EduTip 31: Be the first dork.

The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast

Jennifer Gonzalez

Education, Teaching, Instruction, Classroommanagement, Educationreform

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

If you want to have the kind of classroom where students do more than just sit and listen, it's likely that your plans may include activities that require some social risk-taking. One way to help your students get more comfortable taking these small social risks is for you to be the first dork, the first one to do the thing that no one else wants to do because they’re afraid of looking weird or being vulnerable.

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0:00.0	Welcome to EduTip 31, where we'll talk about the importance of teachers being dorks.
0:06.1	Edututips is a side project of the Cult of Pedicogy podcast where I share one quick idea to make
0:11.4	your teaching better. This is Jennifer Gonzalez, and I am your host. Edututip 31 is sponsored by
0:17.4	Studio. Studio is a planning tool which allows students to track and plan all of their
0:23.0	class work by estimating how much time a task will take and dividing larger tasks into smaller steps.
0:29.8	This is a valuable tool to support parent conversations and help each student plan their work and pace
0:35.8	themselves. Coaching students on better organization
0:39.0	has a direct impact on their grades as well as their long-term success. Studio offers a free plan
0:45.4	that allows students and parents to view all Google Classroom assignments and allows teachers to
0:50.9	post to Google Classroom directly from their schedule, as well as track
0:55.1	student organization. School and district plans come with added features like centralized
1:00.4	timetables, workload management, and more LMS integrations. Visit Studio.co slash pedagogy, that's
1:09.2	S-T-U-D-Y-O dot co-slash pedagogy, that's st-udy-o.co slash pedagogy to create your free account now and get your
1:16.4	students planning. Today's edutip is be the first dork. If you have or hope to have the kind of
1:24.3	classroom where students do more than just sit and listen, it's likely that
1:28.8	your plans may include activities that require some social risk-taking. For example,
1:35.5	if you would like to have class discussions, students have to be willing to say things out
1:40.4	loud in front of their peers. If everyone is too shy, then you don't have a discussion.
1:46.1	Or suppose you have come up with a song to help your students remember a set of facts in your
1:50.8	subject area. The song has some movements that go with it. This is an excellent way to help us
1:56.7	remember stuff, and it works well past elementary school. For the song to work best, your students
2:02.7	will have to stand up, sing, and do the movements. If they all feel self-conscious and no one wants to do it,
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