Podcasts about teks

In this episode, host Joshua Moroles sits down with Author, educator, and advocate Ray Thomas Garcia for a powerful conversation about the intersection of education and the water crisis in the Rio Grande Valley.Ray, a former candidate for the Texas State Board of Education and founder of the nonprofit CSLAP, breaks down why science literacy matters, how our public school standards are falling short, and what it will take to engage communities — especially young people — in solving the region's biggest challenges.We talk TEKS, policy blind spots, community-driven science projects, and why more people aren't talking about the environmental issues right in our backyard. Whether you're a student, teacher, policymaker, or just someone who cares about South Texas, this is a conversation worth hearing.

Send us a textScott joins us on the podcast to talk about his adventures with his Crosstrek, talks about the other Subie enthusiasts he hits the trails with, and places he has traveled to in his Trek.Links from the show, links to sponsors and discount partners, and ways to support the podcast:Teks Trek Adventureshttps://www.instagram.com/tekstrekadventures/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Subie & YOU! Podcast Website!!https://subieandyoupodcast.com/ On the website you will find all the episodes, reviews from Apple Podcast, the About page, and a place to purchase car decals to show your love for the podcast by adding a decal, which we know adds 5 HP to your Subaru!!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Sponsors of the Podcast:Subaru GearUse code subieandyou25 to get 20% off your purchase!Get FREE shipping for orders over $50 after 20% discount!Website:https://subarugear.com/ Accentrek DesignsInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/accentrek.designs/ Website:https://www.accentrekdesigns.com/ Mele Design FirmUse code Subie+You on select Rally Spec products and Subaru products to get 5% off your purchase!Website:https://meledesignfirm.com/ New Crosstrek Battery Mount:https://meledesignfirm.com/products/subaru-crosstrek-group-35-mount - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Other Brands Offering DiscountsOrbis Overlanding10% discount off Orbis Overlanding and partnering car products(excludes apparel)Discount code: subieandyou Website:www.orbisoverlanding.com/  YescomUSA10% off awning with LED light bar.Discount code: SUBIE&YOU10Website:www.yescomusa.com/  

Praėjusią savaitę Žemės ūkio ministerijoje vyko viešoji konsultacija dėl Vyriausybės programos nuostatų įgyvendinimo plano. Programoje numatyti 5 prioritetai, vienas jų numato, kad žemės ūkis taps strategiškai svarbia nacionalinio saugumo dalimi. Plačiau apie prioritetus kalbės ŽŪM departamento direktorė Virginija Žostautienė. Kaip vertina Vyriausybės programą ir kokius siūlymus po viešosios konsultacijos pateikė dalinsis: Lietuvos paukštininkystės asociacijos direktorius Gytis Kauzonas, Ekologinių ūkių asociacijos pirmininkas Mindaugas Petkevičius ir Kelmės rajono ūkininkų sąjungos pirmininkas Martynas Puidokas.Vilnius tapo Europos žaliąja sostine. Kuo šis titulas reikšmingas ne tik Vilniui, bet ir Lietuvai pasidalins Vilniaus meras Valdas Benkunskas ir kursų ,,Geltonas karutis“ vadovė Lina Liubertaitė.Rubrikoje ,,Verslas kaime“ Jurgitos Petrulionės istorija, kaip siekis atkalbėti vyrą nuo alpakų auginimo visgi tapo papildoma šeimos veikla. Vienuolika alpakų turinti moteris sako, kad augintinės labai charakteringos, bet jų vilna išskirtinai švelni, puikiai tinkama mezginiams. Ūkyje Vokės vingio alpakos vedamos ne tik edukacijos, bet ir švenčiami gimtadieniai.Ved. Rūta Simanavičienė

Dalk dink jy nou ietwat anders oor die teks?

Mokesčių inspekcijos akiratyje – elektroninė prekyba. Ir bendrai internete, ir atskirai socialinių tinklų prekyvietėse, ir platformose, tokiose kaip „Vinted“. Tai – viena prioritetinių VMI krypčių. Kodėl? Ar ten – daugiausia šešėlio? Svečiai: VMI Operatyvios kontrolės departamento vadovas Rolandas Puncevičius, Buhalterių ir auditorių asociacijos kolegijos narė Žydrė Vaičiūnė ir interneto platformos „Mokesčių sufleris“ ekspertas Gintaras Juškauskas.Ved. Irma Janauskaitė

Ką veikti Kuliuose? Kultūrą virti! Linksmai nuteikia Raimonda Masalskienė, Agnė Alčauskienė, Inga Blėdienė ir kviečia į svečius!Norite lengvo pasaulio Eivyduose? Teks susipažinti su tinklaraštininkais Marijumi Eidiečiu ir Inga Reifone.Po Plungės kraštą keliaujame su Lina Liūniene.Ved. Jolanta Jurkūnienė

Karolis Tiškevičius ir Kazimieras Labanauskas susitinka savaitinėje laidoje „Pezam apie BasketNews CBet Fantasy”, kurioje apžvelgia žaidimo naujienas, pasikeitimus, krentančius ir kylančius žaidėjus bei varžosi tarpusavyje. Žaisti „BasketNews Fantasy“, kurį pristato CBet, galite čia: https://fantasy.basketnews.com/ Temos: Įžanga (0:00); Geriausi žaidėjų pasirodymai 6-ajame ir 7-ajame ture (3:51); Praeitos savaitės rekomendacijų aptarimas (7:19); Jūsų komentarai (11:12); Karolio pasirodymas 6-ajame ture (14:11); Kazio komandos pasirodymas 6-ajame ture (17:10); Kazio komandos pasirodymas 7-ajame ture (18:48); Karolio pasirodymas 7-ajame ture (20:45); Keitimai Kazio komandoje (23:59). Keitimai Karolio komandoje (28:50); Karolio ir Kazio savaitės rekomendacijos (34:45); „CBet Lietuvos Fantasy Krepšinio Lygos“ (LFKL) apžvalga (41:40).

Timestamp Summary0:01 Brandon Hall Discusses His Campaign for State Board of Education3:25 Increased Engagement in Texas Education Post-COVID8:05 Texas Overhauls Curriculum Approval with HB 1605 and IMRA Process13:44 Improving Texas Education and Addressing Curriculum Concerns18:18 Challenges of Enforcing Book Standards in Texas Schools22:17 Texas Curriculum Changes and Their National Implications27:11 The Importance of Biblical Knowledge in American History and Literature29:13 Brandon Hall's Campaign and How to Support ItGarrett Fulce hosts Brandon Hall, the Republican nominee for the State Board of Education, Seat 11, on the Seeing Red podcast. They discuss Brandon's background in ministry, his campaign insights, and his goals for Texas education. Key topics include the importance of the Texas essential knowledge and skills (TEKS), new legislative impacts like HB 900 and HB 1605, and the controversial inclusion of Bible stories in curriculum. Brandon shares concerns about inappropriate educational materials and emphasizes the need for high-quality, rigorous standards to improve student performance in Texas schools.### Resources:*   **Brandon Hall's Campaign**: [Brandon Hall for TX](https://brandonhallfortx.com)Follow us on all socials at @theseeingredpod and online at our website Seeing Red Podcast. x.com/gwfulce

PP Pemuda Muhammadiyah: Tak Masalah Tayangan Azan Maghrib Jadi Teks Berjalan | Menko Polhukam: Pers Harus Jadi Pengawas Independen Pilkada 2024 | Akan Ada Bantuan, Menko PMK Minta Jumlah Pekerja yang di-PHK ke Kemensos *Kami ingin mendengar saran dan komentar kamu terkait podcast yang baru saja kamu simak, melalui surel ke podcast@kbrprime.id

If reading the newly updated TEKS is making your head spin, let's break it down together and make a game plan before the new school year begins.Episode HighlightsWhen the new updates go into effectTopics we MUST coverTopics we CAN cover if time allowsBreaking down the 8 strandsHow to support STAAR testing at the secondary levelsResources and LinksAdditional reading on this topic is available on the TEA websiteFor more information about the 2024 update, here is a helpful YouTube video:Blog Post - Episode 61Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook Group

In November of 2022, the State Board of Education in Texas approved significant revisions to the Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for implementation in the 2024-2025 school year. Let's dive into what's changing, what's staying the same, and how you can implement these standards in your classroom.Episode HighlightsWhat was the focus of the social studies TEKS revisions?Are there any major changes in the social studies TEKS for 2024?SS TEKS additions and changes for 3rd, 4th, and 5th gradeIdeas to implement social studies TEKS changesHow the Smart and Simple Social Studies Guided Curriculum can helpResources and LinksSource: https://tea.texas.gov/academics/subject-areas/social-studiesJoin the Social Studies Bootcamp Watch the YouTube videoUsing Primary Sources Blog PostUsing Secondary Sources Blog PostBlog Post - Episode 58Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Social Studies Guided CurriculumEasy-to-follow lesson plans and activities for social studies - just print and teach! The growing bundle for Communities, Texas History, and U.S. History is now available. Click the link to learn more!Learn more about the Smart and Simple Social Studies Guided Curriculum! Smart and Simple Social Studies MembershipGet access to the resource bank filled with engaging, hands-on social studies lessons for 3rd-5th grade. Let's minimize the prep time while maximizing learning opportunities - whether you have 5 minutes or 55 minutes to fill.Join the Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership!

The Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission (MIC3) addresses key educational transition issues encountered by children of military families.  But what does implementation of the Compact look like?  Listen as Shelly Ramos, Senior Director of the Curriculum Standards and Student Support Division at the Texas Education Agency and MIC3 Texas State Commissioner, shares three unique case studies and solutions that illustrate how MIC3 works to assist in successful education-related transitions.   This podcast is made possible by our partnership with Scott Spouses' Club and their generous support. To learn more, visit  https://www.scottspouseclub.com/. Audio mixing by Concentus Media, Inc., Temple, Texas.   Show Notes: Resources:   MCEC Global Training Summit Don't miss Lindsey Dablow, Training and Operations Associate (MIC3), presenting two sessions at the Global Training Summit. Distinguished Lecture Session, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 MIC3 201: Case Studies and Implementing the Compact The format of the Compact 201 Training is an interactive session focused on discussing case studies to demonstrate the correct implementation of the Compact. Participants will learn of the legal provisions related to education that protect military children as they transition interstate between public and Department of Defense Education Activity schools. Participants will discuss Compact gray areas and learn about Commission resources and best practices for military families, school districts, and states.   Virtual Session, Thursday, August 1, 2024 MIC3 101: Addressing Key Educational Transition Issues The National Office facilitates the MIC3 Compact 101 Training. Participants will gain an understanding of the legal provisions related to education that protect military children as they transition interstate between public and Department of Defense Education Activity schools. The Compact 101 Training provides participants with a working knowledge of the Compact, state structure and implementation, rules and regulations, and how the Compact supports military students. (Registration for our Virtual Session will open June 25, 2024). https://www.militarychild.org/event/gts/gts-register/   The Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission (MIC3) https://mic3.net/   https://mic3.net/mic3training-net/   Bio: Shelly Ramos serves as the senior director of the Curriculum Standards and Student Support Division at the Texas Education Agency. Ms. Ramos provides statewide leadership for the implementation of new legislation and State Board of Education mandates for K-12 education, including the state curriculum standards known as the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, or TEKS, the Texas Virtual School Network, Mathematics Achievement Academies, and Civics Training Program as well as high school graduation requirements. Ms. Ramos has served as the commissioner designee from Texas for the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission (MIC3) since 2016.    Prior to joining the Texas Education Agency, Ms. Ramos worked in educational publishing developing products for social studies teachers and students. She also served as a classroom social studies teacher for eleven years.      

Do you find yourself in the depths of climate grief or anxiety? Do you feel like there's no hope? Join hosts Robert and Carrie for this month's climate news updates and an informative, albeit Zen, conversation with the Meadows Center's Chief Education Officer, Dr. Rob Dussler, to learn how mindfulness can serve as a tool for understanding climate change while managing the suffering it may cause. If you are an educator and want to learn how to bring climate curriculum into your classroom or get more time with Dr. Dussler, head to our website to learn more about our upcoming workshops on June 3 and June 13: https://education.meadowswater.org/.  In this episode, our co-hosts bring you the latest climate news covering several topics:   Texas is warming at a higher rate than the rest of the world – learn how this may affect living conditions and what is meant by a “warming hole” – hint: it's not quite as sweet as a donut hole... (05:16)   Health risks related to climate change, warming temperatures, and prolonged heat stress, plus related recommendations for labor policy adjustments (08:33)   Does San Antonio's “super cool” pavement program really work? Where is the balance between irrigation and shade, and is the black exterior home trend a winner? (10:00)   The latest research analysis on the relationship between neurology and climate effects. (13:40)  An interview with Dr. Rob Dussler, the Chief Education Officer and Director of Spring Lake Education, reveals a deep connection between mindfulness, place-based learning, and climate. Join Robert Mace as he poses audience questions:  What is mindfulness? The “origins of mindfulness,” a brief outline of its journey into Western culture, and how this practice can deepen our relationship to the environment (16:37)  How can we bring mindfulness into our daily practice? What you can do to practice mindfulness and engage more deeply with the environment (23:39)  Mindfulness - is engaged ecology the key to solving climate change? Find out how mindfulness is embedded in the climate solution playbook (32:26)    Learn about the Meadows Center's TEKS-aligned teacher trainings coming up in early June at Spring Lake.  Then, it's the good news! Join Robert and Carrie for some of the uplifting climate news:  Restoring the buffalo population to heal Texas' environment and Indigenous peoples with the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project (39:40)  While the Earth keeps warming, can we hold out hope of curbing the temperatures before the end of the century? (42:00)  Episode Links and Resources:   ⁠Here's how hot and extreme Texas weather will be in 2036, according to a top state climate expert⁠ (Houston Chronicle)  70% of world's workers at elevated health risks due to climate change, UN report finds (Salon)  San Antonio moves forward with ‘cool pavement' program (Community Impact)  Climate change likely to aggravate brain conditions (Science Daily)  How bringing buffalo back can combat climate change, heal Indigenous people in Texas (KSAT)  https://climateactiontracker.org/    Theme song:    Syzygy by Robert E. Mace      We would like to thank pixabay.com for providing the sounds of singing bowls, and the wildlife of Spring Lake for their bird songs.   For more information about the Meadows Center, visit ⁠meadowscenter.txst.edu⁠. 

You get to unlock the stories of famous people in history for upper elementary students - what a gift! Today I'm sharing 8 steps for keeping this task simple and effective.Episode HighlightsChoosing relevant figuresEstablishing contextDeveloping engaging lesson plansHumanizing historical figuresIncorporating primary sourcesEncouraging research and inquiryConnecting to present day relevanceAssessing understandingResources Blog Post - Episode 35Using Webquests for Research and InquiryLet's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Black History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction Unit

As a child and a person of color, I often felt embarrassed during February (I explain why in the episode). I don't want that to happen to your students! Today I'm sharing my perspective about navigating Black History Month. I hope your students enjoy these lesson planning ideas as they deepen their understanding of how people in black history have shaped our culture.Episode HighlightsMy experiences learning about black history as an African American student Quotes from famous black people in historyIncorporating black history within your reading blockResearching a wide variety of voicesResources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 34Black History Month Unit for Upper ElementaryBlack History PostersBlack History Biography BundleLet's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Ready or not, here test prep season comes! Let's talk about four common reading skills that students might need us to lean into supporting them with before standardized testing begins. These nonfiction skills pair really well with a variety of social studies topics!Episode Highlightsinferencingcontext cluestext featuresthemehow graphic organizers and task cards can support students during test prep seasonResources and LinksReading Graphic Organizer Bundlehttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Graphic-Organizer-Bundle-for-Fiction-and-Nonfiction-7794279Reading Comprehension Task Cardshttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Comprehension-Task-Cards-Year-Round-Bundle-Color-by-Number-Activities-8375759Blog Post - Episode 33Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Black History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction Unit

Wondering if the Smart and Simple Social Studies Guided Curriculum is right for you? Not sure if the units will fit the needs of you and your students? This bonus episode is a must-listen! I get a lot of questions about the guided curriculum, how the growing bundle works, and if the units would be applicable to a state beyond Texas.I answer a few frequently asked questions and share some stellar reviews of upper elementary teachers who are LOVING the guided curriculum and why these are working well for their classrooms.If you're interested in purchasing the growing bundles, they are at a 20% discount. As I add the remaining units each month, the 20% off price will increase. You'll get the current units locked in at a great price and future units and updates for free!Learn more at bit.ly/socialstudiesgrowingbundles Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Teaching your students about biographies or autobiographies soon? You don't want to miss out on this jam-packed episode! In this episode, we are going to talk about what literary nonfiction is some characteristics of this genre, some examples of literary nonfiction, some recommendations, why it's important, and also some activity ideas that you can implement in your classroom.Episode HighlightsWhat is literary nonfiction?Characteristics of literary nonfiction3 examples of literary nonfictionWhy is literacy nonfiction important for students?Book recommendations for 3rd through 5th gradeActivity ideas for literary nonfiction unitsResources and LinksLiterary Nonfiction Graphic OrganizersBlack History Month Biography BundleBlog Post - Episode 32 Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

What if there was an easy way to incorporate social studies skills every day of the week, for just five to 10 minutes a day ---there is! I'll share my method in today's episode.Episode HighlightsWhy does social studies even matter?How can we find the time to teach social studies?Resources and LinksFree Daily Passage Curriculum GuideMembershipBlog Post - Episode 31Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Black History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction Unit

