At Listenwise we are focused on bringing high-quality audio to students and supporting teachers with lessons, but there are also plenty of great high-quality podcasts for teachers!
No time to attend conferences? No funding to get great PD? Need inspiration and new ideas for this school year? Podcasts are a great way to get some PD time in, especially ones made for rockstars like you by other rockstar teachers. Here are some we recommend listening to:
Tim and Scott Bedley – The Bedley Bros Podcast
With over 45 years of experience in the classroom and 4+ years podcasting, Brothers Tim Bedley and Scott Bedley host an educational talk show @BedleyBros focused on best practices in the classroom, with innovative leaders in education.
Don’t miss their back-to-school episodes, or their interview with our CEO and Founder, Monica Brady-Myerov on September 23, 2017.
Jennifer Gonzalez – The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast
Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy has seven years of experience as a middle school language arts teacher. She created The Cult of Pedagogy site as a vibrant, encouraging, stimulating community of teachers, supporting each other toward excellence. Cult of Pedagogy is run by a team of educators committed to making you more awesome in the classroom and has a wealth of resources in blog posts and podcasts.
Don’t miss her podcast episode with our CEO and Founder, Monica Brady-Myerov on May 15, 2016.
Vicki Davis – 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher is a full-time classroom teacher in Camilla, Georgia. She is an edtech blogger/influencer, author, and podcaster and she hosts and self-produces the 10-Minute Teacher show at her site Cool Cat Teacher. Vicki also hosted Every Classroom Matters for three years with BAM Radio.
Don’t miss her Every Classroom Matters podcast episode with our CEO and Founder, Monica Brady-Myerov on podcasting in the classroom.
Ryan O’Donnell and Brian Briggs – Check This Out Podcast
Brian @bribriggs is a Director of Innovation & Technology in California. Ryan @creativeedtech is a Tech TOSA in California and a former high school social studies teacher. Ryan and Brian have great discussions on all things technology and edtech on their podcast “Check this Out”. Check out their recent episode!
Angela Watson – Truth for Teachers Podcast
With 11 years of classroom experience and 7 years experience as an instructional coach, Angela continues to create resources that make teaching more effective, efficient, and enjoyable. Her podcast, Truth for Teachers is on her Cornerstone for Teachers site and is consistently ranked in the top ten K-12 podcasts on iTunes. We were excited to collaborate with her last year!
Chris Nesi – The House of #Edtech
The House of #EdTech podcast explores how technology is changing the way teachers teach and the impact that technology is having in education. Host Chris Nesi discusses how technology is changing our classrooms and schools and shares stories from teachers and school leaders.
These are all great shows! Also, Gretchen Bridgers Always a Lesson is a phenomenal pick-me-up on Monday morning.
And Planning Period Podcast for teachers having real conversations. 😉 lol
Do I have permissions to share this post if appropriately linked/credited? Also, do you have any suggestions for podcasts/bloggers geared more towards higher ed? Thanks!
Hi Chris, Feel free to post this blog if you link and credit us. We’ll look into compiling a podcast blog geared towards higher ed. There was a great twitter chat this past week on podcasting at #MichEd that you could check out for podcast suggestions as well.