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HOW to Personalize Learning
This practical follow-up to Bray and McClaskey's first book, Make Learning Personal: The What, Who, Wow, Where, and Whybrings theory to practice. Teachers will find the tools, skills, and strategies needed to personalize learning and develop self-directed, independent learners with agency.
Discover how to get started and go deeper by building a shared vision that supports personalized learning using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. Also included are:
Tools and templates such as the Learner Profile, Personal Learning Backpack, Personal Learning Plan, as well as tips for lesson design and PBL
Lesson and project examples that show how teachers can change instructional practice by encouraging learner voice and choice
QR codes and links to the authors' website for electronic versions of tools, templates, activities, and checklists
Create a powerful shift in education by building a culture of learning so every learner is valued.
"If you are looking for a step-by-step guide on what personalized learning is and how to implement it, while being inspired and gaining ideas to implement immediately, this is definitely the book to read!"
Diana Petschauer, Assistive Technology Professional, CEO
AT for Education & Access4Employment, Wolfeboro Falls, NH
"Barbara and Kathleen present well-tested strategies for personalization within a coherent framework. This highly practical book forms a reliable foundation for empowering a community striving to make schools work for all learners."
John H. Clarke, Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
1. Build a Common Language
Define Personalized Learning
Shared Vision
Shared Beliefs
2. How Learners Learn Best
UDL Principles and Guidelines
Access, Engage, and Express
Develop the Expert Learner
3. Develop Learner Agency
Voice
Choice
Engagement
Motivation
Ownership
Purpose
Self-Efficacy
4. Discover the Learner in Every Child
Who I Am as a Learner
Learner Profile (LP)
Personal Learning Backpack (PLB)
Personal Learning Plan (PLP)
5. Personalize Learning for a Whole Class
Class Learning Snapshot (CLS)
Class Learning Toolkit (CLT)
6. Lesson Design With All Learners in Mind
Four-Step UDL Lesson Review Process
UDL Solutions and Strategies
Lesson Design
7. Delve Into Deeper Learning
Project-Based Learning
Key Understandings and Learning Standards
Driving Questions
Meaningful and Relevant Focus
Assessment AS Learning
Reflection Makes Learning Visible
8. Learner Agency Across the Stages
Stages of Personalized Learning Environments (PLE) and Learner Agency
Crosswalk of Learner Agency Across the Stages of PLE
9. Create a Culture of Learning
Nurture a Positive School Culture
Build a Culture of Learning
Redesign the Learning Environment
Connect the Dots
Create a Rationale to Personalize Learning
Glossary
References
Index