Are you the teacher with the peaceful and orderly classroom as soon as the day begins? Or do your students noisily enter the room and ask endless questions about what to do next? Starting off right each day is not only beneficial for the students, but the teachers as well. It never feels good to be rushed and frazzled as students come in each day roaming around the classroom or unsure of what to do when they arrive. That's where morning routines come in! This episode is filled with tips to help your mornings move more smoothly!Episode HighlightsSet those routines right from the startLeverage morning slidesKeep students busyPredictable routinesIncorporate classroom jobsResources and LinksFree Classroom Community Podcast SeriesDigital Morning SlidesClassroom Jobs for StudentsBlog Post - Episode 30Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Parents are an important piece of the puzzle to a positive classroom community. Today I'm sharing 5 seasoned teacher tips to help you achieve a smoothly run classroom community made up of happy students and grownups!Episode Highlightspracticing patience and reassurancebeing firm but kindclear boundarieshow to handle FAQswhen to pick up the phoneResources and LinksThe Essential Classroom Community FREE Podcast SeriesBlog Post - Episode 29Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Burnout is real. But there are strategies to help alleviate or lessen those feelings. There may not be a one-size-fits-all solution, and we may not be sure when the feelings will go away. But it's still worth the fight.Episode HighlightsWhat teacher burnout is and how to recognize the signs of burnoutHow focusing on your true hobbies and passions are importantWhy prioritizing yourself is a must if you are teaching this year (and every year)How to let things go (despite running out of time)Finding positive support from other colleagues and teachersWhat to do if the burnout is affecting you more than you can handleMy experience with burnout during the pandemicResources and LinksGrab the Time Management Strategies for the Elementary Classsroom resource Blog Post - Episode 28Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Sometimes there just doesn't seem like there's enough time in the day. If you find yourself constantly cutting activities short to move to the next event on the agenda, hopefully this episode will have some supportive ideas to help.Episode Highlightsdigital slidesdaily agendastimersexpectationsResources and LinksNo time to create your own slides? Try my editable slides!Refresh your classroom management in a flash with this FREE classroom community mini course.Blog Post - Episode 27Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Black History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction Unit

En nuestro episodio 328 conversamos con Edwin Chirivi Gerente en Camacol Bogotá y Guillermo Criado Gerente en Teks Telas sobre:+ Impulsar el empleo.+ Generar oportunidades y vincular a la población para generar prosperidad.+ Trabajar en equipo para fomentar el empleo de migrantes.+ La migración como oportunidad de crecimiento social, cultural y económico+ Ser estrategicos y actuar en pro de apoyarla.+ Tener un rol activo en los gremios y fundaciones para llevar el impacto más alla.+ Desarrollar acciones transformadoras en las empresas.Abiertas las aplicaciones a la Academia Hackers del Talento LATAM, el programa de formación online en vivo para los futuros líderes de Talento Humano en la región. Conoce más acáAcá puedes conocer más sobre Hackers del Talento y Ricardo PinedaSuscríbete a nuestro newsletter Cartas al Talento donde reflexionamos sobre Talento Humano, el futuro del trabajo y la humanización

Counting down the days until break? Trust me, I have been there. This podcast episode will give you five really great strategies on how to get students redirected and make it through to the break.Episode HighlightsClass rewardsExpectationsStructured discussionsTiming projects strategicallyGetting outsideResources and LinksGrab your FREE Smart and Simple Ways to Engage guideCheck out a favorite activity I reach for when taking student learning outdoorsBlog Post - Episode 26Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Black History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction Unit

You know you need to differentiate, but do you need fresh ideas for HOW to differentiate? This episode is packed full of practical tips that truly make a difference for learners.Episode HighlightsWhat is differentiation?Hands on activitiesTips for giving directions effectivelyGrouping studentsResources and LinksReady for even more FREE differentiation ideas? You'll love this 10 minute training.You might also enjoy this podcast episode about 7 Ways to Use Flexible Seating to Create a Positive Learning EnvironmentBlog Post - Episode 25Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Black History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction Unit

We want ALL students to feel a sense of belonging and see their important holidays and traditions represented in our classrooms. If you aren't sure how to accomplish this goal, this episode is for you. Episode HighlightsWhat culturally responsive teaching isWhy it is important to be culturally responsiveHow we can be culturally responsive during the holiday season Resources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 24Kid Power ArticleHoliday Webquest BundleLet's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Show Summary:Texas teachers - are you ready for the new science standards coming next year? This was the hot topic at the recent Texas-based Conference for the Advancement of Science Teachers! Natasha shares her experiences attending the conferences and her thoughts on the similarities between these and the Next Generation Science Standards. Hint: they are both based on the same document, A Framework for K–12 Science Education, that promotes a three-dimensional approach to science teaching. Plus, we chat on how Vivify is working hard to align all our lessons to the new TEKS in time for next year!Links from the Show:Related The STEM Space Podcast Episodes 92. Unpacking the NGSS ft. Molly Seward (K-4 Science Coach)93. How Does Engineering Relate to Science?Vivify STEM Blog Posts Understanding a Framework for P-12 Engineering LearningEngineering in the Science ClassroomThe ABCs of Kindergarten STEMVivify STEM LessonsStarter STEM Activities (includes Egg Drop Challenge)Turkey Nest Challenge Engineering Activity (A fun twist on the classic egg-drop challenge!)Alphabet STEM Challenges Bundle - Kindergarten STEM Year-Long CurriculumOther STEM ResourcesConference for the Advancement of Science Teachers (CAST)Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC)Claire's STEM Stations: - Brain Flakes- Keva Planks- Magna-Tiles- Zoob BuilderZ- LEGO® Building BlocksYouTube: SHARING HER PASSION | Tatiana Erukhimova Ph.D. (Texas A&M Physics Professor)Vivify's Story from Texas A&M: Aerospace engineering former students bring engineering to life for kids of all agesEgg Drop ChallengeA Framework for K–12 Science Education (2012)Vivify STEM Curriculum MapQuick TipsTHE STEM SPACE SHOWNOTESTHE STEM SPACE FACEBOOK GROUPVIVIFY INSTAGRAMVIVIFY FACEBOOKVIVIFY TWITTERVIVIFY TIKTOK

In the world of social studies, primary sources are considered very important for teaching and learning. But don't forget about secondary sources – they're crucial too! Episode HighlightsWhat Are Secondary Sources in Social Studies?Why Do Secondary Sources Matter in Teaching Social Studies?How to Find Good Secondary Sources for Social Studies LessonsIncluding Secondary Sources in Lesson PlansEngaging Students with Secondary Sources in Social StudiesResources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 23Guided CurriculumDaily Passages Social Studies BundleLet's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

When teachers use primary sources in class, it makes learning history feel real and exciting. You learn more about the past and why it matters today. What does this look like within the four walls of our classroom? Let's talk about it today!Episode HighlightsWhat are primary sources?Why are primary sources important in teaching social studies?Where can you find primary sources?How can primary sources be incorporated into lesson plans?What are the benefits of using primary sources in the classroom?Resources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 22Library of CongressLet's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Can you find 20-30 minutes of instructional time to celebrate our Veterans? Let's talk about some practical ways to teach about this important holiday.Episode HighlightsNearpodLetter WritingWebquestsCompare and contrast patriotic holidaysResources and LinksNearpodA Million Thanks.orgVeterans Day WebquestBlog Post - Episode 21Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

The Bill of Rights is an important concept that needs to be taught in most U.S. history classes. But rather than it being a dull event, it can actually be engaging (and low prep) for your upper elementary learners!Episode Highlightswhat the Bill of Rights iswhy is it important to teach about the Bill of Rights a brief description of each of the 10 Amendmentssome Bill of Rights fun facts3 activities to implement for upper elementary (grade 3-6)Resources and LinksLearn more about the Social Studies MembershipConstitution WebquestBlog Post - Episode 20Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

El boom i el clap del rap tenen moltes facetes, del hardcore i els gangsta al boom bap, el cloud rap, l'old school, el drumless, trap, drill. I a Catalunya els tenim tots, per

El boom i el clap del rap tenen moltes facetes, del hardcore i els gangsta al boom bap, el cloud rap, l'old school, el drumless, trap, drill. I a Catalunya els tenim tots, per

Chapter book read-alouds are my favorite part of the day! Even during a year where I only taught math and science, I still found ways to weave in chapter books during my day. Today I'm sharing with you my favorite read-alouds that are enjoyed by teachers and students alike!Episode HighlightsMy Top 10 Chapter Book Recommendations for Grades 3-5A brief synopsis of each one (don't worry, there are no spoilers!)Resources and Links⁠Each Kindness Book Companion⁠⁠Creature Features Book Companion⁠⁠The Name Jar Book CompanionBlog Post - Episode 19Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Black History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction Unit

