August 10, 2016
Tag: Actively Engaging
Personalized Learning Environment | Lindsay Unified School District
Lindsay Unified School District is empowering and motivating for today and tomorrow. Learn strategies and methods for teaching in a performance based system with lessons from LUSD professionals.
August 10, 2016
Student Perspective: Working on Multiple Grade Levels at Lindsay
A student explains how she is able to tackle mastery of both ninth and tenth grade standards by using out of school time.
Transcript:
Student: I’ve been working on ninth and tenth grade. I do ninth grade in class and I do tenth grade by myself.
Interviewer: And how were you able to work on ninth and tenth grade? That’s not something that every student does, right? How were you able to do that?
Student: Well, I use a Lindsay website. LindsayEnglish.com. And it has all my assignments. Sometimes my teacher prints them out but most of the time I go online and search for everything I need.
Interviewer: Okay. And how are you able to actually do tenth grade English while you’re doing ninth grade English?
Student: Well, I usually finish everything for ninth grade in class. Like homework, I don’t really get it ’cause I finish it in class. So I just do everything else at home. With the tenth grade.
August 10, 2016
Diagnostic Reflection and Unit Goals at LPS Richmond
LPS uses a template to help students reflect after diagnostic assessment.
August 10, 2016
LPS Class Example: Exam Reflection Template
LPS uses a template to help students reflect after taking an assessment.
August 10, 2016
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Multiple Ways Students Can Show Mastery at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how student have multiple ways of showing mastery through different resources linked to the same skill area.
Transcript: Sophia Thomas: Students have their own dashboard. It has the curriculum embedded by units. Units break down to lessons. Lessons break down to learning resources and assessments. There are also several at bats at one scale or learning target so they have different ways to show mastery. Practically, it’s the same thing but they’re asking you to do it in a different way, using different strategies.
August 9, 2016
Student Choice of Learning Resources at LPS
How a student chooses learning resources for a learning objective.
LPS initially built and tested their Academic Numeracy course in Google Sheets, and many of those practices have been captured as Blended and Personalized Learning Strategies. LPS has worked with Gooru to create Navigate Math, a free tool any school can use. These screencasts cover strategies that can be applied through both Google Sheets and Navigate Math, though the latter is used in screencasts for demonstration purposes.
August 9, 2016