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Welcome to #Edchat! Tonight’s topic: Should we look to technology to enable us to personalize learning for each of our students as an education goal? Will this be an improvement or a distraction?
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At the heart of personalized learning should be a clear understanding of who are students are. Not just as a learner but perhaps more importantly who they are as a person. #edchat
Because interventions and extensions are part of the teaching and learning process and not separate from our work, how do teachers do it all? @DrKramer1 shares tips for assessment: https://t.co/c6rpODopWg#edchat
Personalized learning should be a goal of every classroom. Not in the sense of some program telling a student where they need to go next but a roadmap, created by the teacher and the learner of what their expected outcomes should be. #edchat
I know that it's not the intention of the question, but I feel like I have to push on the idea that technology could ever personalize the education experience for a student. It seems antithetical to me to suggest that it might. Expedite? Yes. Facilitate? Yes. Personalize? #edchat
Technology can now enable educators to individualize learning for their students more today than ever. Is that the direction we should go is a big question. #Edchat
As @GaryStager has said ... all learning is personal. Do we really "learn" anything unless it matters to us? How much do we remember of the things that do not matter? Does a successful test score mean we will remember it? #edchat
Tech can’t personalize learning and we’d be foolish to think it does. It takes a clear understanding of our students to know what each individual needs. #edchat
I know that it's not the intention of the question, but I feel like I have to push on the idea that technology could ever personalize the education experience for a student. It seems antithetical to me to suggest that it might. Expedite? Yes. Facilitate? Yes. Personalize? #edchat
Information is not in the heads of learned people or in books any longer. We should be using #technology to teach Ss how to access information to solve problems and explore phenomena! #edchat
Technology can be a powerful tool for supporting personalized learning, but should never replace the agency of the student and the wisdom of teachers and mentors. #EdChat#RISE2018
Really the only way we can personalize learning for our students is to discover who they are as a learner and help the student understand that as well. #edchat
Metacognition has to be a part of any personalized learning outcomes. Students need to think about their thinking. How do they know what they know and can they articulate that. #edchat
Welcome to #Edchat! Tonight’s topic: Should we look to technology to enable us to personalize learning for each of our students as an education goal? Will this be an improvement or a distraction?
Technology is a key to all sorts of information, sources, images, video, people, etc... students must learn not only how to access, but how to curate information. #EdChat#RISE2018
So glad you have enjoyed it as much as we have! It truly is an amazing book, and I just love how it has #inspired my Ss to experience a new love for words! Totally amazing! So thankful to @peterhreynolds for sharing Jerome's amazing story with us! 😊 #edchat#educhat#inspire
Even if shared space is on a screen, I don't want that to happen in a room where we have not conversed together before going separately to our work or our writing. Person before program. Program as it features person-first, a language we have fought for in other subjects. #edchat
I'm ESOL, so I prefer Ss to actually speak to each other and spend less time interacting w/screens. No matter how "good", tech is not the best model for speaking for ELs. #Edchat
We should use tech to personalize. It provides quick means of assessing (formative) student readiness and can guide the learning process, providing a path. However it should not be the sole means of learning. Keep Ss active and doing things based on readiness. #edchat
Absolutely. And teachers aren't just sources of information either- they inspire, comfort, challenge, and spark students in ways that no existing technology can match. #EdChat
When talking personalized learning, it's important to clarify educational philosophy. Are you speaking from a cognitivist, behaviorist, social constructivist, or some other perspective. Personalization is very different thru each of these lenses #edchat
If we tailor Learning experiences around open ended problems Ss will benefit from finding individualized solutions. Driving questions vs set outcomes. This will allow Ts to come alongside. #edchat
Yes, that is a fantastic way to use tech! I'm not a huge fan of the latest "program" which costs $$$ and Ss spend a lot of time working individually. #Edchat
I’m not sold on that idea. I believe it takes the teacher in the room to know their student rather than tech to diagnose and tell the teacher where to go. #edchat
This is the same thing as, 'Kids do well when they can,' which has been my mantra since I had the good fortune to work with and learn from @DrLarryE, and I know you agree, @teachmrj#edchat#kidsdeserveit
If we can bring Vygotsky in on Skype chat or any kind of virtual interaction within the room with our students, then we can make a solid claim for technology as personalizing. If we can point to and emulate Vygotsky's ideas, we won't lean on technology. We have students. #edchat
