Teachers, Let’s Take Time to Reflect
by Reflection is a catalyst for growth. Let’s take some time to reflect on the teaching and learning we experienced this school year. These questions are …
Remote Learning Experience Reflective Questions
Katie Holmes, a math teacher at Mason High School, desires to set students up for success as they continue working from home. To support her …
Leveraging Choice-Boards as an Opportunity for Co-Creation with Students
by Mason City Schools has been on a Personalized Learning Journey for the past two years where leadership and staff have immersed ourselves in the everyday …
Self-Discovery through Choice Boards
by Self-discovery, one of the attributes of personalized learning, is when students learn more about themselves to help guide their experiences. By reflecting on choices, ideas, …
My Journey Into Creating A Design Challenge
by In a contemporary analysis unit I recently designed, students were asked to analyze two, opposing texts on a debatable topic and then develop their own …
Personalizing Learning in Math (Part 2)
Students are working on challenging problems to wrap up the unit. The challenge motivates students to take ownership of their learning. Feel free to take …
Breaking Down Personalized Learning Myths
Is Personalized Learning all about ONLY teaching to students’ interest? Is the curriculum totally individualized? Does PL have to involve technology? We have all heard …
Using Essential Questions to Personalize Learning
When you ask an open-ended question, how many valid answers might students come up with? Ten? One hundred? Thousands? Personalized Learning thought leaders Jay McTighe …
Personalizing “Need to Know” Content
It’s day two of a unit on cellular mutations in Mrs. Coleman’s biology class. There are terms and concepts students need to know, like nondisjunction. …
Personalizing Learning in Math (Part 1)
It’s day three of the Circles Unit. Students come to class and Mrs. Verstreate tells students about her weekend: a dead deer, a popped tire, …