The Teacher’s Long Tail
We're in the first week of a 2 week nano-challenge, and some hard truths are setting in. Students at the Center At the core of personalized learning is the idea that students need to be at the center, not just of the learning activities we engage in, but of the design...
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Time to Pause
Unit 1 is in the books and it's time to debrief. Ideally, I'm doing this weekly, but I haven't quite managed that pace just yet. Identity A natural place to start, I think. Getting to know kids - really know them, beyond their grade, beyond their academic profile - is...
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Once Begun…
Half done. So the saying goes, but having put just 8 days of the 2017/18 school year behind me, I'm not feeling much truth in the adage. Still, I'm feeling good about the road ahead. And I want to do a better job this year of creating a written record of my...
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Jeb Dickerson
Teacher