ISTE Learning & Leading with Technology (May Issue) features "A Step-by-Step Guide to Personalize Learning".
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Response to Intervention (RtI) can target each learner's needs when they need it as they need it. Delete the scoop?
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New Revised Version of Personalization vs Differentiation vs Individualization (PDI) Chart (2013)
Barbara Bray's insight:
The originalPDI chart has been downloaded over tens of thousands of times around the world. We received feedback and input from educators who helped us revise the chart so it clarifies the differences between the terms. We welcome your feedback and to share your stories of personalizing learning.
If you have our older version of the chart, please replace it with this version. Personalized Learning Chart v2 (2013) by Barbara Bray & Kathleen McClaskey is licensed under aCreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 UnportedLicense.
Please share this with your PLN! 
Barbara Bray's curator insight,
March 10, 11:25 AM
We revised the PDI chart from feedback from educators around the world. Now we are receiving information from people who are using the chart to help as they personalize learning.
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Duncan on testing: 'We can't throw the baby out with the bathwater' Washington Post In the long run, I believe that Assessment 3.0 will include assessments that do even more to personalize learning, and will accelerate the shift from seat-based...
Duncan's mention of personalizing learning and keeping standardized tests does not make sense.
Barbara Bray's insight:
Linda Darling-Hammond wrote it right, “The question for policymakers has shifted from, ‘Can we afford assessments of deeper learning?’ to, ‘Can the United States afford not to have such high-quality assessments?’”
Duncan-- High quality assessments are here now. As long as the US continues to push standardized tests, our children will keep falling farther and farther behind. You mention Assessment 3.0 that will do more to personalize learning and hope that it includes:
> changing the teaching profession so teachers are valued and respected. > understanding how learners learn best based on neuroscience. > encouraging learner voice and choice so learners own and drive their learning. > moving to teachers and learners as partners in learning. > starting with the learner, how they learner best and their interests, passions, talents, and aspirations. > that technology supports learning not drives it.
This is all about accountability and putting the focus on teaching instead of learners taking responsibility for their learning. It's about the tests -- who owns the tests, texts, and the money behind it. Delete the scoop?
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Barbara Bray's insight:
This quote by Mary Beth Hertz in this article where learners can personalize their learning as curators. I imagine a techbook looking like a science notebook or journal. It would be a place where students can take notes, pin articles and videos, record experiments and discussions or lectures, organize data tied to these experiences sketch out ideas in words and pictures, and send and receive emails or other messages. 
Duncan Cole's curator insight,
April 23, 9:21 AM
This is a thought provoking post on student curation, with a helpful conceptualisation of the differences between directive and discovery learning. Curation tools certainly have the potential to support student research, and they also promote sharing and collaboration. The idea that the "textbook" of the future might be essentially a curation platform is also an interesting one. It seems to me that the ideas put forward are more like a digital notebook but possibly with more sharing features, or perhaps a wiki if many students can contribute content. It is an approach we could explore further in higher education, but as with all such ideas we will still need to consider where such approaches would be best used, if at all. Delete the scoop?
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Jennifer Roberts created a video tutorial on how to use Voice Comments on Google Docs.
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I use Google docs to write and also help teachers. This new feature can be a life saver. Check out the video tutorial. Delete the scoop?
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The reading passage starts: 'Dear New York State, I am not fond of your tests. They do not show you who I am, or who my teachers are....'
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If we put the learning in the learner's hands, would they opt in for standardized tests? This 8th grader designed a mini eigth-grade reading test complete with tips on taking the tests. I applaud her tenacity and how she wrote "Not all students are the same." Sophia - you have that so right - thank you!
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If a teacher turns the learning over to their learners so they become critical thinkers, this map can be a guide for them. Give this map to the kids as they take on a problem or concept. 
Lisa Treml Welch's comment,
April 16, 7:11 AM
This graphic is wonderful. My wheels are already turning as to how I can impart this information to our younger (K-2) students and relate it to the acronym that we currently use in our room: B(elieve)U(understand)D(discover)S(share). I will let you know what ensues. As always...thank you!!
Monty Bell's curator insight,
April 26, 7:15 PM
I like the graphic representation. Students can relate - easy to connect to real problems. Delete the scoop?
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Jon Corripo asked his students what BYOD is and they created a video to share with the world.
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There's a lot of talk about Bringing Your Own Device. What does that mean for students? Check out this video created by High School students from Minarets Charter High School. Enjoy! Delete the scoop?
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Personalized learning is not about technology and data; it is about the learner owning their learning and transforming how we teach and learn.
