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The Digital Backpack, powered by Michigan Virtual, is dedicated to sharing tips and tricks for teachers as they navigate their journey through online and blended learning. Join the host Jeff as he discovers new tools and resources for classroom use, talks to practitioners who are doing great things with their students, and has some fun! (Formerly known as "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning".)
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In this episode, we talk to Phil and Luice from the Learning and Engagement Team at The Henry Ford. We discuss research that indicates that humans are innately innovative, especially in difficult situations. Yet innovation tends to happen in clusters in specific locations in the U.S. So why is that? Is there a key that might unlock greater opportun…
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Ariel Raz is the Head of Learning Collaborations with the Stanford d.school k12 Lab. In this episode, we chat with Ariel about design thinking and how it can be used in K-12 schools to unlock innovation. Ken Dirkin, Executive Director of the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute joins us to unpack our conversation with Ariel. Here are some n…
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Adam Rubin is a Founder and Partner with 2Revolutions, an education design lab. In this episode, we chat with Adam about his organization’s approach to supporting schools, districts, and education agencies to clarify goals for student learning, identify the barriers that are in the way, and use the design lab model to design and test methods that h…
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In this episode, we chat with Dr. Jay Marks, Diversity and Equity Consultant with Oakland Schools (Michigan). We discuss the topics of race, culture, social justice, and inequities that exist in the K-12 system. We discuss how Dr. Mark’s experiences have shaped him over his 30-year career in education, the approach and impact of the work he’s curre…
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In this episode, we chat with Lauren Kazee about the impact COVID-19 is having on our social and emotional wellness. We discuss what social-emotional learning (SEL) is, how it’s been used to help students in schools, and how we can all benefit by understanding and living by the basic tenets of SEL especially during times of high stress and trauma. …
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In this episode, we’re joined by Spencer Kiper, a STEM educator and the 2019 Louisiana State Teacher of the Year. We focus our conversation on STEM education, the opportunities that have come along with state teacher of the year platform, and how he’s leveraging his opportunities to support his students. Justin Bruno joins to help unpack the conver…
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In this episode, we chat with Keith Tramper about digital wellbeing. We discuss what digital wellbeing is, how it relates to our lives, and how teachers and students might benefit from being mindful of their own digital wellbeing. We also review apps from Apple and Google that help support digital wellbeing goals and Stacey Schuh joins us to help u…
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In this episode, Jeff chatted with Kevin Santer, Lead instructor with the Career & Technology department at Michigan Virtual. Kevin shared his story about coming to education after a successful career in the computer science industry and how he’s been able to build meaningful relationships with students as a fully online instructor. Here are some n…
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Welcome to Digital Backpack! In our first Digital Backpack cast, we chat with Traci Smith, a high school English teacher at De La Salle. She shares some gems about connecting with students, creating an atmosphere of trust and how she uses technology to help with all of it! In our first cast, we chatted about… Updates to Google Classroom — more spec…
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This episode was originally published on November 16, 2018, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode, we chat with our colleague Emily Sicilia about engagement in the classroom. We explore how to define engagement in the classroom and chat about Hoopla, an app Emily shares that has changed ou…
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This episode was originally published on May 15, 2018, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode, Jeff and Erin chat about the concept of “power with vs power over” (a conversation that stemmed from a recent book study of Jim Knight’s High-Impact Instruction), have a great interview with the a…
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This episode was originally published on February 15, 2018, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode, Jeff shares some audio from a recent teacher professional development session on... you guessed it podcasts! Then, Jeff and Erin chat about facilitating learning with teacher and how they uti…
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This episode was originally published on December 11, 2017, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode, a podcast about… podcasts! Jeff and Erin discuss a cool tool for recording podcasts (Anchor.fm) and how teachers might think about using podcasts in the classroom. [Full show notes] Attributi…
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This episode was originally published on November 8, 2017, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode, Jeff and Erin share about Flipgrid and how they ‘dig’ using it with students and teachers alike. They also engage in the great chicken/egg debate of educational technology: what comes first, t…
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This episode was originally published on August 31, 2017, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." After a summer hiatus (or a summer full of professional learning opportunities with teachers), we’re back! In this episode, we have the opportunity to chat with Sharon Murchie, a high school English teacher wit…
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This episode was originally published on April 26, 2017, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode we chat with our guest, and friend, Dan Spencer. Dan is a high school science teacher turned tech integration specialist turned high school science teacher. He brought some great insight, not onl…
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This episode was originally published on March 28, 2017, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode we got into some deep conversations with Rachelle Wynkoop surrounding literacy, explored a new tool for us that linked up with the tips Rachelle gave us and talked about finding the balance betwe…
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This episode was originally published on February 21, 2017, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode we chat with Erin Mastin, a 3rd grade teacher in Boyne City, Michigan. She shares with us her growth mindset approach to her classroom and how she is working on shifting her classroom toward a…
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This episode was originally published on January 27, 2017, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode, we chat about our favorite tool this week: Quizizz, a gamified quiz site; spend some time conversing with one of our favorite ed techs, Ben Rimes — hear about what he’s up to — and even convin…
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This episode was originally published on January 15, 2017, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode, we’ll chat with elementary school teacher, Sandy Freeland about how she uses technology intentionally in her classroom to ‘break down’ her classroom walls. We also dive into the tool, Actively…
