https://simplecast.com Pacific Education Pulse Are you interested in cutting-edge yet practical education-focused tips and best practices that have direct application to your work with children or youth in school or even at home? Would you like to hear education practitioners and stakeholders share their critical perspectives on topics related children’s learning and development? If so, subscribe to the Pacific Education Pulse Podcast, PacificEducationPulse.com. Each show features brief, power-packed education-focused interviews with movers and shakers who are positively impacting the field of pre-k to secondary education in Hawaii and beyond. The podcast highlights the work of local and national experts who work at the intersection of education, research, curriculum design, technology, and policy for the purpose of improving teaching and learning. en Sat, 25 Apr 2020 01:50:45 +0000 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:34:48 +0000 http://pacificeducationpulse.com/ Pacific Education Pulse https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7775d56f-3512-4db0-9035-0e2ba0c7869d/86a16ed2-3283-4f84-bff2-e80fef853dfc/3000x3000/1544731473artwork.jpg?aid=rss_feed http://pacificeducationpulse.com/ episodic Are you interested in cutting-edge yet practical education-focused tips and best practices that have direct application to your work with children or youth in school or even at home? Would you like to hear education practitioners and stakeholders share their critical perspectives on topics related children’s learning and development? If so, subscribe to the Pacific Education Pulse Podcast, PacificEducationPulse.com. Each show features brief, power-packed education-focused interviews with movers and shakers who are positively impacting the field of pre-k to secondary education in Hawaii and beyond. The podcast highlights the work of local and national experts who work at the intersection of education, research, curriculum design, technology, and policy for the purpose of improving teaching and learning. Pacific Literacy Consortium false https://feeds.simplecast.com/_7LlecfD Hugh Dunn crdgplc@hawaii.edu 103f383c-b1c1-4fad-b849-588120206266 Confronting Fake News in Classrooms: Equipping Children to Sift Factual Information from Misinformation This PEP Talk episode features Jennifer LaGarde, co-author of Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News. Tackling the issue of fake news has become a major concern for K–12 educators as they find themselves in a strategic position to help school age children navigate their way through a complex and rapidly evolving digital landscape. Students receive information from a variety of sources, but they are not equipped with the necessary skill sets to detect, decipher, and deal with the misinformation and disinformation that inundate their digital devices. Listen to LaGarde share practical strategies and skills designed to help students navigate the landscape of fake news and think critically about how they receive, evaluate, and share information. 

Jennifer LaGarde works with educators worldwide to develop innovative instructional practices. Her work around the world has been recognized by The New York Times, The American Association of School Librarians, and The Carnegie Foundation. LaGarde is also the author of the award-winning blog, The Adventures of Library Girl,  and she currently works with preservice librarians at Rutgers University.

]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2020 01:50:45 +0000 crdgplc@hawaii.edu (Hugh Dunn) http://pacificeducationpulse.com/ This PEP Talk episode features Jennifer LaGarde, co-author of Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News. Tackling the issue of fake news has become a major concern for K–12 educators as they find themselves in a strategic position to help school age children navigate their way through a complex and rapidly evolving digital landscape. Students receive information from a variety of sources, but they are not equipped with the necessary skill sets to detect, decipher, and deal with the misinformation and disinformation that inundate their digital devices. Listen to LaGarde share practical strategies and skills designed to help students navigate the landscape of fake news and think critically about how they receive, evaluate, and share information. 

Jennifer LaGarde works with educators worldwide to develop innovative instructional practices. Her work around the world has been recognized by The New York Times, The American Association of School Librarians, and The Carnegie Foundation. LaGarde is also the author of the award-winning blog, The Adventures of Library Girl,  and she currently works with preservice librarians at Rutgers University.

