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Education and teaching…

Differentiation for students is not “dumbing down” or “changing standards.” The struggle for productive struggle.

7 Oct 20228 Oct 2022

"Differentiated instruction is doing what’s fair for students. It’s a collection of best practices strategically employed to maximize students’ learning at every turn, including giving them the tools to handle…

Education and teaching…

Seven Steps To Create Productive Learning Walks

1 Oct 20227 Feb 2023

My perspective on teacher feedback "Mr. H.? I have a question." I still wonder how many times I hear my last initial in the middle of class. It is the…

Digital Badging…

Digital Badging – Larger Perspectives in Design Thinking of Credentials

7 Dec 20187 Dec 2018

Educators, by and large, are extremely creative people. I could never be a K-1 teacher, only because I do not have the chops for the incredible bulletin board designs. Seriously…

Education and teaching…

Beyond “About Me.” Personalizing Learning Through Digital Badging of Transferable Skills

4 Dec 201828 Nov 2018

What is this panda talking about? "You are about to witness the strength of student creativity" The panda image above is obviously a word cloud. It is like thousands of…

Education and teaching…

Is the rush to personalize eliminating Personal Connections?

26 Nov 20187 Jan 2019

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/11/07/why-does-personalized-learning-sometimes-feel-impersonal.html "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. - Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park) Change "scientist" to "teachers" and this…

Education and teaching…

Why failure should be taught as a skill and celebrated in your classroom.

16 Nov 201815 Nov 2018

Failure. It is not a four letter word, but it might as well be one. We avoid it. We skirt around it, hedging our bets to soften a lack of…

Education and teaching…

Stop! Collaborate, and Listen! The importance of reflection and feedback in developing student centered classrooms.

13 Nov 201813 Nov 2018

I'm aware, dated myself instantly. If you get the reference, we can kick it, for sure. As educators, I find that we take on so much, make so many decisions,…

Education and teaching…

How is this mastery?

I was having a discussion with a high school sophomore this week. She was talking about her latest summative science assessment. She had scored a 3.5 (don't get me started…

Education and teaching…

Student Centered Personalization 1.0 – Initial Attempts, Musings, and What’s Missing?

6 Nov 20189 Nov 2018

The engineering process shows us that all ideas must be turned into a prototype. I mean, it is only a dumb idea if it does not work, right? Through any…