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The Classroom Collaborative Podcast

The Classroom Collaborative Podcast

The Classroom Collaborative Podcast

In today's episode of the Classroom Collaborative Podcast, Deedee and Adam sit down with the creative genius that is Jerry Kolber!

Jerry is the co-founder and CEO of edutainment company Atomic Entertainment Group. He is also an Emmy-nominated co-creator and showrunner of Nat Geo's biggest hit series Brain Games and Netflix's Brainchild with Pharrell Williams.

Beginning his career within the production auditing department of New York Undercover, Jerry dove in headfirst when it came to working in the entertainment field with networks as varied as Disney, Bravo, HBO, National Geographic, Animal Planet, and MTV. Overall, Jerry has written, produced, supervised, and run over 400 episodes of various premium television and streaming content pieces.

Today, Jerry is focused on education – specifically changing the game to create a system that helps children learn without stamping them all out of the same mold along the way.

He is the voice behind Who Smarted? a podcast that’s aimed at children aged 6 to 10. Each episode teaches kids something new through humor, stories, and even interactive games. Within just one year, they’ve hit 3 million downloads for the show.

You can find Jerry:

On Twitter: @JerryKolber
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerkolber/
Who Smarted?
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Find ways to help hook for kindergarten, first and second-grade students with the content found on Who Smarted? podcast and it is free!

You can find the show notes and transcripts at:

Podcasts For Kids – Teach Children In A Way They Want To Learn With Special Guest Jerry Kolber

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Teach Children in a Way They Want to Learn With Special Guest Jerry Kolber

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Meet Your Hosts

Deedee Wills and Adam Peterson have a love for all things teacher-y! Join them every Monday for the latest episode of The Classroom Collaborative Podcast.

Deedee Wills is an early childhood educator, instructional coach, and international educational consultant. She is also the author of the award-winning blog, Mrs. Wills Kindergarten.

Adam Peterson is a kindergarten teacher, nationally recognized speaker, children’s book author, and educational consultant. He is also the creator of the popular YouTube channel, TeachersLearn2.com.

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Deedee and Adam discuss social-emotional learning with Elizabeth Coller. Elizabeth is a kindergarten teacher in California and teaches in a Montessori-inspired charter school that emphasizes the importance of social-emotional learning from elementary school to high school. Elizabeth shares some classroom environment strategies that will change the way you approach classroom management and building classroom community. Through teaching, practice, lessons, and modeling the classroom becomes student-led with peer-to-peer accountability. This frees up instructional time so the teacher can then focus on instruction and the curriculum. Come and get inspired by what you hear!

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