S8E5 Two Profs: The Finale

Two Profs in a Pod · S8E5 Two Profs. The Finale

 Join Beth and Tenisha for the final episode of Two Profs in a Pod. Look back with them on their favorite parts of making the podcast and hear a few tips for anyone looking to start recording one.

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Leading Lines Podcast, Episode 070 - Podcasting Panel Discussion, published Dec. 16, 2019

Imposter Syndrome (Elvis picture)

Karim Episodes: one, two, three

Anniversary Episode: And There Was Cake

S8E4 Checking in with Karim

Two Profs in a Pod · S8E4 Checking in with Karim

Tenisha and Beth catch up with former GCC student, Karim Soto. It's been four years since they visited with him--he reports on his experiences in the "real world."  

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2018: Interview with Karim Soto, GCC Student

2020: Catching up with Karim

Phoenix Fan Fusion

Fish Tank Aquascaping

S8E3 Reaching All Students

Two Profs in a Pod · S8E3_Reaching All Students

Tenisha and Beth chat with Autumn about strategies for reaching all students.

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Assessment--testing students' skills

Scaffolding--providing resources to step students to more complicated concepts

Threshold Concepts--core concepts in each discipline that once learned, change a student's perception

word of the year: brain rot

Lexile--norm based reading levels from K-12 

Our PLC episode--Two Profs episode on one PLC

EdReady--a customized study path for students

Lisa Moore--English Faculty

Holly Jacobus--English Faculty

Caryn Bird--English Faculty

Slido--a polling and Q&A platform to engage audiences

POD--Professional and Organizational Development Network

AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What it Can't, and How to Tell the Difference

References in this episode:

Culver, K. C., Braxton, J. M., & Pascarella, E. T. (2021). What we talk about when we talk about rigor: Examining conceptions of academic rigor. The Journal of Higher Education, 92(7), 1140-1163.

Eikeland, I., & Ohna, S. E. (2022). Differentiation in education: a configurative review. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 8(3), 157-170.

Oberstein, S. (2024, July 17). What to do when students’ knowledge levels vary. Harvard Business Publishing Education. https://hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-minds/what-to-do-when-students-knowledge-levels-vary 

Sevy, J. (2016). Teaching a large multi-level class using different strategies and activities to motivate English language learning. Studies in English Language and Education, 3(2), 91-99.

Soika, B. (2020, April 30). How to address a wide range of skills and abilities in your classroom. USC Rossier School of Education, https://rossier.usc.edu/news-insights/news/how-address-wide-range-skills-and-abilities-your-classroom 

Sobirova, M. G. (2023). Teaching students of different levels in the same class. Web of Teachers: Inderscience Research, 1(9), 147-149.

Stich, A. N. (2018). Bringing collaboration and differentiation Into the college classroom. Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 1(1), 1-1.

Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning. (2024, December 3). Teaching students with different levels of preparation. https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/graduate-students/resources-graduate-student-teachers/teaching-students-different-levels-preparation 

S8E2 Chatting with the CTLE

Two Profs in a Pod · S8E2 Chatting with the CTLE

Tenisha and Beth chat with the team at GCC's CTLE about teaching and learning. 

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GCC Goofy Golf

CTLE

POD Conference

Wicked

S8E1 Two Profs and the Prez

Two Profs in a Pod · S8E1: Two Profs and the Prez

 In this episode, Tenisha and Beth chat with the president about GCC, Russian books, and sneakers.

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Crime and Punishment

Finding Margaret Fuller

Dracula

Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

Lonesome Dove

Glendale Community College

S7E5 What's Poppin' With Your Purpose?

Two Profs in a Pod · S7E5 What's Poppin' With Your Purpose

 

Tenisha and Beth talk with Lynn about purpose and finding your why. Listen in for a reflection-inspiring episode, and revisit your why.

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Dr. Lynn Mizzi Brysacz

Greg Boyle, SJ of Homeboy Industries

The Whole Language

Kathleen Norris,  The Cloister Walk. 

Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessings

Macrina Weidekehr, OSB  A Tree full of Angels: Seeing the Holy in the Ordinary

Jacqui Beaubien, EdD 2023 Purpose Dialogue Day speaker

Sweet Republic

Mean Girls, the musical

S7E4 Swimming Upstream with AI

Two Profs in a Pod · Swimming Upstream With AI

Beth and Tenisha share some ways they've been playing with AI. 

