{"podcast":{"title":"10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher","slug":"10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450","podcast_index_feed_id":835450,"rss_url":"https://10minuteteacher.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/4/5/9/24599f089ecd479216c3140a3186d450/April_2025_logo-final_-comp.png","author":"Vicki Davis","episode_count":950,"summary":"A teacher podcast for busy educators—about 10 minutes, every week. Stay current on artificial intelligence in education (plain English), edtech, and what matters in the classroom: culture, instruction, assessment, digital health and wellness, and more. Simple ideas you can use right away. Hosted by AP Computer Science teacher Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher)—author and longtime edtech blogger—this teaching podcast features best-selling teachers, researchers, and in-the-classroom administrators sharing practical strategies that connect with today's students. Follow the 10 Minute Teacher—the podcast for teachers and school leaders—for weekly, classroom-ready tips. Show notes & resources: https://coolcatteacher.com/podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:21:58.928172+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450"},"episode":{"title":"Moviemaking in the Classroom: Where Every Student Has a Story","slug":"moviemaking-in-the-classroom-where-every-student-has-a-story","published_at":"2026-06-06T23:54:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450/moviemaking-in-the-classroom-where-every-student-has-a-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450","url":"https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e938","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/10minuteteacher/938_jessica__vicki_magic_episode___jul_28_2025_10_minute_teacher_poptimized.mp3?dest-id=472433","summary":"Moviemaking in the classroom isn't the fun thing you do at the end of the year — it's how Jessica Pack gets to know her students on day one. The 2014 California Teacher of the Year and author of \"Moviemaking in the Classroom\" shares the exact projects she uses in the first two weeks of school to lift student voice, build creative confidence, and weave in generative AI the right way. You can use it now or next school year as you plan ahead this summer! I want to give you lots of ideas for what you can do in your classroom with moviemaking! In this episode, you'll learn: Two day-one projects that turn new students into whole people (using the book \"The Best Part of Me\" and the \"I Am\" poem) How to introduce generative AI through Adobe Express and build \"AI citizenship\" from the start Why growth over grades helped her long-term English learners blossom How to balance high-tech and low-tech so creativity — not the tool — stays the point A simple \"me in three\" starting point for teachers brand-new to moviemaking Full show notes, resources, and Jessica's book: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e938 If this episode gave you an idea for what you can do in your classroom, share it with a teacher friend and leave a review wherever you're listening — it helps other educators find the show. Today's show is sponsored by EF Educational Tours and their Career Readiness Tours. Lead your students on an international EF Career Readiness tour and show them what a career in fields like agriculture, hospitality, or automotive engineering could look like. Imagine your students connecting with entrepreneurs at the London School of Economics, getting a behind-the-scenes look at Toyota's manufacturing in Japan, or touring a French culinary school to see future chefs in action. If you've been tryin…","meta_description":"Moviemaking in the classroom isn't the fun thing you do at the end of the year — it's how Jessica Pack gets to know her students on day one. The 2014 Cali…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":737,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450/episodes/moviemaking-in-the-classroom-where-every-student-has-a-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450/moviemaking-in-the-classroom-where-every-student-has-a-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}