Westside Personalized: A Personalized Learning Podcast

In this episode, Crystal shares how she has leveraged flexible seating to further enhance the positive classroom climate and rapport she has with her learners. Additionally, the conversation also delves into the innovative practices Crystal has used to support her students' ability to set measurable academic goals, pursue those goals,... Read More

Personalized physics! Ben Powers has transformed his classroom, his lessons, and his class culture in his physics courses at Westside High School to adopt a personalized approach that empowers learners with opportunities to design their own labs, to experiment with different materials, and to both metacognitively and creatively engage in the... Read More

Mikayla's first foray into gamification came in the form of her short story unit Ready Reader One, where she built a series of "worlds" that were each created around the premise of one of the five short stories her learners had the opportunity to read and explore. In this episode,... Read More

In this episode, Sarah and I discuss the Rockbrook third grade's vision for personalizing their learners' experience in addressing their approach to teaching spelling. Additionally, Sarah also breaks down flexible seating in her classroom, sharing the expectations she has set for her learners and how learners use the space intentionally... Read More

Sarah Schoenrock is a high energy educator who loves to challenge herself creatively, which has led to her trying a variety of new things this year in her classroom. In this episode, Sarah reflects on her forays into implementing personalized practices and also game elements into her instructional repertoire this... Read More

In this episode, Lance shares how he personalized an assignment that asked learners to explore the lives and efforts of seven social reformers from the progressive era. That personalized assignment afforded learners choice in selecting which reformer's life to delve deeper into, and then students created a modern social media... Read More

In this episode, Molly and I discuss a personalized learning unit that she and educator Melissa Inmon designed for their AP Composition course at Westside High School. The personalized practices in this learning experience were rich as students had academic choices to make in the content they engaged, in the... Read More

Join Alli Pontious and I in this episode as we discuss the interactive choice chart we built using Google Slides that helped to provide a personalized learning experience for our district's primary learners. This choice board offers learners the opportunity to complete five assignments (driven by indicators) in the order... Read More

In this episode, Tricia and I reflect on our experiences as personalized learning collaborators/coaches in our respective districts. Our respective districts, Westside and Edina, are sister-schools that are both invested in scaling up personalized learning district-wide, and our ongoing support of one another's efforts and our continued communication have been a... Read More

In this episode, Lacey Peters shares the personalized model she has built for the three swimming courses she leads. Lacey uses iPads to film her students as they are perfecting their swimming techniques, and through the use of the Hudl program, Lacey and her swimmers collaborate on stroke analysis and... Read More