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Edtech ThrowdownThe Educational Technology Podcast Author: Eric Guise/Nick Johnson
The Edtech Throwdown podcast (originally GotTechED the Podcast) was created in 2018 by Nick Johnson and Eric Guise with one, singular goal: to provide quality, tech-centric professional development (PD) to busy teachers on the move. As educators who have always been passionate about PD, Nick and Guise have attended and created hundreds of hours of professional learning experiences for teachers, but there has always been one problem ... time! Attending full-day workshops and conferences is difficult and stressful due to missed class time and added prep. With the Edtech Thowdown, Nick and Guise hope to provide busy teachers a way to access educational PD at their convenience. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Designing Lessons Based on Cognitive Science with Dave Snyder
Monday, 20 April, 2026
Edtech Throwdown Episode 213: Designing Lessons Based on Cognitive Science with Dave SnyderWelcome to the EdTech Throwdown. This is Episode 213 called Designing Lessons Based on Cognitive Science with Dave Snyder. In this episode we’ll talk with Mr. Dave Snyder about current research in cognitive science and how it has shaped his lessons and the overall classroom experience for his students and their learning. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.Segment 1:In today’s episode, we are talking to Dean of Academics at Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, NJ, Mr. Dave Snyder, welcome to the show! How are you doing today?Can you give everybody your quick pitch, hero’s origin story? What’s your own education? What is your teaching experience? What do you do now?Talk about our NJECC meetup our general impressions of what Dave’s sessions was all aboutDave reached out to us and asked if we could check out his session at a recent conferenceWhat was it called again?Focus was on cognitive science, which I thought I knew about, but as I am sitting and listening more, a lightbulb goes off for me as much of what you were saying resonated with my own classroom experience … having mixed results with cooperative learning, seeing students struggle through inquiry-based lessons that end with mixed results, jigsaws that fall flat for mostSegment 2:Presentation: https://setonhallprepschool-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/dsnyder_shp_org/IQAq6J9_RDJeQIhbHheNEEjpAXxbJGsNJ_DNgVMdU4GUkUU?rtime=Ox8y2DaW3kgCan you give an overview of your presentation, topic, and what brought you to feature this at a tech-themed education conference?You began with a survey question about what most affects a student's ability to learn science: 1. What they already know 2.How motivated they are 3. Their learning style 4.How interesting the material is 5.How much inquiry-based instruction (discovery learning) they have Can you explain what this illustrates about cognitive science as it pertains to the classroom?Walk people through the working memory game from slide 11. Can you explain what this illustrates about cognitive science as it pertains to the classroom?Explain the forgetting curve and how it changes with multiple reviews. What has that meant for your classroom?This seems to go against what a lot of science teachers have learned about inquiry and student-centered learning. Does it go against those practices?Role of tech?Edtech Throwdown: Vote on twitter @edtechthrowdown and under the pinned post on the profile.Segment 3: Where to Find EdTech ThrowdownDo us a few favors:Subscribe to the Edtech Throwdown PodcastApple PodcastsSpotifyAmazon PodcastsStitcher YouTube Twitter FacebookWrite us an Apple Podcast Review!Tell your friends aboutwww.edtechthrowdown.comTell your friends about the Teach Better Podcast NetworkSubscribe to our Podcast Channels and SocialsApple PodcastsSpotify YouTube Twitter (@edtechthrowdown)FacebookInstagramConnect with us on Social MediaGuise’s Social MediaTwitter(@guisegotteched)LinkedInNick’s Social MediaTwitter(@nickgotteched)Music Credits:Intro and Outro Music-American Idle - RKVCSegment Identifiers-Duck in the Alley - TrackTribeEdtech Throwdown-Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEXNeed a Presenter?
