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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.
The 5 W's eCourse includes five webinars, online asynchronous discussions, web conferencing, chats, resources, rubrics, checklists, templates, transforming an activity to Stage One, and participation in a Community of Practice. The webinars will be archived for participants in different timezones.
"We hear often of the "high expectations" schools must have of and for their students, yet we seldom hear of the expectations students have of their schools."
Dave Truss, Vice Principal and Lead Administrator of the Inquiry Hub in Vancouver, shared how inquiry around topics builds communities of learners.
The term "student" was defined in the middle ages. It is time to rethink what that implies and redefine the learner.
Personalized learning is not about technology and data; it is about the learner owning their learning and transforming how we teach and learn.
"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."
8th Grade learners from Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu created a music video as part of a global collaborative project. "Their water song project was a self-directed project based on students’ passions. It was done entirely outside of class time… before school, lunch, after school, weekends and vacations."
Sarah Downing-Ford is a 7th grade middle school teacher in Maine who shares how her learners unpack standards and assess their own work.
New Revised Version of Personalization vs Differentiation vs Individualization (PDI) Chart (2013)
Learner-Centered education is happening at Williams Elementary School, Oakland, Maine!
"I think the energy and the excitement they have about the choice in their learning is motivational to them. They can see what the standards are, but then they understand that they have an element of choice in how they're going to demonstrate their learning."
"It's HOW the technology is being used, rather than WHAT technology is being used that leads to personalized learning."
Ben Kestner studied flute at the London College of music and in Berlin with Andreas Blau and after spending time playing and teaching he pursued a career in education. He is currently Middle School Principal at St. John's International School in Belgium. He believes that we need to push the reset button when we talk about the future of education and start again.
Shelley Wright, High School teacher and Consultant in Canada, shares the process on how learners can own their learning. "As my students worked with me to invent our own version of student-centred learning, we realized that the three questions every student in our classroom had to answer were: What are you going to learn? How are you going to learn it? How are you going to show me your learning? This became our mantra — our framework for learning. This is what it means to give students control over their education.”
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Response to Intervention (RtI) can target each learner's needs when they need it as they need it.
Personalized learning is becoming more than a "buzz word" -- it is driving conversations. One of our posts, "Learners NOT Students," has taken the conversations where we never thought they would go.
ISTE Learning & Leading with Technology (May Issue) features "A Step-by-Step Guide to Personalize Learning".
Ben Kestner, Middle School Principal at St. John's International School in Belgium, shares how to personalize learning.
Read about the K-2 multi-age co-teaching team from Wisconsin and how they personalize learning so learners grow their learning in "The Garden".
"With the new version of the Personalization vs. Differentiation vs. Individualization Chart published this month, the report has been revised to reflect the changes."
"The Six Steps to Personalize Learning is a hybrid workshop that is on-site and online to help teachers move to a Stage One Personalized Learning Environment."
A public high school actually allowed some students to design their own semester and run it themselves.
CBAM: Stages of Concern about Personalized Learning provides descriptions and strategies to guide change for each stage.
"If you're a teenage speaker brought in to address a crowd of teachers on the subject of how you and your peers learn best . . . what are you going to say? "I — have no clue," Ned Cephalus nervously says from behind the podium. "I'm just a very average teenage brain"—complete with backpack, zits, and a journal he keeps about school. Yet in this funny and fast-paced "NED talk," Ned knocks out eight powerful conditions of learning that can change everything for students."
We agree with George Couros and Will Richardson that 2013 will be the "Year of the Learner." We are seeing a big culture shift around the world to personalize learning for all learners. When learners are given a greater voice in how they learn, they are more motivated and engaged in their learning. When learners have choices in how they prefer to access and engage with content, and then express what they know, they take ownership of their learning. We encourage you to take one action this "Year of the Learner" by encouraging learner voice and choice.
It is not about learner-centered instruction; it is about the learner owning their learning.
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