Collaboration and Personalized Learning

摘要

As Mark Edwards, superintendent of the Mooresville Graded School District (NC), explains, "Personalized learning can look different from hour to hour and from class to class, but there are some common threads. There are always high levels of engagement, high levels of differentiation, lots of opportunities for students to expand their personal inte rests through school projects, and a lot of collaboration." When Edwards' district implemented its 1-to-1 laptop and personalized learning initiatives for third- through 12th-grade students across the district's eight schools, it completely redesigned its classrooms as well, replacing rows of desks with tables around which students gather for small-group learning.