Toni Rose is joined by Brandy Netherton and Pierce Woodward talk about how they use the model to facilitate the work they do in their (very different) non-traditional school settings.
Outline and Show Notes
Meet Brandy and Pierce
The Edutopia video (plus MCP's new, elementary-focused Edutopia video)
Brandy and Pierce's non-traditional teaching contexts
Massachusetts Innovation Schools (https://www.doe.mass.edu/redesign/innovation/)
Google Voice
Self pacing in non-traditional settings
Brandy's post-lesson surveys:
Student view (https://forms.gle/wdMiUhEMEogAJR2r6)
Make a copy (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UgBfuYePtl79rsxBqRfFU3AtylhMAkAZjR-y88ODTWQ/copy?usp=sharing)
Celebrations and challenges of self pacing
How students are responding to self pacing
Brandy's automated solutions for keeping track of her 200+ students
Sending out bulk text messages from a Google Voice number (https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c3flrMVqNO7)
Screenshots of Brandy's automated trackers (https://drive.google.com/file/d/144sHbDKD2yxSXLQ4INl1TwIBuvTnynOY/view)
Pierce's strategies for motivating his students
One tip for teachers in non-traditional settings
Get in touch with Brandy and Pierce
Google Brandy, or find her at her blog (https://bravinlife.wordpress.com), on Twitter @bravinlife (https://twitter.com/bravinlife), and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/460285347875074/user/627925935)
Find Pierce's information on his school's website (https://nlis.salemk12.org/about/meet-the-team/)
Read the takeaways from today's podcast on the blog (https://www.modernclassrooms.org/blog/3-tips-for-self-pacing-with-nontraditional-students)
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