Kids these days have it pretty easy - all they have to do to look for the answers to a question is to go to Google, look it up on TikTok, or type it into ChatGPT! BUT do they know that what they're seeing as the "answers" may not always be accurate or reliable?That's where research skills come in! In this digital age, it's important for students to be able use their research and inquiry skills to sift the valid and reliable information from the fake and inaccurate ones. Webquests are a perfect way to help upper elementary students with their research and inquiry skills, and that's what we're talking about on the podcast this week!Episode HighlightsWhat are webquests?What are the 5 essential components of a webquest?What are 3 steps to practice research with webquests?What are the benefits of webquests?What type of webquests are available in your store?Resources and LinksYear-Round Webquest BundleBlog Post - Episode 18Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Are you a month or two into the school year and already feeling burnt out? The grading, the demands, the protocols - it's enough to make you wish you could fast-forward to winter break! The pressure of the school year is an all too familiar feeling for many teachers. If it seems like you're working overtime and leaving little room for things you actually enjoy doing outside of work, this episode is a must to listen to. Episode HighlightsWhy it's okay to say no How to prioritize your tasks at work and at home An easy hack that you can help you manage time (right now!) Ways to give yourself boundaries - and grace Positive and negative effects of balancing your work-life schedule How I used to balance my teaching and home life (hint: it was practically non-existent) and how I've used the strategies to help me today Resources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 17Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Grading can be a b - sometimes... ya feel me?It feels like a constant cycle that will pile up if you don't take some time to knock it out. Even worse? Trying to track down multiple classes full of students who are missing assignments or need retakes.Are you feeling this way?I've found just a few grading tips for upper elementary teachers that I plan on sharing with you in today's episode that have helped me out and making it less of a daunting task. I still don't like it, but now it's much more tolerable!Episode HighlightsWhy it's important not to grade everything that gets turned inHow you can pick what to grade in an assignmentThe "grading a page at a time" trickDeveloping autonomy in students by having them grade (and taking their word on it!)Resources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 16Hello Algebra TemplatesLet's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Did you miss the live PD training last week? No worries! I wanted to give my listeners a peek into what we talked about. Social studies is usually a must to teach, but the WHY of what students are learning in social studies is not always discussed. That's exactly what we will be talking about in this week's episode!In this episode, you will learn:what each of the 5 social studies domains arewhy they are important and integral to a social studies blockexamples of topics for each social studies domain categoryResources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 15Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Black History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction Unit

We are expected to integrate social studies with other subjects to make it work - but HOW can we do it? Writing in itself is very important to teach. Combining with social studies is actually a really great way to teach what you need to for both subjects. It can be easy - if you let it!In this episode, you will learn: why writing is importantthe benefits of integrating writing with social studies5 ways you can incorporate writing with examples for each oneassessing writing skills in social studiesresources and tools to integrate writing in your classroomResources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 14Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Black History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction Unit

Incorporating technology is more important than ever. Looking for ways to make social studies fun and engaging? In this episode, I chat all about how to do that with 3 technology tools that are perfect to use with your classes throughout the year!In this episode, you will learn:3 technology tools that are fun to use with upper elementary studentswhat each tool isways you can use each tool for your social studies blockhow I used these technology tools with my studentsResources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 13Nearpod5 Tricks and Tips for Using SeesawUsing Kahoot! in the ClassroomLet's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Teaching 9/11 in upper elementary classrooms is a sensitive yet important topic to approach. As educators, it is important to create a safe space for students to discuss and understand the events of September 11th, 2001. By age-appropriate materials and open dialogue, you can navigate this subject with sensitivity and effectiveness. In this episode, you will learn:why it's important to share about September 11th5 Patriot Day and 9/11 activities to conduct with studentsResources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 12Brainpop - 9/11BOATLIFT: An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience (Youtube)14 Cows for AmericaCNN10 9/11 - 2021CNN 10 9/11 - 2023Patriot Day WebquestMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Past NSTA President and Into Science Texas author Dr. Karen Ostlund joins us in our new episode of Teachers in America to talk about best practices to engage students both in the physical and virtual science classroom. Plus she'll share exciting new changes to the TEKS and what it will mean for teachers and students in Texas. Teachers in America profiles K–12 teachers across the country. Hear firsthand from the people who are shaping young lives in the classroom every day. If you or someone you know would be a good candidate for Teachers in America, please email us at shaped@hmhco.com.

Are you looking for ways to keep your students engaged and motivated throughout the year? Look no further! Engaging students is not only crucial for their academic success but also for their overall development. By implementing these strategies, you can create a dynamic and interactive learning environment that promotes active participation and fosters a love for learning. Whether you are a teacher in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade, these tips will help you keep students excited and eager to learn, making every day a new adventure in the classroom. In this episode, you will learn:effective strategies to enhance student engagement in your classroomresources to learn more in depth for each of the tipsRelated Resources and LinksFor more information, check the blog post for all the links to the tips mentioned in this episode! >> Blog Post - Episode 11Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction UnitBlack History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!

Are you tired of the traditional classroom setup? Do you want to create a positive and engaging learning environment for your students? Flexible seating is a growing trend in education that focuses on providing students with a variety of seating options to enhance their comfort, focus, and collaboration. Join me as we delve into the seven best ways to incorporate flexible seating into your classroom and watch as your students thrive in a dynamic and empowering educational setting.In this episode, you will learn: the benefits of flexible seating 7 ways to create a differentiated learning environment through flexible seatingRelated Resources and LinksBlog Post - Episode 10Let's Connect!Shop ResourcesInstagramWebsiteJoin the Facebook GroupMentioned in this episode:Black History Month Unit for your Social Studies Curriculum Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned resource that covers important events and figures in black history? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! Purchase the Black History Month Unit!Love Chocolate? You'll LOVE this resource!Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality resource that covers the history of chocolate and how chocolate is made? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach nonfiction, informational or expository text to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? You'll love this FUN 3-week unit all about chocolate! The Story of Chocolate Unit starts with an engaging fiction story about a chocolate bear. Students compare characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text before diving into the interesting history of the cocoa bean, how they are harvested and processed, and how they turn into the delicious chocolate treats we know and love! This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, digital slideshows, colorful and real photos, informational passages, vocabulary and comprehension questions, a project, unit assessment, and more.The Story of Chocolate Nonfiction Unit

Shelly Ramos, MIC3 Texas State Commissioner talks about the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission and how it can assist our military-connected students and their families when they are moving to Texas, and how the Compact is there to help in all 50 states.   This podcast is made possible by generous funding from the Texas Education Agency.  To learn more, visit: https://tea.texas.gov/   Audio mixing by Concentus Media, Inc., Temple, Texas.   Show Notes: Bio: Shelly Ramos serves as the director of the Curriculum Division at the Texas Education Agency. Ms. Ramos provides statewide leadership for the implementation of new legislation and State Board of Education mandates for K-12 education, including the state curriculum standards known as the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, or TEKS. The Curriculum Division at TEA is responsible for providing guidance regarding a number of program areas, including bilingual education, English as a second language, Title III, and migrant education; career and technical education; the subjects of the foundation and enrichment curriculum; and curriculum-related programs such as early childhood education, gifted/talented education, and Early College High Schools. Ms. Ramos has also served as the commissioner designee from Texas for the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission (MIC3) since 2016.    Prior to joining the Texas Education Agency, Ms. Ramos worked in educational publishing developing products for social studies teachers and students. She also served as a classroom social studies teacher for eleven years.     Resources: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/other-services/state-advisory-council-on-educational-opportunity-for-military-children   https://mic3.net/state/texas/   https://mic3.net/assets/texas-compact-language.pdf   https://mic3.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/State-Council-Meetings_Additonal-Statute_2022.06..pdf

Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, speaks w/ participants at the summit and the continued efforts to recognize efforts to further integrate ethnic studies into our schools. Tony discusses new approaches including recent initiatives such as developing new curriculums from new books from Latino authors. Dr. Christopher Carmona is an award-winning author and a member of the award-winning Refusing to Forget project. His novel, El Rinche: The Ghost Ranger of the Rio Grande, was a finalist for the 2019 Best Young Adult Novel for the Texas Institute of Letters. Currently, he is working on finishing this series of YA novels. Book Two is out now. His short story collection, The Road to Llorona Park, won the 2016 NACCS Tejas Best Fiction Award and was listed as one of the top 8 Latinx books in 2016 by NBCNews. He served as the Chair of the NACCS Tejas Foco Committee on Implementing MAS in PreK-12 Education in Texas. He was a leader in getting the TEKS based Mexican American Studies High School Course approved by the Texas State Board of Education. He served on Responsible Ethnic Studies Textbook committee that was awarded the “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” award for excellence in educational leadership from the Mexican American School Board Association (MASBA). He is also an inductee to the Texas Institute of Letters. Dr. Valerie A. Martínez specializes in 20th Century Mexican American history, U.S. Military and Labor History, and Women's and Gender Studies and a core member of the Ethnic Studies Network of Texas, and the chair of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas-Foco pre-K – 12 Committee. Dr. Martínez is currently an Assistant Professor of History and History Program Head at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. Her current National Endowment for the Humanities-funded project, Embajadoras: Latina Servicewomen and Hemispheric Politics during World War II, reconceptualized traditional notions of diplomacy and international actors by investigating how the recruitment and service of Latina women in the Benito Juárez Squadron during World War II embodied the Pan-American ideal of an imagined hemispheric system of unity and reciprocity in the Americas. Her transnational research in both Mexico and the US has been funded by several entities. She is also the co-recipient of an NEH grant to create an oral history project dedicated to women veterans, a core member of the Ethnic Studies Network of Texas, and the chair of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas-Foco pre-K – 12 Committee. Dr. Martínez is currently an Assistant Professor of History and History Program Head at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. Araceli Manriquez is a middle school dual-language teacher in San Antonio ISD. She currently teaches eighth-grade DL social studies and started the first Mexican American Studies (MAS) course for middle school students in the district. She received her double-major bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies Bilingual EC-6 and Mexican American Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio and also has her master's degree in Bilingual-Bicultural Studies. Manriquez has been at the forefront of advocacy and organizing for Mexican American Studies to be offered as a course for credit throughout the state of Texas. She also helped create a MAS Summer Camp on her campus for San Antonio ISD middle and high school students and writes MAS curriculum for the district. Manriquez is an active member of her local union, the San Antonio Alliance, and a founding member of its social justice caucus, PODER. She leads professional development in social studies, Mexican-American studies and culturally relevant/sustaining pedagogy for educators throughout San Antonio. Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records Website | baydenrecords.beatstars.com

