Powerful Questions Shift Ownership of Learning
by Strong questions can empower learning. Consider your current practice and reflect on how to grow.
Enlightenment Dinners
by Bud Strudthoff is trying something interesting. Students in his Social Studies class have been studying the enlightenment. Bud wanted to focus less on reports, direct …
Students Take Ownership – Engaging the Community
Students in Mrs. Parkinson’s class recently began their year-long study in rhetoric. Learning Experience Design Joe Muhlberg helped her and her students engage the wider …
A Cure for Back-to-School Nightmares
This post is cross-posted with permission from the author. The original can be found here. The nightmares typically begin a week before school starts. I …
Culture Wheel Experience
by Hello! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Sarah Boselovic and I am a 9th grade English teacher at Mason High …
Week #3: Co-creating Essential Questions
by This article is cross-posted with Mr. Coates’ personal reflection blog. You can view his blog here. One thing I tried: To get unit 2 started, …
I’m a Believer
by Frustration & Despair It was the end of the first week of school, one that saw the implementation of a new schedule that was proving …
Learner Outcomes Include Skills and Mindsets for Learning
by Well defined Learner Outcomes are a key feature to Mason’s model of Personalized Learning. Alongside traditional content standards handed to us from ODE and other …
Small Shifts: Using Design Elements to Personalized Learning
As you prepare for the coming week, consider how you might give students ownership of their learning in one of the following PL Design Elements: …
Week 2: The Learner Profile and Goal-Setting
This article is cross-posted with Mr. Coates’ personal reflection blog. You can view his blog here. Disclaimer: I think all teachers do some getting …