Barbara Bray's insight:
When you see the word "Personalized" around learning and packaged with technology and data, do your research on who is saying this and why. Personalized Learning is not about the technology; it is not about data; it is about the learner taking responsibility for their learning and driving their learning. This changes teacher and learner roles and transforms how we teach and learn. Today's learners are not prepared. Employers want people that: are critical assessors of their work. collaborate as team players.are creative and innovative problem-solvers.look for and test multiple solutions.figure things out on their own. self-regulate their learning.Learners need to develop the skills to assess and reflect on their own learning. 
Sharilee Swaity's comment,
April 7, 10:07 PM
We have been just starting with UDL at our school, and I found this website very interesting.
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Tom Perran's curator insight,
March 30, 3:45 PM
This infographic provides the rationale for creating instructional activities centered on the needs of the learner. 
Antonia Rudenstine's curator insight,
April 3, 8:09 AM
This infographic goes along with a paper on the mind and learning...it's a great visual summary. The paper is linked at the bottom of the graphic. Delete the scoop?
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Competency Education | Learn about Competency Education on instaGrok, the research engine (Competency-based #Education | Learn about it here: http://t.co/BKqg1XTjRl #edreform #edchat)... 
JoAnn's curator insight,
March 12, 1:24 PM
If we could get the publics percepion of school to change then it would make it easier for schools to change. Delete the scoop?
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Sarah Downing-Ford is a 7th grade middle school teacher in Maine who shares how her learners unpack standards and assess their own work.
Barbara Bray's insight:
We interviewed Sarah after viewing the video of some of her learners sharing how they take responsibility for their learning. Read about Sarah's top ten list on what she has learned. Here's the first 4: 10. Don’t underestimate the abilities/flexibility of students. 
Vicki Butler's curator insight,
March 15, 4:00 PM
This goes hand in hand with learners taking ownership of their learning experiences.
Vicki Butler's comment,
May 2, 11:41 AM
Hi Barbara! Busy. I'm leaving my position at school and jumping into new endeavors. Will you be at ISTE?
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Details how the infographic Brainy Approaches to Learning supports Personalized Learning. (Infographic & details on Brainy Approaches to Learning and Personalized Learning. Delete the scoop?
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Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don’t like.’” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect...
Barbara Bray's insight:
Every person needs a champion and can be a champion for others. Like Rita says --- it is the human factor and that has been missing in education since NCLB. Watch this wonderful educator and listen to her passion. She instills the best in her learners. We can all do this. Delete the scoop?
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TAMPA -- Lobbyists are not allowed to finance perks like trips for state officials, but those at the Foundation for Excellence in Education get around that ban by being registered to another foundation run by Jeb Bush.Former Gov.
Barbara Bray's insight:
The Foundation for Excellence in Education uses the premise to promote positive educational choices under the guise of "Personalized Learning" to increase profit margins and hide behind lobbyists who receive corporate donations from: >Pearson >Charter Schools USA >IQity
Bush may be running for President 2016. Just like NCLB was framed to help kids but was really a ploy to destroy public education, this Foundation even though it has non-profit status has a big profit motive to take its share of the $600 billion education money along with for-profit partners. Look at the motive behind anything framed as "personalized learning" before you vote and close a public school.
Do your homework on who owns the tests, the software, the school, and their motives before you change policy!
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Competency-based learning, which allows students to progress at their own pace after they've shown mastery of a subject, rather than by their age, is quickly (Mindshift highlights @WorldofLearning & @lillianpace 's work on emerging role for the...
Barbara Bray's insight:
Knowledgeworks developed a report comparing competency-based learning and current assessment practices.
The big difference between the two systems is what gets tested. Competency-based learning focuses not just on content, but also on “soft skills” like communication, collaboration, and other higher-order thinking skills. In contrast, the federal assessments focus on the subjects of math and English Language Arts aligned with academic achievement standards, but not necessarily with core competencies.
We need to read this and make a stand. We cannot keep testing "one size fits all" and leave all of our children behind. Life is not a multiple choice test!!!! Delete the scoop?
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Dave Truss, Vice Principal and Lead Administrator of the Inquiry Hub in Vancouver, shared how inquiry around topics builds communities of learners. Via Kathleen McClaskey
Vicki Butler's curator insight,
May 1, 11:58 AM
This is a a wonderful program: check out Kathleen's notes Don't miss this project that was designed by learners at The Inquiry Hub. The back story is that the learners wrote a grant so they could design and built this community garden. Here are some insights into The Inquiry Hub.
"The structure of the Inquiry Hub is around topics. In the morning, the teachers and learners start off with a topical workshop. Then the learners work on online courses guided by their teachers. In the afternoon they work on their inquiry project individually and/or collaboratively. Dave shared a topic that took a life of its own: The Green Inquiry Project where Shauna, Sophia, and Hanna wrote and received a wildlife grant as part of their environmental sustainability group." 
