Cohort 21 Shared Resources

When we put the focus on each learner and how they can own and drive their learning, then we see engaged, self-directed learners with agency.

eachers also think they have to teach like a champion because they are the ones responsible for the learning. Don't you think that this is backwards?

This is just the beginning of a new world of learning and it's time to put the "Person" back in "Personalization."

When we focus on learning and not on curriculum, teachers roles change. We still can teach to standards but let's involve learners in the process and give them a voice so they own the learning.

If we teach as we taught yesterday,we rob our children of tomorrow.”

There are companies that frame "personalized learning" as adaptive learning systems using algorithms to choose the right path for learning. So we're going to end this blog emphasizing learners need to be the ones who choose their path with their teacher guiding the process. It is about encouraging learners to have a voice and choice in their learning. It's happening now all over the world.

They probably don't realize that their digital footprint is actually a "digital tattoo" that can never be removed.

They also need to understand who they are, how they learn best, and how to be global digital citizens.

The Museum Box site allows you to build  an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. Students can display anything from a text file to a movie. My students will be using this platform to argue their thesis, rather than writing a traditional essay.

My students have started designing our curriculum units. Seriously. While transitioning to our current unit, we discussed the possibilities as a class.

Before the technology/constructivist shift in my classsroom, I would have taught all of this quite traditionally. We’d read books, answer questions, and then address those questions in class. I’d lecture a lot, with supplemental grammar lessons here and there, and I’d include some type of artistic project to achieve viewing and representing objectives. The whole design would have been extremely teacher centered. And at the end of it all, I’d hope they learned something about writing and thinking. Instead, inquiry and technology are a natural part of our English classes.