671o - It's (Project) Lit! A Conversation with Geneviève DeBose Akinnagbe: https://youtu.be/4aRPiZ2WHXU - Looking back on the 2020-2021 School Year: https://youtu.be/o_o1SXHTGSs - Student Engagement Conundrum: https://youtu.be/Q27S7SjG6dg More from Julia E. Torres: - Opening Session - Spring 2020 TheEdCollab Gathering: https://youtu.be/nz4g3YFRR7g - Julia Torres on #whyiwrite: https://youtu.be/4N_IGxbCXyI - Julia E. Torres: Love is a Verb. Education is Liberation.: https://youtu.be/Sz3DdRhsdl4 - Coronavirus: Are schools in the US reopening too early?: https://youtu.be/0wSiPjtAtJQ Get MORE All of the Above: - Website - https://aotashow.com/ - Podcast on multiple platforms via Anchor - https://anchor.fm/aota - Podcast via Apple Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-of-the-above-podcast/id1339198232 - Podcast via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4NO3FENVr96JJTU4ZjdnCm - Twitter - https://twitter.com/AOTAshow - Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/AOTAshow/ Theme Music by its tajonthabeat: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCChvx9rSyOTEO2AnYynqWFw --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aota/support

As a teacher/activist, Julia Torres's work is grounded in empowering students to use the Language Arts to fuel resistance and positive social transformation. Ms. Torres facilitates workshops and professional conversations about anti-racist education, social justice, and culturally sustaining pedagogies. She writes about these and other topics at at juliaetorres.blog. Topics include: How Julia uses side-by-side teaching, expert groups, and culturally relevant texts to shift traditional power dynamics in her classroom How grades foster attitudes of competition, compliance, and insecurity in students of color, dividing them and pitting them against one another How Julia helps students "unlearn" disempowering attitudes from past experiences Why implementing progressive practices like going gradeless can be extremely difficult in urban school settings Why teachers from non-urban settings should visit and learn from teachers in urban settings Resources mentioned: Julia's Twitter thread on grades Going Gradeless in Urban Ed (Teachers Going Gradeless) On Reading...and Grading (juliaetorres.blog) Building Bridges (juliaetorres.blog)

As a teacher/activist, Julia Torres's work is grounded in empowering students to use the Language Arts to fuel resistance and positive social transformation. Ms. Torres facilitates workshops and professional conversations about anti-racist education, social justice, and culturally sustaining pedagogies. She writes about these and other topics at at juliaetorres.blog. Topics include: How Julia uses side-by-side teaching, expert groups, and culturally relevant texts to shift traditional power dynamics in her classroom How grades foster attitudes of competition, compliance, and insecurity in students of color, dividing them and pitting them against one another How Julia helps students "unlearn" disempowering attitudes from past experiences Why implementing progressive practices like going gradeless can be extremely difficult in urban school settings Why teachers from non-urban settings should visit and learn from teachers in urban settings