274 - Rachelle Dene Poth on Charting a New Course

<p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">The Getting Smart team is excited to be bringing you a conversation with one of their favorite teacher bloggers, Rachelle Dene Poth! Rachelle is a French, Spanish, and technology teacher and an ed-tech consultant. She’s also an attorney with a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology and leads the ISTE Teacher Education Network. In 2019, Rachelle received the ‘Making IT Happen Award’ at the annual ISTE Conference.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Rachelle has published four books on education, with her most recent being <em>Chart a New Course: A Guide to Teaching Essential Skills for Tomorrow’s World.</em> In Rachelle’s and Tom’s conversation today, they discuss Rachelle’s newest book and talk about the future for teaching and learning.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:10] About today’s episode with Rachelle Dene Poth.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:52] Tom welcomes Rachelle to the podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[1:26] Going in the way-back machine, Rachelle shares why she studied French at Penn State.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[3:33] When and why Rachelle began to study Spanish.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[4:38] Having just wrapped up her 24th year at Riverview School District, Rachelle shares some of her thoughts around how quickly time flew by.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[5:19] The origin story of how Rachelle became interested in ed-tech and why she became an ed-tech consultant.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[7:09] How Rachelle thinks of her role as a teacher and how it has evolved over the course of her 24-year career.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[9:15] Rachelle shares her go-to writing strategies and hacks.</span></p