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      • How to use this Educator’s Guide
      • Ch 1: Defining Personalized Learning
        • 1.1 The Three Pillars of Personalized Learning
        • 1.2 The Definition of a PLP
        • 1.3 New Student & Teacher Roles
      • Ch 2: PLPs Aren’t Just For The Teacher
        • 2.1 Knowing Students Well
        • 2.2 Avoid the Pitfalls!
      • Ch 3: Laying The Groundwork for PLPs
        • 3.1 What Are Your Pedagogical Priorities?
        • 3.2 Structures to Support Personalized Learning
      • Ch 4: Starting with the Learner Profile
      • Ch 5: Flexing Your Pathways
        • 5.1 Engaging Pedagogies for All
      • Ch. 6: Scaffolding for Equitable, Deeper Learning
      • Ch 7: PLPs & Proficiency-Based Assessment
      • Ch 8: Student-led PLP conferences
      • Ch 9: Sustaining Innovation
      • Chapter References
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Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) 

How students tell their PLP stories

June 24, 2016October 24, 2019 Life LeGeros 1 Comment Adobe Voice, Blogger, Dynamic Landscapes, explain everything, Fayston Elementary School, Google Sites

Scaffolding PLPs so students understand them 5th and 6th graders from Fayston Elementary School took their personal learning plans (PLP)

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R is for REAL Reflection

September 25, 2015April 19, 2018 Life LeGeros 4 Comments #ABCsofedtech, Blogger, Dipity, Feedreader, Haiku Deck, MoveNote, nearpod, student reflection, Thinglink, Vocaroo, WeVideo

Getting real about student reflection Ah, reflection. It may bring to mind an introspective moment, perhaps gazing into the still

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Multiple platforms, multiple voices: scenes from a 1:1 rollout

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 Susan Hennessey 7 Comments 1:1, Blogger, family communication, Hazen Union School, student voice

Collaborative blogging puts students’ voices out front Hazen Union School 8th grade student Elijah Lew-Smith shared the first student post of the

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