Day One: Learning Preferences

• Why Personalized Learning
• Voice and Choice
• Teacher Collaboration Norms and Practice

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Why Personalized Learning?

• Meeting learners where they are at
• Engages all learners
• Allows learners to go at their own pace
• Ensures learning vs doing
• Learners are active participants
• All learning is personal

Voice & Choice

Engage (Do)

-teacher seminar

-independent

-collaborative groups

-auditory/

kinesthetic/tactile

Access (Get)

-Read

-Hear

-See (multimedia)

-Discuss

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Express (Show)

-write

-draw

-present (speak)

-digital

-simulate

-conference

Voice & Choice (Pathways)

Teacher Seminar

(Direct Instruction)

Personal Flex

(Independent)

Collaborative Groups

(Social Interaction)

Voice and Choice: Teacher Seminar

Teacher Seminar

• Direct Instruction
• Lead by the teacher

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Consider choosing SEMINAR if...

-You prefer to hear and see from the teacher

-New or difficult information

-Want to check for understanding

-Prefer to ask the teacher questions over peers.

Let’s Practice

Goal: Be able to analyze a poem and answer the following essential question:

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-Why is it important to speak up?

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Teacher Seminar

The teacher and class read the first two stanzas from the poem “Speak Up” by Gaia Rose (or any other multi stanza poem of teacher choice)

Click HERE for LINK

-teacher models reading strategies

-together teacher and class discuss what the first two or three stanzas mean. The teacher can point out and model words that stood out and how they feel about the words.

**After learners reflect on the experience of SEMINAR

-Were you engaged in the learning?�-Did you meet the learning goal?-How being guided through information by the teacher feel?

Day Two: Learning Preferences

• Collaborative Groups Norms and Practice

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Voice and Choice: Collaborative Groups

Collaborative Groups

• Working with 2-4 classmates
• Everyone is engage and sharing a common goal/task

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Consider choosing COLLABORATIVE GROUPS if...

-You prefer to discuss and process verbally with others

-You are willing to participate and listen to peers

-You can remain on task without teacher reminders

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Collaborative Groups

Put all learners in groups of 4-5 and have them read the rest of the poem: Click HERE

-Groups answer the essential question after reading

Essential Question: Why is it important to speak up?

REFLECTION:

-How did it feel working with others?

-Were you engaged and on task?

-Did you meet the learning goal?

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Day Three: Learning Preferences

• Personal Flex/Independent Work Norms and Practice

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Voice and Choice: Personal Flex

Personal Flex/Independent:

• Independent work
• Self paced

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Consider choosing PERSONAL FLEX if…

-You prefer to process internally (in your own head)

-You like to work at your own pace

-You can learn and understand information by reading on your own

-You can remain focused without reminders from the teacher

Personal Flex

Learners work alone re-reading the poem and reflecting on the meaning of the poem.

• Can they connect, was there a time they spoke up or didn’t speak up
• What can they learn from the theme of the poem
• Write their own poem on the importance of speaking up…
• Draw a picture to represent the poem.

REFLECTION: �-How did it feel working alone? -Were you engaged and on task?

-Did you meet the learning goal?

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Day Four: Learning Preferences

• Reflection
• Begin Learner Profile

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Learner Profile

Go to your “Learner Preference” page and make a note of your learning preferences.