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NTN UnpackedAuthentic Learning in Action: Inside Eagle Tech’s Senior CapstoneIn this episode of NTN Unpacked, we sit down with Rebecca Mapes and Melanie Mason, English facilitators and senior capstone leaders at Eagle Tech Academy. They share how their Senior Capstone (or Senior Impact) course empowers students to design passion-driven projects that connect deeply with their local community. NTN School Development coach Jose Garcia also joins host Mark Stolan for Coaches Corner and learn how he’s supporting a long established NTN school in continued growth and development around the NTN model.From researching authentic community needs to defending their work be...
2025-09-0346 min
Rebecca and Rebecca: Reading, Writing, ReviewingEp. 61 Quirky Author Skills from R&R AlumniEver wonder what skills or interesting information your favorite authors have hidden away? We did. So we asked. Tune in to this episode and hear Deborah Raney speak foreign languages, find out about Emilie Haney's pre-author jobs, where Creston Mapes spends his free time, about Becca Kinzer's acting days and other equally quirky bits of information. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
2025-06-1118 min
Creativity in the Time of CapitalismA Conversation with Rebecca Mapes, Part TwoWelcome to part two of my conversation with Rebecca Mapes, if you missed part one, please be sure to start there.When we left off, Bec had just shared where she found herself after spending three years developing and ultimately releasing her sustainable hair care product under her label Winden. After prioritizing the most sustainable choices possible for the manufacturing and packaging of her new shampoo bar, she ultimately found herself facing the unsustainable financial reality of those choices. We also learn more about her experiences translating Winden to the fundraising and start-up world...
2025-04-1750 minCreativity in the Time of CapitalismA Conversation with Rebecca Mapes, Part OneMy next guest, Rebecca Mapes, is a multidisciplinary artist whose work currently comprises painting, jewelry, collage, and glass blowing. She began her creative career with Winden, a collection of fine, minimalist jewelry created in NYC. Ultimately, that brand evolved to incorporate high end hair accessories before Mapes spent three years developing a sustainable shampoo bar with a deeply considered and equally sustainable carrying case. In part one of this conversation, we deep dive through her entrepreneurial career trajectory, with an emphasis on the role debt has played in the various stages of her growth, as well as her thoughts...
2025-04-1037 min
Rebecca and Rebecca: Reading, Writing, ReviewingEp. 44 (VIDEO) Interview with Creston MapesRebecca and Rebecca interview Creston Mapes, author of Celebrity Pastor. Listen in for a behind the scenes view of the inspiration for this thriller pulled from the headlines. Get the scoop on Creston’s process for developing his plot lines and more.
2024-09-2741 min
Rebecca and Rebecca: Reading, Writing, ReviewingEp. 44 Interview with Creston Mapes, author of Celebrity PastorListen in for a behind the scenes view of the inspiration for this thriller pulled from the headlines. Get the scoop on Creston's process for developing his plot lines and more.
2024-09-2541 min
Rebecca and Rebecca: Reading, Writing, ReviewingEp. 43 Review of Celebrity Pastor by Creston MapesDo you like to read thrillers? Enjoy novels ripped from the headlines? If you answered "yes" or are the slightest bit intrigued by the questions, listen in to see if Celebrity Pastor should be added to your TBR.
2024-09-1122 min
Out of the Best BooksThe Wheel on the School - Part 2 (Ch 9-15)Books Mentioned in the Episode:
The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert Dejong
The Singing Hill by Meindert Dejong
Journey from Peppermint Street by Meindert Dejong
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
The Jewels of Halstead Manor by Kasey Stockton
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2023-09-291h 09
How do you know?HDYK Episode 2: Mapes on mapsMap making is both an art and a science. In this episode, Christie, Rebecca and Bridget chat with Dr. Jennifer Mapes, community geographer at Kent State, and deeply patient person, game for trying things out with a gaggle of fledgling podcasters. Mapes specializes in making maps that a meaningful and motivating. Want to learn more? Jen’s amazing map documenting the passage of time and nature from her neighborhood walks can be viewed here. The map of Akron looking at pharmacy access for communities of color can be viewed here. Finally, here’s a link to t...
2021-06-0744 min
Girl TalesThe Surprise PartyPippa tells a story about her wife Rebecca and how she saved the town of Freshwater!An adaptation of Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes DodgeWritten and Produced by Chad ChenailPerformed by Rama Orleans-Lindsay and Rebecca CunninghamExecutive Produced by Rebecca CunninghamFor the Grownups!PatreonGirl Tales StoreRebecca’s NewsletterFacebookInstagramGirl Tales Grown-Ups Group See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2021-04-1921 min