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If it relates to education and matters to you, we're talking about it on our podcasts. Unpacking Education shares in-depth conversations each Wednesday on timely topics with guests who share their expertise and experience—from teaching strategies, to educational technology, to equitable access to future-driven skills for all students. Tune in every Tuesday for a new Tech Talk For Teachers. 5 minutes jam-packed with practical and actionable tech integration strategies and tool tips you can immediately apply in your classroom.

Unpacking Education & Tech Talk For Teachers

Using AI For First Line Tech Integration Support

Transforming School Culture, with Dr. Anthony Muhammad

In today’s episode, we'll explore how you can use generative AI as a tech support assistant in your K–12 classroom. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Using AI as Your Tech Support Assistant

In this episode, we’re joined by educator and edtech leader Scott Nunes, whose career has spanned teaching, district leadership, and influential roles with companies like Canva and PowerSchool.

Scott shares key insights on the skills students need to thrive in today’s evolving world, including communication, teamwork, networking, and authenticity. From the importance of soft skills to the role of AI in both teaching and learning, this conversation offers practical takeaways for educators seeking to empower future-ready learners.

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Preparing Students for the Real World, with Scott Nunes

In today’s episode, we'll explore how to use the AI coding feature in Canva to facilitate a problem-solving experience in your classroom. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Coding with Canva: A Six Step Problem Solving Experience

Teaching Is Emotional, with Diane Manser

In today’s episode, we'll explore Learn Your Way, an AI powered learning project from Google Labs. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

A Glimpse Into the Future with Learn Your Way from Google Labs

Teach Like a Pirate, with Dave Burgess

In today’s episode, we'll explore how to increase efficiency using the features and functionality of Google Document Tabs. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Google Document Tabs

When schools focus on what’s working and align around a shared vision, transformation becomes possible.

In this final installment in our National Principals Month series, Principal David Shaffer of Port Salerno Elementary shares how the AVID program has impacted his leadership and his school by providing structure, focus, and identity. 

David Shaffer and his team have used AVID not just as a program, but as a foundation for building schoolwide coherence and student agency. From “WICOR Wednesdays” to student-led collaboration, AVID structures help shift the cognitive load from teachers to students—giving learners ownership of their path and purpose.

At the heart of it all is a community-driven approach. As David explains, “It really takes that community to create the system.” His team’s grassroots efforts have improved academic outcomes and reshaped how students advocate for themselves—even long after they leave elementary school. This episode is a blueprint for schools seeking to embed AVID into their DNA while staying rooted in their local context and strengths.

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Lessons from an Elementary Principal, with David Shaffer

We finish our conversation about empowering students with Dr. John Spencer by discussing a few more sections of the book, Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning. We then expand our conversation to design thinking and the importance of creativity by digging into his previous book, LAUNCH: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student.

Dr. Spencer talks about the value of using the LAUNCH process to stimulate creativity and develop problem-solving skills. He says, “In a world of artificial intelligence, and automation, and all these trends that we’re seeing, creativity becomes, I think, the most essential skill.”

If you missed our initial episode with Dr. Spencer, be sure to go back and listen to the beginning of this insightful conversation about empowering students. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more and access additional, free resources.

The Power of Empowering Students, with Dr. John Spencer (Part 2)

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