Tweets on Personalized Learning from #ISTE18

Here are some summary tweets from a panel discussion on Personalized Learning at the 2018 ISTE Conference. 
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Differentiation vs personalization - teacher making decisions vs. students making decisions. Personalization is about empowering the student. Technology can be a tool for it. #iste18

— Matt Doran (@mdoran2067) June 25, 2018

Conditions and culture to be in place for personalized learning - looking at spaces, social emotional factors. Student agency, voice and choice. It's not a program or adaptive software. #iste18

— Matt Doran (@mdoran2067) June 25, 2018

Considerations for personalization: instruction, data/analytics, learning environments (including schedules), instructional resources, continuous pd. #iste18

— Matt Doran (@mdoran2067) June 25, 2018

Misconceptions about personalized learning: not the wild, wild west - some elements may not always be personalized; still need structure. #iste18

— Matt Doran (@mdoran2067) June 25, 2018

Personalized learning is not everyone going through the same curriculum at a different pace - need agency and choice. #iste18

— Matt Doran (@mdoran2067) June 25, 2018

Rolling out chromebooks to every student is not personalization; it's rolling out chromebooks. Personalization starts with instruction. #iste18

— Matt Doran (@mdoran2067) June 25, 2018

Ts need to experience personalized learning in PD. Need to see the model and benefits in order to implement it with Ss. #iste18

— Matt Doran (@mdoran2067) June 25, 2018