• How to Switch Between Tabs in Google Sheets (Hotkey for Mac)

    This one was bugging me for a while. I spend so much time in Google Sheets … there HAD to be a way to switch quickly between tabs at the bottom.

    Turns out, there IS a way!

    Timestamps

    • 0:08 – How to switch between tabs in Google Sheets (Option + ⬆ ⬇)
    • 0:33 – How to switch between tabs in Google Chrome (Command + Option + ⬅ ➡)
    • 0:59 – How to switch between Chrome profiles (Command + ~)

  • How to Engage and Empower Students in a World of Digital Distractions with Dr. Marc Isseks

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    🔥 How can media creation activities support student learning?

    🔥 How should we think about student phones in today’s classrooms?

    🔥 How can we captivate, engage, and empower our students in a world of digital distractions?

    Join me for this conversation with New York assistant principal, author, and podcaster Dr. Marc Isseks as he shares his insights on these and other critical questions.

    About This Guest

    Marc is a third-generation educator with 30 years of experience. He has served as a teacher, curriculum coordinator, and building administrator in Brooklyn and Long Island. 

    Marc is passionate about sharing strategies to increase student engagement and ensuring that schools cultivate the nurturing and invigorating learning environment that every student deserves. A self-proclaimed educational pyromaniac, he is dedicated to lighting fires under people who work and setting fire to systemic conventions that do not. 

    Dr. Isseks is the author of Forward Fast: Making Sense of Education in an Era of Rapid Change (2019) and the recently published Captivate: Engaging and Empowering Students in a World of Digital Distractions.

    You can connect with Dr. Marc Isseks

    • on LinkedIn
    • on X @marcisseks
    • on Instagram and TikTok @edupyro
    • and on his website at marcisseks.com.

    Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00am Pacific and 11:00am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

    In This Conversation

    • 0:30 – Who is Dr. Marc Isseks?
    • 2:09 – “What the F was that?”
    • 5:06 – The challenge that teachers face in 2024
    • 6:17 – Hope for the struggling teacher
    • 10:13 – “But this is how we’ve always done it!”
    • 14:07 – How assessment can play a role in student engagement
    • 17:56 – How media creation can support student learning
    • 21:35 – Can student phones possibly be a win in the classroom?
    • 24:37 – One thing to realize about student motivation
    • 28:55 – The State of Ed Podcast
    • 30:40 – A powerful personal habit: daily walking
    • 32:03 – App recommendations: Canva and TextToImage.AI
    • 33:01 – A book suggestion: Unconscious Bias in Schools
    • 33:48 – Someone worth following: Libo Valencia
    • 34:36 – How to connect with Dr. Marc Isseks online

    Connect with Teachers on Fire and Host Tim Cavey

    Song Track Credit

    • Tropic Fuse by French Fuse
    • GO! by Neffex

    *All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.

  • How to Bring the Medal of Honor Character Development Program to Your School for FREE

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    🔥 How can we promote values like courage, commitment, and sacrifice in our learning communities?

    🔥 What is the Medal of Honor Character Development Program, and how can it impact your school?

    Join me for this conversation with California middle school teacher and trainer Marilynn Alford-Walsh as she shares her insights on these and other critical questions.

    About This Guest

    Marilynn has been in education for over 30 years, teaching all grade levels from preschool through middle school. Today, she teaches middle school science, college and career, technology, and education courses.  She’s also been a national curriculum trainer for the Medal of Honor Character Development Program for the past 13 years, and uses the program regularly with her middle school students. 

    You can find out more about the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s

    Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00am Pacific and 11:00am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

    In This Conversation

    • 0:28 – Who is Marilynn Alford-Walsh?
    • 1:28 – Marilynn’s story: Building connections with middle schoolers
    • 4:31 – Six Core Values: Courage, Commitment, Integrity, Sacrifice, Citizenship, Patriotism
    • 5:21 – What is courage?
    • 6:09 – What is integrity?
    • 6:51 – What is citizenship?
    • 7:31 – What is sacrifice?
    • 10:11 – How the Character Development Program has impacted Marilynn’s students
    • 12:43 – How the CDP supports writing and thinking skills
    • 14:35 – How Marilynn plans to use the CMOHS Path to Honor this year
    • 16:02 – How schools can connect with Medal of Honor recipients
    • 18:55 – A tour of FREE teacher resources at cmohs.org
    • 32:54 – A recommended teaching resource: EduProtocols
    • 34:33 – A new resource to check out: WeWillWrite.com
    • 35:34 – A book recommendation: The Shark and the Goldfish by Jon Gordon
    • 38:14 – How teachers can connect with the FREE Character Development Program

    Connect with Teachers on Fire and Host Tim Cavey

    Song Track Credit

    • Tropic Fuse by French Fuse
    • GO! by Neffex

    *All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.

