Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Personalized learning is still in its infancy—as are the curricular tools and resources available to support teachers in implementing it. There are plenty of resources with step-by-step guides and blueprints designed to walk teachers through a process to personalize learning. The Syllabus Gets a Facelift.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

To be prepared for success, struggling students need just as many opportunities to participate in self-directed learning and to develop autonomy as high-achieving students. I teach four sections of a reading seminar for first time freshman who have low MAP reading scores from eighth grade.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 7, 2024

Address Common Project-Based Learning Challenges Through Culture-Building contributed by Sara Segar , Experit Learning Depot I would never claim to be the world’s best project-based educator. I’ve learned that every PBL struggle is preventable with a solid PBL culture. There have been ups and downs, some duds, and big mistakes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2017

Today Weston Kieschnick @wes_kieschnick helps us how to go bold school with blended learning. Old school plus blended learning = bold school. In today’s show, Weston Kieschnick talks about blended learning and old school teaching: The old school wisdom we should hold onto. Blended learning in the bold school.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But I digress… technology, specifically in the form of micro-credentials (sometimes called digital badging) has emerged not only as a powerful, accessible and appropriate way to learn online, but is also allows teachers to manage their time and resources better (keep in mind many teachers pay for PD out their own pocket).

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Adaptive assessments, i.e. personalized learning or individualized instruction tools, are (often) computer-based, multiple-choice tests that adjust to get increasingly difficult or easier in response to correct/incorrect answers. From these programs teachers are armed with “personalized learning plans” for each student. .

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

A few years ago, we wrote an article for EdSurge about our school, Taos Academy, and its personalized learning model, focused on flexible weekly scheduling. In that model, students come to campus a few days a week and learn online the rest of the time—not unlike what many schools are experimenting with these days.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Stop me if you’ve seen this one before: In an effort to encourage teachers to abandon traditional, lecture-style instruction in favor of next-generation learning models, we sit them down and ask them to listen for an hour or two. Conversations around personalized learning are nothing new for the staff at the M.S.D.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Adaptive assessments, i.e. personalized learning or individualized instruction tools, are (often) computer-based, multiple-choice tests that adjust to get increasingly difficult or easier in response to correct/incorrect answers. From these programs teachers are armed with “personalized learning plans” for each student. .

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Piloted at the start of the pandemic, the Hub —which was only virtual given safety constraints—is an academic program that empowers families to exchange knowledge and resources to support their children’s learning and emotional wellness. We listened to our families and built solutions around that,” says Young.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2020

Students have left their campuses, and entire curricula have shifted into distance-learning mode. But despite growth in the numbers and sophistication of online options, high school seniors continue to apply for the opportunity to learn with one another on a college campus. Things will never be the same in higher education!”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Fourth grade teacher Milton Bryant works with students in a small group during a blended learning session at Ketcham Elementary School. 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. Future of Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

It has become increasingly possible to personalize learning–adapt resources and assessments to student skills and needs and differentiate lessons that are pushed out to individual students or small groups ( read: Shifting my Teacher Mindset with Micro-credentials ). personalized. Not anymore. Who is Digital Promise?

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 15, 2019

To offer more personalized learning? Just when you are starting to get excited about all the sessions and seminars and… there are hundreds of them and only a time machine could help at this point. Why are you attending the exhibition in the first place? Does the conference meet your school’s ed tech goals?

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District Administration

APRIL 7, 2017

Personalized learning solutions are helping educators leverage digital curriculum technology to create individualized learning paths for each student, based on personalized and adaptive instruction. Apply data from technology solutions to individualize learning pathways and improve classroom learning environments.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

In math teacher Danielle Bosse’s classroom, three students take assessments (foreground) while their classmates learn and practice different math skills. Two teachers, known as “academic advisors,” were on call to field questions and ensure everybody stayed on task (the teachers also lead weekly seminars or labs to bolster the computer work).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

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. Twenty-four districts have said they will be sharing data about students’ learning to families.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2023

From interactive simulations to comprehensive lesson plans, these resources are designed to cater to various learning styles and bring the wonders of science to life. It offers a plethora of resources, including professional development opportunities, web seminars, and classroom activities.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2017

What makes the place truly unique, however, is the way Marc Pedersen and his wife Tricia Pedersen have set up their classes to offer students a differentiated, high-tech, personalized learning experience—all without relying heavily on screen time. I am learning with the students. What they are doing is incredible.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

STEAM-based learning emphasizes both hands-on and digital experiences with engineering, art, game design, prototyping in makerspaces, authoring, robotics, and much more. Students and teachers are learning to innovate hand-in-hand. Innovations in Games-Based Learning video series. Who are the innovators and what do they do?

