Learning Together San Diego

San Diego Unified

Hosted by Rebecca Bellingham, Learning Together is produced by the San Diego Unified School District to celebrate the sounds of children learning, to highlight and inspire engagement, innovation, and creativity, to spark conversation about big topics in education, and hopefully to get a little more connected to each other through the stories and interviews that are shared here.

  1. 12/23/2020

    Finding Resilience and Growing New Artistic, Creative Muscles During a Pandemic!

    For most of the year, kids have been largely tucked away at home, behind their computer screens and in virtual boxes on Zoom. But even during this difficult time, San Diego students have continued creating. They've been making art and writing scripts; they've been practicing scales and making plays. In this episode, we speak with four impressive student artists in our district and their theatre teacher about the unique, albeit unexpected, ways we are growing during this time - not just as artists, but as people.

  2. 07/12/2020

    Reflecting on 38 years as an educator with Principal Gillingham

    Patrick Henry High School Principal Listy Gillingham is retiring after 38 years of dedicated service as a teacher and principal, and she sat down with us to discuss the lessons she picked up along the way. Join us as we discuss building a school culture that centers student voice, and what principals can do to create strong communities for their students and teachers.

  3. 06/20/2020

    Reflections: Looking at an eventful year through the lens of arts education

    Since the genesis of the Learning Together podcast, we've featured original music and performances from our students and staff at the School of Creative and Performing Arts as our soundtrack on several occasions. As this school year draws to a close, we take a look at the role of music and arts education during tumultuous times. How does an education steeped in the arts continue to thrive, even while learning from home? How are students helping to lead the profound change we need to repair our country and our world? Take a listen as we discuss with principal Timothy Farson and SCPA students in this can't-miss episode of Learning Together.

  4. 05/15/2020

    High school seniors keeping music alive, even in challenging times

    Over the past several weeks, all of us have had to make huge shifts in the ways we learn, teach, and work from home. For those with a passion for music, this is especially true. Hear how our students have kept that passion alive in these strange times, from the perspective of these seniors from Mira Mesa High School.

  5. 04/25/2020

    The Joy of Theatre with Patrick Henry High School

    Join Rebecca Bellingham as she interviews the cast of Fiddler on the Roof at Patrick Henry High School only weeks before schools shut down around the country.  Listen to their stories of putting on one of the most iconic musicals of all time and hear them sing a few numbers from the show. The students' stories of connection and transformation will move you and remind you why the arts matter, why theater matters, and why building artistic communities with kids sustains and empowers them, especially in difficult times like today.

  6. 03/06/2020

    Raising a New Generation of Readers

    How do we build cultures of readers in our classrooms? How can we make books as compelling as digital screens? These are the questions explored as we dive into literacy with the English instructors and students at Marshall Middle School, along with district resource teacher Dr. Haydee Zavala.

  7. 02/21/2020

    What love means in education

    In this episode we listen with students who were invited to crowdsource poetry, and also talk with students, teachers, and administrators right before Valentine's Day to explore the idea of love. What do teachers love about their work? What does the idea of love mean to students?

  8. 01/13/2020

    Finding Inspiration with Hoover High Students

    This episode of Learning Together will inspire all of us to take small actions to make positive changes in our communities, and give us hope for the new decade. Sit down with students from Hoover High School as they recall their highlights from 2019 and the dreams they hold for 2020. "These kids are passionate and driven, supportive of one another, and eager to make the world a more compassionate, equitable place," our host tells us.

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Hosted by Rebecca Bellingham, Learning Together is produced by the San Diego Unified School District to celebrate the sounds of children learning, to highlight and inspire engagement, innovation, and creativity, to spark conversation about big topics in education, and hopefully to get a little more connected to each other through the stories and interviews that are shared here.

Information

  • Creator
    San Diego Unified
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © San Diego Unified
  • Show Website
    Learning Together San Diego