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On This Episode of Mythbusters: Personalized Does Not Mean Digital

Education Elements

If Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters looked deep into the world of personalized learning, they would quickly note that one of the biggest misconceptions schools and teachers have is that personalization equals technology.

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To Disconnect or Not

A Principal's Reflections

I tried to talk my wife into letting me bring the Chromebook solely for the purpose of enriching our Disney experience, but once I got "the look" I decided it was in my best interests to leave it at home. Twitter has long been my number one tool for professional learning as the main tool to form my Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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Personalizing the Journey for Our Students

The Principal of Change

They respond to the prompt on Chromebooks as the teacher conferences with individual students. Others design John Locke’s Facebook page and interpret the Two Treatises of Civil Government through a series of status updates in today’s vernacular. February 8, 2018 Personalized Learning Vs Personalization of Learning.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system. .”

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The Great Learning Management System Debate: Featuring Canvas, Schoology and Google Classroom

TeacherCast

With personalized learning at the forefront of many school initiatives, the use of learning management systems has become a hot commodity among schools. With so many choices on where to build your digital classroom, the questions often arise: “Why do I need a learning management system? And which one do I choose?”.

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Newly Launched Assessment Program Aims to Recast Testing

Marketplace K-12

The Assessment for Learning Project is focused on re-imagining assessment in a number of ways. Another award went to the Summit Public Schools charter network (which has received support from Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg). Science Interest Could Foster Learning Progressions. The new grantees include: the Henry County, Ga.,