Four years ago, Lance was a part of our district's first personalized learning cohort, and so in this episode, Lance shares from his wealth of experiences with incorporating personalized learning strategies into his classroom. Specifically, Lance breaks down how his first steps to implementing greater voice and choice options for students, particul…

For our district elementary teachers, math time is often the launching point for developing personalized practices in the classroom. In this podcast, Hillside 4th-grade teacher Erica Riffner broadens our scope as she shares her experiences with personalized learning in math, reading, writing, and in a variety of other aspects of her teaching practi…

In this episode, I sit down with WMS English teacher John Horton and discuss the process by which the 8th-grade English team develops their semester-long, student-driven inquiry project. The team supports learners as each individual student begins by developing an authentic question that they then research and discuss until it evolves into a focuse…

Richard Christie, 6th-grade educator at Prairie Lane Elementary, attended our PL training day and took away his own creative vision for implementing flexible learning spaces into his classroom. In this episode, Mr. Christie shares his flexible space model and more importantly notes the academic benefits that came along with this shift. Student agen…

For this episode, I interviewed the editors of multiple WHS journalism publications with two goals in mind. The first goal was to share the story of how one student took on the sole responsibility of creating an entirely new website for our high school journalism program. The second goal was to highlight just what students are capable of when an ed…

If you're interested in games in education, if you're interested in personalization, if you're interested in the social studies discipline, -- I mean -- if you appreciate innovative approaches to education on any level at all, you're going to love this episode! Join educator Jon Preister and I as we hold a deep-dive discussion on how the government…

This episode walks listeners through the entire process, from design to implementation to after unit reflection, of the development of this immigration unit with educator Mel Rice. Her vision of personalizing the learning experience by affording her students a variety of choices to allow them to explore the unit content of immigration according to …

In this pod, we discuss Michelle and Stephanie's desire to create instructional video resources for their students, in all its steps from their initial need to the production process to its implementation in their classroom practices. As you listen... You can hear the energy and academic enthusiasm from both of these teachers and their students. Co…

For this podcast, I invited three of my former students in for a roundtable reflection on personalized learning. Our discussion focuses in on the "honest conversations" we had as I was still developing my own personalized practices in the English classroom. We chat about classroom culture, the need for students to utilize their voice, and how criti…

Join Allison Pontious and I as we discuss some of the professional development opportunities, technology, and personalized choice options Alli gleaned from her time at the PBS Lead Innovators Summit over the 2017 summer. As you listen... Consider potential opportunities for personalization by creating opportunities for students to demonstrate their…

Watch the Podcast Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIxJuVjpoc&t=2s Dustin's Bio (@MrCarlsonK): Dustin Carlson is an Apple Distinguished Educator and is a National Board Certified teacher. Dustin is an innovative, tech-savvy leader in our district whose passion for working with kindergarteners and sharing with his fellow educators makes …

Dr. Ginger Starks-Yoble's Bio: Dr. Ginger Starks-Yoble is a German teacher at Westside Middle School and recently was recognized nationally by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages as the 2017 Outstanding K-8 German Teacher of the Year. Dr. Starks-Yoble builds strong relationships with students and appreciates how knowing her le…

Matt Kock's Bio (@mattkock): Matt is an energetic and enthusiastic educator who has been a passionate leader and education advocate in his classroom, building, and also in his district-wide role at WEA treasurer. Description: In this episode, Matt and I chat about his personalization model for math in his 6th grade classroom, and the pod delves int…