Track image Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash

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Chat GPT

S7E3 RSI Real Talk

Two Profs in a Pod · S7E3 RSI Real Talk

  

Your hosts, Beth and Tenisha, get real with Alisa Cooper on RSI. 

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OFAR (Open for Anti Racism)

Dept of Ed Regulations on Distance Education and Innovation

WCET Interpretation of Distance Education and RSI

Olympic Weighlifting

Cottonwood, Arizona

Arizona Treasure Hunt (My team placed 15th out of 87 teams!)

Open Ed Conference

Alisa Cooper and "Open Collaborations for Social Justice"

Tenisha coined term--"RSI Resistant"

S7E2 Podding About Podcasts

Two Profs in a Pod · S7E2 Podding About Podcasts

 

Tenisha and Beth share some of their favorite podcasts, their go-to's. Keep in mind, this is only a short and partial list. They have LOTS of favorites. 

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Strong and Lean at Any Age with Susan Niebergall

"It's Never Too Late: Beth's Story" Aug. 18, 2023

TOPCast

Ep. 59: Online Faculty Development

Ep. 37: The 6 Deadly Sins of Online Teaching

Ep. 146: Get Hands-On with AI

The School of Greatness, Lewis Howes Podcast

The Key, Inside Higher Ed Podcast

Reasonably Fit

"Cheese and Crackers"

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Carrie by Stephen King

The Five: The Untold Stories of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

S7E1 Get Yo’ Prep On

Two Profs in a Pod · S7E1 Get Yo Prep On

It's that time of year again--the start of a new semester and academic year! Tenisha and Beth talk about prep week and the ways they prepare for the start of a new semester.

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• A Liquid Syllabus
• Cross Fit

S6E6 The Woes and Whys of Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Panel Discussion

Two Profs in a Pod · The Woes and Whys of Cell Phones in the Classroom

Tenisha and Beth share a panel discussion hosted by Beth and Krysten Pampel, faculty developer at GCC.

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Policies

• Chemistry Cell Phone Policy from Christina Clark
• Cell Phone Policy Trisha Lavigne (for MCCCD Employees)

Resources Faculty Have Used to Help Students and Policy Development

• Hunter R. Boylan's book What works: Research-Based Best Practices in Developmental Education
• "The Distracting Effects of a Ringing Cell Phone: An Investigation of the Laboratory and the Classroom Setting"
• "Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity"
• "Exploring Student and Faculty Reactions to Smartphone Policies in the Classroom"
• "Students' Use of Cell Phones in Class for Off-Task Behaviors: The Indirect Impact of Instructors' Teaching Behaviors through Boredom and Students' Attitudes"
• "How to Identify and Manage Phubbing"

S6E5 Teaching in 2023: What are five things we can do to feel inspired?

Two Profs in a Pod · S6E6Teaching In 2023 What are five things we can do to feel inspired?

 

Tenisha and Beth discuss their top ways to get inspired.

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The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance by Dr. Nate Zinsser

S6E4 Teaching in 2023: What Does it Mean to Mentor?

Two Profs in a Pod · S6E4 What Does It Mean To Mentor

 

Have you had mentors who helped you at some point in your life? Have you been a mentor? Join Tenisha and Beth as they reflect on mentors and mentoring.

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• Mentor definition
• Responsive Mentoring: Supporting the Teachers All Students Deserve by Wendy Gardiner and Nina F. Weisling
• Modern Mentor: Reimagining Mentorship in Education by Suzy Books and Matthew X. Joseph

S6E3 Teaching in 2023: Am I Effective?

Two Profs in a Pod · S6E3: Am I Effective

 

In this episode, Tenisha and Beth explore the question “Am I Effective?”

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• Brookfield, S. (2017). The four lenses of critical reflection Becoming a critically reflective teacher (2nd Edn), chapter 4, pp. 61-77. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• GCC Center for Teaching, Learning, and Engagement

S6E2 OER - It's Worth It

Two Profs in a Pod · S6E2 OER Its Worth It

Tenisha and Beth talk with our OER Director Christine Jones about OER at GCC and in general. What are the conversations going on now with OER?

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• OER Commons
• OpenStax
• UNESCO Open Educational Resources
• My Mind and Me
• The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber

S6E1 We Didn't Start the FYRE

Two Profs in a Pod · S6E1: We Didn't Start The FYRE

Tenisha and Beth talk with guest Christina Clark about GCC's first-year residential experience. 