Nowadays, standards known as TEKS dictate what every Texas student needs to learn. The State Board of Education is in charge of approving these standards. So, when a creationist dentist gained control of the board, those standards started to reflect his beliefs – for better or worse.Teaching Texas is a new audio documentary from Wonder Media Network that uncovers the surprising history behind America's latest culture war.WMN on Twitter: @wmnmedia Grace Lynch on Twitter: @gracelynch08

Hey Myco Family! In this episode I dive into the Pros and Cons of growing in bags vs growing in tubs, and a bit of my background of why I transitioned from one to the other. Remember it all depends on your preference and situation of what you chose to do, there are great points to both methods. These are just my personal perspectives and opinions of the two Teks. I say try BOTH and weigh out the differences for yourself :D Follow me on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/Mycotrophicpodcast Join my Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Mycotrophic Questions? Send me an email: Mycotrophicpodcast@gmail.com Intro Track: Wukki - "Pleiades"

About SethSeth Vargo is an engineer at Google. Previously he worked at HashiCorp, Chef Software, CustomInk, and some Pittsburgh-based startups. He is the author of Learning Chef and is passionate about reducing inequality in technology. When he is not writing, working on open source, teaching, or speaking at conferences, Seth advises non-profits.Links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/sethvargo TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: The company 0x4447 builds products to increase standardization and security in AWS organizations. They do this with automated pipelines that use well-structured projects to create secure, easy-to-maintain and fail-tolerant solutions, one of which is their VPN product built on top of the popular OpenVPN project which has no license restrictions; you are only limited by the network card in the instance.Corey: Couchbase Capella Database-as-a-Service is flexible, full-featured and fully managed with built in access via key-value, SQL, and full-text search. Flexible JSON documents aligned to your applications and workloads. Build faster with blazing fast in-memory performance and automated replication and scaling while reducing cost. Capella has the best price performance of any fully managed document database. Visit couchbase.com/screaminginthecloud to try Capella today for free and be up and running in three minutes with no credit card required. Couchbase Capella: make your data sing.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud. I'm Corey Quinn. I have a return guest today, though it barely feels like it qualifies because Seth Vargo was guest number three on this podcast. I've had a couple of folks on since then, and for better or worse, I'm no longer quite as scared of the microphone as I was back in those early days. Seth, thank you for joining me.Seth: Yeah, thank you so much for having me back, Corey. Really excited to figure out whatever we're talking about today.Corey: Well, let's start there because last time we spoke, you were if memory serves a developer advocate at Google Cloud.Seth: Correct.Corey: And you've changed jobs, but not companies—but kind of companies because, welcome to large environments—but over the past few years, you have remained at Google. You are no longer at Google Cloud and you're no longer a developer advocate. In fact, your title is simply ‘Engineer at Google.' And what you've been focusing on, to my understanding, is helping Alphabet companies, namely—you know, the Alphabet, always in parentheses in journalistic styles, Google's parent company because no one thinks of it in terms of Alphabet—is—you're effectively helping companies within the conglomerate umbrella securely and privately consume public cloud.Seth: Yes, that is correct. So, I used to work in what we call the Cloud PA—PA stands for product area. Other product areas are like Chrome and Android—and I moved to the Core PA where I'm helping lead and run an initiative that, like you said, is to help Alphabet companies to, you know, securely and privately use public cloud services.Corey: So, I am going to go out on a limb because my position on multi-cloud has always been pick a cloud—I don't particularly care which one—but pick one and focus on that. I'm going to go out on a limb and presume that given that you are not at Google Cloud anymore, but you are at Google, you probably have a slight preference as far as which public cloud these various companies within the umbrella should be consuming.Seth: Yeah. I mean, obviously, I think most viewers will think the answer is GCP. And if you said GCP, you would be, like, 95% correct.Corey: Well, you'd also be slightly less than that correct, because they're doing a whole rebrand and calling it Google Cloud in public, as opposed to GCP. You really don't work for the same org anymore. You're not up-to-date on the very latest messaging talking points.Seth: I missed—ugh, there's so many TLAs that you lose all your TLAs over time.Corey: Oh, yes.Seth: So, Google Cloud would be, like, 95% correct. But what you have to really understand is, Google has its own, you know, cloud—we didn't call it a cloud at the time, you might call it on-prem or legacy infrastructure, if you will—primarily built on a scheduling system called Borg, which is like Kubernetes version zero. And a lot of the Alphabet companies have workloads that run onboard. So, we're actually talking about hybrid cloud here, which, you know, you may not think of Google is like a hybrid cloud customer, but a workload that runs on our production infrastructure called Borg that needs to interact with a workload that runs on Google Cloud, that is hybrid cloud, it's no different than a customer who has their own data center that needs peering to a public cloud provider, you know, whether that's Google Cloud, or AWS, or Azure.I think the other thing is if you look at, like, the regulatory space, particularly a lot of the Alphabet companies operate in, say, like healthcare, or finance, or FinTech, where certain countries and certain jurisdictions have regulations around, like, you must be multi-cloud. You know, some people might say that means you have to run, you know, the same instance of the same app across clouds, or some people say your data can be here, but your workloads can be over there. That's to be interpreted, but you know, I would say 95% of GCP, but there is a—or sorry, 95% is Google Cloud—Corey: There we go.Seth: But there is a small percentage that is definitely going to be other cloud providers and hybrid cloud as well.Corey: My position on multi-cloud has often—people like to throw it in my face of, “See you gave this general guidance, and therefore whenever you say something that goes against it, you're a giant phony.” And it's yeah, Twitter doesn't do so well with the nuance. My position of pick a provider and go all-in is intended as general guidance for the common case. There are exceptions to this and any individual company or customer is going to have more context than that general guidance will. So, if you say you need to be in multiple clouds for certain reasons, you're probably correct.If you say you need to be in multiple clouds because your regulator demands it, you are certainly correct. I am not arguing against that in any way. I do want to disclaim my one of my biases here as well, and that is specifically that if I were building a startup today and I were not me—by which I mean having spent ten years in the AWS ecosystem learning, not just how it works, but how it breaks because that's important in production, and you know, also having a bunch of service owners at AWS on speed dial—and I, were approaching this from the naive, I need to pick a cloud, which one would I go with, my bias is for Google Cloud. And the reason behind that is the developer experience is spectacular as the primary but not only perspective on that. So, I am curious to know that as you're helping what are effectively internal customers move to Google Cloud, is their interaction with Google Cloud as a platform the same as it would be if I as a random outside customer, were using Google Cloud? Is there a bunch of internal backchannels? “Oh, you get the good kind of internal Google Cloud that most of us don't get access to?” Or something else?Seth: Yeah, so that's a great question. So first, you know, thank you for the kind words on the developer experience—Corey: They were honest words, to be clear. Let me be very direct with you, if I thought your developer experience was trash, I might not say it outright in their effort not to be, you know, actively antagonistic to someone I'm having on the show right now, but I would not say it if I didn't believe it.Seth: Yeah. And I totally—I know you, I've known you for many years. I totally believe you. But I do thank you for saying that because that was the team that I was on before this was largely responsible for that across the platform. But back to your original question around, like, what does the support experience look like? So, it's a little bit of both.So, Alphabet companies, they get a technical account manager, very similar to how, you know, reasonable-sized spend customer would get a technical account manager. That account manager has access to the Cloud support channels. So, all that looks the same. I think we're things look a little bit different is because myself and some of our other leads came from Cloud, you know, I generally don't like this phrase, but we know people. So, we tend not to go directly to Cloud when we can, right?We want Alphabet companies to really behave and act as if they were an external entity, but we're able to help the technical account manager navigate the support process a little bit better by saying like, “You need to ask for this person,” right? You need to say these words to get in front of the right person to get this ticket assigned to the right person. So, the process is still the same, but we're able to leverage our pre-existing knowledge with Cloud. The same way, if you had a [unintelligible 00:07:45] or an ex-Googler who worked for your company, would be able to kind of help move that support process along a little bit faster.Corey: I am quite sincere when I say that this is a problem that goes far beyond simply Google. A disturbing portion of my job as a cloud economist helping my clients consists of nothing other than introducing Amazonians to one another. And these are hard problems at scale. I work at a company with a dozen people in it. And it turns out that yeah, it's pretty easy to navigate who's responsible for what. When you have a hyperscale-size company in the trillion-dollar range, a lot of that breaks down super quickly.Seth: And there's just a lot of churn at all levels of the organization. And, you know, we talked about this when I first joined the show, like, I switched roles, I used to be in Cloud, and now I'm in what we call Core. I still get people who are reaching out to me, at Google and externally, who are saying, “Oh, can you answer this question? Hey, how do I do this?” And I, you know, I've gradually over the past couple of months, you know, convinced people that