<commit_before>---
title: "Weekend reads"
excerpt: "Inspiring and interesting stuff on education, technology, math, and productivity from around the web from this week."
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share: true
tags:
  - Weekend reads
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__[A Confession and a Question on Personalized Learning](https://medium.com/@rickhess99/a-confession-and-a-question-on-personalized-learning-b5584cb263e9) ([Medium](https://medium.com/@rickhess99))__ by <NAME>. What exactly _is_ "personalized learning"? Is it like a software engineering approach to learning where students are algorithmically places at the exact point they belong in the learning process, and we move forward from there? 

__[Learning Math While Unschooling](https://medium.com/@rickhess99) ([QED/Medium](https://medium.com/q-e-d/))__ by <NAME>. If you could decouple mathematics instruction from a fixed curriculum, what would it look like and what kinds of questions should you be asking? 

__[Active Learning Fosters Soft Skills in Students](https://www.steelcase.com/research/articles/topics/active-learning/active-learning-fosters-soft-skills-students/) ([Steelcase](https://www.steelcase.com/))__ by <NAME>. A look at how LaSalle College in Montreal refocused their learning spaces tuned specifically to active learning. 

__[A Professional Development Makeover](https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/faculty-development/professional-development-makeover/) ([Faculty Focus](https://www.facultyfocus.com/))__ by <NAME>. Professional development for educators can't look simply like having an outside expert come in and give a talk --- the focus must be on developing communities of practice that persist beyond the event. 

__[How to Turn Disagreement Into a Team Strength](https://blog.doist.com/how-to-turn-disagreement-into-a-team-strength-7bb25fec25f) ([Doist/Medium](https://blog.doist.com))__ by <NAME>. Disagreement among team members --- for our audience, think "academic departments" --- is healthy and necessary for growth. But how to make it happen in a healthy and forward-looking way? 

And finally, __[The Most Important Question You're Not Asking Yourself](https://www.becomingminimalist.com/important-question) ([Becoming Minimalist](https://www.becomingminimalist.com/))__ by <NAME>. I won't spoil it for you. 
<commit_msg>Changed a word<commit_after>---
title: "Weekend reads"
excerpt: "Inspiring and interesting stuff on education, technology, math, and productivity from around the web from this week."
comments: true
share: true
tags:
  - Weekend reads
---

<img src="{{ site.url }}{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/images/reading_2018-03-03.jpg" alt="" class="full">

__[A Confession and a Question on Personalized Learning](https://medium.com/@rickhess99/a-confession-and-a-question-on-personalized-learning-b5584cb263e9) ([Medium](https://medium.com/@rickhess99))__ by <NAME>. What exactly _is_ "personalized learning"? Is it like a software engineering approach to learning where students are algorithmically places at the exact point they belong in the learning process, and we move forward from there? 

__[Learning Math While Unschooling](https://medium.com/@rickhess99) ([QED/Medium](https://medium.com/q-e-d/))__ by <NAME>. If you could decouple mathematics instruction from a fixed curriculum, what would it look like and what kinds of questions should you be asking? 

__[Active Learning Fosters Soft Skills in Students](https://www.steelcase.com/research/articles/topics/active-learning/active-learning-fosters-soft-skills-students/) ([Steelcase](https://www.steelcase.com/))__ by <NAME>. A look at how LaSalle College in Montreal refocused their learning spaces tuned specifically to active learning. 

__[A Professional Development Makeover](https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/faculty-development/professional-development-makeover/) ([Faculty Focus](https://www.facultyfocus.com/))__ by <NAME>. Professional development for educators can't look simply like having an outside expert come in and give a talk --- the focus must be on developing communities of practice that persist beyond the event. 

__[How to Turn Disagreement Into a Team Strength](https://blog.doist.com/how-to-turn-disagreement-into-a-team-strength-7bb25fec25f) ([Doist/Medium](https://blog.doist.com))__ by <NAME>. Disagreement among team members --- for our audience, think "academic departments" --- is healthy and necessary for growth. But how to make it happen in a productive and forward-looking way? 

And finally, __[The Most Important Question You're Not Asking Yourself](https://www.becomingminimalist.com/important-question) ([Becoming Minimalist](https://www.becomingminimalist.com/))__ by <NAME>. I won't spoil it for you. 

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