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After Early Results, Personalized Learning Is 'Quickly Becoming District-Wide' in Dallas

Edsurge

Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach. The next, they’ll try a Kindle.

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What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us?

The Hechinger Report

They split up other tasks, too, such as note taking, video recording, requesting photographs and emailing follow-up questions. The project typifies the mix of personalized and social learning that’s been a mainstay for 25 years at King, a founding member of a school network called EL Education. Why did he come to America?

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Collaboration for Personalized Learning

BYOT Network

It is part of a series about the Building Blocks for Personalized Learning. Although it may seem unusual to connect collaboration to the practice of personalized learning, it is important to remember that students don’t learn within a vacuum. This post was written in collaboration with Douglas Konopelko.

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Collaboration for Personalized Learning

BYOT Network

It is part of a series about the Building Blocks for Personalized Learning. Although it may seem unusual to connect collaboration to the practice of personalized learning, it is important to remember that students don’t learn within a vacuum. This post was written in collaboration with Doug Konopelko.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Madda et al.,

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How Baltimore CPS Used Communications Strategies to Create Personalized Learning Buy-In

Edsurge

In the case of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) , when the district began a huge leap to personalized learning, its leaders consciously began designing a communications strategy to bring together students, teachers and families. Pictures, videos, reflections—everything becomes an artifact to document the school journey.

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Individualized and Personalized Learning

The Principal of Change

Personalized learning really taps into the passions of students. December 30, 2013 The Value of Confidence May 29, 2011 Book Covers June 28, 2013 The Prophets In Your Land October 25, 2013 Learning From Eric Sheninger. Currently, we are tied to a curriculum, but the way we achieve objectives is open-ended.