July 9, 2024 • 13 mins
In this episode, host Lindsay Persohn shares reflections on Season 4, a preview of Season 5, updates on the team's research around scholarly podcasting, and gratitude for support and collaborations with team members.
Stay connected with us on social media for the latest updates. Thank you for being part of our Classroom Caffeine community, and we can’t wait to share Season Five with you!
Link to scholarly podcast multiple case study article mentioned in this episode:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10755-024-09704-w?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20240328&utm_content=10.1007/s10755-024-09704-w
Link to PodClub flyer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eZcL0x-n5suKE5THAX_7S8cbU5GTtJDy/view?usp=sharing
Connect with Classroom Caffeine at www.classroomcaffeine.com or on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Education research has a problem.
The work of brilliant educationresearchers often doesn't reach
the practice of brilliantteachers.
Classroom Caffeine is here tohelp.
In each episode, I talk with atop education researcher or
expert educator about what theyhave learned from their research
(00:31):
and experiences.
So pour a cup of your favoritedrink and join me, your host,
lindsay Persaud, for ClassroomCaffeine research to energize
your teaching practice.
Hello Classroom Caffeinelisteners.
This is one of those episodeswhere it's just me wrapping up
(00:54):
season four and looking ahead toseason five of the show.
Season four included episodesfrom Stephanie Lemley, robert
Patron, katherine Compton-Lilley, pamela Mason, elena Forzani,
michael Spikes, hiller Spires,brad Robinson, emily Lemieux,
tiffany Boyd, christina Dobbsand Meg Jones.
(01:14):
One strong theme in season fourwas an expansion of how we
might think of literacies.
I talked with guests aboutdisciplinary literacies,
including areas likeagricultural literacies, media
literacies, climate literaciesand artificial intelligence.
We talked about approaches toliteracy and, in particular,
(01:35):
re-examining how a diverse rangeof literacies are valued, or,
maybe more appropriately,undervalued, in schools.
We talked about these things incritical and inclusive ways.
Members of the team, includingStephanie Branson and Leah
Berger, presented with me at theLiteracy Research Association
Conference in Atlanta, georgia,and due to weather delays.
(01:57):
I did not make it to theAmerican Educational Research
Association Conference inPhiladelphia, pennsylvania, but
Leah and Stephanie bothrepresented the show very well
at our sessions there.
Most recently, leah and Ipresented the brand new EPOD or
Education Podcasting Conferencein London, england.
(02:18):
There we were able to connectwith a really diverse group of
scholars and practitioners whoare largely from fields like
broadcasting and evenadvertising, as well as, of
course, higher education.
This year our team has publisheda multiple case study of
podcasting, and particularlyscholarly podcasting in
(02:41):
innovative higher education.
We'll post a link to that openaccess publication in the show
notes.
Stephanie and I also have asingle case study of classroom
caffeine that is currently inpress with Publishing Research
Quarterly.
Once that is available and inprint, we will put that on our
publications page as well.
Stephanie and I also have ascoping review of scholarly
(03:04):
podcasting that's currently inpeer review.
Leah and I are finishing up acontent analysis of past
Classroom Caffeine episodes andwhat I think we're learning from
this is that there are somereally significant messages that
come from the field of literacyresearch that are not always
(03:25):
informing the world of politicsaround education and sending
many messages about what ispositive and most productive in
instruction.
We have a couple other thingsin the works that are in the
peer review process right nowthat are in the peer review
(03:47):
process.
Right now we have a manuscriptrelated to our pilot iteration
of our pod clubs, as well as achapter that we are drafting to
submit for the EPOD conferenceproceedings book.
Speaking of pod clubs, we willbe hosting a virtual pod club
beginning in late August.
This will happen online livesynchronously every other
(04:07):
Wednesday evening, eastern.
So a pod club is a lot like abook club, except rather than a
print text as the shared textfor those conversations, we will
be using podcast episodes.
We want to facilitateinterest-driven and tailored
professional learning forteachers through podcasts as the
shared texts.
So if you or someone you knowmight be interested in
(04:31):
participating in our virtual podclubs, we'll post the flyer in
the show notes.
Follow our social media page,where we will post updates about
our pod clubs as well about ourpod clubs as well.
Our upcoming virtual pod clubsare partially sponsored by the
University of South FloridaDavid C Anshun Center for the
Advancement of Teaching.
