Personalized Learning
Personalized learning is a mindset and approach to teaching that focuses on meeting each learner where they are and tailoring a curriculum that considers their interests, prior knowledge and skill level, and pace. Such a demand on the teacher requires sophisticated usage of technology in a combination of personalized, blended and online learning.
What is Really Keeping Us Apart Right Now? Bringing Home and School Together
By: Jennifer Ghidiu. Remote learning can provide complex issues but Jennifer discusses how to view it as a rich opportunity for teaching and learning.
Preparing for the Future: Career and College Ready
Rachelle Dene Poth shares resources for supporting students as they explore careers and prepare for the future after high school.
7 Options for Exploring Creative Arts for Remote Learning
Rachelle Dene Poth shares resources for exploring the arts during remote learning.
The Difference Between Grades and Feedback Has Never Been More Clear
David Ross, formerly the Senior Director for the Buck Institute for Education and CEO of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, continues a monthly series chronicling his decision to go from classroom to boardroom and back again. In this edition, he focuses on the rich resources and deep challenges of teaching during the time of coronavirus.
Shining the Competency Education Light on Education in the Time of COVID-19
COVID-19 has created the conditions for a radical transformation in our schools. Chris discusses how personalized, mastery-based, competency, and proficiency-based approaches help teachers and schools.
Future Ready: The New Version of School
School leaders have about 90 days to get future ready. For many, it will require four infrastructure decisions and four innovation decisions.
ACT’s ScootPad Scoop-Up
Through acquisition of ScootPad, an adaptive learning platform, ACT further expands their footprint as a personalized, competency-based learning organization.
Communicating with Your Teacher Will Never Be the Same
The way students and parents communicate with teachers will likely never be the same once schools re-open. Apps like Remind are making it easier to communicate whether learning is happening in-person or online.
When Humans, Not Systems, Run Schools
By: Andy Calkins. Andy discusses how the districts in NGLC's change management project have transitioned to home-based learning with rapid design of new systems and communication.
Recalibrating Your Teacher Mindset
By: Meghan Raftery. Meghan discusses reframing the approach to teaching and looking through the lens of curiosity.