ERIC Number: EJ1256563
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Publication Date: 2020-Apr
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Powered-Up Podcasts: Facilitation Guides Ramp up the Learning
Twal, Nader; Seki, Pamela; Pendray, Amy; Crockett, Jennifer
Learning Professional, v41 n2 p52-56 Apr 2020
Podcasts are one of the fastest-growing media platforms for sharing content to meet both personal and professional interests. myPD Unplugged is a podcast about professional learning that is leveraging this popular platform to create "anywhere, anytime" professional learning for educators. The Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development in the Long Beach (California) Unified School District launched the podcast in 2018. The podcast team partnered with Learning Forward at the 2019 Annual Conference to interview expert conference speakers for an eight-part Thought Leader Series. But the Long Beach team didn't want the learning to stop with listeners hearing the experts' voices and stories. To extend and deepen the learning, they created a facilitation guide for each episode, containing questions for reflection and discussion, learning activities, and additional resources. The tool featured here is an adaptation of the guide the team designed to accompany an interview with expert Andy Hargreaves about collaborative professionalism (Episode 3.5). To learn more about the podcast series and the role it plays in the Long Beach professional learning strategy, see "The Long Beach Approach: 'The Most Important Person in the Room Is the Teacher'" (EJ1256530).
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination, Faculty Development, Guides, Reflection, Learning Activities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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