Self-regulated students are strong learners that are more equipped to navigate the challenges of life outside K-12 education. Kareem and Zach are joined by Moira Mazzi to talk about how they use the Modern Classrooms model to develop self-regulated learners both in-person and remotely.
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The Lecture-Less Classroom: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Student Autonomy (https://www.nextgenlearning.org/articles/the-lecture-less-modern-classroom) by Modern Classrooms educator and podcast guest Moira Mazzi
How to Help Middle School Students Learn to Work Independently (https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-help-middle-school-students-learn-work-independently) by Modern Classrooms educator Ryan Steinbach
Helping Students Develop Executive Functioning Skills (https://www.edutopia.org/article/helping-students-develop-executive-function-skills#:~:text=Executive%20functions%20control%20and%20regulate,social%20situations%20and%20stressful%20situations.) from Edutopia
Reflections on Shifting to a Flexible Classroom (https://www.edutopia.org/article/reflections-shifting-flexible-classroom) from Edutopia
Examples of student-facing (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SqtEp-5TG7la_wGF7mu8RCQ5tL0G0srONoac2c0fmxU/edit?usp=sharing) and public (https://docs.google.com/document/d/14vs68Jd7yu0srJLz2zMTLLb0EFcw0BJqQ6F8EnIfVZo/edit?usp=sharing) pacing trackers; guidance (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVNj9U0-WvoRq7jO2Bqxz2TIyrAfmeq8K_Zblb1wVjg/edit?usp=sharing) for using public pacing trackers in the classroom.
Moira, our guest, referenced a few items from her classroom she uses to help build self-regulation in her students:
* This is her weekly reflection (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k4nAjSF9bHgL9UPpQ3uLQLZDOhfLYrYQJcpy1HbIjmc/edit?usp=sharing)
* This is how (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oZaRNF6jxlWGgeCZ9qEQh4sJY4RgvKihV9IsQSqWfpo/edit?usp=sharing) she presented choosing a partner/accountability buddy to her students
What do Modern Classrooms units look like K-12? Check out examples here (https://modernclassrooms.org/exemplars).
Two monitoring services mentioned:
Go Guardian (https://www.goguardian.com/)
Hapara (https://hapara.com/) for GSuite
Here are the two tools mentioned for staying in touch with students and families:
* Remind (https://www.remind.com/) (can also translate a message before sending); our tutorial (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gD5ZB5ZUAol4_BFlk2D58cmgms7pyD1r9Nu-9QH--PE/edit?usp=sharing) on using Remind
* Talking Points (https://talkingpts.org/)