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5 questions you need to ask about personalized learning

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? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Why is personalized learning becoming increasingly desirable in K-12? If you are curious about what personalized learning can offer your students, here are the answers to important questions you may be asking. What exactly is personalized learning?

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The 3 Best Strategies For Teachers To Keep Students Engaged

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With distractions from technology and diverse learning needs, teachers need to constantly adapt and find innovative ways to keep their students focused. 1 – Personalized learning Personalized learning techniques allow teachers to tailor lessons to individual student interests.

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Teens Now Turn to TikTok More Than Google — But Not for Schoolwork

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TikTok is coming for Google’s gig, as the kids might say. Last fall, TikTok surpassed Google as the most-visited site on the web. She says that the junior and senior advanced composition students she’s met with this year told her Google is their go-to resource for academic work. With TikTok, it goes back to that algorithm.

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How to educate students on online behavior in a digital learning environment

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Examples of online behavior expectations include: We will use school-issued devices for classwork rather than personal entertainment. We will use respectful language online, in email, on class message boards and in Google Documents. In a Google Doc, I don’t add private information like my password because.

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Why K-12 schools should choose student-led learning

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Also, according to the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University, “Student-led discussions have proven to be more effective than teacher-led ones” at developing interpersonal skills and critical thinking. You can also let them decide how they’ll show what they’ve learned.

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Last Chance: The Tech-infused Teacher (MTI 562)

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In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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What You Might Have Missed in February

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Here are the most-read posts for the month of February: Multimedia content personalizes learning. Tech Tip: Visit a Foreign Language Google . How Online Learning Can Improve Your Teaching. Random Acts of Kindness. What is Constructivism? Tech Tip: My Internet Stopped Working. 10 Great Virtual Reality Apps.