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A podcast dedicated to the do-do's and don't-do's of personalized learning. We are irreverent, yet unabashedly authentic. If you want to learn a little about personalized learning for your c...
Matt and Courtney wrap up seven seasons of podcasts with a remembrance of all the biggest do-do's they've dropped in the past few years. Wai...
Matt and Courtney talk about what to do when designing summer PD sessions for teachers.
Matt and Courtney talk about some entry points into personalized learning - it's different for everyone!
What could summer school be like? Here are some ideas from Matt and Courtney.
Matt and Courtney talk about the struggle of ending the year appropriately with motivation for our learners AND teachers.
Matt and Courtney return with some strategies for using assessment for learning in the classroom - including some cool KISS faces!
Matt and Courtney go full-on retro - bell-bottoms and everything! We talk about assessment for learning, and how it is needed more than ever...
Matt and Courtney are back with a conundrum of sorts: what do we do with scheduling, and why is it so frustrating? We don't have all the ans...
Matt and Courtney talk about one of their favorite topics they have a love/hate relationship with: 4's! Fortunately, they have a plan of wha...
Matt and Courtney talk about scales versus standards, and how they stack up against each other. Standards are great, and scales make them gr...
Matt and Courtney discuss what project-based learning is, and how to use some frameworks. As we told you last week , there is research out t...
Matt and Courtney talk about an overview of one of the studies in the Edutopia article we've been discussing - project-based learning! Link...
Matt and Courtney discuss their favorite ways to think about SEL in the classroom that you can do today!
Matt and Courtney return with another study from Edutopia's 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2021 . We talk about the role of intent...
Matt and Courtney return with some strategies for pre-assessment opportunities.
Matt and Courtney dig into the first educational study from the Edutopia list of the top 10 of 2021. This study is named " Pretesting versus...
Well, we took a lot of time off. We have had many many things happen in the autumn of 2021, as the rest of the world happened to us. We have...
Matt and Courtney are BACK with some tips and ideas for how to address learning needs that may have arisen over the past year and a half. Wh...
Matt and Courtney are here with a summer sendoff as they prepare for the new year. They are joined by their good friends at the Maine Educat...
Matt and Courtney interview Katherine Prince, co-author of the publication Envisioning Human-Centered Learning Systems , and Abbie Forbus Ev...
Hint: lots of sticky notes. Also, two other great ideas from Courtney, and Matt shows his age when talking about Trapper Keepers.
Matt and Courtney talk about reflections on the last year and a half of crazy times, and where we can go from here. It's our season finale,...
Matt helps Courtney with her upcoming presentation about engagement strategies. Spoiler: this is how we did things when we worked together i...
It's that time of year! Whether you are interviewing for a new position or interviewing others for positions in your school, the question is...
Do we address this in an interdisciplinary way, or as stand-alone dedicated units? Are these insulting discussions? Spoiler alert: we don't...
Well, kind of. They discuss learning progressions without grades, and how you can show growth for learners while doing that - or can you? Le...
Matt and Courtney answer a listener question about defining competency. We offer ways to break down the existing framework into something mo...
Matt and Courtney respond to some media about mastery of standards, and how some people reject mastery in favor of the older system. You kno...
Matt and Courtney continue their "back to the beginning" talk with a good one - how do we use scoring scales appropriately in the classroom?...
Matt and Courtney go back to the beginning and talk what/how/WHY standards? Why are the three parts of a standard crucial to writing good on...
Matt and Courtney talk about how we occasionally disconnect what we do upfront with culture building with learners and the follow-through, e...
Matt and Courtney come up with Gary Chapin's next band name while discussing better ways to think about large-scale assessment systems.
Matt and Courtney tackle the big question - how do we make professional learning stick? We have some answers, suggestions, and opinions. As...
Matt and Courtney talk about personalized learning, but only using the most used ten hundred words. We think it might explain a lot about wh...
Matt and Courtney talk about the mind-shift from work completion to learning. It's harder than you think, but there are some ways to help th...
Matt and Courtney ask what we need to know about what learners know. In that, we talk about how assessment and learning are a giant Mobius s...
Matt and Courtney talk about engagement, and how it is really about two things: motivation and participation. Matt pushes back a bit on this...
Matt and Courtney are back with another episode, this time about how to effectively incorporate the arts into our teaching and learning. Wat...
Matt and Courtney are still processing the insurrection at the Capital last week, but they discuss how to frame those hard conversations we...
After winter break, Matt & Courtney had a pod session planned today - then the riots broke out in DC. Insurrection and sedition didn't stop...
Matt and Courtney have been busy lately, but we are back! We review the first semester of 2020 and how it has gone in this time of distance/...
Matt and Courtney return from their election-induced stress times with the introduction of the Profile of a Successful Distance Learner, dev...
Matt and Courtney made it through election day, but it's obviously still going. Just a few minutes of therapy from us about what to do next....
Matt and Courtney return with a conversation around student attendance, some things that have been happening since March and into the fall,...
Matt and Courtney are back with a mailbag! Post your own questions in our parking lot at plearnmc.com. Today's question: How do we set a rea...
Matt and Courtney return after a week off with a plea - use the damn moment! Education is different these days, we all know that. So this is...
Matt and Courtney return with some talk about what a portrait of a distance learner looks like in this time of COVID, and what about schools...
Matt and Courtney return with a pod they've now done twice due to some amazing lack of recording skills by Matt. We talk about hard conversa...
Matt and Courtney return with a start-of-school special unlike any other! At least unlike the ones we've done in the past.
Matt and Courtney return for season 6 with an episode about adults. We need help dealing with COVID, too. What are some ways to help support...