(04:51):
We are very grateful to theAnshun Center for their support
in coordinating our virtual podclubs, promoting them as well as
providing some financialsupport, we are also using our
pod club work as a foundationfor reorganizing our website
into self-directed andself-paced micro professional
(05:14):
learning opportunities, so staytuned for that.
I also want to express mygratitude for philanthropic
support through the Universityof South Florida's Women in
Leadership and Philanthropy.
University of South Florida'sWomen in Leadership and
Philanthropy.
Last year, I think, I sharedwith you that I was awarded
their Dr Kathleen Moore FacultyExcellence Award.
(05:35):
The funding that came with thataward we used to employ Abaya
Valuru, who became our marketingspecialist for the show.
She is the reason why we have abranded presence now on
Instagram and Facebook.
She also developed ournewsletter known as the Espresso
Shot.
You can subscribe for thenewsletter through our website
(05:59):
and, of course, you're alwayswelcome to follow us on
Instagram and Facebook.
We're also grateful to theUniversity of South Florida
Sarasota Manatee Campus Officeof Research for partial seed
funding for the Pod Club pilot,as well as the multiple case
study that was recentlypublished in Innovative Higher
Education.
I would be remiss if I did notexpress my gratitude to the USF
(06:21):
College of Education forsupporting Leah's work on this
show and several well, maybemany other collaborative
projects.
One of my goals is to alwaysoffer Classroom Caffeine without
paywalls or advertisements.
So production costs for theshow, including our podcast
hosting website, buzzsprout, andour website hosting, which is
(06:43):
through Squarespace, as well asthe web domain name fees, are
all funded by me personally, andthat, again, is to keep you,
our listeners, from ever havingto pay to hear from the
exceptional scholars in thefield of literacy that are
featured on the show.
So what's coming up in seasonfive?
We have several returningguests who continue to do really
(07:06):
influential work in the field,and we'll also hear from voices
that are possibly familiar fromother venues.
So you'll hear from Rob Tierneyand David Pearson.
In fact, they will kick us offin our first episode with a
conversation about a recentpublication that they wrote in
response to conversations aroundthe science of reading.
(07:27):
We also have Margaret Vaughnand Dixie Massey coming for a
returning episode about some newwork that they're producing
together, and you'll also hearfrom Jennifer Saravallo.
You will also hear from guestslike the book whisperer herself,
donalyn Miller, as well asDonna Scanlon, who has done a
lot of work in the area ofsupporting students with reading
(07:49):
difficulties and dyslexia.
We'll feature Diana Townsend,who talks about word knowledge
and vocabulary for a very wideaudience of students, and we
have Dr Mary Ellen Vogt, who hasbeen in the field of literacy
for decades.
She's a member of the ReadingHall of Fame and shares just a
really wonderful conversationabout her work.
(08:11):
So, while it won't be the onlytopic of conversation, many of
season five episodes do focus onunderstanding the current
debates around the science ofreading.
Guests offer research findings,experiences and advice to help
contextualize the current swingin the instructional and
political pendulum.
I hope you'll tune in and talkabout the show with your
(08:33):
colleagues and others who areinterested in literacy and
literacy education.
So, as always, I want to extendmy sincerest thanks and
appreciation to the ClassroomCaffeine team.
Leah Berger is a doctoralstudent in literacy studies and
I call her research assistantextraordinaire, who supports
research and production of theshow, as well as many other
(08:56):
projects.
I'm forever grateful to DrStephanie Branson, who is an
assistant professor of literacystudies at Northern Arizona
University, for her continuouswebsite development and updates.
And, of course, I am gratefulto Leah, stephanie and Kristen
Guerin, who's a doctoralcandidate and research assistant
in literacy studies at USF, fortheir research collaborations.
(09:20):
The show probably would nothave gotten off the ground
without Dr Chaba Oshaf, who isan assistant professor of
instruction at the University ofSouth Florida.
He's also the host and producerof Pilgrim, of the Metaverse
and Spearheads so many othercool projects.
I want to extend my thanks toAbaya Valuru, who is a master's
(09:41):
student in marketing in theMooma College of Business, for
working diligently as ourmarketing support for Classroom
Caffeine.
I'm also grateful to a largerteam of podcasters and
researchers, particularly ourresearch assistant and doctoral
student in anthropology at theUniversity of South Florida.
Emma Abel Selby, who has kept acouple of large projects moving
(10:04):
along in big collaborationswith folks like Dr Raina LaTorno
, who's the director of theFlorida Center for Nursing and
assistant professor in theCollege of Nursing at USF.
She's also the creator and hostof Frontline Nursing.
