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Teachers Rethinking Student Engagement

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Episode 54 - Finding our North Carolina Ave (John...

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2021/01/21

We are so excited to have John Meehan on this week! He literally wrote the book on gamification in the classroom, namely Edrenaline Rush (you can find it here). We talk about the changes he had to implement in his classroom for his game, how Star Wars changed (http://bit.ly/3qKoBtB) his life, why he chose a very different theme for his classroom game, why it was important to make a choice for your students, why North Carolina Ave is indeed a Monopoly street, and so, so much more! As always, please

00:41:24

Episode 53 - Finding Our New Season

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2021/01/14

Happy New Year! We started a new season and have a lot planned for the future! Stay tuned for more details soon! This time we talk about what we did on break and how we tried to disconnect, how to manage students on site and at home otherwise known as the dreaded hybrid-model, playing the board game Second Chance with students, and more! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and

00:29:56

Episode 52 - Finding Our Christmas Break

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/12/24

Hi Tribe! Thanks for listening this week! We are rounding out the year by talking a little bit about what we did on our final day with students, how Fabian structured his summative assessment for gamified storytelling, and more! It is a bit shorter episode this week due to the break. We will be back with our new season in January! So have a great break, recharge, sleep, do things with your families, listen to our podcast, whatever you need to do to come back refreshed in the new year! As always,

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Episode 51 - Finding our Electric City

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/12/17

Here we go, almost Christmas and we have a new episode for you! We are talking about furloughs in Hawaii, how to manage breakout room discussions, a gamified summative idea with story telling elements, how to introduce gamification language to students, and more! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and @findingmyaloha (Scott)! Or, if you are old school, send us an email at

00:42:15

Episode 50 - Finding Our 50

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/12/10

Welcome to episode 50! Wow. It's almost been a year that we started this podcast and we still have as much fun as in the beginning. And it is because of you! Yes, you! Thank you for listening and being a part of our tribe! This episode we talk about Blooket, what kind of item cards to introduce to your gamified classroom, how to easily introduce some choice elements that are not really a choice for your students, upgrades to Fabian's glide app, and so much more! As always, please join us on Twitter

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Episode 49 - Finding Our Choices

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/12/03

Hideho everyone! Thanks for joining us again this week after a little break for Thanksgiving. We are back on our regular Thursday release and have a fun episode for you! We talk about using Dr. Seuss in the Social Studies classroom, Zoom Parent Teacher Conferences, why taking a mental health day is good for you, how to provide some choice for students, and more! AND: We are now on Instagram! Check us out @findingourtribepod! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us

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Episode 48 - Finding Our Treasure Trove (Carrie...

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/11/23

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here we have an amazing treat for you this week! Carrie Baughcum (@carrie_baughcum) joins us this week to talk about gamification in the Special Education classroom. The conversation ranges from Carrie telling Scott that Fabian was right to use a leaderboard and XP in his class (I had to rub this in) to examples of which board games work in distance learning and to what advice Carrie would gave herself as a new teacher. *danger* *clickbait* The answer will surprise

00:36:16

Episode 47 - Finding Our Lead Poisoning

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/11/19

Hi everybody! Welcome back to another episode of your favorite education podcast! This week we are getting an upgrade on Scott’s room situation, why boss battles are awesome, building relationships, playing games with students on Zoom, building empathy by sharing your own feelings about the current situation with students and having serious conversations with students about their feelings, and so much more! Get into it! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us

00:35:10

Episode 46 - Finding Our Fort

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/11/12

Hey tribe! Thanks for listening! This week we talk about Scott's cleaning efforts in his classroom, reverse... no... Blind Kahoots (a way to introduce content, so dust off that account), and also conversations we had with students about why they avoid turning in work. As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and @findingmyaloha (Scott)! Or, if you are old school, send us an email at

00:42:30

Episode 45 - Finding Our Jackhammer

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/11/05

What? I can’t hear you! … What? Just kidding. This is text. Not audio. Scott’s day was interrupted by someone loudly jackhammering his door, Fabian talks about an interesting misunderstanding of assignment instructions, how he used video feedback for students, Fabian and Scott have a discussion about gamification, and so much more! An XL episode due to various interruptions that some find… funny I think is the term. As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us

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Episode 44 - Finding Our Secret

