Giving a voice to teacher-leaders, administrators, and students doing amazing things
How do you inspire middle school students to want to deepen research, craft arguments, and share their voice? I’ll begin by sharing the lyrics to the fun, light-hearted jingle 7th graders wrote, produced and performed, to capture the essence of Read More …
This post first appeared on ASCD Inservice. The language of the culture very much reflects the feelings, behaviors, and actions that the culture values. We often live by the metaphors that we use. So, for example, when we use negative metaphor such Read More …
Instructional practices, like the physical formats of music, have evolved in response to technological developments. Vinyl records made way for 8-tracks as primers became textbooks. Cassette tapes were swapped for CDs, like chalkboards for SmartBoards. The shift to online music 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 …
As part of Friday’s Students at the Center: Personalized Learning with Habits of Mind official release, co-authors Bena Kallick and Allison Zmuda participated in a Webinar hosted by ASCD. “We have received great feedback from friends and colleagues who have Read More …
By Bena Kallick and Allison Zmuda How can we encourage student reflection and growth in each of the four attributes? We have found that it is helpful to pay attention to key Habits of Mind associated with voice, co-creation, social Read More …
This article was originally posted on relevant-ed.org and was reposted with permission My daughter is going to end global warming. She swears it. For now, I allow her comments to resonate — at least in the privacy of our home — Read More …
I’m gearing up to head to Douglas County Colorado to be a part of a think tank: Create Something Great. Part of my duty is to serve on a panel to represent the educator viewpoint in conjunction with a handful Read More …
By Allison Zmuda and Bena Kallick Annie Murphy Paul wrote a thoughtful blog post with a provocative title, “Against Personalized Learning.” She described the popularity of personalized learning as an idea — a “head-nodder phrase” as she calls it — Read More …
By: Allison Zmuda What is the future of the teaching profession in our brave new world of personalization? Personalized learning can go down one of two paths — one that marginalizes and one that embraces the role and expertise of the Read More …