personalized learning
Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning
I like to imagine what a learning experience would look like wherein students have access to VR that is both tied to curriculum and automatically tailored to their competency via machine learning. Here's a look at one company providing a step in that direction.
15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning
It is easy to think of personalization simply as differentiated instruction, but a full commitment to supporting individual learning journeys has many dimensions such as these 15 we've identified.
How to Build Community Leaders of Today—and Tomorrow—Through Student Genius Hours
By: Jen Schneider. Genius Hour means students use at least one hour of their class time each week to explore their own questions, create projects and share with others. Here's how implementing it in my classroom turned it into a community.
Impact Report: Building Capacity for Personalized Learning and More
Education Elements recently released its third annual Impact Report, "Building Capacity for Personalized Learning and More," examining the impact of personalized learning on districts across the country. Here are highlights of what they found.
Should K-12 Schools Really Certify Their Own Teachers?
By: Thomas Arnett. Summit Public Schools recently made headlines with the launch of its new teacher residency program where participants can earn a teaching credential. What might this approach mean for the future of teacher preparation?
Creating Change-Agents: The Intersection of Critical Thinking and Student Agency
By: Jenny Pieratt. As educators, we know that in order to develop the next generation with the skills to innovate and improve our world we can no longer teach students what to think. We must teach them how to think.
Why Communication is Critical for Personalized Learning Success
By: Suzanne Alka and Luciano Munoz. We knew that to be successful in our implementation of personalized learning, we would need to develop a communication plan tailored to different audiences within our community. Here's how we did it.
Personalized Learning is a Movement That Takes Time
By: David Irwin. Radically changing the core of what a school does is hard work. It requires vision and commitment from district leadership, and incredibly strong leadership from principals and dedicated teachers. These things take time.
Dialogue on a Content-Rich Elementary Experience
A blog I created sharing a taxonomy of views on personalized learning ranging from content-centric to student-centered resulted in this spirited email dialogue with education leaders about the role of content in developing language proficiency.
Let’s Put Personalized Learning In Its Proper Place
By: Andy Calkins. The goals of next gen, learner-centered, personalized education can--and need--to be expressed simply, powerfully and memorably. How can we do that without reducing them to an oversimplified, prescriptive recipe?