#5thchat is for people interested in chatting about topics in education, especially as they relate to Grade 5. The goal is to connect people who enjoy learning & sharing, plus supporting & creating partnerships worldwide!
A1 - "Personalized Learning" is what our district calls "Passion Time" or "Genus Hour." I try to "personalize learning" by meeting the specific needs & connecting with the personal interests of each of my students. #5thchat
I have a hard time summing personalized learning up so I'll just say, to me, it's learning based on strengths, needs, interests, and readiness with goals that are different for each student. #5thChat
A1 Personalized learning means connecting with Ss on a personal level. Matching curriculum to their interests and growth edges. It also means letting Ss have some control of their learning experience, choice, voice, and reflection. #5thchat
A1 Personalized learning is student centered learning. It’s meeting kids where they are at and helping them learn using their strength and interests #5thchat
A2: Once the proper changes are made in the classroom to make learning personal, I believe they will come to see it in a different way on their own. #5thchat
A2: students are used to learning the same thing via very similar routes. They need to learn its okay to have interests, and take different learning approaches #5thChat
A2: I find students always want me to solve their problems/tell them what to do when they first come to my class They are frustrated at first but then really get into having so much choice and not needing me as much We go slowly and I ask questions to help them think #5thchat
Genius Hour is an opportunity for your students to explore personal interests in school. I structure mine so everyone's successful.
Here are all of my Passion Time/Genius Hour resources: https://t.co/3EWeqBeVMQ#5thchat Step-by-Step Directions, Student Projects, etc.
Today, we hunted around school for examples of the 8 forms of energy! Students took pictures on iPads, transferred them to laptops, imported them into a Keynote slide, saved it as a JPG & embedded it in our Weebly ePortfolios!
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A3: In my Motivation & Emotion class, I learned that goals must be specific, challenging but not too hard, and most importantly there needs to be autonomy in setting goals! So let students make goals that are meaningful and personal to them! #5thchat
A3 We discuss the standards and come up with ways in which we can meet these standards. We discuss different ways we can prove our learning, set goals, create a daily schedule and go for it. Afterwards we reflect to see how well we did and make improvements next time. #5thchat
A3: I find students set goals that are very short term and pretty nonspecific at first. We work together to create longer term goals based on where they want to be. Used an awesome activity recently from @TaraMartinEDU that was really helpful #5thChat
Jumping in late...hi all!!! We set long term and short term goals. Sometimes it’s a daily goal, to get through our learning of the day and others it’s more of a summative goal. #5thChat
A3 - We create SMAARTER Goals using this template that we created: https://t.co/bfVQnOvd8m We track our goals & decided the steps we'll take to achieve our goals! Feel free to make a copy and use it as you wish!
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A3: it usually starts with the standards and we discuss where we are at. With my Kinders we just checked in on our oral counting goal. We looked at the end of year goal and made a short term one to help feel successful along the way. #5thChat
A4: our team created Google Docs to share with our students for each math standard. They include worksheets, video/video lessons, hands on activities, online practice. We made centers and have games available for most. I know some use Google Classroom to share too #5thchat
In past years, students would handle their own progress monitoring each week. I would conference only when students felt ready to "Complete" a goal or if they needed suggestions/help. This year I haven't been able to get it to that point just yet! Hopefully soon! #5thchat
A4: working with multiple grade levels, it varies. Some have google docs, others have tubs and folders. I try to mirror the classrooms as much as possible so students have consistency. #5thChat
A1: I’m currently at a personalized learning, competency-based school. I think personalized learning is differentiation with an emphasis on student interest and agency #5thchat
A1: Personalized learning might take genius time to new levels in say an Inquiry Model. I'm thinking of Trevor MacKenzie's work. More comprehensive. #5thchat
Q 5: I love this graphic by @sylviaduckworth. Where do you think your students are on this continuum of choice? How do you know and how do you hold them accountable? #5thchat
A4 - Depending on the subject & task, some of our content is on our classroom website, some the students search for themselves, and some might be in print resources.
Examples:
- Our current science unit: https://t.co/xV4ThjraDH
- Last Sci unit: https://t.co/eojdazgr4a#5thchat
A4: I use Google Classroom to disseminate materials or direction. I use Docs or Slides for instructions. I use Sheets for Ss planning - Ss get a tab, top tab is for material requests. I make Pinterest boards for ideas. Once I learn Hyperdocs I'll rely on those. #5thchat
A5: this is something I’m trying to move along with. Being an interventionist, I currently live in co-designer/designer world. Hoping to continue to learn more ways to move along the continuum in my role. #5thchat
I have a few programs I’d love to recommend but not exactly a resource for an individual student. If you’d like to do it with your class, check out @EVERFIK12’s VAULT and @FirstAmericanBT’s MONEY ISLAND. #5thchat
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@JuliaGalvanSTEM, @EVERFIK12, @FirstAmericanBT
A5 Most of my Ss are at the Co-designer stage. I have a handful of Ss this year who are Designers. Would love to keep moving across the continuum. #5thchat
A5 Adding to first tweet...Conferencing with students. Challenging them to be the designers is key. Continuing to push them in their learning:) #5thchat
Stock Market Game! https://t.co/VltbPsTq60 Been doing it for years (took some time off). Ss teams get $100k. Buy in real time, day end transactions. #5thchat
A6: Students conference with me after they've done some practice, they also do exit slips but I'm trying for video reflections, create your own exit slip, create something to share with others/teach others as a way to show their learning #5thChat
A5 2nd graders are at the co-design sharing their interests in how to learn. My 2017-2018 5th graders were entrepreneurs and advocates. Their #oneword and #TEDTalks sparked so much😀 #5thchat
Q 5: I love this graphic by @sylviaduckworth. Where do you think your students are on this continuum of choice? How do you know and how do you hold them accountable? #5thchat
I have my students create videos of their projects, explaining what they learned and how others can benefit from their new knowledge. Here's our first round of projects from my 4th graders this year: https://t.co/gIvYAiNi0m (Scroll down to see complete entries.)
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A6: Something I once had to do was, at the end of the day, write down in my journal what I learned that day and what I still needed help with! #5thchat
A6: conferences, exit ornentrance slips, formative assessments, discussions, tasks, etc. lots of different ways. Depends on the day and grade 😊 #5thchat
so much to check into! Ok, we're running out of time and really want to get to this one
Q7: We’re better together! What resources for personalized learning would you recommend?
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A6: How to show what you know: Flipgrid response, presentation, build a graphic (Adobe Spark, Google Draw), Video. Sometimes I make them teach me. My favorite is I interview them. Create a model #5thchat
Best of the Best Book Awards according to #6thchat begins in 15 minutes! We want to hear your nominations for these areas! The times of the questions and nominations is in parenthesis on the slide but this gives you a head start on the thinking!
A7: the other continuums by @sylviaduckworth they're all amazing! https://t.co/WG90dR5F9j We are utilizing the honeycomb model, book-How to Personalize Learning: Bray and McClaskey #5thchat
