50: Bonus Edition- Interview with Jennifer Gonzalez

Jennifer Gonzalez is a National Board Certified teacher. Her twelve years of classroom experience include teaching English language arts in middle school and preparing pre-service teachers at the college level. In 2013 she started her blog, Cult of Pedagogy, where she shares effective teaching practices, curates top-notch educational resources, explores how race and culture intersect with education, and studies the effective use of technology in the classroom. She is the author of The Teacher’s Guide to Tech, co-author of Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes for Every School, and the host of The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.

Quotables

• The Oprah of Education
• Be consciously respectful of others’ experiences
• Validate thinking behind mistakes
• Mix high value information with my own personal take on things
• No one should get their hands slapped for doing things the “old way,” because the “old way” was just a few years ago
• Regular, systematic feedback
• You have to find people to spend your time with who are the kinds of teachers you want to be …. you will become like the people you surround yourself with
• Find a mentor- someone who I look up to, who has knowledge i dont have, and is willing to give me a little guidance every once in a while
• [Teaching], its such a difficult job; its not meant to be easy, and people don’t go into it because its easy, but I want to thank teachers
• Remember to stop and pay attention

Jennifer’s Stamp of Approval

• Feedly– a feed reader for blogs and websites (simiar to Bloglovin)
• The Marshall Memo– monthly digest of summaries of most significant educational research (monthly subscription)

Connect with Jennifer

• http://www.cultofpedagogy.com
• Twitter: @cultofpedagogy
• Instagram: @cultofpedagogy
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cult-of-Pedagogy-688223247861467/

 

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