Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Why is it so hard to teach K-12 educators how to promote student agency and to provide choices around content and pacing—why is it so hard to teach educators how to personalize learning? I am a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland in the Educational Technology Program for the School of Education.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2018

Educators around the country are excited about the potential of personalized learning, but before we can make it an everyday reality, we first need to agree on what exactly “personalized learning” means. There are a number of definitions out there. Be willing to change the pace of learning. Where we were.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

In my most recent school role, I was tasked with leading our school’s transition to personalized learning. I now see that personalized learning environments require personalized learning strategies. Instead of creating the playlist cycle of doom, we need to work toward personalized learning strategies.

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Neo LMS

MAY 10, 2022

The main ways to identify learning gaps are through observation and evaluation: Observation enables you to understand which students are up-to-date with their learning goals and have acquired the skills they need based on the curriculum. This is where learning gaps come to light. Closing learning gaps is easier than ever before.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Distinctive Schools , a network of high-performing charter schools in Chicago, Minnesota and Michigan, offers an example of how to create and operate a personalized learning system.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

As Clayton Christensen recently said to me, just as people have taken the phrase “disruptive innovation” to justify whatever they already wanted to do, people are using the phrase personalized learning—and a whole host of other terms—in a similar manner. Peak of Inflated Expectations: Personalized Learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Personalized learning has been an education buzzword for several years. A recent survey of by the state education technology directors association, or SETDA, put personalized learning at the top of the list of state priorities. But what does personalized learning actually mean, and how can school leaders do it?

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

“Personalized learning” is a term that is no stranger to interpretation—even to the point that writers have started to argue about whether it’s worth defining or not (just check out here and here.) EdSurge: “Personalized learning” is a phrase that has gotten thrown around relatively frequently over the past one to two years.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

In July of 2015, the district paid more than $400,000 for alignment, strategy and professional services from Education Elements, a for-profit personalized learning consultant, according to receipts obtained by EdSurge from the district. million to the firm for personalized-learning consulting services.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 6, 2021

Hand washing is one well-established safety protocol that kids in school last year were well trained in and is definitely one routine we want to continue. Teach children to respect personal space. Teaching children how to maintain appropriate physical distance is another healthy routine to continue this school year.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

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. But there’s no common definition yet for what personalized learning actually is.”. And how to listen to each other.”. Crew is like family.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

LearnLaunch Institute , the Massachusetts Personalized Learning Edtech Consortium (MAPLE) functions as a professional learning community for 32 district members that aim to implement personalized learning. You can personalize learning just fine without technology. Sometimes, it is just a distraction.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2019

The tricky part is how to actually go about doing those things, and convincing everyone around you that they should be striving for that approach as well. How do you get that done? Let’s start with what personalized learning is — or should be — and go from there. Enter the silos. K–12 Departments Must Find Common Ground.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 15, 2018

Lifelong learning is a better way. It has a lot of definitions by People Who Should Know but here’s one from the Department of Education that’s succinct and pithy: Lifelong learning is the ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge. How do you create lifelong learners? Why is this important?

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2023

In the beginning, we discussed how to make sure the tasks they chose for their lists were reasonable to finish in 17 minutes. At the end of class, the students add their post-it to our chart on the class whiteboard to show how many of their tasks they finished. This is a skill they will definitely need in their future!

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Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2022

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. My older students use it for teaching a lesson or to present their project-based learning (PBL) findings.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2017

Sorry, adaptive software is not the same as personalized learning. We all know that changes in public education move slowly, but there’s one specific educational dilemma we’ve been mired in for decades, with varying levels of rhetoric and hand-wringing: How can we maximize individual student achievement with group instruction?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2021

It was during the return trip that I once again saw differentiation firmly in part of a personalized learning experience. This was a fantastic lesson that genuinely personalized the experience for all kids where they got what they needed when and where they needed it.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 8, 2018

When working with personalized learning tools, teachers might be wondering: how do I know where each student is at and what can I do to confirm that they are mastering the concepts? Personalized Learning with ST Math. It’s definitely been a game-changer for my computer lab times and I hope it will be for you too.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

