Personalized Learning

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Our Question …

Given what we have learned about the KnowledgeWorks 3.0 forecast, what should we direct the ASCD leadership to do to answer our question …

What is the system we need today to allow students to pursue their own learning?

Personalized Learning

Multiple pathways to mastery

Student voice / Student choiceHow to learnWhat to learnHow to demonstrate learningHow to know students know they learned it

Support from ASCD LeadershipCommunicate a sense of urgency

Economic and moral imperativesNeed the skill to learn skills“Generation Flux”

Connect with the Whole Child Initiative

What does this look like under the Whole Child umbrella?Marketing support

Support from ASCD LeadershipLook at teacher training / evaluation

How to align current teacher roles to the KnowledgeWorks learning agents ?

Need to look at obsolete current practices in new system

What practices can we abandon?Time, grades, “drill and kill”

Support from ASCD LeadershipCreate pilot schools to learn about innovative practices

Partner with businesses, Gates, Walton, etc. for funds

List places of current innovation

Use social media to share practices and resources

Twitter, ASCD Edge, blogs

Support from ASCD LeadershipHire Jason as ASCD’s Competency-based Learning Specialist