One Tired Teacher Podcast
One Tired Teacher Podcast
Teachers have important things to say and share about teaching, life, teaching, and learning. A podcast for teachers brings you the stories and inspiration behind the scenes from classrooms around the globe. Honest conversations about teacher tired and passion-filled teaching allow educators to speak their truth on the trials and treasures of being a teacher.
OTT 145: 5 Strategic Steps to Teaching STEM Throughout the School Year
Today I am going to break down 5 strategic steps to help you teach STEM throughout the school year. I hope you stick around.
OTT 138: How to Successfully Integrate Science Into the Second Grade Classroom
It is so easy to feel like there are not enough hours in the day to cover all the standards that we need to cover as 1st and 2nd-grade teachers. Often primary teachers in general feel like their number one task are to teach children how to read and how to add and subtract. We know that is priority number one.
OTT 124: The Most Memorable and Impressive Takeaways From STEM Con 2021
STEM Con 2021 was just as incredible as I had imagined! In fact, some might say it was just as amazing as last year. And some might say better! Join me for the big moments from the conference.
OTT 123: How to Jumpstart Your STEM Classroom with Genius Ideas Using Building Bricks with Anita Goodwin
Today fellow STEM Con 2021 presenter and I sit down to talk about the genius ideas that can be used with building bricks. I hope you will join us!
OTT 122: Help Kids Learn to Fail- A Path Towards Unwavering Resilience
Failure is success in progress. Yet, many teachers and students don't feel that way. Today, I sit down with Kerry Tracy from Kerry Tracy Feel Good Teaching and talk all about the gift of failure. I hope you will join us.
OTT 121: How to Get to Real World Thinking Through Long Term STEM Projects
Today we are talking about how to get to real-world thinking and problem-solving through the use of long-term STEM projects with Claire M from Vivify STEM.
OTT 120: 5 Surefire Organizational Tips to Maximize Your Sensational STEM Classroom
On today’s show, I sit down with Carol Davis from Teachers Are Terrific to talk all about organization! Organization is a surefire way to maintain your sanity in your STEM Classroom. Carol talks about doing a classroom edit The Home Edit way! You won’t want to miss these sensational organizational tips.
OTT 119: Why should teachers include inspiring Read Alouds in the STEM classroom?
Finding stories that inspire students is the goal of primary teachers around the world. What you do with them after you have found the perfect books is where the magic lies. Today Brooke Brown from Teaching Outside the Box sits down with me to talk all about literature and STEM. You won't want to miss it!
OTT 118: How to Teach Simple STEM for Independent Learners For Maximum Engagement
Very often as we start our journey into teaching with an interdisciplinary mindset such as STEM, we get overwhelmed with how to integrate a variety of disciplines. The key really is to just start somewhere. Renee Henrick from Science Schoolyard talks to us about simple STEM ideas and how to nurture independent learners. I hope you stick around.
OTT 92: The Truth About Elementary STEM Club: A Sneak Peek Behind the Scenes
Building a community of students that treat one another like family is part of a normal start-up during back-to-school time. During this time of distance learning and blended learning, it is now more important than ever to teach children how to be responsible digital citizens.
OTT 87: The Power of Integrating Writing Into Science AND Science on a Budget
Integrating content areas into the ELA block allows more science to be taught to students using valuable skills such as writing. That still leaves teachers with hands-on science activities to accomplish. How can you include all the materials you need? That's where science on a budget comes in.
OTT 85: Increasing Social and Emotional Learning Through STEM
The social and emotional components in learning are such an important part of the whole child. Today Claire Meschkat from Vivify STEM and I sit down to talk about how to cover these important SEL elements through STEM instruction. I hope you will join us.
OTT 76: The Biggest Takeaways From STEM Con 2020
Over 4,000 educators came together to learn and grow around STEM education. The result was motivated, enthusiastic, inspired teachers ready to make a change in education!
OTT 74: The T in STEM
Today we are talking all about the T (technology) in STEM. So much fun! Anita Goodwin and I sit down and talk about the power of integrating meaningful technology.
OTT 73: Distance Learning, STEM, and Educational Reform
This powerful episode discusses the significance of knowing the difference between distance learning and in-school learning as well as the importance of teaching STEM through either platform and how all of this thinking can and should lead to the realization that we need to knock it all down and build something new and extraordinary. Join Dr. Yen Verhoeven and I as we discuss these three important subjects.
OTT 72: All Things STEM
The world of STEM is exciting and engaging for students and teachers alike. Today Kerry Tracy sits down with me and talks all things STEM. We also discuss the super exciting STEM Con 2020. I hope you will join us.
OTT 01: An Introduction to One Tired Teacher
One Tired Teacher takes the trials and treasures of being a teacher or an educator and tells it like it is. Let’s wake up to this system and start talking!