Extended Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/60Our younger children may be digital natives, but they still need explicit instruction in using technology. Designers, let's welcome our special guest, Debbie Tannenbaum. Debbie, a passionate advocate for digital literacy in young learners who shares her insights on teaching children to navigate digital tools, fostering critical thinking, and sparking creativity. Learn how she ditches traditional, algorithmic instruc...

Extended Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/59You might not realize it, but the child sitting next to yours in their third-grade classroom could be a budding multilingual superstar. Join me, Dr. Michele Schmidt Moore, as I sit down with the seasoned educator and English language learner teacher, Andrea Bitner, to discover the fascinating intricacies of supporting multilingual students in education. Andrea, with her 23 years of experience, shares riveting stories about her ...

Extended Show Notes https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/58Today we are talking with Tara Martin, author of the books BE REAL and Cannonball In, a children's book. I left this conversation with Tara inspired and energized to write the book that I always said I would write. Perhaps you have a goal that you have been putting off. Tara shares how we can free our minds to take the risks necessary to reach our goals. We talked about how building leadership capacity an...

Extended Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/57Today we are talking to Livia Chan about relationships, the relationships we have with ourselves, and how to enrich our lives through our connections with each other. Livia Chan is a Head Teacher, writer, and presenter deeply passionate about community, leading with heart and positivity, and seeing relationships as gifts. You can connect with her on Twitter @LiviachanLTeach Better Network PodcastSupport the showGrab Your Free P...

Extended show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/56Today we are talking to Alexis Shepard, also known as the AfroEducator. Alexis shares with us her story of leaving the classroom, and her vision for how educators can change the stories that they are telling themselves to create a more fulfilling teaching experience.Even if you are not an educator, you can learn a lot about reenvisioning your life from this conversation with Alexis.In this episode, you will learn h...

Extended show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/55Hey Designers,In this episode, we get to talk to Rob Dunlop, the author of Strive for Happiness in Education.Rob and I talk about how to rekindle the love for teaching and education, and how to move past the fear of losing the joy of coming to school each day. Rob shares his personal journey of peaks and valleys and how he turned a valley into the peak that became his book Strive for Happiness in Education.You will...

Extended show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/54Hey Designers,In this episode, you will notice that I had a cold, so I don’t quite sound like myself.But, I was so excited to talk to Suzanne Dailey about her new book Teach Happier This School Year.Suzanne and I met at the TeachBetter Conference in October 2022 and bonded over morning coffee and a shared belief that small, consistent shifts you make in your life create big changes.Listen for the "even though" stra...

Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/53Hey designers,Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you start feeling confident in an area of your life. Check out the extended shownotes at https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/53For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life, you love to wake up to. Check out Project You: Design Thinking for a Better Life on the new platform for professional learning for educato...

Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/52Hey designers,Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you skip having a midlife crisis and start to change your life now.For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life, you love to wake up to. Check out Project You: Design Thinking for a Better Life on the new platform for professional learning for educators by educators.If you are ready to take action and design and execute a larger v...

Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/51Hey designers,Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you create a feeling of balance in your life.For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life, you love to wake up to. Check out Project You: Design Thinking for a Better Life on the new platform for professional learning for educators by educators.If you are ready to take action and design and execute a larger vision for your life, f...

Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/50Hey designers,Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you stop procrastinating and take action.For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life, you love to wake up to. Check out Project You: Design Thinking for a Better Life on the new platform for professional learning for educators by educators.If you are ready to take action and design and execute a larger vision for your life, focus...

Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/49Hey designers,Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you alleviate stress and cure overwhelm.For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life you love to wake up to. Check out Project You Design Thinking for a Better Life on the new platform for professional learning for educators by educators.If you want to dive deeper and design and execute a larger vision for your life, focusing on y...

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner!How's it going? Share your experience with Project Youhttps://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcastShow notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/48You have done it! You have completed 30 days in your Project You 30-day Action Planner. You have created a micro-design to overhaul one area of your life.This first experience is invaluable. You have collected so much data in the course of your experiment, and this episod...

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner!How's it going? Share your experience with Project Youhttps://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcastShow notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/47 Hey Designers,You are on the last leg of Project You.Raise your hand if you didn’t really do anything for your project this week.Raise your hand if you need a boost to complete this first 30 day roundI’ve got the solution for you…You started off you project excited to begin. Perhaps...

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner!How's it going? Share your experience with Project Youhttps://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcastShow notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/46How is your Project You going? What are you doing to celebrate? This week, I have two tasks for you to complete that are going to help enhance our designer and LEADER community. One: Leave a message on https://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcast about your project. Tel...

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner!How's it going? Share your experience with Project Youhttps://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcastShow notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/45Congratulations! You’ve just completed your first week of experimentation in Project You. We have entered the experimentation phase, and are putting our design into action. In this episode, we are adding two more strategies to our toolbox that are going to help us get the most ...

How's it going? Share your experience with Project Youhttps://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcastShow notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/44Today is the day! We are creating our designs. We get to access many possibilities and choose the design that we are going to experiment with for the next 30 days.If you are just joining us, we are in the middle of Project You. To get started, grab your free Project You 30 Day Action Planner, and start with episod...

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner!How's it going? Share your experience with Project Youhttps://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcastShow notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/43Hey Designers:This past week you were in the listening phase. You paid attention or were mindful of what was working for you and what wasn’t working for you. You asked what if questions about your life. Now you have all of this data to take with you into the Empathy phas...

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner!Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/42Hey Designers:Did you choose you? Did you make a commitment to make your life just a little bit better? Are you ready to use your Project You 30 Day Action Planner to dream, organize and execute your design? If you haven’t already downloaded the planner, go do it. I’ll wait.Choosing you can sometimes be the first hurdle. People often justify choosing themsel...

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner!Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/41Hey DesignersRight now you may be in that part of the year where everything feels just a little hard, so I thought we would use our design superpowers this season to make one area of our lives just a little bit better. Each week in season 3, we will take a step forward in creating a better you. I don’t know about you, but this school year has been a little taxing. It’s ...