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media type="custom" key="16606942" The business world demands employees who know how to work as a team, access and analyze information, and think creatively to solve problems. Educators are working to transform k12 education inorder to prepare our students to be successful in their future work place which is rapidly changing and hard to predict with certainty. What is clear is that content knowledge is no longer enough and students will also need skills (21st century skills) to succeed. Therefore educators are moving to a more student centered, inquiry based, personalized model of teaching and learning by using a blended approach. Blended Learning is when some part of the lesson or unit is taught online and some is taught face-to-face. Students experience learning in both environments. Within a blended model that integrates project-based learning, teachers can focus on learning dispositions or habits of mind, 21st century skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration and communication, the 21st century literacies, as well as the content standards. The role of technology is to support the integration of these skills into the learning. We are very fortunate with the technology available today as educators have the opportunity to really make the learning more visible and get to know what their students are thinking, give students a voice and personalize the learning as never before.
 * Why Blended Learning?**

Alison, Leann and Kelley are using online discussions for studying The Pearl with great results. Listen to Alison talking about the experience so far Another podcast: Listen to Katina Cassidy chatting about how online discussion forums impacted student learning in her classroom (3 minutes long).This is an excellent podcast with specific details and suggestions.
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 * Online Discussion Forums ** are being used by teachers at Adams Middle School as part of a blended approach to teaching and learning:
 * The Flipped Classroom Model i**s being introduced by Jaime Cutone in 8th grade Science. Watch her discussing why she decided to try it and what the experience was like.

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 * Example of Student Work:**

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Check out skill requirements for this job. It demonstrates that social media is an integral part of our culture and world. Job Posting
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Click here for up to date research data on how technology is being used to persona lize teaching and learning from the 'Speak Up' by Project Tomorrow Report. Here is an Infographic that summarizes the report.
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One of the key findings of this report is: ' Parents’ definition of academic success for their children places a strong emphasis on learning the right skills to be successful (73%)- more than any other metric for success, including monetary success or getting into a good college.'

This report: answers the following questions:
 * How are students personalizing their learning?
 * How are parents helping students to personalize their learning journey?
 * What are the digitally-rich, untethered and socially based learning strategies that facilitate this process?
 * How can education stakeholders support students as they seek to personalize their learning?
 * What are the gaps between administrators’ views of personalized learning compared to parents’ and students’ views?