Hershey

Personalizing LearningIntroduction

Most classes were textbook drivenSimilar classes were inconsistent in content

Teachers had their own grading scalesExtra Credit

Teachers were evaluated on classroom managementMost tests were on lower level of Bloom

Research into teaching and learning was just starting

I Am Old(enough to remember)

1991

53 State Learning Outcomes Standards Anchors

Common Core

Testing

Teacher Evaluations

CRAZY

Competition

Cyber Schools

Home Schooling

Online Content

Charter Schools

DemandsParents

Testing

Changing Teacher Evaluations

TaxpayersBusiness

Colleges

Global Market

1892

Transform

Implementation

Entry - Learning what it can do

Adoption - Doing what we always did, but with tech

Adaptation - Accepting it can help (writing and math)

Appropriation - Personal Mastery, effortless use

Invention - Purposeful Change

1985!

Thoughts???

Using Technology to Help More Students Learn

More

Control

Components:

Use of Formative Assessment

Instruction for Foundational Knowledge (lower order thinking)

Instruction for Applying Knowledge (higher order thinking)

Giving Students Voice and Choice

Creating Multiple Pathways for Learning

and more . . .

Students asking questions

Student reflection

Finding passion in learning

Giving meaning to content and skills

Using all our resources

Creating a classroom environment in which students can fail - and feel OK about it.

We do not have all the answers.

We expect to learn as much from you as you do from us(maybe more)