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.

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Buck The Quo: The Tough Stuff

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 26, 2015

Buck the Quo campaign, from The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation. We are featuring the campaign as part of the GenDIY series. Buck the Quo includes a YouTube series where real people talk about real life after high school.

Leadership

You Might Be In the Shift to Digital…

Guest Author

Dec 24, 2015

By: Mickey Revenaugh. Are you making the #ShiftToDigital? Here's 5 signs you might be in the shift and a few resources to help educators and school leaders create personalized learning opportunities for all students.

Personalized Learning

Grade Level What?

Guest Author

Dec 24, 2015

By: Jim Goodell. It’s not new that high schools determine a student’s grade level based on credits earned rather than age or cohort. What is new is the growth in options that allow student to advance at their own pace and earn college credit while in high school.

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Parents: Children’s First Math Teachers

Guest Author

Dec 23, 2015

By: Laura Overdeck. Schools need to educate parents on the math curriculum so that they can help bolster their children’s learning. Schools can introduce parents to fun and compelling informal content outside school, which can foster a love of math as an enjoyable pastime.

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Public Schools as Change Agents

Guest Author

Dec 23, 2015

By: Scott Rowe. The most important thing we did was decide we were committed to helping our school evolve into a 21st century institution of learning and burned the boats so there was no turning back.

Personalized Learning

K12 will be Launching Destinations Career Academies

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 22, 2015

High youth unemployment, poor post-secondary graduation rates, and a major skills gap for middle market jobs in the US has led K12 to launch the Destinations Career Academies in the fall of 2016.

Leadership

#YearInReview: End of Standards-Based Reform, Rise of Maker

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 22, 2015

The passage of ESSA marks the end of standards-based reform and the rise of maker is a sign of more student learning and personalized learning.

Leadership

#YearInReview: 10 Ways Crowdsourcing Advances Learning

Caroline Vander Ark

Dec 21, 2015

Crowdsourcing: obtaining services and solutions from an online community. We saw 8 great examples of crowdsourcing at work in education in 2015.

Personalized Learning

How Roots Elementary Intentionally Designs Each Scholar’s Day

Guest Author

Dec 20, 2015

Roots Elementary is a new charter school in Denver, CO recently accepted into the New Schools Venture Fund Catapult Cohort of fourteen schools around the country pushing the limits of personalization.

Difference Making

Buck The Quo by Making Waves

Guest Author

Dec 20, 2015

Buck the Quo includes a YouTube series where real people talk about real life after high school. This blog features a video that profiles Anabel, a woman who bootstrapped her way through graduate school to a career she loves.

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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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