Posts by Lindsey Own

Personalized Learning

3 Lenses for Developing Deeper Driving Questions

Three questions give us a set of lenses through which to consider the content and how our students might apply thinking through creative, collaborative tinkering-based projects that result in thoughtful products of their learning.

Personalized Learning

Navigating the Shift from Number Grades to Narrative Assessment

To reach a tipping point where number, percentage, and letter-based grades can begin to be seen as not necessary or – better yet – detrimental to learning, we have to build a focused movement that shows a consistent alternate view of assessment. That can simply looks like… well… talking to our kids.

Personalized Learning

Introducing and Deepening Design Thinking with Teacher Leaders

Design thinking has helped me tremendously in understanding how to deeply probe multiple perspectives and causes in a situation and/or problem before tackling it - a valuable skill for leadership and inclusivity. That's why I led two design thinking workshops at this year's ECET2-Puget Sound.

Personalized Learning

Mentoring New Teachers Toward Innovation

Many new teacher guides focus on carefully planning your gradebook ahead of time, but an innovative teacher should always plan learning outcomes first. As we develop these mentorship programs, we need to ensure that our new teachers are receiving guidance towards better teaching practices, and the books and guides available to new teachers need to catch up.

Leadership

Innovation Leadership in Schools

Following Twitter chats on #dtk12chat and #isedchat, and after conversations about what innovation leadership means for advancement of K-12 education, Lindsey crafts a job description that could serve as a template for building innovation leadership in any school.