How to Personalize Learning: A Practical Guide for Getting Started and Going Deeper - Paperback

by Barbara A. Bray (Author), Kathleen A. McClaskey (Author)

HOW to Personalize Learning

This practical follow-up to Bray and McClaskey's first book, Make Learning Personal: The What, Who, Wow, Where, and Whybrings theory to practice. Teachers will find the tools, skills, and strategies needed to personalize learning and develop self-directed, independent learners with agency.

Discover how to get started and go deeper by building a shared vision that supports personalized learning using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. Also included are:

• Tools and templates such as the Learner Profile, Personal Learning Backpack, Personal Learning Plan, as well as tips for lesson design and PBL
• Lesson and project examples that show how teachers can change instructional practice by encouraging learner voice and choice
• QR codes and links to the authors' website for electronic versions of tools, templates, activities, and checklists

Create a powerful shift in education by building a culture of learning so every learner is valued.

"If you are looking for a step-by-step guide on what personalized learning is and how to implement it, while being inspired and gaining ideas to implement immediately, this is definitely the book to read!"
Diana Petschauer, Assistive Technology Professional, CEO
AT for Education & Access4Employment, Wolfeboro Falls, NH

"Barbara and Kathleen present well-tested strategies for personalization within a coherent framework. This highly practical book forms a reliable foundation for empowering a community striving to make schools work for all learners."
John H. Clarke, Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont

Author Biography

Barbara Bray is Creative Learning Officer and Co-Founder of Personalize Learning, LLC, Founder/Owner of My eCoach (my-ecoach.com), posts on Rethinking Learning (barbarabray.net) and writes a regular column on professional development for OnCUE (Computer Using Educators).

Kathleen McClaskey is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Personalize Learning, LLC, founder/owner of EdTech Associates, Inc. and the Advocacy Chairperson for the New Hampshire Society for Technology in Education, an affiliate of ISTE.