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

Does competency-based education hold the key to providing an equitable learning opportunity to every student? As she puts it, competency-based learning “gives students the chance. Distinctive Schools network, we have been on a journey implementing personalized learning that takes a competency based approach.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2017

Badges help teachers focus on relevant professional developments opportunities because they support personalized learning. Badges are earned based on learning evidence rather than just seat time. This means that teachers can display the competencies that they have developed throughout their professional careers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

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.

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District Administration

MARCH 30, 2015

District Administration, May 2015 Personalized blended and online learning programs have helped many districts provide access to more courses and to improve student outcomes. District Administration Custom Publishing Group. But how do you start a program and then scale it across your school and district? NICOLE BONO. Fuel Education

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Katie Novak , an internationally recognized expert in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and all-around awesome person, discusses this personalization of learning for students and why it is so significant : Imagine this scene in a 3rd-grade classroom: Students are sitting quietly on the floor as a teacher reads Charlotte’s Web aloud.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 11, 2010

Recently at NCTIES Kevin Honeycutt spoke on Personal Learning Networks. Is social media more rewarding to teachers & professional development, or to students & their learning? Students seek greater control over their learning experiences and a number of technologies grant them this control. He said, "I am smart.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2018

As I have developed as a teacher, I’ve learned firsthand how valuable that can be. Related: Choosing personalized learning as a strategy for educational equity. Siwaju is a seminar-style program that gives students a platform to discuss various topics that influence their own lives. Future of Learning.

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Bryan Alexander

JULY 10, 2017

Ah, the learning management system ( LMS ) ( VLE to some people). Combined, what emerged is something like a graduate seminar on the next LMS, especially in Phil’s post and the video discussion. One of the central ed technologies, as well as one of the most controversial, and yet also accepted as a nearly universal commonplace.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

By encouraging participation, collaboration, and critical thinking during classroom learning, active learning strategies for students promote student-centered learning environments that enhance academic outcomes and cultivate lifelong learning skills. What are the 6 learning strategies for students?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

17, more than 100 people gathered to hear speakers present how their organizations are embracing the future of digital learning. She described the advances in cognitive science, including the work of Carol Dweck, Geoffrey Cohen, and Claude Steele, that have led her to work on creating even more supportive and effective learning environments.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2017

After completing the program, our young Queens demonstrate mastery through a community project reflecting the learnings of each workshop. Advice blogs follow self-esteem workshops; fashion shows pair with self-confidence seminars; choreographed dance routines come after positive body-image discussions.

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District Administration

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Online learning combined with face-to-face instruction can result in a more personalized learning experience. District Administration, July 2014 Blended learning is constantly growing and evolving, and transforming education to be more of a student-centered environment. District Administration Custom Publishing Group.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Open-ed people, personalized-learning people, and the learning-analytics people, they don’t talk to each other that much.” He made the remarks during a session this week at the annual conference of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, where he announced the project. We still have tribes,” he said.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

And he keeps that perspective in mind as he works to keep college teaching practices up to date in his other role, as the executive director of the University of Texas System’s Institute for Transformational Learning. Think of yourself as a learning architect, but not as a sage on the stage. It’s not because the teacher got better.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Adaptive assessments, i.e. personalized learning or individualized instruction tools, are (often) computer-based, multiple-choice tests that adjust to get increasingly difficult or easier in response to correct/incorrect answers. From these programs teachers are armed with “personalized learning plans” for each student.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With the world shut down amidst the pandemic, the classroom went digital and was followed by upheavals in the learning sphere. Educational institutions actively leveraged digital portals and resources to deliver learning solutions and thrive in this evolving world. We were all, quite forcefully, introduced to eLearning.

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