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Personalized Professional Learning

Verizon Innovative Learning Schools, directed by Digital Promise

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Agenda● Who we are● PL past and present● Simplifying learning ● PL Strategies ● PL Scaling● Q&A

● Who we are: Digital Promise● Past and present● Simplifying how we learn ● VILS implementation● Q&A

Digital Promise Guiding Principles

Networks connect us with people and ideas

Stories inspire ideas and incent action

Engagement motivates learning for life

Research informs decision-making

Our Challenge: Close the Digital Learning Gap

Always Available AccessDo all of our learners have access to powerful tools?

Digital Literacy and ResponsibilityDo all of our learners know how to use them?

Powerful UseAre we leveraging them to create powerful learning environments?

Top Level Description

● Work with 46 middle schools to create innovative

learning environments and document the process

for others to learn (tablets and data plans for all)

● Part of Verizon’s commitment to the ConnectEd

Initiative

By the numbers:

● 46 schools

● 17 cities

● Over 25,000 students

● Over 1800 educators

Cohorts and Schools - Scaling Up

● C1 = 8 schools 2014-2017

● C2 = 13 schools 2015-2017

● C3 = 25 schools 2016-2018

● Who we are● PL past and present● Simplifying how we learn ● VILS implementation● Q&A

● Training ● Staff development● Professional development● Professional learning

What do we call it?

E. Rogers, Diffusion of Innovation

Based on Rogers, E. (1962) Diffusion of innovations. Free Press, London, NY, USA. - CC BY-SA 3.0

Opinion Leaders

Tipping Point

Diffusion of Innovation

SAMR SAMR

Reproduced by permission of the publisher, © 2012 by tpack.org

TPACK

Hype Cycle

Gartner Research's Hype Cycle diagram - CC BY-SA 3.0

Gartner Hype Cycle

● Who we are● Past and present● Simplifying how we learn ● VILS implementation● Q&A

Internal Motivation ● Autonomy - the HOW● Mastery - the WHAT● Purpose - the WHY ● (video)

Drive - Daniel Pink

Pink, Daniel H. Drive: (2009) The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Riverhead Books, New York, New York

How do YOU learn?

● How do you select what you want to learn?

● How do you connect to people, resources, and ideas?

● How do you reflect and share what you’ve learned?

How do we create learners?

Teacher - Directed Learner - Directed

● Who we are● Past and present● Simplifying how we learn ● VILS implementation● Q&A

VILS Key Components

● Readiness and implementation

● Professional learning

● Documentation and storytelling

● Research

Professional Learning

Focus: to help schools build capacity● Develop plans aligned with their needs ● Provide frameworks for learning ● Provide a variety of opportunities for engaging● Move schools through phases of the Journey ● Gradual release over time

● Focus on the learning, not on the technology

● “I want my students to use X so that they can do Y.” The why always comes first.

● Simplify the approach to learning and provide options

VILS Focus

● The Journey● Storytelling● Community building● STEM Events● Convenings● Micro-credentials● Coaching● Video hangouts● Online resources● Social media

VILS Professional Learning Strategies

Storytelling as Professional Learning

How do we know what learning looks like?

Data is a much bigger word than it used to be.

Stories ARE data - and they give information that is beyond the data we’ve used in the past.

What stories are your learners telling on Friday?

It’s not a question of IF your learners should

be storytellers.

They already are. We have an obligation to help them

tell the right stories.

Video: “Embracing STEAM on Maui”

Lokelani Intermediate School, Maui, Hawaii

COLLECT IT. CURATE IT.

CULTIVATE IT. CREATE IT.

We have evidence.

We don’t have evidence

...yet.

Ask: Do I have rich evidence of learning?

How do you know if you have a story?

There are stories throughout the whole learning process.

By putting a focus on storytelling, we have a richer, more evidence-based learning experience.

By creating storytellers, we give all students a voice and ownership in their learning.

Scaling● Use a PL Planning Template to create a

school plan for the year.

● Collect and use data.

● Add third party opportunities, STEM events, and partner opportunities

● Use a LMS as a delivery mechanism for resources

● Implement strategic actions (standards) for each stakeholder and track progress. Trello

● Who we are● Past and present● Simplifying how we learn ● VILS implementation● Q&A

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