Episode 83: Misconceptions About Self Pacing

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Episode: Episode 83: Misconceptions About Self Pacing
Pub date: 2022-04-03

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This week, Zach is joined by Andrea Mahr, Beth Benavides, and John Tyler to address six common misconceptions about self pacing and self-paced classes.

Outline and Show Notes

• Get to know Andrea, Beth, and John
  • Andrea and Beth's previous MCP Podcast episode: Elementary Math
  • Kareem on the Cult of Pedagogy podcast
    • Everything you need to know about building a great screencast video
    • How to create a self-paced classroom
    • Setting up mastery-based grading in your classroom
• Misconception: Self-paced classes have no deadlines
• Misconception: Kids do whatever they want in self-paced classes
• Misconception: Teachers don't teach in self-paced classes
• Misconception: Self-paced classes never have any full-group collaborative activities
  • MCP Podcast episode on full-group collaborative activities: Planning for Collaboration in a Modern Classroom
  • Blooket
  • Gimkit
• Misconception: Students lack the skills to self pace effectively
• Misconception: Students can never collaborate since they're working on different things
• Connect with Andrea, Beth, and John
  • Connect with John by email and on Facebook
  • Connect with Beth by email and on Facebook
  • Connect with Andrea by email and on Facebook

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