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This post was first published on Inside the Classroom, Outside the Box and is reprinted with permission. “The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” by Meryl Streep Empathy is the experience of understanding another person’s Read More …
First published on Inside the classroom, outside the box! and reprinted with permission. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” -Coco Chanel We know that effectively using student data to drive instruction for student learning is Read More …
Jill Thompson and I co-authored the book, How to Leverage Personalized Learning in the Classroom, which you can download for free on freshgrade.com. Jill is is the Personalized Learning Program Manager for Charlotte Mecklenberg Schools and the President of Edulum. Read More …
This post was first published on Inside the Classroom, Outside the Box. It is reprinted with permission. “The technology itself is not transformative. It’s the school, the pedagogy, that is transformative.” – Tanya Byron I am in schools and classrooms Read More …
“Love the process and you’ll love what the process produces.” -Jon Gordon Personalized Learning (PL) is a great philosophy to reach the diverse range of learners in educators classrooms. I often get asked, “Am I doing PL right?” when I Read More …
“Most schools have been designed to solve yesterday’s problems, rather than capitalizing on today’s opportunities to effectively confront the issues of tomorrow.” -Unknown In order to help Personalized Learning (PL) grow in schools and districts we must try to remove Read More …
As we continue to change out instructional practices in the classroom, I think the difference between teacher-centered, student-centered and student-driven need to be better defined. I do not see student-centered and student-driven as interchangeable as they are not the same. Read More …
One of my goals for 2017 is to help educators see that Personalized Learning (PL) is not “another thing” and not something that is hard to do in your classroom. All you have to do is start small and be Read More …
I often hear, “I love the philosophy of Personalized Learning (PL), but where do I start?” I hate to break it to everyone but there is no how-to guide because every teacher is at a different point in their craft. Read More …
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” By Anthony Robbins The last 100 years in the workforce we needed farmers and factory workers. It was okay for classrooms to have a teacher at the Read More …