Three Keys to this successful program: I had labeled this with 1) curated software, 2) culture of accountability based on a) student set goals and b) student run accountability groups and 3) peer mentors.

I like the inclusion of both online and offline tools - ==digital text and print text Can we also include that for things we "watch"? ==digital video and observation?

This idea of grades being together has always intrigued me. I went to school and had the same teacher for 1st & 2nd, and then another teacher for both 3rd & 4th. I remember very well observing things going on in the grade ahead of behind me as I was in this type of classroom. I think it makes sense.

To me, the idea of using this time for small team time or working with mentors is positive. It would allow students to work on individual projects that go beyond or catch up with the work being done in a class, as one possibility.

If we are really going to explore Personalize learning, then we have to include student voices. They are as responsible, if not more, as we are for moving forward. They can "hold us" to the promise to give them different assignments and challenges. Even helping create these themselves. Not at all easy, but to keep online learning from just being a way for people to complete assignments remotely, we have to have a way for students to share what they are ready for next and what they have learned, individually.

I sent out a survey to teachers about their background integrating use of technology and instruction. One very interesting comments back was that this individual wasn't responsible for PD, but their school assigned it. To me, that is the cultural shift also. Teachers need to feel they are responsible for their own PD, just as students need to feel they are responsible for their own learning. Each then, would make sure the learning was personalized for them.

Issues to confront - 1. designing learning that will engage students 2. choosing material that is suitable for the web 3. pedagogy in the online environment