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Framing the Personalized Learning Discussion from Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

Learn more about what Tom is doing with teachers by following him on Twitter: @Mr_Driscoll. Although Personalized Learning has gained considerable traction in education, there is still much confusion and, at times, heated debate regarding what this set of ideas actually means and looks like in practice.

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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

The Hechinger Report

Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. Domenech, executive director of the 13,000-member American Association of School Administrators, said he had seen “absolutely a significant increase in interest in competency-based personalized learning that has been driven by the pandemic.”.

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Giving students a say

The Hechinger Report

And he says Vertus’s brand of personalized learning isn’t all that personalized. It’s not like you’re learning different stuff,” Roshawn said. Each student still takes life sciences, global history, algebra and the other courses New York State requires for graduation. It’s just a different pace.” schools today.

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

edWeb.net

Successful schools look at assessments as a jumping off point to evaluate curriculum, teaching methods, student engagement, etc. Rather than viewing them as tool for punitive measures, assessments are just another tool that allows educators to figure out how to improve teaching and learning. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” ” The Parent Coalition for Student Privacy has thoughts on the pushback , making the comparison between Zuckerberg ’s corporate and philanthropic efforts and inBloom. .” Christakis (@NAChristakis) February 4, 2018.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

IMPERO SOFTWARE ANTISEXTING AND BULLYING VIDEO ( www.imperosoftware.com ) Impero Software has released a new video showing the dangers of sexting and online bullying, and the important role online monitoring software plays in schools to keep students safe. serve grades Pre-K -12 with high interest, curriculum-correlated materials.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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