Category: personalized learning
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Making Personal Learning Plans Interactive
If you are like most people in Vermont, just mentioning the “PLP” can be a conversation stopper. The personal learning plan (PLP) has been consistently difficult to implement. It is always “something else” kids have to do and “something else” teachers have to do. It seems like a great idea but very few students are…
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Personal or Personalized Learning?
When I wrote my Rowland fellowship proposal a little over a year ago, my main concern was to make sure that mandated personal learning plans didn’t become another superficial piece of paper that had little meaning for students. Over the past year, I have made a lot of discoveries and confirmations. I think the number…
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Personalized Learning in Classrooms
For the past several months, I have been part of a team attending a Vermont seminar series on proficiency based graduation and personalized learning. At times, I have found myself so overwhelmed that I wondered how a transformation so enormous could be possible? I have felt the sinking feeling of doubt that such amazing transformations…