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Unlocking the Spectrum of Learning: The Multi-Faceted Magic of Personalization

A Principal's Reflections

It is also important to point out the following: You don’t need technology to personalize learning. Putting all kids on a device simultaneously and having them watch a video or work on an adaptive learning tool is not personalization. There is not one best or right way to personalize. Case in point.

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7 must-knows from blended learning’s early adopters

eSchool News

Earlier this year, the Highlander Institute, The Learning Accelerator and The Christensen Institute teamed up to bring together a conference on blended and personalized learning in Providence, R.I. 2 Go Slow to Go Fast When Implementing Competency-Based Models. 3 Make Students Agents of Their Learning.

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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

The Hechinger Report

The pandemic unleashed “tremendous interest” in revisiting assessments, said Jean-Claude Brizard, president and chief executive officer of Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization that promotes innovation in education. Related: Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning.

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Personalizing Path & Pace Through Mastery Learning

EdTechTeacher

A core element of personalized learning involves tailoring students’ path and pace to their specific needs and interests. This practice is often coupled with the overarching philosophy of mastery learning, sometimes referred to as competency-based education. by Tom Driscoll. Key Resource #4. ELA Pathway Example.

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Mixing Automation and a Human Touch, New Software Helps Keep Students ‘On Task’

Edsurge

Education technology researcher George Siemens and a colleague hope that personalized learning approaches can help better connect professors and students in large classes. The text that reaches the students is written entirely by humans, and that makes it a much more personalized conversation.”

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Sal Khan: Test Prep Is ‘the Last Thing We Want to Be’

Edsurge

He’s started working with more schools and districts—instead of reaching students mainly at home—and has partnered with assessment groups, such as the College Board and, most recently, the NWEA for personalized test prep materials. The latter group administers the MAP Assessment—a test designed to measure growth in reading and math.

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Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Olivia Mone, Melrose High School senior on competency-based learning. “It Acevedo sees teacher buy-in as evidence that competency-based learning is working in Melrose. “I