]]> Confronting Fake News in Classrooms: Equipping Children to Sift Factual Information from Misinformation Hugh Dunn 01:00:11 This PEP Talk episode features Jennifer LaGarde, co-author of Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News. Tackling the issue of fake news has become a major concern for K–12 educators as they find themselves in a strategic position to help school age children navigate their way through a complex and rapidly evolving digital landscape. Students receive information from a variety of sources, but they are not equipped with the necessary skill sets to detect, decipher, and deal with the misinformation and disinformation that inundate their digital devices. Listen to LaGarde share practical strategies and skills designed to help students navigate the landscape of fake news and think critically about how they receive, evaluate, and share information. This PEP Talk episode features Jennifer LaGarde, co-author of Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News. Tackling the issue of fake news has become a major concern for K–12 educators as they find themselves in a strategic position to help school age children navigate their way through a complex and rapidly evolving digital landscape. Students receive information from a variety of sources, but they are not equipped with the necessary skill sets to detect, decipher, and deal with the misinformation and disinformation that inundate their digital devices. Listen to LaGarde share practical strategies and skills designed to help students navigate the landscape of fake news and think critically about how they receive, evaluate, and share information. information, fact checking, information literacy, fake news, digital media, library, american library association, social media, 21st century skills, digital literacy, media literacy false full 7 5f565a78-39cd-493e-8a60-51dacb3a436b EP.06: Teacher Induction and Mentoring: Nurturing Hawai‘i’s Most Valuable Resource This PEP Talk episode features Keri Shimomoto, who leads the Hawai‘i Department of Education’s (HIDOE) Teacher Induction Center. This statewide professional development model is designed to orient, acclimate, and nurture new teachers in Hawai‘i. The HIDOE continues to face challenges related to recruiting and retaining high-quality public school teachers. Listen to this show to find out how the HIDOE is leveraging the Hawai‘i Teacher Induction Center to address this issue. Also, Keri highlights some of the essential components of the Hawai‘i Teacher Induction Center. In addition, you’ll hear from several other Hawai‘i educators who share their perspectives on the importance of training, retaining, mentoring, and nurturing Hawai‘i’s most valuable resource—teachers.

]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:42:30 +0000 crdgplc@hawaii.edu (Hugh Dunn) http://pacificeducationpulse.com/ This PEP Talk episode features Keri Shimomoto, who leads the Hawai‘i Department of Education’s (HIDOE) Teacher Induction Center. This statewide professional development model is designed to orient, acclimate, and nurture new teachers in Hawai‘i. The HIDOE continues to face challenges related to recruiting and retaining high-quality public school teachers. Listen to this show to find out how the HIDOE is leveraging the Hawai‘i Teacher Induction Center to address this issue. Also, Keri highlights some of the essential components of the Hawai‘i Teacher Induction Center. In addition, you’ll hear from several other Hawai‘i educators who share their perspectives on the importance of training, retaining, mentoring, and nurturing Hawai‘i’s most valuable resource—teachers.

]]> EP.06: Teacher Induction and Mentoring: Nurturing Hawai‘i’s Most Valuable Resource Hugh Dunn 00:29:17 This PEP Talk episode features Keri Shimomoto, who leads the Hawai‘i Department of Education’s (HIDOE) Teacher Induction Center. This statewide professional development model is designed to orient, acclimate, and nurture new teachers in Hawai‘i. The HIDOE continues to face challenges related to recruiting and retaining high-quality public school teachers. Listen to this show to find out how the HIDOE is leveraging the Hawai‘i Teacher Induction Center to address this issue. Also, Keri highlights some of the essential components of the Hawai‘i Teacher Induction Center. In addition, you’ll hear from several other Hawai‘i educators who share their perspectives on the importance of training, retaining, mentoring, and nurturing Hawai‘i’s most valuable resource—teachers. This PEP Talk episode features Keri Shimomoto, who leads the Hawai‘i Department of Education’s (HIDOE) Teacher Induction Center. This statewide professional development model is designed to orient, acclimate, and nurture new teachers in Hawai‘i. The HIDOE continues to face challenges related to recruiting and retaining high-quality public school teachers. Listen to this show to find out how the HIDOE is leveraging the Hawai‘i Teacher Induction Center to address this issue. Also, Keri highlights some of the essential components of the Hawai‘i Teacher Induction Center. In addition, you’ll hear from several other Hawai‘i educators who share their perspectives on the importance of training, retaining, mentoring, and nurturing Hawai‘i’s most valuable resource—teachers. false full 6 42fa9be4-44e7-4db5-85be-880c08a65b3d EP.05: Voices on the Walls: Engaging and Empowering Youth Through Visual Story Telling This PEP Talk episode features Todd Johnson, aka, Estria, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Estria Foundation. Estria is a world renowned urban art living legend. Across three decades of style writing, or what media has referred to as graffiti art, Estria has collaborated with non-profits and high profile corporations to lead a movement that centers around creating art in public spaces as a means to raise awareness of human and environmental issues.  

