Personalized Learning with Matt & Courtney

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. Wait....

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 coming out of (?) the pandemic.

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 answers this time (ask the kids!), but we do have some things to think about. Find our parking lot here. Thanks for listening!

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 what works and what doesn't;t when it comes to creating 4.0 level opportunities.

Matt and Courtney talk about scales versus standards, and how they stack up against each other. Standards are great, and scales make them greater. Oh, and Courtney might be Anna Delvey.

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 there to show PBL works! We talked about PBLWorks.org and the High Quality Project Based Learning frameworks, and mentioned our favorite way to get questions form kids, the QFT model. Let us know what you think at PLearnMC on Twitter, Facebook, and on our website!

Matt and Courtney talk about an overview of one of the studies in the Edutopia article we've been discussing - project-based learning! Link: High Quality Project Based Learning

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 intentionally teaching social and emotional skills, and show how it affects learners both during and after their school life. Find us at all things PLearnMC!!

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 posttesting: the pedagogical benefits of ". Rolls right off the tongue. Matt asks lots of questions, while Courtney talks it through with him. Next week, we'll be offering up some opportunities for pre-assessment, and what it could look like in the classroom. Thanks for listening! Find us on all platforms at PLearnMC!

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 returned, and you won't be able to get rid of us. We look at overviews of three recent education studies, and plan on getting deeper into them over the next few weeks. Find them here: https://www.edutopia.org/article/10-most-significant-education-studies-2021 Find us at PLearnMC on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Thanks for listening!

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. What formative assessment strategies can teachers use to help find out where learners are - in a systematic manner? Music by Lesfm from Pixabay.

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 Education Matters podcast to talk about why they started a podcast and what keeps them going. Follow the MEM pod wherever you listen to this pod!

Matt and Courtney interview Katherine Prince, co-author of the publication Envisioning Human-Centered Learning Systems, and Abbie Forbus Everett of KnowledgeWorks. They discuss the vision for the future of learning, the key takeaways, and much more. Download it at the link above!