Jessica Semprich, who is theUniversity Academic Affairs
Librarian for the USF SarasotaManatee campus and also a
(10:25):
doctoral candidate in theCollege of Education.
Tom Wolfe, who's editor inchief of University
Communications and MarketingDepartment at USF, as well as a
host of Inside USF podcast.
Matt Torrance, associatelibrarian for the School of
Geosciences, college of MarineScience and the Patel College of
Global Sustainability, and alsothe host of the Calling Earth
(10:46):
podcast.
Jason Bozar, who's our digitalscholarship and publishing
librarian at the University ofSouth Florida.
Bozar, who's our digitalscholarship and publishing
librarian at the University ofSouth Florida.
Allison Semulevich, who is anacademic affairs librarian at
the University of South Floridaand also the co-host of the
podcast Faculty on Tap.
And Audrey Holtzman, directorof Marketing for the College of
Nursing and the producer ofTrailblazing Nursing hosted by
(11:09):
College of Nursing Dean Dr UshaMenon.
I want to invite you, ourlisteners, to engage with us on
social media.
Specifically, our Instagrampresence has improved
tremendously with the support ofAbaya and our Classroom
Caffeine Facebook page.
Follow us there, as well asTwitter at Classroom Caffeine.
(11:31):
And, of course, I want to thankyou, our listeners, for making
this show a success.
Season five saw severallandmark occasions.
We currently have more than25,000 downloads for the show
and it has been heard in over100 countries around the world.
So thank you for listening,thank you for talking about what
(11:54):
you hear and thank you for thework that you do with children
every day.
Stay tuned.
We look forward to engagingwith you during season five For
the good of all students.
Classroom Caffeine aims toenergize education, research and
practice.
If this show gives you thingsto think about, help us spread
(12:15):
the word.
Talk to your colleagues andeducator friends about what you
hear.
You can support the show bysubscribing, liking and
reviewing this podcast throughyour podcast provider.
Visit classroomcaffeinecom,where you can subscribe to
receive our short monthlynewsletter, the Espresso Shot.
On our website, you can alsolearn more about each guest,
(12:38):
find transcripts for ourepisodes, explore topics using
our drop-down menu of tags,request an episode topic or
potential guest.
Support our research throughour listener survey or learn
more about the research we'redoing on our publications page.
Connect with us on social mediathrough Instagram, facebook and
Twitter.
We would love to hear from you.
(12:59):
Special thanks to the ClassroomCaffeine team Leah Berger,
abaya Valuru, stephanie Bransonand Shaba Oshfath.
As always, I raise my mug toyou teachers.
Thanks for joining me.
Education research has a problem.
The work of brilliant educationresearchers often doesn't reach
the practice of brilliantteachers.
Classroom Caffeine is here tohelp.
In each episode, I talk with atop education researcher or
expert educator about what theyhave learned from their research
(00:31):
and experiences.
So pour a cup of your favoritedrink and join me, your host,
lindsay Persaud, for ClassroomCaffeine research to energize
your teaching practice.
Hello Classroom Caffeinelisteners.
This is one of those episodeswhere it's just me wrapping up
(00:54):
season four and looking ahead toseason five of the show.
Season four included episodesfrom Stephanie Lemley, robert
Patron, katherine Compton-Lilley, pamela Mason, elena Forzani,
michael Spikes, hiller Spires,brad Robinson, emily Lemieux,
tiffany Boyd, christina Dobbsand Meg Jones.
(01:14):
One strong theme in season fourwas an expansion of how we
might think of literacies.
I talked with guests aboutdisciplinary literacies,
including areas likeagricultural literacies, media
literacies, climate literaciesand artificial intelligence.
We talked about approaches toliteracy and, in particular,
(01:35):
re-examining how a diverse rangeof literacies are valued, or,
maybe more appropriately,undervalued, in schools.
We talked about these things incritical and inclusive ways.
Members of the team, includingStephanie Branson and Leah
Berger, presented with me at theLiteracy Research Association
Conference in Atlanta, georgia,and due to weather delays.
(01:57):
I did not make it to theAmerican Educational Research
Association Conference inPhiladelphia, pennsylvania, but
Leah and Stephanie bothrepresented the show very well
at our sessions there.
Most recently, leah and Ipresented the brand new EPOD or
Education Podcasting Conferencein London, england.
(02:18):
There we were able to connectwith a really diverse group of
scholars and practitioners whoare largely from fields like
broadcasting and evenadvertising, as well as, of
course, higher education.