If we put all our eggs in the tech basket and expect tech to personalize learning for students we are missing a golden opportunity to truly engage students and create an effective learning environment. #edchat
So difficult to cover all of the reformed GCSE content in a two year KS4. Starting it in Y9 the only viable option, especially for students needing extra support (not necessarily SEND students either) #edchat
I prefer Ts to know what Ss need instead of relying on tech. Working w/Ss daily, you will know what Ss do. Tech isn't always reliable. Ss guess, click too fast, look at neighbor's screen. Too many variables. #Edchat
Yes, but I think we can go a bit overboard on the articulation side ... how much does a kid need to do to prove they know what they know. If I can build a roof that does not leak do I have to write an essay about why it does not leak? #edchat
Most tech driven "personalization" is a modern day Skinner box, esp the analytic driven stuff. When designing around tech, one must also consider the "lesson" taught in the design, arguably more important than the content of the lesson #edchat
I am in total agreement. If a kid has got it and they can tell us why they know what they know, great move on. But that takes a teacher to actually have that conversation with the student. #edchat
Tech is a tool....it can help and enhance but there is and will always remain a human factor. The focus for individualizations is in the pedagogy..not the tool #edchat
Teachers who only provide access to information can easily be replaced by tech. Good teachers however, do so much more. Using tech makes doing more things easier. #Edchat
The defining education question of our time. Crossroads. The verdict is out, but chasing fads isn't helping us. Tech mesmorizes me, but how to remember to teach in the face of app-onslaught is not healthy. Recent news suggests as much. #edchat
And that is formative assessment. Tech-enabled FA, used the right way certainly can help guide but the teacher is still in control. They know what the expected outcomes should be and can adjust accordingly in the moment. #edchat
I would argue that the articulation of why is more important than the successful design. Removed the element of getting lucky and remove any interpretation of ambiguity by the teacher #edchat
It is great that we can talk about personalized learning and tech, but maybe we should also talk about it in relation to our mandated standards. How can we make our impersonal standards personal? #edchat
There is something to be said about Tech-enabled Formative Assessment. If used appropriately, the teacher has an opportunity to evaluate, in the moment the learning of each individual and where to go next. #edchat
It is the very limit of a plug-in application, I think. The teacher in the room can demonstrate the application of the learning beyond the module. Can point to those moments even within their own lives and experiences when ___________ was needed or a tool for reflection. #edchat
Teachers who only provide access to information can easily be replaced by tech. Good teachers however, do so much more. Using tech makes doing more things easier. #Edchat
What we can’t do is sit a kid in front of a screen, take some diagnostic test and then let the tech decide what to teach the student. That isn’t personalized learning, thats lazy. #edchat
What if I am a roof builder ... would I fail my roofing certification for not being able to write such an essay? Which is more important: My ability to build a non-leaking roof or writing an essay about building a non-leaking roof? #edchat
Yes, especially in a place where polite/ civil discourse is often the exception rather than the rule. Perhaps we need a grammar of technology as part of personalized tech learning. #edchat
Reliance on #edtech runs a high risk of exacerbating Learning stereotypes built into the underlying algorithms of software. I’m suspicious of learning programs. #edchat
I agree, but I want students to be as removed from that data gathering as possible. We can talk about the pre-assessment, assessment, and the post-reflection, but I don't want that student talking algorithms and percentages. We talk about the work we do. These results. #edchat
Personalize student learning, I'm skeptical. What is the consensus of the field of education about what PSL means? What difference does PSL supposedly makes? And what if any is the specific role for technology in PSL? #edchat@sgthomas1973@blairteach@wmchamberlain
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@tomwhitby, @sgthomas1973, @blairteach, @wmchamberlain
It is great that we can talk about personalized learning and tech, but maybe we should also talk about it in relation to our mandated standards. How can we make our impersonal standards personal? #edchat
I am often asked what advice I have for a new teacher. The best advice I can offer for any teacher is to start with relationships. Spend time getting to know your students and letting them get to know you. #studentsfirst#bettertogether#edchat#education#learning
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Data gets a bad wrap. It’s helpful when used the right way. Especially by the students. Hattie has shown that. And formative assessment can be as simple as having a conversation. #edchat
It feels like there cannot be personalized learning if either person in the interaction is not owning his, her, or their role. No intention on the teacher part? Failed PSL. No ownership on the student part? Failed PSL. Carl Rogers would love to talk about PSL, I think. #edchat
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@ShiftParadigm, @tomwhitby, @sgthomas1973, @blairteach, @wmchamberlain
