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Learning: IT’S Personal

Learning: IT’S Personal. in Bedford County Public Schools. Feeling Frustrated?. The more structured we make the environment, the more structure learners need. The more we decide for learners, the more they expect us to decide.

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Learning: IT’S Personal

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  1. Learning: IT’S Personal in Bedford County Public Schools

  2. Feeling Frustrated? • The more structured we make the environment, the more structure learners need. • The more we decide for learners, the more they expect us to decide. • The more motivation we provide, the less they find within themselves. • The more responsibility for learning we try to assume, the less they accept on their own. • The more control we exert, the more restive their response.(Watkins, 2009) - See more at: http://www.personalizelearning.com/#sthash.2FVOGf56.dpuf

  3. TodaysMeet: Intro Open for questions, conversations, etc. https://todaysmeet.com/VSUP

  4. definitioniNacol: International Association for K-12 Online Learning • Personalized learning is 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. from www.inacol.org :Click here for Definition Ò

  5. Breaking the Myths It’s not just about the culture; it’s all about the culture. • Technology is the most important TOOL • Blended to Personalized • It’s for High Flyers ONLY • Google is for Search Only • Why Google? Why Now? • Collaborate • Communicate • Connect

  6. Then and Now

  7. How we began? • Digital Textbook Pilot MS • Online CMS/LMS • Schoology • Summer Session 2013 • Flipped Classrooms • Huddleston, Bedford Middle, Stewartsville

  8. Foundation Items • What are the characteristics of a successful learner in BCPS? • SOL and School Improvement • Career Workplace Readiness Skills • Standards/Cross Matrix • Culture • Remove Pace and Place • Empower Learner

  9. Foundations Continued...in progress NOW • Data Analysis • Student Performance By Question • Unpacking Standards • ACT ON DATA (Summer Session Ex.) • Personalizing Professional Development • Staff=Lifelong learners • Staff+Personalized Learning PD=Staff Using Personalized Learning in Classroom • Standards Based Rubrics • Changing from instructor Does to learner owns, demonstrates, and knows

  10. TodaysMeet: 1 What are you ALREADY doing that gives students choice and voice? https://todaysmeet.com/VSUP

  11. Stages Comparison • Responsibility • What are differences? In Bedford County Public Schools, we want learning to be Personal For ALL. click here to get your copy

  12. What are we doing for Next Steps? BCPS Steering Committee (first meeting January, 2014) Subcommittees • Infrastructure and Devices • Instructional Methodology • Communication and Outreach • Next Committee Meeting: August, 2014

  13. ADAPTIVE for YOU Why do we need metrics? (Example ONLY) • Adaptive Technology • Why is Adaptive Important? • What does it help you do? • Remember to think Personalized LEARNING...not Individualized INSTRUCTION.

  14. TodaysMeet 2: What changes can you make to move toward personalization in your division? • Others: https://todaysmeet.com/VSUP

  15. Coming Soon Personalized: • Professional Learning for ALL Staff (personalize for them so they can model/do for others) • Academic Career Plans for Students in SIS • Adaptive instructional tools • Summer session 2014 (personalized learning) • District-wide playlists being created for subjects • E Portfolios by our ITRTS (Curation Graduation) • RISC involvement (Re-Inventing Schools Coalition)

  16. Learning: IT’S Personal at Bedford County Public Schools Questions?

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