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.

A Dozen Aspirations

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 4, 2010

Here are 12 aspirations for high school students that are the foundation for City Prep blended learning services.

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To Critics Who Know Better than Parents

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 2, 2010

Well intentioned critics want to help parents make choices, but its tough to do without erecting barriers.

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Advancing Leadership: 500 Leaders & Counting

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 1, 2010

Community leadership development programs build the fabric of great communities.

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Jeb Bush Can Teach New Governors a Thing or Two

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 1, 2010

Duncan closed Excellence in Action. He's not likely to get the ESEA reauthorization he wants and will need to rely on leadership by new governors---many of them schooled by Jeb Bush.

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Digital Learning Now

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 1, 2010

Governors Jeb Bush and Bob Wise released Digital Learning Now, a roadmap for the future of US education.

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Jeb Bush Pushes for Excellence in Education

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 30, 2010

Jeb Bush kicked off the ExcelinEd.org conference by suggesting we're near a tipping point for an education system that puts kids first

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Making College/Career Ready Real

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 28, 2010

Grades are are a relic of the sorting-machine age-cohort model. Standards-based feedback is a small but critical step toward a personalized competency-based system that makes standards real on a daily basis.

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Dawn of the Edupreneurial Revolution

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 27, 2010

Steve Blank suggests we're in the early stages of an entrepreneurial revolution; I'm quite sure we're in the early stages of an edupreneurial revolution

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Does Heroic Leadership Work?

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 26, 2010

Heroic leadership isn't sustainable, but getting to a high functioning decentralized system takes a hurricane or a hero.

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Best of Fall

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 25, 2010

Here's a dozen blog posts I enjoyed working on this fall; take a look if you missed them the first time around. Happy Thanksgiving.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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