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Practical Applications to Individualize and Personalize Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Possibly one of the most important shifts needed in schools is to provide individualized and personalized learning experiences to students. Learning has fundamentally changed with the evolution of the Internet and other technologies that allow for ubiquitous access to information and knowledge.

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

From degrees to certificates, some schools like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are creating legitimate digital copies of important documents so that students and professionals can conveniently pull them at any time when needed. This year, educational institutions are using blockchain for accessible record keeping. AR & VR.

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MOOC-Ed: Coaching Digital Learning, Unit 2 Reflection

EdTechnocation.com

Here is my Unit 2 reflection for the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change. Unit 2 focuses on the development of your PLN (Professional Learning Network) and becoming a "Connected Educator". Please comment on the document and add your resources, opinions, and ideas!

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7 Lessons Learned From Implementing Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Lauren Acree is the Policy and Personalized Learning Lead at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University. The Friday Institute has worked with Digital Promise to implement our first set of micro-credentials related to Learning Differences. When I was a teacher, I valued every day in my classroom.

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My Top 5 Posts from 2017

The Principal of Change

It is great to be able to see the documentation of your growth and focus of thinking in one space. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! Bill Ferriter , both a friend and a colleague I look up to, recently wrote a post titled, “ Maybe There IS Some Value in Graphic Novels?

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.