In this episode, Dr. Lynn Rudd joins the show to discuss one her favorites topics: disciplinary literacy. An expert in the area of literacy, she shares her experiences teaching in both K-12 and higher education. In addition, she provides insight on some of her favorites strategies. Topics of discussion include questioning techniques with students in the classroom, anticipation guides as a tool to support reading in the content areas, and morphology & root words. Regardless of a teacher's content area, the conversation provides strategies that can enhance reading skills and student understanding.

Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the first episode of season 3, Eric Curts joins the show to share some AI resources he finds useful in enhancing teaching and learning in the classroom. The discussion includes the origins of his blog Control Alt Achieve, and how it has become a go to resource for educators looking to develop the use of technology in learning. His catalog of resources covers just about anything you can imagine in instructional technology. The conversation also explores his philosophy of Poke a Stick at It, which provides a foundation for becoming a lifelong learner in EdTech. For teachers of any content or age level, his positive and straightforward approach to tech integration makes building capacity easy.

Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the final episode of season 2, Allan and Chad take a deep dive into Ohio's new cell phone legislation. While many are referring to this as a "cell phone ban", the new laws actually gives schools quite a bit of latitude on how they will deal with distractions in the classroom from student cell phone use. In addition to looking at the actual language in the bill, there is discussion about current school cell phone policies and the advantages and disadvantages of further tightening on student use of personal technology. While this law is aims to reduce distractions in the learning process, it will definitely be interesting to see where things go next as schools seek to reduce distraction from personal devices.