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This Time, It's Personal...

This Time, It's Personal It's been a while since I've posted here. What's written below is part of a practicum with the Tarrant Institute for Innovative Technology. We are conducting Learning Labs to explore what personalization means and looks like in several Vermont schools. Below are my thoughts on some of the nitty-gritty details of personalized learning. What is personalization? Today, everything is personalized. Want a phone that will play "Call Me Maybe" every time your significant other calls? No problem. Want a hat decorated with rhinestones and a cat doing a backflip? Sure. Want to learn about anything, anytime, anywhere? You can do that, too. With the advent of the Internet and digital media, it has become easier than ever to personalize our lives. Why not personalize our education as well? Right now, as I have mentioned, we really can learn anything at anytime, anywhere. So, personalization in education to me means harnessing that ability in