  • Hope for New Teachers with Resource Teacher Lucas Clarke

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    🔥 How has the teaching profession changed over the last five years?

    🔥 What would you say to a rookie teacher struggling with imposter syndrome?

    🔥 As federal elections approach, what is the role of the Social Studies teacher?

    Join me for this conversation with New Brunswick resource teacher and podcaster Lucas Clarke as he shares his insights on these and other critical questions.

    About This Guest

    Lucas is an academic support teacher in Saint John, New Brunswick, and the host of the Mr. Clarke After Dark podcast.

    Connect with Lucas

    • on Linkedin,
    • on Instagram and TikTok @mrclarke.afterdark, 
    • on his podcast Mr. Clarke After Dark, and
    • on his YouTube channel @MrClarkeAfterDark.

    Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00am Pacific and 11:00am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

    In This Conversation

    • 0:30 – Who is Lucas Clarke?
    • 1:33 – Two stories of adversity
    • 11:55 – Why Lucas moved from Alberta to Saint John, New Brunswick
    • 16:59 – Lucas’s current position as Academic Support Teacher (Resource Teacher)
    • 20:06 – Resource teacher strategy: Pull students out or push in?
    • 24:39 – Advice for new teachers struggling with Imposter Syndrome
    • 28:54 – How has education changed over the last five years?
    • 32:40 – What is the role of the Social Studies teacher as federal elections loom?
    • 38:14 – The Mr. Clarke After Dark Podcast
    • 43:25 – A productivity hack: grade fewer assignments
    • 45:41 – An edtech app pick: Epic
    • 47:18 – A book recommendation: The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog
    • 48:56 – An educator to follow online: George Couros
    • 50:17 – Where to connect with Lucas online

    Connect with Teachers on Fire and Host Tim Cavey

    Song Track Credit

    • Tropic Fuse by French Fuse
    • GO! by Neffex

    *All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.

  • The Impact of Mentorship with Lauren Kaufman

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    🔥 What does a coaching mindset look like in professional observations?

    🔥 How important is mentorship when it comes to the growth of school leaders?

    🔥 How can we better support the learning of our youngest readers and writers?

    Join me for this conversation with author and Director of Literacy Lauren Kaufman as she shares her insights on these and other critical questions.

    About This Guest

    Lauren is passionate about empowering teachers to lead and develop lifelong literacy practices in all learners. She serves as a Director of Literacy K-12 in Long Island and is the author of The Leader Inside: Stories of Mentorship to Inspire the Leader Within. You’ll find Lauren’s work on her blog, podcasts, The Teach Better Team, Future Ready Schools, and in various publications including Edutopia, Education Week, George Couros’s Because of a Teacher, and Lainie Rowell’s Evolving With Gratitude.

    Connect with Lauren

    • on Linkedin,
    • on X @LaurenMKaufman,
    • on Instagram @LaurenMKaufman, and
    • at her website, www.LaurenMKaufman.com.

    Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00am Pacific and 11:00am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

    In This Conversation

    • 0:23 – Who is Lauren Kaufman?
    • 1:47 – Overcoming the disappointment of unmet expectations
    • 5:56 – How can mentorship impact the growth of school leaders?
    • 12:58 – Can formal mentorship structures make a difference?
    • 18:00 – What does the ideal mentorship arrangement look like?
    • 23:11 – What does a coaching mindset look like during teacher observations?
    • 30:07 – What does 30-second feedback look like?
    • 33:40 – The power of job-embedded learning as a model for Pro D
    • 36:23 – A personal productivity hack: slow reading and note-taking
    • 38:22 – Lauren’s edtech tool picks: Canva and Notebook LM
    • 39:16 – A book recommendation: Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
    • 40:13 – Inspiring educators to follow: Darrin Peppard, Sean Gaillard, Meghan Lawson, Adam Welcome
    • 41:14 – Where to connect with Lauren Kaufman

    Connect with Teachers on Fire and Host Tim Cavey

    Song Track Credit

    • Tropic Fuse by French Fuse
    • GO! by Neffex

    *All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.