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/10/29

Hey hey hey! Thanks for joining us this week! We do have a lot we are covering, so buckle in and get ready. Scott found a bug (or a feature) in the new Google Meet Breakout Room feature, Fabian explains how he used Jamboard to have his students 'translate' standards/criteria strands so they can grade themselves, how Scott played "name that song" with his students and how it contributed to student work completion during class, a short discussion on using XP points in a gamified unit, and so much

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Episode 43 - Finding Our ... mmHmm

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/10/22

Thanks for joining us this week! We cover quite bit! Look forward to hearing about Scott's not so great week, how Google Meet is becoming more awesome with breakout room features, how Fabian started using @mmhmmapp, and something he learned at a workshop with Dr. Ernie Mendes. As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and @findingmyaloha (Scott)! Or, if you are old school, send us an email at

00:42:36

Episode 42 - Finding our Poetry

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/10/15

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by. Take a seat and settle in… this is a long one. This week we are talking about Scott’s time off (which he only mentioned about 18 times), Exploding Kittens’ Poetry for Neanderthals (on sale for $14.99 at the moment) as a review game for vocabulary, Scott’s week off and how he filled it, his week off, and his week off. Also, a blossoming book project by Scott and a podcast project Fabian is thinking about, and so much more! As always, please join us on Twitter

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Episode 41 - Finding Our Road Blocks

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/10/08

Welcome to this week’s episode! Big moving day is behind us! We are now releasing episodes on Thursdays! Tell your friends! And enemies! Just anyone. We want to grow the tribe! This week Scott and Fabian talk about why Peardeck is amazing, why it feels yucky to give students Fs and how to try and move past it (it is hard). Fabian gives @MrRoughton a shoutout and also answers some gamification questions Scott has. This epsiode is packed with info! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing

00:37:44

Episode 40 - Finding Our Mistake

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/10/08

Hi everyone! So glad you're tuning in! This episode has some stories about Scott's first real IEP meeting as a SpEd teacher, Fabian's trip to Downtown Disney, a way to kinda sorta force students to answer a Flipgrid, and a lot more! Are you excited? We know we are! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and @findingmyaloha (Scott)! Or, if you are old school, send us an email at

00:38:30

Episode 38 - Finding Our Co-Host (Jamie Halsey)

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/09/25

Wow. Just wow. That's all we can say about this episode. Jamie Halsey is back! We invited her back because she is an amazing educator, super creative, and plain fun to talk to! She was such a great sport when Fabian's internet connection started to drop (multiple times) and we still have an incredibly insightful conversation and that is all thanks to her! Give it a listen! We talk about her experiences teaching elementary school (a nice change of perspective for Fabian and Scott) and how she engages

00:38:16

Episode 39 - Finding our Coffee

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/09/18

We are alone again this week and there was a lot to talk about! We both started teaching our content 7th Grade World History for @hofmannEDU and Hawaiian History for @findingmyaloha. We talk about how much time we are spending on creating content and how distance learning makes things a lot harder; Fabian’s experience with JamBoard (finally… jeez…); Fabian finds some joy in coffee; and so much more! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our

00:39:15

Episode 37 - Finding Our Intern (Michael Matera)

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/09/11

What a blast we had with our guest Michael Matera (@MrMatera). We talked about his origin story, some tips for the classroom, and what kind of a pep talk and advice he would give himself if he started teaching now, and high end cheese powder! This episode is filled with gold that you can add to your inventory! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and @findingmyaloha (Scott)! Or, if you

00:39:28

Episode 36 - Finding Our New Students

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/09/04

Welcome back! Glad to have you! Please, make yourself at home. Here is what we are talking about today: Fabian's first week back to school with students, we talk about Fabian's Choose Your Own Adventure Story (Google Slides), some routines Scott incorporated, taking attendance ideas, a workaround for breakout rooms with Google Meet, why having lunch together as a staff is important, why parent contacts before school starts are important, and more! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing

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Episode 35 - Finding Our Way Back

Rebel Teacher Alliance ·

2020/08/28

Hi everyone! And we are back at work. Fabian started prepping for the new school year at this new school, while Scott already was able to interact with students and test out some new online classroom management ideas. In this episode we hear a little bit about what Canvas can do, a few things that Scott encountered during is first few days back with students, and so much more. Check it out! And, we sound better! Well, the sound quality is better. A little. As always, please join us on Twitter for

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