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Elevate: Personalized Game-Based Brain-Training App

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App that trains you to speak, write, listen, read, and process more effectively!

IBM's Video on Adaptive, Personalized Learning

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According to IBM, adaptive and personalized learning will be a regular component to the classroom in 5 years. This classroom will use student data to provide personalized curriculum and lessons to each student. 

What if eLearning Becomes TOO PERSONALIZED?

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Image from schoolofone.org  In the article, “ The Problem with the School of One ,”  Jason Paul Gee  points out a glaring problem of too much personalized learning: “What happens when people with different “sweet spots” have to learn, solve problems, and collaborate with others who have different “sweet spots,” as people often have to do in modern workplaces?”  I think this is an interesting question. Providing personalized learning is a goal that every teacher strives for. Depending on the learning styles, abilities, and needs of their students, teachers provide students with  different methods of acquiring knowledge and skills. However, with new educational start-up programs that focuses solely on personalized learning, students might find themselves frustrated in real-world learning situations that do not fit their learning styles, abilities, or needs.  Too Much of a Good Thing Classrooms should provide students with BOTH personalized l...