Estria was active in the San Francisco Bay Area during the “Golden Age Of Graffiti” and remained there to spearhead numerous initiatives combining his artistic and entrepreneurial talents to develop art programs targeting at-risk-youth.  

Within the last ten years, Estria has invested much of his efforts on working with schools throughout the state of Hawaii. In 2016, filmmaker, Tadashi Nakamura, directed and edited a full length award winning documentary titled Mele Murals, which featured Estria and a team of artists who engaged Native Hawaiian youth in a transformational experience that combined public art and indigenous traditions.  

Estria continues to engage students, teachers, and school leaders in the transformative power of visual-storytelling as evidenced by the increasing number of out-door Mele Mural art work adorning school walls and capturing student voices in a unique and powerful way. 

]]> Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:22:25 +0000 crdgplc@hawaii.edu (Hugh Dunn) http://pacificeducationpulse.com/ This PEP Talk episode features Todd Johnson, aka, Estria, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Estria Foundation. Estria is a world renowned urban art living legend. Across three decades of style writing, or what media has referred to as graffiti art, Estria has collaborated with non-profits and high profile corporations to lead a movement that centers around creating art in public spaces as a means to raise awareness of human and environmental issues.  

Estria was active in the San Francisco Bay Area during the “Golden Age Of Graffiti” and remained there to spearhead numerous initiatives combining his artistic and entrepreneurial talents to develop art programs targeting at-risk-youth.  

Within the last ten years, Estria has invested much of his efforts on working with schools throughout the state of Hawaii. In 2016, filmmaker, Tadashi Nakamura, directed and edited a full length award winning documentary titled Mele Murals, which featured Estria and a team of artists who engaged Native Hawaiian youth in a transformational experience that combined public art and indigenous traditions.  

Estria continues to engage students, teachers, and school leaders in the transformative power of visual-storytelling as evidenced by the increasing number of out-door Mele Mural art work adorning school walls and capturing student voices in a unique and powerful way. 

]]> EP.05: Voices on the Walls: Engaging and Empowering Youth Through Visual Story Telling Hugh Dunn 00:42:01 This PEP Talk episode features Todd Johnson, aka, Estria, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Estria Foundation. Estria is a world renowned urban art living legend. Across three decades of style writing, or what media has referred to as graffiti art, Estria has collaborated with non-profits and high profile corporations to lead a movement that centers around creating art in public spaces as a means to raise awareness of human and environmental issues. Estria was active in the San Francisco Bay Area during the “Golden Age Of Graffiti” and remained there to spearhead numerous initiatives combining his artistic and entrepreneurial talents to develop art programs targeting at-risk-youth. Within the last ten years, Estria has invested much of his efforts on working with schools throughout the state of Hawaii. In 2016, filmmaker, Tadashi Nakamura, directed and edited a full length award winning documentary titled Mele Murals, which featured Estria and a team of artists who engaged Native Hawaiian youth in a transformational experience that combined public art and indigenous traditions. Estria continues to engage students, teachers, and school leaders in the transformative power of visual-storytelling as evidenced by the increasing number of out-door Mele Mural art work adorning school walls and capturing student voices in a unique and powerful way. This PEP Talk episode features Todd Johnson, aka, Estria, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Estria Foundation. Estria is a world renowned urban art living legend. Across three decades of style writing, or what media has referred to as graffiti art, Estria has collaborated with non-profits and high profile corporations to lead a movement that centers around creating art in public spaces as a means to raise awareness of human and environmental issues. Estria was active in the San Francisco Bay Area during the “Golden Age Of Graffiti” and remained there to spearhead numerous initiatives combining his artistic and entrepreneurial talents to develop art programs targeting at-risk-youth. Within the last ten years, Estria has invested much of his efforts on working with schools throughout the state of Hawaii. In 2016, filmmaker, Tadashi Nakamura, directed and edited a full length award winning documentary titled Mele Murals, which featured Estria and a team of artists who engaged Native Hawaiian youth in a transformational experience that combined public art and indigenous traditions. Estria continues to engage students, teachers, and school leaders in the transformative power of visual-storytelling as evidenced by the increasing number of out-door Mele Mural art work adorning school walls and capturing student voices in a unique and powerful way. false full 5 0ef7e3ff-8061-43d2-8700-80a9dea18c6e EP.04: Rethinking Reading Instruction Using Brain Words This PEP Talk episode features author and researcher, Dr. Gene Ouellette, who shares key points in his book, Brain Words: How the Science of Reading Informs Teaching.

