Personalizing Through a Plentitude of Options Presented by: Holly Brzyc and Jill N
Jan 01, 2016
Personalizing Through a
Plentitude of OptionsPresented by: Holly Brzycki
and Jill Neuhard
The Rip Van Winkle Effect
Imagine a man who falls asleep in 1907, sleeps for 100 years, and wakes up in the present.
How would he react to our culture? What would he say about the things he saw? What if we showed him a classroom?
John Dewey (1859-1952) “…if we teach today as we taught yesterday,
we rob our children of tomorrow.”
Marc Prensky “Our students have changed radically.
Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.”
Dr. Bruce Berry, Baylor College of Medicine
“Different kinds of experiences lead to different brain structures.”
How does it affect the classroom?
SOURCE: The Condition of Education 2002, National Center for Education Statistics
12th Graders View School 1983–2000
Schoolwork is meaningful Courses are interesting School will be important in later life
SOURCE: Ian Jukes and Anita Dosaj, The InfoSavvy Group, February 2003
The Disconnect
How to Reconnect
Learning is active and reflective.
Knowledge is constructed through a variety of resources, tools, contexts and experiences.
Social interaction introduces multiple perspectives.
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
To create a 21st century learning environments by developing online digital resources, best practices, professional development, and ongoing support focusing on: Increasing student engagement and
achievementAggregating and sharing resources and
expertiseAchieving cost savings for districts with the
conversion to digital resources from paper textbooks
Synergy15’s Overall Goal
Individualizationo Combine face-to-face
instruction, software-based activities, and online lessons at students own pace.
o Create a “Custom Playlist for Learning.”
o Use a variety of tools and activities to address individual student learning needs.
Process of IndividualizationOrganizing/Planning
Securing Learning Resources
Action Planning/Goal Setting
Reviewing/Conferencing
Progress Monitoring
Ongoing Communication
Portfolio Building
Learning ComponentsCommon Core Standards 21 Century FrameworkISTE NETSLearning Management SystemsWeb 2.0 tools LFS integrationSAMR ModelEngagementAssessmentMotivationNew Blooms TaxonomyWebb’s Depth of KnowledgeLoTIFlipped ClassroomKolb’s Learning CycleILP’s
CK-12PHETSAS Curriculum PathwaysSAS-PDE Defined STEMDiscovery EdSafari MontageKhan AcademyPBSLearningYoutube/TeacherTubeCurrikiHEAT frameworkTEDEdCAOLAScholarPort
Dan Rockwell
Contact Information
Holly Brzycki, Supervisor of Online [email protected]
Jill Neuhard, Supervisor of Instructional [email protected]