I don't work on that anymore, and I try to be helpful where I can, but the—Corey: You use the old name and everything. They're eventually going to learn, right?Seth: I know. They'll be like, “What do you call this? GCP? Okay, great. We don't need you anymore.” But it's true, right? Like, there's people leave the organization, people join the organization, there's reorgs, there's strategic changes, people, you know, switch roles within the org, and all of that leads to complexity with, you know, navigating, what is the size of a small nation, in some cases.Corey: Your line in your biography says that you enable Alphabet companies to securely and privately consume public cloud. Now, that would make perfect sense and I would really have no further questions based on what we've already said, except for the words securely and privately, and I want to dive into that, first. Let's work backwards with the second one first. What is ‘privately' mean in this context?Seth: So, privately means, like, privacy-preserving for both the Alphabet company and the users or customers that they have. So, when we look at that from the perspective of the Alphabet company, that means protecting their data from the eyes of the cloud provider. So, that's things like customer-managed encryption keys, you know, bring-your-own-encryption, that's making sure that you have things like, actually, transparency so that if at any point the cloud provider is accessing your data, even for a legitimate purpose, like submitting a support ticket or something—or diagnosing a support ticket, that you have visibility into that. Then the privacy-preserving side on the Alphabet company's customers is about providing that same level of visibility to their customers as well as making sure that any data that they're storing is, you know, private, it's not accessible to certain parties, it's following whether it's like, you know, actual legislation around how long data can be persisted, things like GDPR, or if it's just a general, like, data retention, insider risk management, all of that comes into this idea of, like, building a private system or privacy-preserving system.Corey: Let's be very clear that my position on it is that Google's relationship with privacy has been somewhat challenged, in due to no small part to the sheer scale of how large Google has grown. And let's be clear, I believe firmly that at certain points of scale, yeah, you deserve elevated levels of scrutiny. That is how we want society to function, by and large. And there are times where it feels a little odd on the cloud side. For example, as the time is recording, somewhat recently, there was a bug in some of the copyright detection stuff where Google Drive would start flagging files as having copyright challenges if they contained just the character ‘1' in them.Which, okay, clearly a bug, but it was a bit of a reminder for some folks that wait, but that's right, Google does tend to scan these things. Well, when you have a bunch of end-user customers and in the ways that Google does, that stuff is baked in and it shapes how you wind up seeing things. From Amazon's perspective, historically, they basically sold books and then later underpants. And doing e-commerce transactions was basically the extent of their data work with customers. They weren't really running large-scale, file sharing systems and abilities—in collaboration suites, at least not that really had any of those pesky things called customers.So, that is not built into their approach and their needs in the same way. To be clear, I am sympathetic to the problems, but it's also… it's a challenging problem, especially as you continue to evolve and move things into cloud, you absolutely must be able to trust your cloud provider, or you should not be working on that cloud provider, has been my approach.Seth: Yeah, I mean, there's certainly things that you can do to mitigate. But in general, like, there is some level of trust, forget the data, on the availability side, right? Like when the cloud provider says, “This is our SLA.” And you agree to that SLA, like, yeah, you get money back if they mess it up, but ultimately, you're trusting them to adhere to that SLA, right? And you get recompense if they fail to do so, but that's still, like, trust—trust is far more than just on the privacy side, right? It's on… the promise on the roadmap, it's on privacy, it's on the SLA, right?Corey: Yeah. And you see that concern expressed more articulately from enterprise customers, when there's a matter of trusting companies to do what they say, such as the continued investment that Alphabet slash Google is making in Google Cloud. It's easy to take the approach of well, you've turned off a bunch of consumer services, so therefore, you're going to turn off the cloud at some point, too. No, let me be very clear, for the record, I do not believe that you are going to one day flip a switch and turn off Google Cloud. And neither do your customers.Instead, the approach, the way that enterprises express this, it's not about you flipping the switch and turning it off—that's what contracts are for—their question, and they enshrine this in contracts, in some cases, in the event, not that you turn it off, but that you fail to appropriately continue to invest in the platform. Because at enterprise scale, this is how things tend to die. It is not through flipping a switch, in most cases, it's through, “We're just going to basically mothball it, keep it more or less exactly as it is until it slowly fades into irrelevance for a long period of time.” And when you're providing the infrastructure to run things for serious institutions, that part isn't okay. And credit where due, I have seen every indication that Google means it when they say this is an area of strategic and continued ongoing focus for us as a company.Seth: Yeah, I mean, Google is heavily investing in cloud. I mean, this is a brand new group that I'm working in and we're trying to get Alphabet companies onto cloud, so obviously there's some very high-level top-down executive support for this. I will say that the—a hundred percent agree with everything you're saying—the traditional enterprise approach of build this Java app—because let's be honest, it's always Java—build this Java app, compile it into a JAR and run it forever is becoming problematic. We saw this recently with, like, the log4j—Corey: Yeah, to be in a container. What the hell?Seth: [laugh].Corey: I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Please don't send me email, whatever you do.Seth: What's a container? I'm just kidding. Like, the idea of, like, software rotting is very real and it's becoming more and more of a risk to security, to privacy, to public cloud providers, to enterprises, where when you see something like log4j happen and you can't answer the question, like, do we have any code that uses that? Like, if getting the answer to that question takes you six weeks, [sigh] boy like, a lot of stuff can happen in six weeks while that particular thing is exploited. And you know, kind of gets into software supply chain a little bit, but I do agree that, like, secure, private, and stable APIs are super important, and it's an area where Google is investing. At the same time, I think the industry is moving, the enterprise industry is moving away a little bit from set-it-and-forget-it as a strategy.Corey: I want to talk about the security portion as well as far as securely consuming public cloud goes. And let me start off with a disclaimer here because I don't want people to misconstrue what I'm about to say. If you are migrating to one of the big three cloud providers, their security will be better than anything you will be able to achieve as a company yourself. Not you personally because Google is a bit of an asterisk to that statement, given what you have been doing and have been doing since the '90s in your on-prem world with Borg and the rest, but my philosophy on the relative positioning of the security of cloud providers relative to one another has changed. I spent four months beating the crap out of Azure forever having an issue where there was control plane access and then really saying nothing about it.And after I wound up finding—the day after I put out a blog post on that topic because I was tired of the lack of response, it came out that right at the same time AWS had a very similar problem and had not said anything themselves. And they went back and forth, apparently waiting to wind up doing a release until this happened, Orca Security wound up putting one out there, and it was frustrating on a couple of levels. First, the people at both of these companies who work in security are stars. There is no argument, no bones about that. Problems are going to happen, things are going to occur as a result, and the only saving grace then is the transparency and communication around it, and there was none of it from them.I'm also more than a little bit irked that my friends at AWS were aware of this, basically watched me drag Azure for four months knowing that they'd done the same thing and never bothered to say a word. But okay, that's a choice. I've been saying for a while that of the big three, Google's security posture is the most impressive. And it used to be a slight difference. Like, you nosed ahead of AWS in that respect, not by a huge margin, but by a bit.I don't think it's nearly as close these days, in my mind, and talking to other large companies about these things, and people who are paid to worry about these things all day long, I am very far from alone in that perspective. So, I guess my question for you is, as you look at moving the workload securely to Google Cloud, it feels like security is baked into everything that all aspects of your company have done. Why is that a specific area of focus? Or is that how it gets baked into everything you folks do?Seth: So, you kind of like set up the answer for this perfectly. I swear we didn't talk about this extensively beforehand.Corey: You didn't know any of that was coming, by the way, just to be very clear here. I don't sit here and feed, “All right, I'm going to say this. And here's the right res—” No, this is an impromptu, more or less ad hoc show every time I do it.Seth: Yeah. And I'm going to preface this by saying, like, I don't want this to sound, like, egotistical, but I have never found a company that has as rigorous security and privacy policies, reviews, and procedures as Google.Corey: I thought I had and I was wrong.Seth: Yeah. And—Corey: And I have a lot of apologizing to people to do as a result of that.Seth: And honestly, every time I interact with our internal security engineering teams, or our IP protection teams, I'm that Nathan Fillion meme, where he's like, what—you know, like, “Okay, I get it. I get it.” Right?Corey: And then facepalm it, uh, I should say some—I can't—yeah. Oh, yeah.Seth: The reason that it's hard for Alphabet companies to securely and privately move to cloud specifically for security, is because Alphabet's stance is so much more rigorous than anyone else in the industry, to the point where, in some cases, even our own cloud provider doesn't meet the bar for what we require for an internal workload. And that's really what it comes down to is, like, the reason that Google is the most