personalized learning
Designing the Classroom of the Future: Technology as a Force Multiplier
By: Caroline Vander Ark. It’s my mission to ensure that all students have access to high quality personalized learning options. Technology can help us get there faster and bridge the divide that too many students still face. The innovative use of technology allows educators to reconfigure the traditional K-12 classroom and redesign schools to create personalized learning solutions that better serve all students.
Empowering Students to Understand and Advocate for Their Own Learning Differences
By: Dr. Mary Ann Wolf. We often ask teachers, coaches, principals and district leaders about their “why” and about those one or two children who drive their work in education. More often than not, educators hone in on that student who needed to be understood, who learned differently and who was able to thrive because the educator was able to personalize learning for him or her.
Fueling a Vision of Student-Centered, Personalized Learning through Student Voice
My challenge to myself - and to all of us - today is to ask a handful of kids these two important questions: What do you want to learn? What do you want to do?
Students LEAD to Learn (Thanks to New Friday Institute Initiative)
We all learn differently, and, as adults, we can often advocate for or find solutions to help us find experiences that best fit our learning style. Unfortunately, students often don’t have the resources or even the knowledge to know how to advocate for themselves.
What Policies and Practices Can Make Learning Personal for All?
Variabilities among learners in terms of pace, background knowledge, ability to focus, socio-economic status and more range widely across our contemporary cohort of American students. In this new report, we look at how we can meet all learners where they are at.
Squaring Personalization and Digitization in 2018
By: Elizabeth Anthony. Blended models can eliminate learning gaps, increase engagement and foster ownership, and that is just the beginning. But adding adaptive software programs to a classroom with antiquated "factory"-style structures will not accomplish this end.
Not Much New in EdTech in 2017; 3 Things Could Change That in 2018
Despite more global investment in EdTech, not much happened in 2017. Here's a look at where the innovation is happening and two issues that could use more attention from public private partnerships--a barrier and an opportunity.
The Value of the Human in an AI World
Let’s start with that first question about preparing our students to contribute. Let me ask you this: what value does a human add to an automated world? The key thing to remember is that AI exists because we birthed it.
See the Path to Change: How Vision-Setting and Change Management Practices Support Effective School Transformation
By: Stephen Pham. As part of their strategy to capture and share strategies around Blended and Personalized Learning at Work, The Learning Accelerator dove deeply into practices and stories of transformation, uncovering a few consistent strategies that have enabled ongoing success.
Four Iowa Schools Getting Personalized Learning Right
By: Meredith Allen. Today, I’d like to showcase a few Iowa schools that I think are absolute gems of personalized learning, with some key takeaways for educators and administrators implementing personalized learning in their own classroom, school or district.