Personalized Learning in Our Schools
What is personalized learning? How do you introduce this concept in a school district? What is the relationship between the roll out of our 1:1 Chromebook devices and the concept of personalized learning? These questions are among the many we are considering in our district this year as we explore this initiative for our students. The personalized learning advocacy group iNACOL defines personalized learning as, “Tailoring learning for each student’s strengths, needs and interests- including enabling student voice and choice in what, how, when and where they learn- to provide flexibility and supports to ensure mastery of the highest standards possible.” www.inacol.org As we introduced 1:1 devices in our district we asked the essential question: “Now that we have these devices, what will teachers and students be doing differently?” We hope that this guiding question has allowed our educators to consider the possibilities and benefits for stude...