As I connect with educators, I hear a common trend: many districts that moved from traditional...
Learning and Teaching
The 4 Ps of Teaching, Learning, and Leading in a Pandemic
As I have met with educators and lead professional learning or design sessions, I have been asking...
To Engage Students, Focus on Connection Over Content
Trapped, distant, uncertain, and unfocused. These are just a few of the words that students used...
Using Feedback to Build a Sense of Connection, Purpose, and Ownership
As a beginning teacher, I remember grading my student essays and marking up the margins with...
4 Alternatives to Teaching In Person and Online Simultaneously
Whether it's in one-on-one conversations, facilitating meetings with leaders, reading blogs and...
4 Ways to Increase Engagement in Distance Learning (and In Person)
I participated in a distance learning institute recently where over 500 educators were asked how...
5 Ways That Teachers Are Using Breakout Rooms to Create More Learner-Centered Experiences in Distance Learning
I have talked with many educators who are anxious about creating breakout rooms for fear of...
5 Ways to Activate Learner Agency in Distance Learning
One observation that has stuck with me throughout the last few months is that the pandemic has...
Dr. Katie Martin
Dr. Katie Martin is the author of Learner-Centered Innovation and VP of Leadership and Learning at Altitude Learning. She teaches in the graduate school of Education at High Tech High and is on the board of Real World Scholars. Learn More.
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For the first time in my life (seriously) I have the house to myself for the whole weekend! I...
Redefining Success
I had the opportunity to connect with teachers this week who are reading Evolving Education. As we...
Creating More Opportunities for Learner Agency
Agency by definition is the power to act. But too often this is misconstrued as a free-for-all. We...
Setting Goals and Aligning our Learner-Centered Systems
I love Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead podcast and recently she had on James Clear to talk about his...