Learning Maps: A Glimpse at "Personalized" Learning
Think back to how you were taught when you were a student. What do you picture in your head? Was it a teacher standing up in front of the room, telling you something or another, while you furiously scribble down notes? What about when you went to school to become a teacher? What did they teach you to do? Was it the gradual release model: I Do, You Do, We Do? Sure...they told you to make learning fun , they told you to make your lessons engaging . We're told to incorporate technology, connect it to students' interests, challenge them appropriately, include movement and manipulatives....we spend hours figuring out how to include all of these elements and then half of our students aren't even paying attention! This year, I tried something new. I was tired of standing in the front of the board, repeating the same things and seeing glazed over eyes and half written notes. I shifted to personalized learning . (Though sometimes I ask myself, is it really personalized learning or ...