Personalized Learning

 In the teaching climate today, personalized learning needs to be integrated more often. I remember many times as a student being bored out of my mind and disengaged from the topic just because I felt that it had nothing to really do with me or anything I cared about. This problem is real for many students, as no one wants to learn about something they do not care about. Personalizing the learning experience leads to better recollection of what was taught and more success overall. I feel that I can bring personalized learning into my teaching environment by first asking the students what they actually want to learn about. I plan on having open discussions on various topics that students themselves bring forward. I will use this as a way to get to know what my students are actually interested in. Another way to learn about my students is to create questionnaires for points, and to have activities where I ask questions and the students have to do a certain action depending on their answer. Another plan that I have is for my students to group together and create skits and post them on YouTube as a way to create comradery and just have fun. As far as goal setting, I can use my questionnaires to learn what my students want to do once they graduate and based off their answers, I would like to help them create a step-by-step plan that would keep them on the path of reaching their goal by setting certain milestones. I love the idea of personalized learning and look forward to using the strategies more in my classes!