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Difference Making
How I Went From Underemployed Waitress to the top 1% of Millennials in 3 Months
By: Lauren Holliday. A story that exemplifies the entrepreneurial mindset, creativity, and do-it-yourself spirit of GenDIY. Or more simply put, the GenDIY imperative of getting your S*!% together.
Personalized Learning
From Formative Assessment to Tracking Student Mastery: The Road to Competency-Based Instruction
Mastery tracking, fed by formative assessment, is fundamental to competency-based learning and any attempt to personalize. Here, we dive into 10 reasons why it is so important.
Leadership
Education as a Public Good
The emerging vision for learning as a service is requiring more learner and parent decisions than ever. So, with all of the individual choices, how do we protect and advance the public good? The answer to this important question has eight implications for state and local policymakers.
Personalized Learning
Creating a Data Driven Classroom
By: Dr. Gregory Firn. A data-driven culture that nurtures and continuously examines learning processes and outcomes is necessary for personalized learning and to revolutionize instruction in the classroom.
Leadership
Designing Transformative Professional Learning Experiences
In professional development, let's ask: What can we create together? What do we value and believe to be true? What kind of effort are we willing to expend based on our values and beliefs? By acting on what matters, we can design transformative professional learning.
Difference Making
Young Greek Transforms From Unemployed to Full-Scale Web Developer
By: Melinda Barlow. How one student took what he noticed in a demanding job market then bridged the gap between the skills he had and the skills needed to become a full-scale web-designer.
EdTech
Technical Challenges on the Path to Personalization
We believe a comprehensive learner profile, data backpack, and student portfolio are key to personalization. However, there are five challenges to overcome to unlock the power of personalized learning that includes student records, interoperability, and developing growth rates.
Personalized Learning
Formative Assessment To Initiate Personalized Learning
The combination of powerful technology with passionate teachers is creating a new path for personalization. Formative assessment is one of the first steps to personalizing the learning experience for students.
EdTech
Making Competency-Based, Personalized Learning Real for Teachers
As educators work to make the shifts necessary to make this a reality, we have to ask ourselves what our systems for professional learning can do to achieve similar ends. Teacher development providers — if they are really serious about offering resources that are truly more personalized — need to build together a common infrastructure that connects learning happening everywhere and anytime.
Difference Making
Harnessing Uncertainty as a Learning Tool
When it comes to how we learn, rarely is something more impactful than navigating uncertainty. Deeper Learning happens when people are in situations where they must simultaneously learn, apply thinking, and reflect.