SAN MATEO and OAKLAND, California — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, is excited to announce the acquisition of IXL Learning , the premier online English-language dictionary, as well as Thesaurus.com , home to the world’s largest collection of synonyms and antonyms.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

While there’s no exact formula for a seamless digital transformation, certain school districts are providing examples of how to take this on while keeping learners at the center of everything. When Frederick County Public Schools started the shift toward one-to-one learning, they first needed to know what kids were doing online.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 5, 2021

Evidence of the need for these 4 C’s is embedded in Universal Design for Learning (UDL). To create truly student centered, personalized learning opportunities, teachers must design lessons with intention. This activity definitely highlights the glows and areas for growth in lesson design. Collaboration.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

There are many reasons, including a lack of clarity around definitions , a lack of efficacy—because of confusion around the term—and, at some schools, a lack of rigor. The real magic of blended learning occurs when teachers use technology to boost human interaction, in both frequency and impact. It’s a bad word.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 13, 2022

Choosing methods like Genius hour or project-based learning, activities such as scavenger hunts or learning stations, or selecting digital tools that promote more interaction with and between students will help foster the development of essential future-ready and SEL skills. How to foster the development of future-ready skills.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Plus, students need to learn how to use technology to reach their goals in the classroom and beyond. They are already doing this outside the classroom and they’ll definitely need to master such skills in their adult lives later on. How will students behave while using it? How easy it is to learn how to use it?

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Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2021

The 2020-2021 school year has definitely been one full of changes and a time when we’ve had to become more flexible in our instruction to adapt to changing learning environments and conditions. Read more: How to get started with hybrid teaching. It offers a variety of courses on emerging topics, including AI.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 22, 2018

Below is a good definition from the University of Miami : Cognitive flexibility is the ability to shift our thoughts and adapt our behavior to the changing environment. Allow students to explore a topic of interest in OpenCourseware and then demonstrate what they have learned in non-traditional ways (see IOCS ). Others are not.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The school’s learning management system (LMS) is an indispensable tool for blended learning, personalized learning, and instruction in general. There are many things to consider, including setting up a pilot program, onboarding, and training teachers on how to effectively use the new LMS.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

We fought through the unknown and uncertainties to get our students back to in-person learning. We used community engagement sessions to develop a common understanding of equity in Grand Island, and then our school board adopted a resolution supporting that definition. Data tells a story, and you have to act on that narrative.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Get the right people in the room to start, and consider who will be involved over time This sounds simple, but spending time thinking about the type of team you want involved at the outset of your personalized learning vision-setting is critical. And there are definitely times when you do not.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Get the right people in the room to start, and consider who will be involved over time This sounds simple, but spending time thinking about the type of team you want involved at the outset of your personalized learning vision-setting is critical. And there are definitely times when you do not.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Read more: How STEM is preparing students for future careers. How to get started with STEM in your classroom. There are also many free options available that can be used for in-person learning or virtually. Groups have to figure out how to work together to make the tower.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) make available on social media. My point though is that there is definitely room for growth in terms of validating all the talk with substance. Blog posts are a great option to get into the nitty-gritty of change.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 10, 2015

What Is A Personal Learning Network? What is a personal learning network, or rather a Personal Learning Network? How about a Professional Learning Network? What Is A Personal Learning Network? . The post What Is A Personal Learning Network? by TeachThought Staff.

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MindShift

JULY 11, 2017

Dillon, now the district’s superintendent (and still its elementary school principal) just wrapped up the first year of a personalized learning program that gives students in all grades an iPad and the ability to master work at their own pace. There’s no cookie-cutter model for personalized learning. Wayne D’Orio).

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The challenge is teaching students how to take these disparate pieces of information and skills, analyze data to make complex decisions, and innovate when a solution is not apparent for a problem. One approach that may offer that reasonable next step in embedding personalized learning into practice is blended learning.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

We touched on a variety of topics related to e-learning for schools and universities, from personalized learning to the usefulness of various edtech tools, to cybersecurity in schools, to how to meet students’ various learning needs, and everything in between. E-learning trends come and go.

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