This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to Episode 50 of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.

In this episode, I'm going to talk with my guest Tracy Enoes about how to use student playlists

to personalize and differentiate your instruction.

One of the greatest things about technology is how it allows us to differentiate instruction for our students.

We no longer have to set our classrooms up to keep all students doing the same thing at the same time.

If you have been a podcast listener for a while, you may remember Episode 30 when I interviewed

math teacher Natalie McCutchen about how she runs a self-paced classroom.

This was a really popular blog post and podcast episode and I think that's because lots of

teachers want to do a better job with differentiating. We just don't all know how exactly to manage it.

In that episode, Natalie explained how she sets up her curriculum so that each student works

through it at their own pace, freeing her up to work one-on-one with students when they need it.

She has a really great system and if you haven't heard it yet, I would recommend you check out Episode 30.

When I aired that episode, my friend Tracy Enoes, who teaches language arts, told me about a similar

system she uses in her classroom, where each student is given an individual playlist of assignments

to complete based on their individual needs. The playlist might contain links to videos,

online articles, or interactive lessons that live somewhere online. It could also include reading

assignments from actual physical books or even written exercises that come from a station or a

center in the classroom. I thought it sounded like such a neat system, something that could be used

for any grade level and any subject area, so I invited Tracy to come on the podcast and talk to

us about how it works. When this episode is published, I'll also be putting on a blog post to go

with it, including images of Tracy's playlists and links directly to a few samples so you can get

an up-close look at how they work. I will also invite Tracy to respond to any questions you have

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