Best Part of My Day: Sitting with two boys (both very different from one another) and having a long conversation about Greek mythology. #NerdOut#edchat#education
I think that is the student is focused upon the score and "leveling up and through" (or not) a program, we have lost the personal piece of education that comes of authentic moments of growth, celebration, and reflection that can be shared between persons in the room. #edchat
Best Part of My Day: Sitting with two boys (both very different from one another) and having a long conversation about Greek mythology. #NerdOut#edchat#education#3rdGrade
I think that's where objectives come in again. Maybe the program only needs to be used up to a certain point, and then something else needs to be done. #EDchat
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@sgthomas1973, @DanKos3, @web20classroom
Ah, that is understandable. It is easy to get lost in the instant rewards you get for completing a task; however, I suppose the question that should be asked is "Are they learning anything?" #EDchat
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I agree. I think that technology is a great tool to assist in learning for students, but human interaction provides something to the learning environment that technology cannot. #edchat
I want to know data is one talking point. Then, I am data-friendly. And I really appreciate what you have to say about conversation as formative assessment. Could technology record and archive these moments over the course of a year. How we sound in August? Then May? #edchat
Topic: Should we look to technology to enable us to personalize learning for each of our students as an education goal? Will this be an improvement or a distraction? #Edchat
We could totally record those types of FA conversations. Evernote can do it. OneNote. Then you can build a portfolio of what the student truly knows and how they got there. #edchat
Is it? If class is preparing us for real life than why must it be different? The way you are explaining is classroom is all theory and not application? Couldn't there be a blend of the two? #edchat
I agree, when technology is used in the correct format it can make things so much easier, when it is also paired with a great teacher. Making a more personalized learning environment along with human interaction. #edchat
Teachers who only provide access to information can easily be replaced by tech. Good teachers however, do so much more. Using tech makes doing more things easier. #Edchat
Yes. And, if the student is older, we might help them through a synthesis of the conversations around the work that happened over the course of a year. Different from a series of submissions without conversations between student and teacher. No more "just handing in." #edchat
I have done the same: used Google Forms as an exit slip. When I think of tech, I tend to think of pricey programs. Maybe b/c I get a lot of emails w/the "best program for ELs!" #Edchat
No single instructional strategy can guarantee student learning for a number of reasons. I wrote an article to counteract that growing incorrect belief: https://t.co/0Bm23C0oUQ#edchat
And that is personalized learning I believe! Exactly what you describe. I can do that for each student. Once I’m less focused on summative assessments and more on understanding what my students know, and how they got there, this is possible. #edchat
Because it is funny (maybe) to me that when we talk about 21st century skill sets, we often talk about "collaboration" as though it is something that the students do while the teacher observes. No. . .teacher is at the table too. Personally-invested. And personalizing. #edchat
If a teacher can find what moves each student and uses that passion to motivate learning in that student, learning becomes relevant to the kid, & he/she now owns it. #Edchat
Not denying it wouldn't help ... strange thought ... I learned to fix J52 engines in the Marines and never wrote an essay ... even the Inspectors did not have to write an essay to earn that qualification ... engines always worked and flew ... no essays written #edchat
True. It does not necessarily need to be technology. Technology is a tool not the solution to the world's problems. I think experimenting with a range of different activities can personalize student learning. Multiple Intelligences for one example. #edchat
It simply can't be overseen or supervised. In order to personalize learning, the teacher must be a person in that learning. They continue to do the work now, not present from the work they did then. Real-time learning and sharing deepens the personal and social nature. #edchat
With AR and VR, we are on the cusp of some radical new tech enhanced learning experiences. In our lifetimes, students will be able to "visit" any museum in the world, experience imp. moments in history, etc. Could Ts shift into Education Tour Guides? #edchat#RISE2018
Honestly, I do the best I can to get kids to buy into what I am selling ... help them discover why history matters to them. #edchat Tech does help me connect dots
If a teacher can find what moves each student and uses that passion to motivate learning in that student, learning becomes relevant to the kid, & he/she now owns it. #Edchat
And there are technology tools that can do just this. We can use these. I'm thinking about the teacher leaders who help to facilitate groups like the Bow Tie Boys. The most basic part of this particular learning community is the idea of shared identity and and purpose. #edchat
It is nice to see our long-time friend and co-founder of #Edchat@web20classroom in our chat today. His insights often stimulate our chats whenever he joins in.
