Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category

    How to navigate a wealth of student data: Making assessment cycles and data work for you

    June 18, 2019 | by Nithi Thomas

    When we talk about teachers and the use of classroom data, we’re often talking about data produced via assessment – “the systematic collection and analysis of information to improve student learning (Stassen).” This word can conjure a lot of things for a lot of people, ranging from the high-stakes world of accountability tests to a […]

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    When it comes to personalized learning, understanding the problem is everything

    May 30, 2019 | by Chelsea Waite

    Late last year, iNACOL published a landscape analysis of personalized learning across the country. The report showed emerging growth, but it also demonstrated how key elements of personalized learning are still not widely practiced in schools. These findings speak to a broader question plaguing personalized learning advocates: what is limiting our ability to scale personalization? Undoubtedly there […]

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    The underestimated resource for personalized learning (and how to get more of it)

    May 7, 2019 | by Julia Freeland Fisher

    When schools think about incorporating personalized learning, it may seem intuitive to consider resources like specific technologies or professional development plans. But there’s another critical resource that too often gets discounted but is hiding in plain sight: time. Although schools may manage to add more time on the margins with a “just do more” mindset, […]

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    BPLC19: 5 hard-earned lessons from the messy, rewarding work of blended learning

    April 25, 2019 | by Chelsea Waite and Jenny White

    At this year’s Blended and Personalized Learning Conference, participants faced head-on their ongoing challenges to making effective, personalized and blended learning mainstream. The work’s easier said than done, especially when it comes to expanding practice beyond early adopters, adapting approaches to students’ contexts, or coordinating across teams to support a new instructional approach. The event, […]

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    The way people think about edtech misses the mark

    April 23, 2019 | by Thomas Arnett

    Does adaptive learning software improve test scores? Does a 1:1 device initiative improve learning? Is screen time good for students? Questions like these are regulars in debates about edtech. But whether you’re an edtech advocate or a critic, if you’re asking questions like these, you’re missing the mark. All of these questions stand atop an […]

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    Students harness the skill of preparedness through blended learning

    April 16, 2019 | by Amira Awaad

    In our school,  numerous educators have long practiced cooperative learning pedagogical methods. But we’ve recognized that blended learning is another  effective mediator to help support student learning in a rapidly changing world. For instance, one benefit to students of a blended-learning approach has been the driver of our school’s work: preparedness. It is the skill […]

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