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6 Insights to Making Personalized Learning Happen
Tweet I have had the privilege over the past two weeks of working with staff in Vista Unified in California and Douglas County Public Schools in Colorado. The conversations were rich and complex and...
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Using Case Studies for Higher-Level Thinking
Tweet Science teacher David Russo from Madison Public Schools, Conn. is part of an innovation project to experiment with personalized learning throughout the year with Allison Zmuda. As I stated in my...
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Watch the On Demand Students at the Center Webinar
Tweet 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...
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Yes, Personalized Learning and Standards Can Co-Exist
Tweet I recently came across the article, Personalized Learning and Common Core: Mortal Enemies? on usnews.com. The article defines personalized learning as “a new tech-fueled trend in education” and...
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Getting Started with Personalized Learning
Tweet 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...
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Personalized Learning from A-Z
Tweet 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...
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Mindfulness is Classroom Management – For Your Thoughts!
Tweet If you’ve heard about mindfulness and are wondering how it relates to your day-to-day life as a school leader, then this blog is for you. You may not realize it but you already have a lot of...
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Moving Through The Continuum of Instructional Models
Tweet 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...
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A Call to Action: Meeting Our Goal as Educators
Tweet When educators are asked why they selected this profession, answers often capture their desire or hope to support and foster students to reach their maximum potential. I have found this to be a...
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Personalized Learning Isn’t Just Possible, it’s Happening
Tweet As a keynote speaker at last week’s ThinkSpace event, I recognized that personalized learning isn’t just possible, it is happening. Being around so many educators committed to building and...
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What Are The Benefits to Thinking Interdependently?
Tweet Getting along well with other people is still the world’s most needed skill. With it…there is no limit to what a person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very...
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Does Engagement in Goal Setting Impact How Feedback is Processed?
Tweet Have you ever noticed the different ways you respond to feedback? The other day I was folding laundry when my sister stopped by for a visit. As I was folding a shirt, she told me that the way I...
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Starting to Shift: Using the Office Model in the Classroom
Tweet In high school, things were a little different than I was used to in middle school. A couple of students who were close to me through our extra-curricular activities started to let slip that...
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Evolving Common Classroom Practices
Tweet Let me just preface this by saying I am not a science guy. I’m not inherently interested by the structure of cells or how to balance chemical equations. This year though, chemistry is easily one...
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Imagining Homework That Helps
Tweet Homework has come to be one of, if not the most, stressful things that kids worry about today. If you asked 100 high school students what stresses them out in school most, I guarantee that at...
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The Power of a Protocol to Grow Innovative Designs and Deepen Understanding...
Tweet As educators imagine how to develop “soft” skills (e.g., critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, and collaboration), there is little consensus of what that looks like and how we can...
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Paying Attention to Habits of Mind During Circle Time
Tweet So many teachers believe that Habits of Mind is so important but they struggle with how to meaningfully make that part of their instructional practice. Based on my collaboration with elementary...
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The Power of a Good Idea, Engaged Teachers and a Skillful Coach
Tweet How do we grow good ideas to make them more powerful for both teachers and students? I wanted to capture a wonderful coaching session I had this past week with the South Florida Collaborative. I...
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Attention Over Detention: The Power of Personalized Mindfulness
Tweet “What are the four things you should ask yourself before you say or do anything?” Seventeen hands fly into the air. “Richie?” “Is it kind? Is it necessary? Is it true? And — wait, I got this.”...
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Blueprint Offering A Different Experience in Learning
Tweet Once in a blue moon, you see a vision of personalized learning that takes your breath away. This is Blueprint — a school within a school in Douglas County, Colorado. Blueprint is open to 5th and...
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