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By Jessica Craig and Kirsten Sola Coming from a family of educators, Jessica taught in Illinois before moving to her current district in Colorado, where she developed a passion for personalized learning and flexible spaces. She now works as a Read More …
By Jessica Craig and Kirsten Sola Coming from a family of educators, Jessica taught in Illinois before moving to her current district in Colorado, where she developed a passion for personalized learning and flexible spaces. She now works as a Read More …
Creating a personalized learning culture — one that values collaboration and self-direction, curiosity and questioning, creation and revision — requires reimagining the physical environment. I just finished a powerful read, “Humanizing the Education Machine,” that brought this to the forefront 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 …
Giddy is not a word that I casually throw around, but that’s exactly how I felt heading to brainstorm personalized learning ideas at a site visit with Vista High School and Aveson Charter School. Making my way from Lancaster to Read More …
Any time I begin a personalized learning conversation, I start by posing the following question: I ask my audience to consider what space could mean in that context, typically resulting in the following four responses: #1. Intellectual Space The first Read More …
This blog was reposted with permission from Brian Durst’s website, A Form of the Good. On the eve of another school year’s opening day, I captured several images of the personalized learning environment students will enter in the morning. Welcome Read More …
Walk down the halls of any school and peek through classroom windows. Some teachers are incredible designers, creators of colorful bulletin boards, aesthetically pleasing decor, and thematic design which changes with the seasons. I’m not one of those teachers. Aside Read More …
By: Allison Zmuda Before I walked into Jessica’s 3rd grade classroom, there were four girls that opened the door upon my arrival. They all had a combination of confidence, excitement, and nervousness about them as they wanted to make sure Read More …