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Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success

EdTech Magazine

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states.

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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

Measuring learning styles often involves an assessment such as this one from the Georgia Department of Education. Instead of planning activities based on learning styles, teachers may want to opt for a different, but better researched technique: differentiated instruction. Computers & Education, March 2017, 106, pp.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

Educators use a variety of resources to meet the needs and interests of individual students, including videos, images, games, non-fiction text and varying types of assessments. Teachers are supported with research-based instructional strategies designed to increase student engagement as they make meaningful connections with content.

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What I Wish My Teacher Knew: One Question That Could Change Everything

The CoolCatTeacher

Today’s Sponsor: GradeCam is a web-based tool that lets you customize assessments with multiple choice, true/false, number grids, rubrics, and more. Monday, September 4, 2017. Kyle Schwartz @ kylemschwartz asked a question of her students that went viral. You can instantly scan and score answer sheets using ANY device with a camera.

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Using tech to help differentiate instruction

Kathy Schrock

Differentiated instruction is defined by Carol Tomlinson as “an approach to teaching that advocates active planning for and attention to student differences in classrooms, in the context of high quality curriculums”. There are also online scenario quizzes that older students can take that allow them to self-assess their learning style.

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The Difference Between Personalized Learning And Individualized Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

The term personalization and individualization are often used synonymously for differentiating instruction. It is best to start with a common structure for taking this dive into deeper learning through Differentiation. Lorna Earl explains the relationship between assessments and Differentiation best.

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Achieve3000 updates blended learning, differentiated instruction tools

eSchool News

Achieve3000 offers innovative new ways to empower blended learning and accelerate student literacy gains through differentiated instruction in the 2016-2017 school year. Achieve3000 is introducing its brand-new ELA Test Challenge courses that prepare students for the rigor of high-stakes state assessments.