Nov 26 2020 · 14 min read

Expanded Collaboration

Patrick Collins
Educator | Web Developer

Coaching to Collaboration One of the most important soft-skills in the 21st-century is the ability to collaborate. As problems become more complex and projects become more intertwined, it is important that students understand how to work effective with others. This makes it an important skill for educators to develop throughout their students’...

Nov 4 2020 · 12 min read

Developing Growth and Mastery Mindset

Patrick Collins
Educator | Web Developer

In Carol Dweck’s micro lecture for Stanford Alumni (2014), she defines a fixed mindset as believing that one only has a certain amount of “stuff” and that they cannot get any more. In contrast, a growth mindset sees the opportunity to grow and develop more “stuff” through effort and persistence. Dweck goes further to...

Oct 26 2020 · 7 min read

Developing Asset-Based Dispositions

Patrick Collins
Educator | Web Developer

Everyone is capable of mastering any competency when given the appropriate amount of time and support. This is a fact supported through a variety of research, including that which is included in Ericsson and Pool’s book, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise.

Oct 9 2020 · 7 min read

Strategies for Facilitating Learner Agency

Patrick Collins
Educator | Web Developer

Facilitating Learner Agency In order to have an effective personalized learning environment, the students need to have agency. Learner agency refers to the ability for the learner to feel as if they have control over what is going on around them; more specifically, it is their ability to set lofty goals, forge a path towards the goals, reflect and...

Sep 12 2020 · 11 min read

Developing Executive Function in the Instrumental Music Classroom

Patrick Collins
Educator | Web Developer

The development of our students' executive function may be our most important task as modern educators. When we talk about executive functions, we are referring to the high-level cognitive skills that people use to manage their own behaviors (Weill Institute for Neurosciences, 2020); this includes ensuring that students have the ability to...