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Robin Galloway

Foundations Look To Advance Common Core Curriculum -- THE Journal - 1 views

  • three-year initiative to fund an instructional system and 24 online courses--a "complete, foundational system of instruction" to be developed by Pearson--covering K-12 English/language arts and K-10 math. One course will be provided for each grade level. Four of those courses--two in each subject area in the early to middle high school grade levels--will be contributed as free and open resources through Gates Foundation funding "with the intent of widening access and spurring innovation around the Common Core,"
  • the courses will be "designed to engage and motivate" students and will incorporate social networking, gaming, video, and simulation, coupled with assessment and teacher professional development, both online and blended.
  • Conning said the initial group of courses will be made available in 2013, "before the Common Core Standards are implemented." She also said the courses will be field-tested in a variety of districts beginning in the late fall with some individual units. The complete system of courses is expected to be completed in December 2013 and ready for the 2014-2015 school year,
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    Gates and Pearson foundations partner to develop online courses developed around the common core standards in language arts and math for K-12 students (one for each grade level). 
Kelsey Seuferer

What Is 'Personalized Learning'? Educators Seek Clarity - Education Week - 0 views

  • phrase to refer to efforts to tailor lessons to students of different ability levels
  • chool leaders are struggling to strike a balance between safeguarding sensitive student data and being able to collect and use such data to individualize learning
  • personalized learning strategies work, and in determining how to evaluate the true impact of those strategies on student learning
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  • he default perspective is the student's—not the curriculum, or the teacher,
  • accommodate not only students' academic strengths and weaknesses, but also their interests, and what motivates them to succeed.
  • rather than personalizing a mix of activities that give students a richer and more meaningful educational experience
  • differentiation" of lessons for students of different skill levels, or efforts to help students move at their own pace
  • promote "student agency"—basically, giving students more power through either digital tools or other means, accounting for how they learn best, what motivates them, and their academic goals
  • It] empowers teachers in personalizing learning" and "empowers students through their own exercise of choice."
  • roject-based learning, and more flexibility for students to set their learning paths, among other goals
  • technology played a key role in personalized learning
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Mikayla Hockenberry

Read the Standards | Common Core State Standards Initiative - 0 views

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    Common Core standards, descriptions, and examples.
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