Elizabeth Jorgensen: Process Based Assessment & Going Homework-less
Release Date: 10/30/2022
Protecting Students From Toxic Influencers
Overthrowing Education
This episode is important for parents and educators to listen to. In it, my special guest – a teenage boy - and I dig deep into the ever increasing problem of teens and pre-teens being influenced by toxic people and dangerous messages online. The most popular is Andrew Tate whose sexist and misogynistic views are couched between advice that many teen boys find empowering. How do we deal with his and other toxic influencers' bile as educators and/or parents? Special thanks to my very special guest, Tuvia, and my awesome fauxmercial voice actor, Jake Miller. Here are just some of the many...
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Ben Talsma: Get Weird and Wonderful with AI
Overthrowing Education
After 2 more philosophical looks at AI in education, I wanted to bring in some super practical ways to incorporate ChatGPT and other AI sites into your lessons and schools as a whole. My guest is Ben Talsma who you might remember from Episode 28 which is all about making meaningful PBL units. Recently I saw that Ben is sharing some very meaningful, practical weird and wonderful ways to incorporate AI into all kinds of lessons, including, but not limited to PBL units. Did you ever wish you could talk to me about something you heard on the show? Have a question? Want to share an idea? Or just...
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Stephen Marche: How Will AI Affect Education? Part 2
Overthrowing Education
If you haven’t yet listened to the first in this AI in Education series, episode 89, you might want to do that first. It’s not essential but it does give some background that feeds this episode’s discussion. In that episode, I mention some excellent essays by super prolific author and columnist Stephen Marche. And now Stephen is my special guest on the show today. He is a font of information and a lot of fun to talk with. Among many other aspects, we discussed some great things we can do with AI in our lessons, along with other potential benefits. Additionally, we...
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Dr. Lacrecia Terrance: Create Excellent & Equitable Learning with PBL and Unschooling
Overthrowing Education
I am so ready for some huge, great changes, to education. How about you? How are we going to make this happen? How can we provide a super high quality education for every student? My guest today, Dr. Lacrecia Terrance, has been working toward this goal for a long time. In our conversation she shares a lot of practical experience with how PBL and the concepts of unschooling can genuinely create a better and more equitable education experience. We do talk a little educational philosophy, but there are also practical ideas and tools, as well. After our chat, Lacrecia crushes an NFL/PBL hybrid The...
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Holiday Fauxmercial Bonus Episode
Overthrowing Education
In September of 2022, Fauxsie awards were given out at a fake, but very fun awards ceremony honoring the talented people who have helped me create the commercial parodies - fauxmercials - that come at the beginning of each episode. As a little gift this holiday season, I present some of the award-winning performances that listeners voted on. These are the commercials you won't mind sitting through.
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How Will AI Affect Education? Part 1
Overthrowing Education
There has been an explosion of handwringing among educators and academics, and cheers from students about the strides and easy accessibility of Artificial Intelligence that will probably change the entire nature of how we educate. What can we expect? How do we adapt? Can anything good come out of this? This is just the first in a series of examinations of this incredibly important topic that will certainly affect every aspect of education at least from middle school through higher education. On this episode it’s just me and AI. We even had fun playing The 5-Minute Game Show! Well, at...
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Starr Sackstein & Connie Hamilton: Disrupting the Homework Habit
Overthrowing Education
Today, I’m continuing a hot topic in education right now -homework. My guests in this episode are incredible educators Starr Sackstein and Connie Hamilton who co-authored the excellent book, Hacking Homework. We have a great conversation that explores homework issues including giving practical ideas for how to do it right, if you have to do it all. And we also have a lot of fun! When I asked parents and teachers on Twitter, “How do you feel about homework?” I received almost 500 answers, along with a healthy discussion. And while people had a variety of passionate opinions, most were...
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Pete & Noah: We Can All Be Math People
Overthrowing Education
My guests on this episode, Noah King and Peter Littig have podcast called The Math Club that I really love. I would never have guessed that I would enjoy a podcast about math, but I really love it. The show is a funny, clever and down to earth mode of explaining interesting math concepts . . . that I mostly understand. Pete, Noah and I discuss how to make math approachable and fun to learn, and also fun to teach. We discuss a lot of really practical ideas and resources for that K-college math teachers as well as for other subjects wanting to try something cross curricular can use to make math...
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Elizabeth Jorgensen: Process Based Assessment & Going Homework-less
Overthrowing Education
My guest on this episode is awesome educator and author Elizabeth Jorgensen who I initially met on a social media platform that rhymes with bitter (which is basically how many of us feel about it right now). We discuss Process Based Assessment, moving away from grades, and of course, why and how to make a homework-less teaching practice. Recently, I reached out to educators to get there take on homework and I got an incredible response- very diverse and passionate. Elizabeth reached out to me to share an essay she wrote (see link below) that I really loved. She is also the author of...
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Batsheva: Reflections and Moving Forward
Overthrowing Education
On this episode, I reflect on the past - sharing ideas, musings, anecdotes, subtle hints, honest confessions, and a look at how reflection moved education forward for all of us. Special thanks to Barbara Heller and Yossie Frankel, my fauxmercial helpers.
info_outlineMy guest on this episode is awesome educator and author Elizabeth Jorgensen who I initially met on a social media platform that rhymes with bitter (which is basically how many of us feel about it right now). We discuss Process Based Assessment, moving away from grades, and of course, why and how to make a homework-less teaching practice.
Recently, I reached out to educators to get there take on homework and I got an incredible response- very diverse and passionate. Elizabeth reached out to me to share an essay she wrote (see link below) that I really loved. She is also the author of Hacking Student Learning Habits: 9 Ways to Foster Resilient Learners and Assess the Process not the Outcome, among many other books.
I’d like to thank my guest, Elizabeth Jorgensen and my Almighty Mouse fauxmercial helpers, Yossie and Tuvia Frankel.
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website: www.lizjorgensen.weebly.com
Gwen Jorgensen: USA's First Olympic Gold Medal Triathlete (Meyer & Meyer Sport)
Sijo: Korea's Poetry Form (Parkyoung)
Hacking Student Learning Habits (Times 10 Publications)
Go: Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold (Meyer & Meyer Sport)
- SIJO: Korean Poetry (Edited by Lucy Park and Elizabeth Jorgensen) sold at Amazon. Also, complimentary copies of this book are available for educators who teach sijo in classes in the USA. Send an email to [email protected]
- My latest project is a Young Adult/Middle Grade nonfiction biography: Gwen Jorgensen: USA's First Olympic Gold Medal Triathlete. My co-author and I are offering no-fee author talks to school groups, classrooms and sport teams. We also have a free educator guide for anyone who teaches this book. Send an email to [email protected]