Dr. Ouellette is an internationally recognized researcher in reading, spelling, and the links between oral and written language. He is professor and head of the Psychology Department at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada.

]]> Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:48:22 +0000 crdgplc@hawaii.edu (Pacific Literacy Consortium) http://pacificeducationpulse.com/ This PEP Talk episode features author and researcher, Dr. Gene Ouellette, who shares key points in his book, Brain Words: How the Science of Reading Informs Teaching.

Dr. Ouellette is an internationally recognized researcher in reading, spelling, and the links between oral and written language. He is professor and head of the Psychology Department at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada.

]]> EP.04: Rethinking Reading Instruction Using Brain Words Pacific Literacy Consortium 00:38:49 This PEP Talk episode features author and researcher, Dr. Gene Ouellette, who shares key points in his book, Brain Words: How the Science of Reading Informs Teaching. Dr. Ouellette is an internationally recognized researcher in reading, spelling, and the links between oral and written language. He is professor and head of the Psychology Department at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada. This PEP Talk episode features author and researcher, Dr. Gene Ouellette, who shares key points in his book, Brain Words: How the Science of Reading Informs Teaching. Dr. Ouellette is an internationally recognized researcher in reading, spelling, and the links between oral and written language. He is professor and head of the Psychology Department at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada. brain, literacy, neuroscience, spelling, reading false full 4 0302b0a9-3c0b-43ea-81c7-d8ce8571f8b9 EP.03: The Brain Basis of Reading This PEP Talk episode features Dr. Joanna Christodoulou, who shares her research findings on the brain basis of reading. Dr. Christodoulou is the Director of the Brain, Education, and Mind (BEAM) Lab of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, where she integrates roles as developmental cognitive neuroscientist, clinician, and Associate Professor. She talks about her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, which focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading. Some of the topics she covers include the neural routes of reading, differences in neural activity associated with varying language systems, and instructional strategies that have demonstrated increased activation in specific brain regions. Dr. Christodoulou's award-winning research has been supported by organizations including the Spencer Foundation; the Fulbright Foundation; the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative at Harvard; and the National Institutes of Health.

]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 19:06:00 +0000 crdgplc@hawaii.edu (Pacific Literacy Consortium) http://pacificeducationpulse.com/ This PEP Talk episode features Dr. Joanna Christodoulou, who shares her research findings on the brain basis of reading. Dr. Christodoulou is the Director of the Brain, Education, and Mind (BEAM) Lab of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, where she integrates roles as developmental cognitive neuroscientist, clinician, and Associate Professor. She talks about her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, which focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading. Some of the topics she covers include the neural routes of reading, differences in neural activity associated with varying language systems, and instructional strategies that have demonstrated increased activation in specific brain regions. Dr. Christodoulou's award-winning research has been supported by organizations including the Spencer Foundation; the Fulbright Foundation; the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative at Harvard; and the National Institutes of Health.

]]> EP.03: The Brain Basis of Reading Pacific Literacy Consortium 00:36:53 This PEP Talk episode features Dr. Joanna Christodoulou, who shares her research findings on the brain basis of reading. Dr. Christodoulou is the Director of the Brain, Education, and Mind (BEAM) Lab of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, where she integrates roles as developmental cognitive neuroscientist, clinician, and Associate Professor. She talks about her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, which focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading. Some of the topics she covers include the neural routes of reading, differences in neural activity associated with varying language systems, and instructional strategies that have demonstrated increased activation in specific brain regions. Dr. Christodoulou's award-winning research has been supported by organizations including the Spencer Foundation; the Fulbright Foundation; the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative at Harvard; and the National Institutes of Health. This PEP Talk episode features Dr. Joanna Christodoulou, who shares her research findings on the brain basis of reading. Dr. Christodoulou is the Director of the Brain, Education, and Mind (BEAM) Lab of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, where she integrates roles as developmental cognitive neuroscientist, clinician, and Associate Professor. She talks about her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, which focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading. Some of the topics she covers include the neural routes of reading, differences in neural activity associated with varying language systems, and instructional strategies that have demonstrated increased activation in specific brain regions. Dr. Christodoulou's award-winning research has been supported by organizations including the Spencer Foundation; the Fulbright Foundation; the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative at Harvard; and the National Institutes of Health. false full 3 5c768c34-f470-4a39-a9a2-2f448fc3ee4b EP.02: Supporting Dyslexic Learners at Home and School Margaret Higa, Executive Director of the International Dyslexia Association's Hawai’i Branch, shares about her work with the Hawaii Dyslexia Association, her journey in this area of service, and resources for teachers and parents who have dyslexic learners.

