Trixie, the 2016 Blended and Online Learning Teacher of the year shared with us what it is like to work in a virtual learning environment and personalize learning

We talk with Zach Desjarlais Zach, James Gray, and Sally Kroon from Vancouver, WA Public Schools about their shift to make sure building leaders are future ready and have the capacity to support personalized learning.

We talk with Jim about how the conversations around personalized learning have changed

https://www.amazon.com/Tapping-Power-Personalized-Learning-Roadmap-ebook/dp/B01CIR1W7C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508866625&sr=8-1&keywords=jim+rickabaugh 

http://institute4pl.org/ 

Matt and Courtney talk with Lauren McCauley, Lead Associate of Personalized Learning, and Stephanie DiStasio, Director of the Office of Personalized Learning in South Carolina. This office is a new venture for South Carolina, having been created in July of this year! Listen to what Lauren and Stephanie have to say about their experience in implementing personalized learning in South Carolina.

https://ed.sc.gov/instruction/personalized-learning/ 

Matt and Courtney take a short break and reflect on the first day of #iNACOL17.

Matt and Courtney talk with Caroline Hill about equity, owning the American story, radical inclusion, designing schools with and at the margins, and lots of other topics around the state of education. 

http://citybridge.org/team/caroline-hill/

Matt and Courtney talk with Bryan Setser, entrepreneur in residence at rpkGROUP. It's a fascinating chat about how rpkGROUP can help districts become aware of their return on innovations - it's a great discussion on something we all need help with! http://rpkgroup.com/ 

Matt and Courtney talk with Brian Stack, principal of Sanborn Regional High School in New Hampshire.

Brian's book can be found at https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Tradition-Competency-Based-Learning-Student-Centered/dp/1943874891/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508764567&sr=8-1&keywords=breaking+with+tradition and Rose Colby's book can be found at https://www.amazon.com/Competency-Based-Education-Architecture-K-12-Schooling/dp/1682531007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508764602&sr=8-1&keywords=rose+colby . The video can be watched on the school website at http://www.sau17.org/1/Home or on YouTube here:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21DqddVoelw&feature=youtu.be 

This week, Matt and Courtney talk about how learning belongs to the learners with some stories of brilliance and some stories of not so brilliance. Setting up conditions for success for learners is the key to becoming more personalized - as always, culture breeds success in learners. Oh, and we talk about Star Wars and The Odyssey.

#iNACOL17 is coming next week, so be prepared for loads of content, interviews, ramblings, etc. Follow us on Twitter @plearnmc, @belolanc, and @eatsleepstats, and on Facebook AND Instagram with #plearnmc to start some engaging community discussions!