The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA


Latest Episodes

288: A Lesser-Known Amanda Gorman Gem
April 11, 2024

Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether you’re new to the show or a long-time listene

277: How Erica Used the AI PBL Project to give her Students Voice
April 09, 2024

Its never a bad thing when your classroom innovation lands you at a press conference with your states department of education! Thats what happened to todays guest, Erica Kempf. She decided to tr

276: Let All Books Count: A Tale of Two Kids
April 04, 2024

Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether youre new to the show or a long-time listene

275: Teaching SciFi & Fantasy (The Elective Series continues)
April 02, 2024

Were about to dive into an elective that combines Beowulf, The Hobbit, Ursula Leguin, graphic novels, and contemporary YA! What holds all these threads together? Thats what repeat guest and creative

274: Using Students’ Love of Youtube to our ELA Advantage
March 28, 2024

Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether youre new to the show or a long-time listene

273: First Chapter Friday: Nancy Tandon Reads
March 26, 2024

Welcome to the author spotlight series at Spark Creativity. In this series, youll hear from authors sharing their work directly into your classroom. So sit back and listen in. Today were hearing f

272: You Need to Know about this Short Story
March 21, 2024

Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether youre new to the show or a long-time listene

271: #Bookface is Well Worth a Look
March 19, 2024

You know how we feel here at Spark Creativity about Book PR. Basically it's the best. We're all about bookish posters, displays, podcasts, guest readers, First Chapter Fridays, book trailer Tuesdays,

270: Try a March Madness Poetry Bracket
March 14, 2024

Today, lets talk about March Madness, and how to harness all that awesome enthusiasm to get your students excited about poetry. Last year I worked with Melissa Alter Smith from #teachlivingpoets to c

269: Teaching Research to Digital Natives
March 12, 2024

Remember when research projects involved stacks of books and notecards? Yeah, me too. But we all know research has changed. I recently finished a couple of pedagogy books for English teachers - one by