]]> Sun, 3 Feb 2019 04:58:00 +0000 crdgplc@hawaii.edu (Pacific Literacy Consortium) http://pacificeducationpulse.com/ Margaret Higa, Executive Director of the International Dyslexia Association's Hawai’i Branch, shares about her work with the Hawaii Dyslexia Association, her journey in this area of service, and resources for teachers and parents who have dyslexic learners.

]]> EP.02: Supporting Dyslexic Learners at Home and School Pacific Literacy Consortium 00:39:46 Margaret Higa, Executive Director of the International Dyslexia Association's Hawai’i Branch, shares about her work with the Hawaii Dyslexia Association, her journey in this area of service, and resources for teachers and parents who have dyslexic learners. Margaret Higa, Executive Director of the International Dyslexia Association's Hawai’i Branch, shares about her work with the Hawaii Dyslexia Association, her journey in this area of service, and resources for teachers and parents who have dyslexic learners. dyslexia, specific learning disability, hida, international dyslexia association, ida false full 2 e4b6db2e-9394-4d49-a1ed-aedf6392a674 EP.01: Welcome to the Pacific Education Pulse Podcast - Trailer Are you interested in cutting-edge yet practical education-focused tips and best practices that have direct application to your work with children or youth in school or even at home? Would you like to hear education practitioners and stakeholders share their critical perspectives on topics related children’s learning and development? If so, subscribe to the Pacific Education Pulse Podcast at pacificeducationpulse.com. Each show features brief, power-packed education-focused interviews with movers and shakers who are positively impacting the field of Pre-K to secondary education in Hawaii and beyond. The podcast highlights the work of local and national experts who work at the intersection of education, research, curriculum design, technology, and policy for the purpose of improving teaching and learning.

]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:14:00 +0000 crdgplc@hawaii.edu (Pacific Literacy Consortium) http://pacificeducationpulse.com/ Are you interested in cutting-edge yet practical education-focused tips and best practices that have direct application to your work with children or youth in school or even at home? Would you like to hear education practitioners and stakeholders share their critical perspectives on topics related children’s learning and development? If so, subscribe to the Pacific Education Pulse Podcast at pacificeducationpulse.com. Each show features brief, power-packed education-focused interviews with movers and shakers who are positively impacting the field of Pre-K to secondary education in Hawaii and beyond. The podcast highlights the work of local and national experts who work at the intersection of education, research, curriculum design, technology, and policy for the purpose of improving teaching and learning.

]]> EP.01: Welcome to the Pacific Education Pulse Podcast - Trailer Pacific Literacy Consortium 00:02:08 Are you interested in cutting-edge yet practical education-focused tips and best practices that have direct application to your work with children or youth in school or even at home? Would you like to hear education practitioners and stakeholders share their critical perspectives on topics related children’s learning and development? If so, subscribe to the Pacific Education Pulse Podcast at pacificeducationpulse.com. Each show features brief, power-packed education-focused interviews with movers and shakers who are positively impacting the field of Pre-K to secondary education in Hawaii and beyond. The podcast highlights the work of local and national experts who work at the intersection of education, research, curriculum design, technology, and policy for the purpose of improving teaching and learning. Are you interested in cutting-edge yet practical education-focused tips and best practices that have direct application to your work with children or youth in school or even at home? Would you like to hear education practitioners and stakeholders share their critical perspectives on topics related children’s learning and development? If so, subscribe to the Pacific Education Pulse Podcast at pacificeducationpulse.com. Each show features brief, power-packed education-focused interviews with movers and shakers who are positively impacting the field of Pre-K to secondary education in Hawaii and beyond. The podcast highlights the work of local and national experts who work at the intersection of education, research, curriculum design, technology, and policy for the purpose of improving teaching and learning. false trailer 0