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The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts

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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. Last week, MAPLE released its first report: a. Last week, MAPLE released its first report: a.

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ISTE 2019: How Superintendents Can Lead Digital Transformation

EdTech Magazine

I conducted 64 student seminars over six months,” Vodicka told attendees Monday at the International Society for Technology in Education’s 2019 annual conference in Philadelphia. What we found was that one of the most common words students used was ‘irrelevant.’”. by Eli Zimmerman.

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When the future of learning includes teacher training, too

The Hechinger Report

And a two-year-old professional development program called LEAP (for “LEarning together to Advance our Practice”) is being linked to greater achievement among students. teachers get a weekly cycle of professional learning. Ninety-minute weekly seminars are a cornerstone of the model. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

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Some districts are using fully remote learning models to start, some are opting for hybrid models, while others are implementing new safety protocols to begin in-person learning. According to the Learning Heroes report, parents said text messages and phone calls as the most effective means of communication.

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OPINION: When it comes to liberal-arts education, online learning changes only the tools

The Hechinger Report

Those who expected radical disruption in the wake of the Great Recession now seem to believe that it’s the coronavirus that will lead to a massive migration of students away from in-person learning and toward the promised land of tech-infused distance education. My colleagues report similarly positive experiences.

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Want to Give Students More Voice and Choice? Start with Teachers

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Conversations around personalized learning are nothing new for the staff at the M.S.D. Teachers in our virtual high school and blended learning programs, which I help direct, have been having them for a few years now via webinars and seminars. A large part of the discussion centered around personalized learning.

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Why a High-Achieving District Keeps Tinkering With a School Model That Already Works

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So in spring of 2014, when the district proposed implementing a 1:1 technology initiative that would help teachers and students transition to a personalized learning model, there was some resistance from families and the board rejected the proposal. Presidential Scholars. By fall of 2018, all students in grades 1-12 will have a device.