I'm all over using tech for history (love bringing in visuals for primary source docs), and I think Ss (and some Ts) NEED to know about history. It's the lame science standards that make me scratch my head. #Edchat
With AR and VR, we are on the cusp of some radical new tech enhanced learning experiences. In our lifetimes, students will be able to "visit" any museum in the world, experience imp. moments in history, etc. Could Ts shift into Education Tour Guides? #edchat#RISE2018
Dig the VR, but that only matters if the kids buy into it ... it loses its shininess quickly ... a museum is not quite as exciting as the scary/horror VR experiences #edchat
I love these @CCSSO leader competencies for learner centered personalized education. They articulate beautifully the distinction bw personalized learning and computer programs. #edchathttps://t.co/wXeygGshSm
Im not convinced we give students an opportunity to think about their thinking. Or more importantly how they know what they know. Learning is more than just getting a current answer. Sometimes we have to tease that out. #edchat
I love these @CCSSO leader competencies for learner centered personalized education. They articulate beautifully the distinction bw personalized learning and computer programs. #edchathttps://t.co/wXeygGshSm
Im not convinced we give students an opportunity to think about their thinking. Or more importantly articulating how they know what they know. Learning is more than just getting a correct answer. Sometimes we have to tease that out. #edchat
Technology cannot be the only solution to meet the individual needs of students. Yes, it is helpful, but at the end of the day we need to help students apply knowledge in a variety of ways that will help them in the future. #edchat
As a museum professional whose active imagination causes me to veer clear of horror experiences... I respectfully disagree :) There are lots of amazing museum experiences way more exciting... though I realize I might not be in the majority on this. #edchat
The other problem with pre-packaged tech is that many times they are developed by companies who are non-educators or haven't done any research on the program's effectiveness. #edchat
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@sgthomas1973, @DanKos3, @web20classroom
Schools and teachers buy-in to it, because it's shiny, new, it's personalized, and it's the next big thing in ed tech (at least until the next bigger thing comes out). #edchat
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@sgthomas1973, @DanKos3, @web20classroom
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Those can be non-existent, especially for districts that do not have that many ETCs. Another problem is a tech-centric approach as opposed to teaching possibilities for integration. #edchat
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@DanKos3, @sgthomas1973, @web20classroom
Everyone very naturally thinks about their thinking. What you seem to mean is "think about their thinking about what the teachers tells them to think about." Which is as unnecessarily complicated as it sounds.
I wholeheartedly agree, but I am a historian/teacher ... not a middle school kid ... there is a good civil war vr experience that I will share with my kids ... maybe I will explore a museum opp #edchat
Because in the vast majority of classrooms it’s not given as an opportunity. Learning is just getting all the answers right. Its a deeper understanding of content and who we are as that learner. #edchat
This was a great #edchat. Lots of great conversation on Personalized learning and much more. Be sure to continue your conversations. Take time to reflect and share.
If we look at reflection as a type of formative assessment it can tell the teacher a lot. What the student knows, how they know and where that teacher should go next in their teaching. #edchat
Depends on the teacher & the expectations. In some cases, yes, there is a choice. In most cases, no. Again, it’s more a problem on our end. IMO #edchat
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