Carol Koechlin's curator insight,
May 2, 10:03 AM
Great model that could be replicated in the Learning Commons to empower students to own their inquiry.
Antonia Rudenstine's curator insight,
Today, 8:18 AM
I love the name "Inquiry Hub"...such a powerful way to help us all reimagine what a learning community can be if it's not a "school." Delete the scoop?
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The term "student" was defined in the middle ages. It is time to rethink what that implies and redefine the learner.
Barbara Bray's insight:
This is the 21st century not the Middle Ages. Learning is happening anytime, anywhere by anyone. Consider now that we are able to learn in different ways through different mediums with the expanded use of mobile devices. 
David Schultz's curator insight,
May 7, 11:01 AM
The varying outlooks we have when we use different words to describe something is intresting. Here the difference between "student" & "learner" points to who is ulitmatly responsible for our own intellectual development. I wonder if the same could be true with our use of generic titles in the work place. For example can using the word "leader" in place of "follower" for staff and use of the word "visonary" in place of "leader" for executives place the responsibility for success in a more productive perspective? Delete the scoop?
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Is using technological tools to “personalize” student learning the real thing?
Barbara Bray's insight:
Valerie Strauss shares George Wood's post on personalization where she questions "You can’t have a conversation about education reform these days without, at some point, hearing the words “personalization” and “engagement.” What do they really mean?"
Nancy White's curator insight,
April 21, 12:13 PM
Contains a vivid description of what I believe is true personalized learning. Delete the scoop?
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Ben Kestner, Middle School Principal at St. John's International School in Belgium, shares how to personalize learning.
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Ben asks "What if there was a school with no homework, no tests, no grades, and you could learn what you want?"
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CBAM: Stages of Concern about Personalized Learning provides descriptions and strategies to guide change for each stage.
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When you are transforming learning, you can use the Stages of Concern to help guide change. CBAM is the Concerns Based Adoption Model. I used this chart with teachers integrating technology. We adapted this chart to guide change around personalizing learning. If you are a teacher, you can determine which stage you are in and use the strategies to get the support you need. If you are a coach or professional developer, you can use these strategies to support your teachers. Delete the scoop?
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"When teacher and learner roles changes, the system is transformed not reformed. Transforming a system that is over 120 years old will take time and careful planning." Via Kathleen McClaskey
Barbara Bray's insight:
Read the latest Personalize Learning Newsletter with stories and journeys from educators around the world. Discover new tools, reports, and charts that you can download for free. 
Kathleen McClaskey's curator insight,
April 1, 10:25 AM
Personalize learning is about transforming education not reforming! Discover our tools, report and the journeys in this newsletter that can help frame this discussion. Delete the scoop?
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Read about the K-2 multi-age co-teaching team from Wisconsin and how they personalize learning so learners grow their learning.
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Lisa Welch and Wanda Richardson shared their journey with us last year. This year their journey takes a new path as a multi-age approach with a new member added to their team, Susan Blaesing. They formed a K-2 multi-age co-teaching pod at Wales Elementary in Wisconsin called “The Garden.” Their philosophy is that just like flowers, we all grow differently, in different situations and at different times. And, just like flowers, we bloom! Delete the scoop?
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The 5 W’s are the What, Who, Where, Why, and Wow to Personalize Learning. Learn what is and what is not personalized learning, learn how learners learn best, walk through the Three Stages of Personalized Learning Environments, understand how teacher and learner roles will change, and how to use assessment AS learning.
Via Kathleen McClaskey
Barbara Bray's insight:
New eCourse has been changed to Thursday May 8th Registration is now open. Join people from Australia and Spain and be part of the conversations.
Lisa Treml Welch's comment,
April 16, 7:13 AM
I am taking the course right now and can't tell you how much it has made me think much deeper into my practice and how though I am familiar with and use personalized learning in my room, there is so much more to learn and grow from. This course is well worth the time and provides great collaboration!
Audrey's comment,
April 17, 8:35 PM
I would like to take part in the next course as I need to learn new ways of handling the amount of new research that I have to learn for tutoring, teaching and writing my lesson booklets.
Kathleen McClaskey's comment,
April 17, 8:47 PM
Audrey- We look forward to your participation with teachers from Australia and Spain.
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Great article - makes clear the difference between differentiation, individualisation and personalisation - and also clearly lays out some ways to gradually lead your students - and your teaching - towards more personalised approaches for your students. Great framework for those keen on potential of PBL/Design Thinking but wanting to know how to get from where they are now to where they want their class/students to be.