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Andrew Austin

Andy Austin is a 6th grade math teacher in MSD Warren Township in Indianapolis, IN. He is part of Warren's Blended Learning Cohort, as well as his school's Personalized Learning Team, through which he helps facilitate and encourage his fellow teachers on their blended learning journey. He is also a noted aficionado of '90s hip hop.

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Blended Learning  |  Classrooms  |  Personalized Learning

[Guest Post] Make It Personal: A Teacher Lights the Way for His Students

Personalized learning came along at the perfect time in my life, like the deus ex machina in an M. Night Shyamalan film. It all started, as these things often do, just when I was ready to slam closed for good my own cosmic “Choose Your Own Adventure” book. Not long ago, I was reflecting on my visit to Marengo Cave and I couldn’t help but think that the experience of those first two kids, hesitantly making their way through that small, scary opening, was not unlike the experience that many of my students bring into my classroom day after day: entering the vast, unknown, terrifying darkness with nothing more than a birthday candle to light the way. And here I am holding a flashlight.

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Blended Learning  |  Classrooms  |  Personalized Learning

[Guest Blog Post] You Gotta Blend!

The idea of “blended learning” first entered my consciousness about a year ago, when my principal informed our staff that we would be moving to this model the following school year. All I really gathered at that time was that blended learning somehow involved personalized learning and technology (possibly even robots!).

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