This year our team has publisheda multiple case study of
podcasting, and particularlyscholarly podcasting in
(02:41):
innovative higher education.
We'll post a link to that openaccess publication in the show
notes.
Stephanie and I also have asingle case study of classroom
caffeine that is currently inpress with Publishing Research
Quarterly.
Once that is available and inprint, we will put that on our
publications page as well.
Stephanie and I also have ascoping review of scholarly
(03:04):
podcasting that's currently inpeer review.
Leah and I are finishing up acontent analysis of past
Classroom Caffeine episodes andwhat I think we're learning from
this is that there are somereally significant messages that
come from the field of literacyresearch that are not always
(03:25):
informing the world of politicsaround education and sending
many messages about what ispositive and most productive in
instruction.
We have a couple other thingsin the works that are in the
peer review process right nowthat are in the peer review
(03:47):
process.
Right now we have a manuscriptrelated to our pilot iteration
of our pod clubs, as well as achapter that we are drafting to
submit for the EPOD conferenceproceedings book.
Speaking of pod clubs, we willbe hosting a virtual pod club
beginning in late August.
This will happen online livesynchronously every other
(04:07):
Wednesday evening, eastern.
So a pod club is a lot like abook club, except rather than a
print text as the shared textfor those conversations, we will
be using podcast episodes.
We want to facilitateinterest-driven and tailored
professional learning forteachers through podcasts as the
shared texts.
So if you or someone you knowmight be interested in
(04:31):
participating in our virtual podclubs, we'll post the flyer in
the show notes.
Follow our social media page,where we will post updates about
our pod clubs as well about ourpod clubs as well.
Our upcoming virtual pod clubsare partially sponsored by the
University of South FloridaDavid C Anshun Center for the
Advancement of Teaching.
(04:51):
We are very grateful to theAnshun Center for their support
in coordinating our virtual podclubs, promoting them as well as
providing some financialsupport, we are also using our
pod club work as a foundationfor reorganizing our website
into self-directed andself-paced micro professional
(05:14):
learning opportunities, so staytuned for that.
I also want to express mygratitude for philanthropic
support through the Universityof South Florida's Women in
Leadership and Philanthropy.
University of South Florida'sWomen in Leadership and
Philanthropy.
Last year, I think, I sharedwith you that I was awarded
their Dr Kathleen Moore FacultyExcellence Award.
(05:35):
The funding that came with thataward we used to employ Abaya
Valuru, who became our marketingspecialist for the show.
She is the reason why we have abranded presence now on
Instagram and Facebook.
She also developed ournewsletter known as the Espresso
Shot.
You can subscribe for thenewsletter through our website
(05:59):
and, of course, you're alwayswelcome to follow us on
Instagram and Facebook.
We're also grateful to theUniversity of South Florida
Sarasota Manatee Campus Officeof Research for partial seed
funding for the Pod Club pilot,as well as the multiple case
study that was recentlypublished in Innovative Higher
Education.
I would be remiss if I did notexpress my gratitude to the USF
(06:21):
College of Education forsupporting Leah's work on this
show and several well, maybemany other collaborative
projects.
One of my goals is to alwaysoffer Classroom Caffeine without
paywalls or advertisements.
So production costs for theshow, including our podcast
hosting website, buzzsprout, andour website hosting, which is
(06:43):
through Squarespace, as well asthe web domain name fees, are
all funded by me personally, andthat, again, is to keep you,
our listeners, from ever havingto pay to hear from the
exceptional scholars in thefield of literacy that are
featured on the show.
So what's coming up in seasonfive?
We have several returningguests who continue to do really
(07:06):
influential work in the field,and we'll also hear from voices
that are possibly familiar fromother venues.
So you'll hear from Rob Tierneyand David Pearson.
In fact, they will kick us offin our first episode with a
conversation about a recentpublication that they wrote in
response to conversations aroundthe science of reading.
(07:27):
We also have Margaret Vaughnand Dixie Massey coming for a
returning episode about some newwork that they're producing
together, and you'll also hearfrom Jennifer Saravallo.
You will also hear from guestslike the book whisperer herself,
donalyn Miller, as well asDonna Scanlon, who has done a
lot of work in the area ofsupporting students with reading
(07:49):
difficulties and dyslexia.
We'll feature Diana Townsend,who talks about word knowledge
and vocabulary for a very wideaudience of students, and we
have Dr Mary Ellen Vogt, who hasbeen in the field of literacy
for decades.
