Matt Kock's Bio (@mattkock): Matt is an energetic and enthusiastic educator who has been a passionate leader and education advocate in his classroom, building, and also in his district-wide role at WEA treasurer.

Description: In this episode, Matt and I chat about his personalization model for math in his 6th grade classroom, and the pod delves into details about how Matt’s math time plays out, first-hand takeaways from Matt’s years of experience personalizing, and tech recommendations and the applications for that tech in facilitating personalized practices.

As you listen…

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  Think about how you might modify the way in which Matt facilitates his personalized model to fit your own classroom.

  
  
  
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  Note Matt’s insights and lessons learned from his early iterations implementing personalization practices in his classroom.

  
  
  
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  Consider accessing the various tech resources we reference. We discuss our district’s EY website, the iPad app Explain Everything, and our district’s Area 66 web support page.

  
  
  

Grade Level: Elementary (Intermediate)

Resources:

Westside EY Website http://ey.westside66.org/

Explain Everything App: https://explaineverything.com/

Westside Area 66 Website: http://area66.westside66.org/