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This episode was originally published on December 6, 2016, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." In this episode of Campfire, we’ll chat about a cool new tech tool (Wizer), gather around a metaphoric campfire to hear the stories from Ben Pineda’s 8th grade social studies classroom, and discuss blended lea…
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This episode was originally published on December 6, 2016, when the podcast was called "Campfire: Igniting Education with Blended Learning." It might be a little chilly to gather around a campfire this time of year, but we’d love for you to grab your coffee and get cozy while you listen to our FIRST Campfire Podcast. We want to bring you a differen…
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This episode was originally published on December 15, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Justin Bruno is a Research Associate for the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute, a division of Michigan Virtual. Justin is a colleague and, for the past year, a fellow podcast host. The Virtual Viewpoints podcast features interviews …
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This episode was originally published on December 10, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Ashlie O’Connor is an Instructional Technology and Data Coach for the Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District and Alcona Community Schools itself. I met Ashlie this past summer at the Boyne Tech Conference. We both presented ses…
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This episode was originally published on October 14, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Erin Luckhardt is an 8th-grade social studies teacher at Boyne City Middle School. She’s one of the organizers of the Boyne Tech Conference which has been held the last two years in late June after school ends. If you haven’t been up before, th…
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This episode was originally published on September 1, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Andrea Zellner is a Technology Integration Specialist at Oakland Schools, working exclusively with the Pontiac School District. She is also a Ph.D student in the Educational Psychology and Educational Technology program at Michigan State Unive…
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This episode was originally published on August 26, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Rachelle Wynkoop is the Supervisor of Secondary Curriculum and Professional Development at the Port Huron Area School District. She is an active member of the #michED community and a regular presenter at education conferences throughout the stat…
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This episode was originally published on April 30, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Cresta Wright is the Instructional Technology Coordinator at Pennfield Public Schools in Battle Creek. Her career in education started in Pennfield as a classroom teacher where she was dabbling in blending learning before the phrase had much buzz…
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This episode was originally published on April 22, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Sarah Wood is is an Educational Technologist at Godfrey-Lee Public Schools in Wyoming, Michigan. She works with K-12 teachers to utilize the technology resources that the district has available. There is no such thing as a “normal” week in her ro…
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This episode was originally published on April 15, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Kerry Guiliano is a Technology Integration Specialist at Oakland Schools. As part of the intermediate school district’s shared services model she works exclusively with Southfield Public Schools, helping educators to use technologies thoughtfully…
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This episode was originally published on April 8, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Kit Hard is an Education Technology Specialist at Marysville Public Schools. Part of his professional responsibilities are to provide training and support to teachers, which he focuses predominantly around blended learning instruction and formativ…
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This episode was originally published on April 1, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Elaine Mantinan is a Spanish teacher at L'Anse Creuse High School - North in Macomb, Michigan. When her principal approached her to be among the first educators in L’Anse Creuse Public Schools to pioneer their blended learning initiative, she was …
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This episode was originally published on March 25, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Attending the MACUL conference is one of the biggest highlights of the year for Michigan educators. Over 4500 attendees descended on the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit to soak up sessions put on by teachers throughout the state as well as intern…
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This episode was originally published on March 3, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Chris Stanley is a 21st Century Teacher with Fraser Public Schools. This is an interesting position that the district has created: part instructional coach, part classroom teacher. Primarily he supports secondary level staff and students in integr…
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This episode was originally published on February 24, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Ann Smart is an instructional coach with Adrian Public Schools, the same district she attended as a student. After completing her bachelor's degree at Adrian College in 2002, she developed her craft as a high school reading teacher and literac…
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This episode was originally published on February 17, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." We had the pleasure of talking to Tara Becker-Utess about how she began to explore blended learning as a result of connecting with the Michigan flipped classroom teaching community, and how her class has continuously evolved and improved as a …
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This episode was originally published on February 10, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Since 2007 Angela Mellott has been a teacher at Brandywine Community Schools. Brandywine Junior/Senior High School serves grades 7-12 and staff is shared between the middle and high school grade levels. Identifying opportunities to differentia…
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This episode was originally published on February 3, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Andrew Shauver began his teaching career in 2006. After going through the struggles of a first-year math teacher, he sought to create opportunities for his students that focused more on value and less on one-size, fit-all tasks. Before blended …
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This episode was originally published on January 26, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Mary Wever has been teaching elementary school students since 2007. Currently she teaches a great group of third graders at Whitehills Elementary School, East Lansing Public Schools. We recorded this podcast during Mary’s plan period and then h…
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This episode was originally published on January 8, 2015, when the podcast was called "MyBlend Stories." Since 2002, Melody Arabo has been a third-grade teacher at Keith Elementary in the Walled Lake Consolidated School District. In May, she was named the Michigan Teacher of the Year for the 2014-2015 school year. Literally overnight, she became th…
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