secure cloud is because our bar is so high that sometimes we can't even meet it.Corey: I have to assume that the correct answer on this is that you then wind up talking to those product teams and figure out how to get them to a point where they can support that bar because the alternative is effectively, it's like, “Oh, yeah, this is Google Cloud and it's absolutely right for multinational banks to use, but you know, not Google workloads. That stuff's important.” And I don't think that is necessarily how you folks tend to view these things.Seth: So, it's a bidirectional stream, right? So, a lot of it is working with a product management team to figure out where we can add these additional security properties into the system—I should say, tri-directional. The second area is where the policy is so specific to Google that Google should actually build its own layer on top of it that adds the security because it's not generally applicable to even big, huge cloud customers. And then the third area is Google's a very big company. Sometimes we didn't write stuff down, and sometimes we have policies where no one can really articulate where that policy came from.And something that's new with this approach that we're taking now is, like, we're actually trying to figure out where that policy came from, and get at the impetus of what it was trying to protect against and make sure that it's still applicable. And I don't know if you've ever worked with governments or you know, large companies, right, they have this spreadsheet of hundreds of thousands of lines—Corey: You are basically describing my client list. Please continue.Seth: I mean, like, sometimes they have to use an Access database because they exhaust the number of rows in an Excel spreadsheet. And it's just checklist upon checklist upon checklist. And that's not how Google does security, right? Security is a very all-encompassing, kind of, 360 type of thing. But we do have policies that are difficult to articulate what they're actually protecting against, and we are constantly re-evaluating those, and saying, like, “This made sense on Borg. Does it actually make sense on Cloud?” And in some cases, it may not. We get the same protections using, say, a GCP-native service, and we can omit that requirement for this particular workload.Corey: This episode is sponsored by our friends at Oracle Cloud. Counting the pennies, but still dreaming of deploying apps instead of “Hello, World” demos? Allow me to introduce you to Oracle's Always Free tier. It provides over 20 free services and infrastructure, networking, databases, observability, management, and security. And—let me be clear here—it's actually free. There's no surprise billing until you intentionally and proactively upgrade your account. This means you can provision a virtual machine instance or spin up an autonomous database that manages itself, all while gaining the networking, load balancing, and storage resources that somehow never quite make it into most free tiers needed to support the application that you want to build. With Always Free, you can do things like run small-scale applications or do proof-of-concept testing without spending a dime. You know that I always like to put asterisks next to the word free? This is actually free, no asterisk. Start now. Visit snark.cloud/oci-free that's snark.cloud/oci-free.Corey: I think that when it comes to things like policies that are intelligently crafted around security, you folks—and to be fair, the AWS security engineers as well—have been doing it right in that, okay, we're going to build a security control to make sure that a thing can't happen. That's not enough. Then there's the defense-in-depth. Okay, let's say that control fails for some variety of ways. Here are the other things we're going to do to prevent cross-account access, for example.And that in turn, winds up continuing to feed on itself and build into a culture of assuming that you can always continue to invest in security. How far is enough? Well, for most folks, they haven't gone far enough yet.Seth: Another way to put this is like, how well do you want to sleep at night? You know, there's folks on the Google security engineering team who are so smart, and they work on, like, our offensive security team, so their full-time job is to try to hack Google and then figure out how to prevent that. And, you know, so I've read some of the reports and some of the ways they think and I'm like, “How do you… how do you pick up a mobile phone and go to like, any website confidently knowing what you know?” Right? [laugh] and like, how do you—Corey: Who said anything about confidently? Yeah.Seth: Yeah. Yeah. How do you use self-checkout at a supermarket and, like, not just, like, wear your entire full-body tinfoil hat suit? But you know, I think the bigger risk is not knowing what the risks are. And this is a lot what we're seeing in software supply chain, too, is a lot of security is around threat modeling and not checklists. But we tend to, like, gravitate toward checklists because they're concrete.But you really have to ask yourself, like, do I need the same security properties on my static blog website that is stored on an S3 bucket or a GCS bucket that's public to the internet, that I do on my credit card processing service? And a lot of times we don't treat those differently, we don't apply a different threat model to them, and then everything has to have the same level of security.Corey: And then everything is in-scope for whatever it is you're trying to defend against. And that is a short path to madness.Seth: Yes. Yes. Your static HTML files and your GCS bucket are in scope for SOC 1 and 2 because you didn't have a way to say they weren't.Corey: Yeah. You've also done some—again, the nice thing about being at a company for a while—from what I can tell, given that I've never done until I started this place—is you move around and work on different projects. You were involved as well, personally, in the exposure notifications project, the joint collaboration thing between a number of companies in the somewhat early days of the pandemic that all of our phones talk to one another and anonymously and in a privacy-preserving way, let us know that hey, by the way, someone you were in close contact with has tested positive for Covid 19 in the previous fixed period of time. What did do you do over there?Seth: Yeah, so the exposure notifications project was a joint effort, primarily between Apple and Google to use Android and iOS devices to help stop the spread of Covid or reduce the spread of Covid as much as possible. The idea being because the incubation period is roughly 14 days, at least pre-Omicron, if we could tell you hey, you might have been exposed and get you to stay at home for three or four days, self-isolate, we could dramatically reduce the spread of Covid. And we know from some of the studies that have come out of, like, the UK and European region that, like, the technology actually reduced the spread of cases by, like, fourteen-hundred percent in some cases. I was one of the tech leads for the server-side. So, the way the system works is it uses the low-energy Bluetooth on iOS and Android devices to basically broadcast random IDs.So, I know this is Screaming into the Cloud, but if we can just quickly Screaming into the Void as a rebrand—Corey: Oh, yeah.Seth: —that's basically what's happening. [laugh]. You're generating these random identifiers, and just, like, yelling them, and there's other phones out there who are listening. And they collect these we'll call RPIs—or Rolling Indicators. They have no data in them.They're like literally, like, a UUID or 32 bytes of random data, they aren't at all, like, associated with your device or your person. So, then what happens is, like, let's say you're in a supermarket, you're near someone for, you know, every so often, and your phones exchange these IDs. If you then test positive, those IDs go up to a centralized server, the server again, also has no idea who you are, so the whole thing is privacy-preserving, end-to-end, then the server basically bundles all of what we call the TEKs, or the Temporary Exposure Keys—into a tarball that go up onto a CDN, and then every night, all of the devices that are participating in EN download this into a local key match. So, at no point does the server ever know that you were in a supermarket with someone else, only your phone knows that you came in contact with this TEK in the past 14 days—or 21 days in some jurisdictions—and it'll generate an exposure notification or an exposure alert, which says, like, “Hey, in the past 14 days, you've come in contact with someone who's confirmed positive for Covid.” And then there's guidance kind of varies by state and by health jurisdiction of, like, self-isolate, or go get tested, or whatever. But the idea—Corey: Or go to the bar in some places, apparently.Seth: Oh. Yeah. The server itself is actually—there's a verification component because ideally, like, we don't want people to just be like, oh, I'm Covid positive, and then like, all their friends get an alert, right? There needs to be some kind of verification mechanism where you either have a positive test, or you have a clinician or a physician who issues you code that you can put into your app so you can then release your keys. And then there's the actual key server component, which I kind of already described.So, it's a pretty complex system and actually is entirely serverless. So, the whole thing, including all, like, background job processing, it was designed to be serverless from the beginning. Total greenfield project, right, like, nothing like this exists, so we're really fortunate there. We made some fun and interesting design decisions to keep costs down while, you know, abusing slash using some of the features of serverless like auto-scaling and, you know, being able to fan out across multiple regions and things like that—Corey: And using DNS as a database. My personal favorite approach to things?Seth: We don't use DNS as a database. We do use Postgres—Corey: A missed opportunity.Seth: —a real database. But we do use DNS, just not for storing information.Corey: So, one question I have for you is that you've been at Google for a while and you've done an awful lot of things there, but previously, you've also done things that don't really directly aligne any of this stuff going on there. You were at HashiCorp and you were at Chef, neither of whom, to my understanding are technologies that Google makes extensive use of internally for their own stuff. It seems like—and even when you're at Google, you have been continually reinventing what it is that you do. I find that admirable because very often, when you see people at a company for a protracted period of time, they sort of get more or less pigeonholed into the role that looks fairly similar from year-to-year. You've been incredibly dynamic. Was it intentional and how do you do it?Seth: So, I have a diagnosed medical condition called Career-DHD. I'm just kidding, but I do. I get bored, and it's actually something that I'm really forward with my managers about. I've always been very straight with my managers and the people I work with it, like, 8 to 12 months from now, I will be doing something different. It will be different.Corey: I wish I'd figured that out earlier on. In my case, the way that I wound up solving for that is I've got to come in, I'm going to solve a interesting problem. When I'm done with that, the consulting engagement is over and then I'm going to go away and everyone knows the score going in. Works out way better than, and then I'm going to go cause problems on purpose in other people's parts of the org because I see problems there. That was where I always went off the rails.Seth: [laugh]. Yeah, I mean, I don't take a dissimilar approach. You know, I try to find high-priority, strategic things that also align with my interest. And it's important to me that there's things that I can provide and things that I can learn. I never like to be the smartest person in the room because you shouldn't be in that room anymore; there's no one for you to learn from. And it's great to share knowledge, but—Corey: I'm not convinced I'm the smartest person in the room right now, despite the fact that right now I'm the only person in the room that I'm sitting in.Seth: I mean, that Minecraft store is pretty intelligent.Corey: I saw Chihuahua wandering around here, too, a—Seth: [laugh].Corey: —minute ago, so there is that.Seth: But, you know, I think from, like, a career advice standpoint, I tell everyone, you should interview somewhere else at least once a year. You never know what's out there, and worst-case scenario, you kept your interview skills up to date.Corey: Keeping those skills in tune is so critically important just because it's a unique skill set that, for many folks, does not have a whole lot of applicability in their day-to-day job. So, if you suddenly have to find a new job, great, you're rusty at this, it's been years, and you're trying to remember, like, okay, when someone asks you what you're looking for in your next job, they're not trying to pick a fight. Don't respond as if they were. Like, the basic stuff. It's a skill, like anything else.Seth: Yeah. And, like, the common questions like, you know, “What do you want to do with your life?” Or like, “What accomplishment are you most proud of?” Like, having those not prepared, but like knowing in general what you want to say from those is very important when you're thinking about interviewing for other jobs. But even in a big company, like the transfer process is, pretty similar for, like, applying externally to other roles; like sometimes there's interviews—Corey: Do they make you code on whiteboards to solve algorithm problems?Seth: Not me. But—Corey: Good.Seth: —in general—Corey: Google has evolved its interview process since the last time I went through that particular brand of corporate hazing. Good, good, good.Seth: Yeah. The interview process has definitely been refactored a lot, especially with Covid and remote, but also just trying to be accessible to folks. I know one of the big changes Google has made is we no longer require, like, eight congruent hours of your time. You can split interviews out over multiple days, which has been really accommodating for folks that have, you know, already have a full-time job or have family obligations at home that don't let them just, like, take eight hours away and devote a hundred percent of their time to interviews. So, I think that is, you know, not a whole lot of positive things that come out of Covid, but the flexibility with, like, interviewing has enabled more people to participate in the interview process that otherwise would not have been able to do so.Corey: And there's something to be said, for making this more accessible to folks who come from backgrounds that don't all look identical. It's incredibly important.Seth: Yep.Corey: One thing that I definitely want to make sure we get to before the end of this is something you've been talking about that's a bit orthogonal, but maybe not entirely so, which is software supply chain security. That has been a common thread of discussion in some circles for a while. What is it, for those who are unfamiliar, like me sometimes, and what does it imply?Seth: Yeah, so I mean, in the past year—but if you look back, you'll find more cases of it—. We live in a world where no company—Google, Amazon, the US government—writes every line of code that they run. And even if you do, right, even if you could find a company that doesn't rely on any external dependencies, what language are they using? Did they write that language? Okay, let's say hypothetically, you write every single line of code and you wrote your own language, and only your employees contribute to that language.What operating system are you running on? Because I guarantee you, Linus probably contributed to it, or Gates contributed to it, and they don't work for you. But let's say you wrote your own operating system, right—so we're getting into, like, crazy Google things now, right? Like, only Google would write their own programming language and their own operating system, right? Who manufactured your CPU, right? Like, did you actually—Corey: There's always dependencies all the way down. We see this sometimes with companies talk about oh, yeah, we're going to go to multiple clouds or a different clouds so that we don't get impacted if there's another AWS outage in us-east-1. Cool, great. Power to you, but are you sure your payment providers not going to go down? Are they taking a dependency on us-east-1?Great, let's say that they're not. Are you sure that their vendors who are in the critical path are also not taking critical and core dependencies on that? And are you sure that they're aware of who all of those critical dependencies and those vendors are, and so on and so forth? It is a vast interconnected web. This is a problem. Dependency sprawl is real and I don't think that there's a good way to get to the bottom of it, particularly across company boundaries like that.Seth: Yeah. And this is where if you look at the non-software supply chain, like, if you look at construction, right? If you're working with a reputable construction agency, they're actually able to tell you, given a granite countertop or, you know, a quartz countertop, from what beach and what lot on what date the grains of sand in that countertop came from. That is a reality of that industry that is natural. You think about, like, automotive, like, VIN, the Vehicle Identification Numbers, like, they tell you exactly what manufacturer, and then there's records that show you exactly what human being on the line put that particular part in that machine.And we don't have that in software today. Like, we have some, you know, bastardized versions of, like, Software Bills of Material, or SBOM, but the simple fact of the matter is like because software has grown organically and because this wasn't ingrained in software from the beginning like it was from, you know, traditional manufacturing, you're going to have an insecure software supply chain for most of my life. Now, what does that actually mean, right—insecure has this negative connotation—it means that you need to make sure that you're aware of everything that you're depending on—which is kind of what you were saying is, like, both the technical dependencies and the process or the people dependencies—and you need to have a rigorous process for how you're going to respond to these incidents. And I think log4j was a really good eye-opening moment for folks when they realized that they didn't have a way to make a large-scale dependency update across their entire fleet of applications.Corey: Because who has to do that on a consistent basis? It happens rarely, but when it happens, it's super important.Seth: But I do think that more and more, we're going to see it happened more and more frequently. And ideally, you know, my opinion is that we're going to get to a point where this is inescapable, but ideally, we get to the point where it's like, “Oh, okay, this dependency is vulnerable. I have a playbook. I follow the playbook. Everything is patched in 30 minutes or less, and I can move on with my life.” And it's not a six-week fire drill with people working late and, you know, going super crazy, trying to mitigate these issues.You know, there's a lot of work happening in this space. We have, like, SLSA, which is an open standard—SLSA—for how you declare, kind of like, your software bill of materials and things like binary authorization and attestations. There's, like, Sigstore, there's Chainguard, there's some companies evolving in this space. Every time I talk to GitHub, I tell them, I'm like, “Hey, if this VP and that VP, like, talked together and, like, worked on something, you could do something amazing in this space.” But I think it's going to be quite a while until we get to a point where we can say the software supply chain is secure.Because like I was saying at the beginning, like, until you manufacture your own CPU, like, you're dependent on Intel and AMD. And until you write your own programming language, you're dependent on Ruby, Python, Go, whatever it might be. And until you take no dependencies on some external system—which by the way, might be a bad business decision, like, if someone did the work for you already in an open-source ecosystem, it's probably a better business decision to evaluate and use that than to build it yourself. Until we have the analysis on that supply chain, and we can in a dashboard, or the click of a button, or the run of a command, very easily see the security status of our supply chain—software supply chain—and determine if a particular vulnerability is or is not relevant, I think we're still going to be in this firefighting mode for at least another couple of years.Corey: And I want to say you're wrong, but I know you're not. And that's what, I guess, keeps a lot of us awake at night for unfortunate reasons. Seth, I really want to thank you for taking the time to speak with me. If people want to learn more, where's the best place to find you?Seth: I'm on Twitter. You can find me at—Corey: I'm sorry to hear that. So, am I. It's the experience.Seth: Yeah, you can find me at @sethvargo. If you say mean and hateful things to me, I actually exercise this finger, and you can click the block button real fast. But yeah, I mean, my DMs are open. If you have any questions, comments, complaints, concerns, you can throw the complaints away and come to me for everything else.Corey: Thank you so much for being so generous with your time. I really appreciate it.Seth: Yeah, thanks for having me. It's always a pleasure.Corey: Seth Vargo, engineer at Google. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn, and this is Screaming in the Cloud. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, whereas if you've hated this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, along with an angry comment asking how dare I malign the good name of the other cloud provider that isn't Google that also just so coincidentally happens to employ you.Corey: If your AWS bill keeps rising and your blood pressure is doing the same, then you need The Duckbill Group. We help companies fix their AWS bill by making it smaller and less horrifying. The Duckbill Group works for you, not AWS. We tailor recommendations to your business and we get to the point. Visit duckbillgroup.com to get started.Announcer: This has been a HumblePod production. Stay humble.