Westside Personalized: A Personalized Learning Podcast

This was my first solo podcast as I wanted to share our iCreate Google Site with friends of the pod. The iCreate site gives learners a resource to support them in their creative endeavors, specifically when it comes to open opportunities for them to demonstrate their understanding of a concept... Read More

This episode welcomes Julie Schmitz and Becca Kratky to the podcast to talk about their efforts to personalize learning in their 6th-grade classroom. Julie and Becca lead their combined class as co-teachers, and within that structure, they have implemented personalization by pre-testing students on a subject-to-subject and unit-to-unit basis, focusing... Read More

In this episode, the personalized learning collaborator team answers questions sent to us via email from a podcast listener. The pod delves into our individual backgrounds with personalization, the backstory of our district's work with personalized learning, and also the details of our jobs as we support educators in a myriad... Read More

In this episode, Angela Mosier and I discuss her doctoral studies around personalized learning. The pod shares Angela's three key findings from her research, and we discuss how those findings have played out in the personalized learning work we have seen and/or heard about within District 66. This is an... Read More

This week on the Westside Personalized podcast, join Angela Bergman and I as we discuss Angela's personalized learning lesson for teaching nuclear fusion in her Earth and Space course. The pod breaks down Angela's thought process prior to developing this personalized experience for her learners, and she shares a myriad of... Read More

In this episode, Beau and I discuss the personalized chemistry unit he designed as the first unit in his biology course at Westside High School. This unit design empowered learners through the incorporation of all five personalized elements, and his vision also enabled learners to progress through the course content... Read More

In this episode, Holly and I discuss her desire to bring her love for basketball into the classroom as a way to create a gamification experience for her ELA learners in order to increase student engagement, to motivate learners to go above and beyond normal expectations, and to further the... Read More

This episode, Kaela delves into the nuances of the process and system she and her sister have implemented and promote within Edina Public Schools to enhance each learner's reflection process to increase learner agency. Kaela's background as both a classroom practitioner and coach with this work offer listeners a rich... Read More

In this episode, Westside High School's English 1 Honors team breaks down how they created and implemented a semester-long grammar initiative that tailored lessons and checks for understanding to each individual learner's needs. This pod is a terrific resource for anyone looking to develop an objective, self-paced assessment piece that... Read More

In this episode, Kevin and I chat about how he turned one unit from his probability and stats class into a Winter Olympics gamified unit where students competed on teams to complete both mental and physical challenges in hopes of helping their country to win the Olympic games. Within the... Read More