Blended Learning, Competency Based Learning, Definition and Student Engagement

Finding ‘Personalized Learning’ and Other Edtech Buzzwords on the Gartner Hype Cycle

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Slope of Enlightenment: Competency-Based Learning. Alongside personalized learning are a whole heap of concepts that some have declared are a necessary part of personalized learning. Competency-based learning is one of these. But there is a phrase for that: deeper learning.

Personalized Learning

Personalized Learning Competency Based Learning Blended Learning EdTech

Four Ways to Redefine Parent Teacher Conferences—With a Little Help from Ironman

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MAY 8, 2017

I most definitely didn’t plan a project to have something like the superhero project culminate before every parent-teacher conference—that would feel forced. If my students didn’t have a project to talk about, they reflected on their favorite topics in class or their increased sense of confidence grappling with mathematics.

Conference

Conference Blended Learning Data Accessibility

Does Presence Equal Progress? Tracking Engagement in Online Schools

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The practice of funding public schools and assessing student engagement based on a student’s physical attendance is rooted in this definition and has only reinforced what is an outmoded idea. Student engagement and personalization remain at the heart of my work.

Dropout

Dropout Competency Based Learning Differentiated Instruction Online Learning

EdTech Update

Finding ‘Personalized Learning’ and Other Edtech Buzzwords on the Gartner Hype Cycle

Four Ways to Redefine Parent Teacher Conferences—With a Little Help from Ironman

Does Presence Equal Progress? Tracking Engagement in Online Schools

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