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• “Mentors and Muses: New Strategies for Academic Success”
• Faculty Mentoring : A Practical Manual for Mentors, Mentees, Administrators, and Faculty Developers
• POD Conference
• The Final Girl Support Group

S5E8 Rolling the Dice on Gamification

Two Profs in a Pod · S5 E8: Rolling the Dice on Gamification

Polly Laubach and Michael Strong join Beth and Tenisha to talk about gamification.

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Guests

• Polly Laubach
• Michael Strong

Books and Shows

• My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• WandaVision
• Game On: Gamification, Gameful Design and the Rise of Gamer Education by Kevin Bell
• "Gamified learning in higher education: A systematic review of the literature"

S5E7 Looking Inward and Sharing Outward

Two Profs in a Pod · S5 E7: Looking Inward & Sharing Outward

Tenisha and Beth discuss meaningful faculty evaluation with GCC colleagues Alisa Cooper and Kirt Shineman.

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Guests

• Alisa Cooper
• Kirt Shineman, Kirt Shineman

Research Quoted

"Faculty development program evaluation: a need to embrace complexity" by Nicolas Fernandez and Marie-Claude Audetat

Other

• "Last Words" coming soon in Text and Performance Quarterly (https://www.tandfonline.com)
• "Entanglements:  An (Auto)Ethnographic Performance of a Friend’s Divorce and the Fear of Contagion in My Marriage" coming soon in QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (https://msupress.org)

S5E6 Using Data to Guide Student Nudging

Two Profs in a Pod · S5 E6 Using Data to Guide Student Nudging

Tenisha and Beth talk with Alisa Cooper from GCC and Shelley Rodrigo from the University of Arizona about a research study they conducted using student course data to guide messaging to students. 

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Guests

• Dr. Alisa Cooper
• Dr. Shelley Rodrigo

Work from Guests

• "The Anti-Racist Discussion Pedagogy" by Alisa Cooper and others
• "Adopting an Anti-Racist Pedagogy: A Guide to Building an Anti-Racist Pedagogy in any Discipline" with Dr. Selfa Chew, Dr. Akil Houston, and Dr. Alisa Cooper
• “Balancing Institutional Demands with Effective Practice: A Lesson in Curricular & Professional Development” by Rochelle Rodrigo and Cristina Ramirez 
• “Teaching Ethically Online: Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Pre-Designed Courses (PDCs)"  (chapter) by Dev K. Bose and Rachelle Rodrigo
• “Breaking up the Buffet: Writing Teaching Online Tidbits" by Catrina Mitchum and Shelley Rodrigo 

Resources on Student Messaging

• Crafting Student Messages: Resource that came out of the research study and provides tips on messaging students.
• Sample Messages: These are actual messages that were sent by one teacher during the semester.

Colleagues Who Participated in Study

Dr. Alisa Cooper, GCC

Dr. Shelley Rodrigo, UofA

Mary Alpaugh, GCC

Holly Jacobus, GCC

Sara Walton, GCC

Mary Beth Beattie, GCC

Chris Nielson, GCC

Sherry Wangen, GCC

S5E5 PLC is the Place to Be, or The Story of One Professional Learning Community

Two Profs in a Pod · PLC is the Place to Be, or the Story of One Professional Learning Community

Tenisha and Beth talk with Amanda Murphy and Holly Jacobus about their organically grown PLC made up of colleagues all teaching a new course and what benefits that has had for students and themselves. 

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• So You've Got Your Data. Now What?: Blog post by Julie Morrison, Mary Anne Duggan, and Beth Eyres about getting course completion data.
  
  
• Creating Effective PLC's: This article goes over five key components of successful PLC's.
  
  
• The Effective Implementation of PLC's: The article discussions the role of school leaders in implementing PLC's and the improvements for both teachers and students (K-12 focused research).
  
  
• Fueling Teachers' Passion and Purpose: Article about how teacher communities can help teachers renew their love of learning.
  
  
• EdReady: "EdReady™ is a personalized college math and English readiness platform designed to help learners test their college readiness, see study options, and gain a personalized learning path to fill in knowledge gaps. EdReady™ is designed and maintained by The NROC Project, a community-guided non-profit."
  
  
• The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Learning
  
  
• TYCA West Conference: Two Year College Association regional conference