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We define personalized learning as: a progressively student-driven model in which students deeply engage in meaningful, authentic, and rigorous challenges to demonstrate desired outcomes. Progressively student driven model hearkens back to the timeless pedagogy of gradual release of responsibility from teacher Read More …
As we continue to change out instructional practices in the classroom, I think the difference between teacher-centered, student-centered and student-driven need to be better defined. I do not see student-centered and student-driven as interchangeable as they are not the same. Read More …
Most of what I do for a living is re-imagining curriculum, assessment and instructional designs with educators. Last week, I was working with Grade 9 and 10 English teachers in a public school district in Connecticut. We continued our discussion Read More …
This post was originally published on Pam Austen‘s website, Musings in Real Time, and re-published on Learning Personalized with permission. For the last few years we have been working towards a more student-centered learning model at our elementary school. We Read More …
The following is the syllabus given out to students last week to introduce the 8th grade Social Studies curriculum. Teachers Ben, Robyn, and Kim are part of an innovation project to experiment with personalized learning throughout the year with me. Read More …
As a teacher, having students invested and focused on inquiry, examination, discussion, and creation is the absolute best. Close your eyes and envision your classroom. Hear the excitable conversation surrounding a question you’ve just posed. Isn’t it amazing? Now for Read More …
I was introduced to Christine Laurenzi through my content and digital media strategist, Chrissie Wywrot. Christine and Chrissie graduated high school together and, coincidentally, Christine is as personalized learning advocate as I am. Christine was invited to give a TEDx Read More …
Personalization, personalized learning, and personalized mastery learning have been used to describe a vast range of initiatives, ideas, and platforms over the past few years — it has become the “next big thing” to reform education. Aveson Charter Schools opened Read More …
Learning Personalized founder and creator Allison Zmuda was a guest on Principal Center Radio with Justin Baeder last week to discuss the concept and evolution of personalized learning, her current book, Learning Personalized, and her next book set to be Read More …
In my continuing attempt to build a more personalized learning environment in my classroom, I am attempting to find better ways to create an environment which develops student wondering and questioning. Reflecting back to the beginning of the school year, Read More …