James Fester's guest appearances

James Fester

TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

The Burned-In Teacher Podcast with Amber Harper

Easy EdTech Podcast with Monica Burns

Lesson: Impossible - An Exploration of Educational Innovation

#CSK8 Podcast - A podcast for computer science educators

Chris Young

Tim Elmore

Dawn Pensack

Lorraine Connell

Craig Frehlich

Elena Aguilar

Jake Miller

Sam Fecich

Katelynn Giordano

Dan Jones

Stephanie DeLussey

Angela Watson

Lori Desautels

Andrew Marotta

Jen Giffen

OwlTail

MEET A RESOURCE:  The Park Based Learning Project creates free lessons and resources using project based learning, and game based design, principles. They provide ready-to-use lessons and differentiated assessments, as well as opportunities to collaborate on specific local, state, or national park-based projects. The founder and leader of the Park Based Learning Project is James Fester who is also a teacher, consultant, author, and state and national park volunteer interpreter currently living in Minnesota.   A transcript is available for this episode. Links: Parks Based Learning Website &amp; Twitter Visit a National Park (virtually)  Projects Gallery Structure of Parks Based Learning Experiences Hopewell Earthworks Project &amp; Bears Ears Project Landmark Learning Project Handbook Article: “Engaging New and Diverse Audiences in the National Parks”    For more on what innovative educators are doing around the world, check out www.lessonimpossible.com, where you can also reach out with recommendations for new guests.

MEET A RESOURCE:  The Park Based Learning Project creates free lessons and resources using project based learning, and game based design, principles. They provide ready-to-use lessons and differentiated assessments, as well as opportunities to collaborate on specific local, state, or national park-based projects. The founder and leader of the Park Based Learning Project is <a href="https://www.festeredu.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Fester</a> who is also a teacher, consultant, author, and state and national park volunteer interpreter currently living in Minnesota.   A <a href="https://www.lessonimpossible.com/james-fester-transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">transcript</a> is available for this episode. Links: <ul><li>Parks Based Learning <a href="https://www.festeredu.com/pblabout" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/parkbasedlearn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/blog/take-virtual-visit-national-park?gclid=CjwKCAjwte71BRBCEiwAU_V9h2_ShDG1XExAn1LbJbmKTjZaEnesdHRKG0NGS2dpiQJjOL_gh1dT2xoC-3kQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Visit a National Park (virtually)</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.festeredu.com/pblprojects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Projects Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D5LzXpQuT7hvZ57zT2p55tLNMvflvGqC/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Structure of Parks Based Learning Experiences</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.festeredu.com/downloads" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hopewell Earthworks Project &amp; Bears Ears Project</a></li> <li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/120syyUKWwLMhR_PPS452i8Yb0pOpmV8m/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Landmark Learning Project Handbook</a></li> <li>Article: <a href="http://www.georgewright.org/292stanfield_mccown.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Engaging New and Diverse Audiences in the National Parks”</a></li> </ul> For more on what innovative educators are doing around the world, check out <a href="http://www.lessonimpossible.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.lessonimpossible.com</a>, where you can also reach out with recommendations for new guests.

MEET A RESOURCE: James Fester of Park Based Learning

In this episode, James shares how he’s used his experience as a classroom teacher to support his wife, who is a first year teacher in an urban Charter school, dealing with many of the struggles that "burned out" teachers all over the U.S. are challenged by. He shares his perspective of what partners of teachers should know and can do in order to support the teachers in their life to prevent them from getting burned out.

In this episode, James shares how he’s used his experience as a classroom teacher to support his wife, who is a first year teacher in an urban Charter school, dealing with many of the struggles that "burned out" teachers all over the U.S. are challenged by. He shares his perspective of what partners of teachers should know and can do in order to support the teachers in their life to prevent them from getting burned out.

Ep #031- How to Support That Special Teacher in Your Life with James Fester