Giving a voice to teacher-leaders, administrators, and students doing amazing things
This month’s newsletter features Sam Nelson, a middle school teacher in Vermont who has been prototyping with his students to co-create social studies curriculum. This video narrated by Sam describes how he created a design and student community that shaped Read More …
Last spring, we re-imagined the Civics curriculum for all of our Madison High School students to provide an opportunity to take action on something that is meaningful to students. Over the course of twelve weeks, each student would draft a Read More …
When adopting a more personalized approach to learning I encourage colleagues to use the Types of Student Inquiry as a guide to support our learners through the transition from the traditional classroom models they have experienced to one where they Read More …
Learning Targets Learning Target 1: (Not Yet –> GOT IT!) I know the impact of personalized learning on student outcomes & educational experience. Learning Target 2: (Not Yet –> GOT IT!) I know the “look fors” in a personalized learning Read More …
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of presenting at the 35th annual Tri Association Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico on personalized learning. I also had an opportunity to sit in on Zoe Weil and Mike Johnston’s joint keynote on Read More …
The following is the syllabus given out to students last week to introduce the 8th grade Social Studies curriculum. Teachers Ben, Robyn, and Kim are part of an innovation project to experiment with personalized learning throughout the year with me. Read More …
This is my second in the “Yes, but …” series to support the obvious and subtle challenges of moving toward personalized learning. My first addressed the problem of students not buying in to personalized learning. Yes, but how do I Read More …
Part of personalized learning is the burden on educators to come up with a customized curriculum. That curriculum includes Open Educational Resources, or OERs, which are resources within the public domain. The problem with leveraging these resources is that the Read More …
By: Jim Rickabaugh Visitors to environments designed for learners to have a personalized experience with their learning often comment that they see significant variations in approaches and organization across classrooms and other learning spaces. They ask how they should make Read More …
One of the primary challenges with today’s curriculum is that it focuses on the past instead of the future. How will students grow if they are focused on outdated material? A curriculum quest sets out to solve that problem through Read More …