Key Points:
- School system in Indiana wanted to develop individual plans for their students with unique education situations
- The district had no tools in place for this so they used Google Docs to collaborate
- Students were to take part in creating their individual learning plans (ILPs), and they were live documents that changed as their needs in education changed
- After one year, the ILPs failed, as they were too much work to keep up with
- The moral of the story is to try, and understand that failing is learning
Relevance:
This article is highly relevant in education because it supports trying new things and understanding that "failure" isn't really failure. It is a chance to revisit something and try again. The ILPs described are also very similar to Oregon's Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
