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
  • Google Voice
• Self pacing in non-traditional settings
  • Brandy's post-lesson surveys:
    • Student view
    • Make a copy
• 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
  • Screenshots of Brandy's automated trackers
• 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, on Twitter @bravinlife, and on Facebook
  • Find Pierce's information on his school's website
  • Read the takeaways from today's podcast on the blog

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The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach