IN-Learning at SWMS
INnovative & INspirational Learning
Creating the IDEAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Customized for Each Learner - Infusing Technology to Maximize Impact
INnovative & INspirational Learning
Creating the IDEAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Customized for Each Learner - Infusing Technology to Maximize Impact
These courses are created with YOU in mind. Expect fun, engaging work and a positive experience that will leave you eager to come back each day. The courses include activities that are customized for you with learning opportunities based on your:
learning level
learning styles (Know your strengths, but be willing to grow by trying new things!)
interests
relevance to your life
Success is both in:
The journey (how you do things)
The outcomes mastered
Exit outcomes describe what we hope you will be able to do, to be like, and to know that will directly affect your success now and in the future. These outcomes are designed to be relevant and meaningful not just in school, but also in the workplace, community, family, relationships, and global society.
You will be invited to set personal goals related to both life outcomes and content outcomes. Self assessments will be a regular part of your growth and monitoring process.
The words we use drive our thinking. It's what we see, and thus what we create! (Inevitable Too! Schwahn and McGarvey)
Learners (instead of students)
Learning Coach or Success Coach (instead of teacher)
Leaders (instead of principals)
Learner Outcomes (instead of curriculum)
Learning Opportunities and Seminars (rather than courses or lectures). Expect more flexible starting and ending times that a more traditional learning environment.
Facilitating learning (instead of instruction)
Feedback (instead of grades)
Learner Portfolios (instead of report cards)
Learning Centers (instead of schools)
Learning Communities (instead of Districts)
Lifelong Learners (instead of graduates)
"How is this learning outcome best learned?" (instead of "How is this learning outcome best taught?")
Values/Beliefs/Guiding Principles. What we honor and believe...therefore how we do things.
Mission. Why we exist; what business we are in.
Student Exit Outcomes. What we want our graduates to be able to do, to be like, and to know that will directly affect their future success.
Vision. Your mental picture of the future you prefer to create.
Total Leaders make decisions based on core personal and organizational values and principles of professionalism. The following core values are some of the most honored by leaders who have been successful over the long term: Integrity, honesty, courage, commitment, productivity, openness, reflection, and risk taking. (pp10-11)
Resources:
In-Learning - Technology Tools for Online Learning - Messer/TIE Course
South Dakota Content Standards, K-12 Ed-Tech Standards 2015, CTE Photography 1
Inevitable, Mass Customized Learning: Learning in the Age of Empowerment and Inevitable Too!: The Total Leader Embraces Mass Customized Learning by Charles Schwahn & Bea McGarvey
Lori Does Her Learning Plan. What does Mass Customized Learning Look Like? Watch this 10-minute YouTube Video.
Chuck Schwahn on Mass Customized Learning - 2 minutes
Bea McGarvey on Mass Customized Learning - 7 minutes
Video - Obsolete Schools. Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree...
Quotes
"If it's important, it should be intentional." Stephen Covey
Success breeds success.
In your learning space, is time the variable or is learning the variable? (82)