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Conduit Connects

Imagine a vibrant online space where unique learners and their families find belonging, support, and personalized learning experiences, no matter where they are in the world. That’s the heart of Conduit Academy’s vision and our podcast is part of this vision. And we also like reading books here too:) *Please note: often we use NotebookLM to convert Conduit Academy weekly newsletters into podcast form. This is done to ensure that this information is accessible in multiple formats for our families and wider community.

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August 2, 2025 15 mins

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Conduit Academy's model aims to minimize extraneous load through integrated and persistent digital workspaces, while dynamically managing intrinsic and germane loads via adaptive instruction and features that promote productive cognitive processing. 

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Conduit Academy uses a uniquely designed platform that has been designed to help maximize our cognitive workload.

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July 30, 2025 11 mins

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The profound impact of personalized relationships and truly "knowing" a student beyond their academic labels...this episode emphasizes genuine connection and understanding, rather than data or frameworks, as the most powerful forces in a child's growth and future success.

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Teachers usually spend lots of their own money and time decorating classrooms before school starts, making everything look perfect for their students. But this can't happen in persistent online classrooms like Conduit. Which option works better for our kids in terms of their learning? Learn more here!

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Platform matters for online learning so much more than you might imagine.  Listen to this conversation to learn more about why an intentional, permanent space makes online learning so much more powerful.

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Conduit made a conscious choice based on years of online teaching experience: we chose a platform that provides a permanent experience for our students.  Our online school is unlike any other.

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Unlike typical student excitement for summer our students were genuinely sad for classes to conclude. This unexpected emotional response highlights how Conduit, by offering personalized education and fostering a strong sense of belonging and connection, successfully serves students who struggled in conventional environments. These tears are evidence of a supportive educational model whe...

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Based on Carl Hendrick's substack article "Does Explicit Instruction Work For Students with Learning Difficulties?". He details the findings of a University of Haifa study, arguing that explicit instruction is not just helpful, but essential for students with ADHD and dyslexia, challenging the long-held beliefs against it.

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This hypothetical scenario encourages readers to reflect on how our own Earth-based educational system, which emphasizes literacy and cognitive skills, shapes our understanding of success and competence. The comparison prompts a consideration of how different innate abilities might be valued and supported in alternative systems.

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In this episode, we look at how the document camera provides a way for the teaching team at Conduit Academy to "see" their students' thinking while working online.

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May 26, 2025 8 mins

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We love the Polypad at Conduit Academy.  It provides us with so many opportunities to make math visible to our students.

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February 1, 2025 5 mins

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January 25, 2025 8 mins

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Searching for the perfect educational experience may not help you get what you need. Instead search for the right fit that aligns with you and your family.

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December 1, 2024 5 mins

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Conduit helps students work in ways that make their learning stick. We use structures such as "retrieval practice" to ensure our students are making the most of our instruction.  We also view the home environment as an important place for learning and so always look for ways to partner with home.

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November 17, 2024 11 mins

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This session explains Conduit's approach to education, emphasizing the importance of active recall for enhancing memory retention. Conduit integrates active recall techniques with personalized learning strategies based on Benjamin Bloom's "2 sigma problem," which highlights the significant learning gains achieved through tutoring. The article describes Conduit's...

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We discuss our continued implementation of science of learning in terms of how we design our learning engagements.  This week, we talk about active recall and our use of this technique with our families at home.

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November 10, 2024 4 mins

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We know that using science is key to helping our students learning stick.  We are deeply invested in what our kids truly need to become lifelong learners.

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October 26, 2024 8 mins

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Learn more about why competency education is so important to us at Conduit and how it helps our neurodiverse learners succeed!

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October 19, 2024 10 mins

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As we develop our understanding of Competency Based Education, this might be helpful to listen to - and take away the idea that CBE is using evidence not time to demonstrate learning.

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October 13, 2024 8 mins

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What if we asked who are the best teachers instead of where are the best schools? 

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