By Heather M. Stocker, TeachThought Intern A few years ago “differentiation” was the buzz word of choice around local school systems. Teachers were concerned about the time involved in all that specialized education and how…
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The Fundamentals Of Blended Learning
Blended learning is increasingly finding traction in education. According to a study conducted by the California Learning Resource Network (CLRN), 78% of respondents in a study either offered blended learning (i.e., a “blend” of both electronic…
How Learning Platforms Can Support Personalized Learning
“How Learning Platforms Can Support Personalized Learning” by Marie Bjerde first appeared on gettingsmart.com I wish school were different for my children. As a mom living in a school district with excellent schools, high test…
The Difference Between Differentiation And Personalized Learning
The difference between differentiation, personalized learning, and the individualization of learning sometimes seems like a matter of semantics, but that could be that terms are used interchangeably when they’re actually not the same. The biggest…
14 Year-Old Programmer Highlights Opportunity For Student-Centered Learning
14 year-old Santiago Gonzales loves learning. “I enjoy learning. To me I find it as essential as eating. Either you die or you’re pretty miserable without learning.” Fluent in 12 (and counting) computer languages, public…
6 Possible Roles For Teachers In A Personalized Learning Environment
by Justin Marquis, Ph. D There is a mountain of speculation and debate about what school and learning will look like in the near future. Will education be online? Individualized? Self-paced? Flipped? Hybridized? Maybe…
How The Digital Music Model Can Change Learning Forever
Music Playlists The idea of playlists became popular with the explosion of iTunes and YouTube in the last decade. Before music became digital, it was bound by its physical restrictions. Record players required users to…
5 Tools And Strategies That Support Personalized Learning
Personalized learning is something that many teachers strive for, but it can be easier to want it than make it happen. Personalization is best created at the learning model and curriculum level rather shoe-horned in…
Just Enough, Just In Time, Just For Me: The Basics Of Adaptive Learning
Traditional education assumes that students by and large all learn in the same way: Start from Problem A and work on through to Problem Z. Bogged down on Problem D, a student will likely fail…
50 Resources To Get Started With Mobile Learning
mLearning (Mobile Learning) is becoming increasingly possible to the evolution of technology. Gadgets are getting better, apps are getting smarter, and educators are getting better at figuring out how to transition from sit-and-get to truly mobilized…
5 Ways Classrooms Can Learn From Mobile Apps
Mobile phones have historically been banned from the classroom and seen as a distraction to education. But with new developments in education apps, there are some very powerful mobile concepts that can be transferred the classroom….
9 Characteristics Of 21st Century Learning
The label of “21st Century learning” is vague, and is an idea that we here at TeachThought like to take a swing at as often as possible, including: –weighing the magic of technology with its…
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