Personalized Learning Spaces With Brain in Mind Reflections

Reflections from the "Personalized Learning Spaces With The Brain in Mind Conference" This two-day high-energy conference empowered school leadership teams from 6 MidWest states to explore how personalized learning experiences directly correlates with a student’s and a teacher’s growth mindset. We examined how personalized learning and its spaces can support a variety of pedagogical and brain-based instructional approaches. Participants had the opportunity to create their own personalized learning plan, through a “classroom crib” design challenge. This design challenge will motivate participants to create a personalized learning space based on sound pedagogical practices gained from the captivating sessions facilitated by well-known Minnesota and nationally recognized educational leaders and industry partners. A collaborative and interactive panel discussion with high school and middle school students added additional voices to this two-day experience and they provided us real world perspectives of what they need to be successful in their learning. Twitter Hashtag: #PLS15 PLS eHandouts https://goo.gl/gYvADH Classroom Crib Design Challenge https://goo.gl/Zn4pe7 Presenters: Tim Dorway and ECCS Team, Twitter: @PrincipalTdor Lisa Gearman, PLS15 Coordinator, Twitter: @ChaskaHighMedia Emily Goranson, Twitter: @EmilyGoranson Brad Gustafson, Twitter: @GustafsonBrad Naomi Harm, Twitter: @naomiharm Angie Kalthoff, Twitter: @mrskalthoff Karen Keffeler, Twitter: keffeler_k Erin Klein, Twitter: @ErinKlein Michael Krill, Twitter: @darthmike15 Travi Lape, Twitter: @travislape Erin Schiller, Twitter: @ESM_Erin