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Innovative Education in VT

A blog exploring innovative school change by the UVM Tarrant Institute

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    • We stand against systemic racism.
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      • Penny Bishop
      • John Downes
      • Susan Hennessey
      • Audrey Homan
      • Emily Hoyler
      • Life LeGeros
      • Rachel Mark
      • Robin Merritt
      • Jeanie Phillips
      • Scott Thompson
      • Lucie delaBruere
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      • How to use this Educator’s Guide
      • Ch 1: Defining Personalized Learning
        • 1.1 The Three Pillars of Personalized Learning
        • 1.2 The Definition of a PLP
        • 1.3 New Student & Teacher Roles
      • Ch 2: PLPs Aren’t Just For The Teacher
        • 2.1 Knowing Students Well
        • 2.2 Avoid the Pitfalls!
      • Ch 3: Laying The Groundwork for PLPs
        • 3.1 What Are Your Pedagogical Priorities?
        • 3.2 Structures to Support Personalized Learning
      • Ch 4: Starting with the Learner Profile
      • Ch 5: Flexing Your Pathways
        • 5.1 Engaging Pedagogies for All
      • Ch. 6: Scaffolding for Equitable, Deeper Learning
      • Ch 7: PLPs & Proficiency-Based Assessment
      • Ch 8: Student-led PLP conferences
      • Ch 9: Sustaining Innovation
      • Chapter References
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    • REMOTE LEARNING
    • PERSONALIZED LEARNING
      • PERSONALIZED LEARNING PLANS (PLPs)
      • FLEXIBLE PATHWAYS
      • PROFICIENCY-BASED EDUCATION
        • Learning Goals
        • Meaningful Instruction
        • Formative Assessment
        • Summative Assessment
    • Action research
    • Digital citizenship
    • Family & Community Involvement
    • Family communication
    • Flexible classrooms
    • Genius Hour
    • Identity
    • Makerspaces
    • Negotiated curriculum
    • Project-based learning (PBL)
    • Reflection
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Makerspaces

Tools We Like 

Setting behavioral expectations in a makerspace

October 1, 2018October 2, 2018 Erica Zimmer 0 Comments Google Docs, Makerspaces, padlet, Proctor Elementary School

  2 ways to bring in transferable skills Makerspaces are amazing. They’re a big carnival of lights and sounds and

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STEAM at Ottauquechee
Project-Based Learning Stories from VT Students 

How to build up STEAM

June 6, 2018September 19, 2018 Katy Farber 0 Comments flipgrid, Makerspaces, Ottauquechee School, self-directed learning, transferable skills

Making time for making at Ottauquechee STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics — gives students the opportunity to

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Transferable Skills 

Making as evidence of self-direction

October 4, 2017June 18, 2018 Lucie deLaBruere 0 Comments Makerspaces, Makey Makey, North Country Union Junior High School

The Maker Movement & Transferable Skills, Part 2 We’re looking at how maker-centered learning provides opportunities for students to develop

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makerspaces and project-based learning
Project-Based Learning 

4 ideas for using a makerspace to support PBL

May 5, 2017November 30, 2018 Katy Farber 0 Comments makerspace, Makerspaces, Proctor Elementary School

How do project-based learning and makerspaces fit together? Making and PBL may look like two completely different educational movements, but in

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Science Saturdays 

Making even more of “Beyond Bling”

June 13, 2015April 19, 2018 Mark W. Olofson 2 Comments #ScienceSaturdays, constructivism, Makerspaces, STEM

A couple of weeks ago, Lucie deLaBruere of Learning with Lucie shared a post considering how we can embrace the

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Uncategorized 

Beyond Bling: how do we deepen Makerspace learning?

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 Lucie deLaBruere 13 Comments equity, Makerspaces, STEM

How do we move all new learners to the deep end of the pool? As I walked through an innovation

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UPCOMING EVENTS

 

  • 1/23: 2021 MIDDLE GRADES CONFERENCE #mgcollab
  • 1/28 @ 3pm EST: Innovating in the Classroom with Interactive 3D Tools
  • 2/4 @ 3:30pm EST: Who’s Outside? Building an Anti-Racist Bookshelf
  • 2/9 @ 4pm EST: De-Colonializing Place-Based Education
  • 2/10 @ 7pm EST: Facilitating Hard Conversations
UVM Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education online events

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