Rooted in Language Podcast

S2E6: Instructional Conversation with Jodi Weber

The Rooted Crew is joined again by Jodi Weber from University of Georgia. They finish up this season of Deep Learning by discussing Jodi's work with Instructional Conversation. Listen in to learn about the importance of conversation in learning and how creating a product is the key to deep comprehension and life-long love of learning!

S2E5: Help Students Own their Writing

Rita and Claire continue the Season 2 deep learning discussion with a student story! Rita tells the efforts and results from one of her students as he moves through learning high level writing. Successful writing is based in carefully practiced skills and deep understanding of the writing process--understanding that only comes from ongoing experience with explicit guidance. As educators, it is our job to guide students using shared writing strategies. Rita and Claire talk about how to provide perspective and approaches that inspire deep learning and deep understanding.
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S2E4: No One Learns to Swim by Floating on a Raft, Either

Join the whole Rooted Crew while they discuss some of their experiences with failure. They embrace and power and impact of failure and how to keep it productive, not destructive. Every failure has potential and the Rooted Crew talks about how to capitalize on those to use them for good.
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S2E3: Hail To The Hero Educators

The Rooted Crew kicks off the new year with Season 2, Episode 3. It is a time of reflection and thought, and a perfect opportunity for some self analysis. Rita tells her own personal story as she moves through a series of reflection questions meant to guide educator success.

S2E2: An Introduction To Deep Learning

Join the Rooted Crew for an introductory discussion on the importance of deep learning. Discover more what it means to achieve deep learning in your education!
We focus on finding the right process, rather than the right program. Our goal is to provide real and relevant education for our students so that they can truly experience success in all they do. Listen to the next episode of Season 2 to learn more about this vital piece.
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S2E1: Connecting Art To Language Arts

Claire and Tracy sit down to talk about the power of adding art to your language arts. They discuss the importance of bringing visual arts into any part of your child's learning and how creating art increases analytical skill, deep learning, and life-long confidence. They also explore some explicit ways that art can enhance analysis and increase writing.
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S1E6: Rooted in Effective Teaching

Rita Cevasco sits down again with her sister and colleague, Jodi Weber. Jodi works at the University of Georgia, teaching effective learning strategies for teachers. Her work and conversation with Rita revolves around creating effective learning in a classroom or home environment. Listen in as they share research and discuss great strategies, ideas, and insights into how to inspire curiosity, encourage discovery, and build life-long learners in our students.

S1E5: Rooted in Learning

Rita sits down with Julie Bogart from Brave Writer to talk about the "skill, will, and thrill" of learning. They discuss strategies and philosophies for approaching teaching—even (and especially) in the face of failure. They talk about the places where Rooted in Language and Brave Writer align and support each other, all in an effort to better the parent/educator's ability to help their students!

S1E4: Rooted In Conversation

Rita sits down with her colleague, friend, and sister Jodi Weber to discuss how much conversation can impact effective learning. Jodi has worked in the public school sector for many years and trains teachers to be more effective in the classroom. In tandem with Rita's experience teaching struggling readers and writers, together they discuss the importance of building a relationship and inspiring meaningful conversation to encourage real, continued learning.

S1E3: Rooted in Place

Rita, Tracy, Moira, and Claire discuss the later chapters of Trees in The Forest: Growing Readers and Writers through Deep Comprehension. They go through the benefits of reading children's books and discussing a "feeling of place" with your students/children.
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