She's a member of the ReadingHall of Fame and shares just a
really wonderful conversationabout her work.
(08:11):
So, while it won't be the onlytopic of conversation, many of
season five episodes do focus onunderstanding the current
debates around the science ofreading.
Guests offer research findings,experiences and advice to help
contextualize the current swingin the instructional and
political pendulum.
I hope you'll tune in and talkabout the show with your
(08:33):
colleagues and others who areinterested in literacy and
literacy education.
So, as always, I want to extendmy sincerest thanks and
appreciation to the ClassroomCaffeine team.
Leah Berger is a doctoralstudent in literacy studies and
I call her research assistantextraordinaire, who supports
research and production of theshow, as well as many other
(08:56):
projects.
I'm forever grateful to DrStephanie Branson, who is an
assistant professor of literacystudies at Northern Arizona
University, for her continuouswebsite development and updates.
And, of course, I am gratefulto Leah, stephanie and Kristen
Guerin, who's a doctoralcandidate and research assistant
in literacy studies at USF, fortheir research collaborations.
(09:20):
The show probably would nothave gotten off the ground
without Dr Chaba Oshaf, who isan assistant professor of
instruction at the University ofSouth Florida.
He's also the host and producerof Pilgrim, of the Metaverse
and Spearheads so many othercool projects.
I want to extend my thanks toAbaya Valuru, who is a master's
(09:41):
student in marketing in theMooma College of Business, for
working diligently as ourmarketing support for Classroom
Caffeine.
I'm also grateful to a largerteam of podcasters and
researchers, particularly ourresearch assistant and doctoral
student in anthropology at theUniversity of South Florida.
Emma Abel Selby, who has kept acouple of large projects moving
(10:04):
along in big collaborationswith folks like Dr Raina LaTorno
, who's the director of theFlorida Center for Nursing and
assistant professor in theCollege of Nursing at USF.
She's also the creator and hostof Frontline Nursing.
Jessica Semprich, who is theUniversity Academic Affairs
Librarian for the USF SarasotaManatee campus and also a
(10:25):
doctoral candidate in theCollege of Education.
Tom Wolfe, who's editor inchief of University
Communications and MarketingDepartment at USF, as well as a
host of Inside USF podcast.
Matt Torrance, associatelibrarian for the School of
Geosciences, college of MarineScience and the Patel College of
Global Sustainability, and alsothe host of the Calling Earth
(10:46):
podcast.
Jason Bozar, who's our digitalscholarship and publishing
librarian at the University ofSouth Florida.
Bozar, who's our digitalscholarship and publishing
librarian at the University ofSouth Florida.
Allison Semulevich, who is anacademic affairs librarian at
the University of South Floridaand also the co-host of the
podcast Faculty on Tap.
And Audrey Holtzman, directorof Marketing for the College of
Nursing and the producer ofTrailblazing Nursing hosted by
(11:09):
College of Nursing Dean Dr UshaMenon.
I want to invite you, ourlisteners, to engage with us on
social media.
Specifically, our Instagrampresence has improved
tremendously with the support ofAbaya and our Classroom
Caffeine Facebook page.
Follow us there, as well asTwitter at Classroom Caffeine.
(11:31):
And, of course, I want to thankyou, our listeners, for making
this show a success.
Season five saw severallandmark occasions.
We currently have more than25,000 downloads for the show
and it has been heard in over100 countries around the world.
So thank you for listening,thank you for talking about what
(11:54):
you hear and thank you for thework that you do with children
every day.
Stay tuned.
We look forward to engagingwith you during season five For
the good of all students.
Classroom Caffeine aims toenergize education, research and
practice.
If this show gives you thingsto think about, help us spread
(12:15):
the word.
Talk to your colleagues andeducator friends about what you
hear.
You can support the show bysubscribing, liking and
reviewing this podcast throughyour podcast provider.
Visit classroomcaffeinecom,where you can subscribe to
receive our short monthlynewsletter, the Espresso Shot.
On our website, you can alsolearn more about each guest,
(12:38):
find transcripts for ourepisodes, explore topics using
our drop-down menu of tags,request an episode topic or
potential guest.
Support our research throughour listener survey or learn
more about the research we'redoing on our publications page.
Connect with us on social mediathrough Instagram, facebook and
Twitter.
We would love to hear from you.
(12:59):
Special thanks to the ClassroomCaffeine team Leah Berger,
abaya Valuru, stephanie Bransonand Shaba Oshfath.
As always, I raise my mug toyou teachers.
Thanks for joining me.
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