Phones, Chromebooks, AI, and The Battle for Their Attention (Send Help!) - BNT Team Meeting [S7 EP. 277]

Screens, phones, and AI are taking over classrooms! Marie shares her thoughts, articles, and screen-free ideas, plus she wants to hear from you!

Amanda CardenasDecember 4, 2025book recommendations

Ok, but what if the secret to getting them to read is getting them to WRITE?? - BNT Team Meeting [S7 EP. 276]

This BNT team meeting connects the dots between reading resistance, writing avoidance, student emotions, and the way anxiety is showing up in classrooms more than ever.

Amanda CardenasNovember 30, 2025book recommendations

Fine, We Can Game-ify Reading (But No Gimmicks!) - BNT Team Meeting [S7 EP. 275]

Welcome to your first BNT team meeting! We’re chatting gimmicks, gamification, and tiny resin ghosts: what actually gets students to pick up a book?

Amanda CardenasNovember 20, 2025book recommendations

Our NEW Favorite Stories & Protagonists [S7 EP. 274]

We’re back with part three of our “Teaching Dystopia” series, sharing hidden gems, new picks, and classic favorites that will level up your classroom discussions.

Amanda CardenasOctober 23, 2025book recommendations

TEACHING DYSTOPIA: A Spotlight for Juxtaposition [S7 EP. 273]

Explore essential skills for teaching dystopia, including author moves like juxtaposition, to spark deep analysis and meaningful classroom discussions

Amanda CardenasOctober 16, 2025book recommendations

TEACHING DYSTOPIA: New Essential Questions to Try [S7 EP. 272]

Ready to shake up how you teach dystopia? We dig into why this genre still thrills us and how to keep it feeling fresh, relevant, and totally irresistible for students.

Amanda CardenasOctober 9, 2025book recommendations

Back to School: State of the BNT Union + Reading Update [S7 EP. 271]

Fresh starts, big updates, and one exciting announcement! This State of the BNT Union episode delivers new directions for the podcast, can’t-miss teacher recs, and more.

Amanda CardenasAugust 14, 2025book recommendations

Independent Reading: Breaking Down the Backwards Design for ELA Classrooms [S7 EP. 270]

We’re reshaping our approach to independent reading to make it feel more joyful, more flexible, and way more student-centered.

Amanda CardenasAugust 7, 2025book recommendations

TJ Klune: A Conversation about The House in the Cerulean Sea [S7 EP. 269]

We’re wrapping up this year’s Camp BNT with a truly special guest: TJ Klune, the beloved author of The House in the Cerulean Sea.

Amanda CardenasJuly 31, 2025book recommendations

Huda Fahmy: A Conversation about Huda F Cares? [S7 EP. 268]

In this episode, Huda Fahmy shares her journey from English teacher to published author, and how a few stick-figure comics posted online turned into a celebrated graphic novel series.

Amanda CardenasJuly 24, 2025book recommendations

Libba Bray: A Conversation about Under the Same Stars [S7 EP. 267]

We talk to author Libba Bray about her newest novel, Under the Same Stars, and the powerful (and totally unexpected) inspiration behind it.

Amanda CardenasJuly 17, 2025book recommendations

Katie Bayerl: A Conversation About What Comes After [S7 EP. 266]

We chat with former English teacher turned YA author Katie Bayerl about her newest book, What Comes After—a laugh-out-loud, heart-tugging story about grief, identity, and the afterlife.

Amanda CardenasJuly 10, 2025book recommendations

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