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    {"id":22200,"date":"2024-04-03T16:09:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/?p=22200"},"modified":"2024-04-04T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:16:44","slug":"student-spotlight-taking-personalized-learning-to-a-new-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/student-spotlight-taking-personalized-learning-to-a-new-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Taking Personalized Learning To A New Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='flex_column av-p7py0o-6fd03b1768152c07a7c46f37f3bbd2de av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div '   ><p><div  class='hr av-luijxih2-29a42ccc550b08264c8a388010af4b9e hr-default  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first  av-small-hide av-mini-hide'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-luik50zp-1e5027adfe35e7a6708a957db3fc9458\">\n.avia-image-container.av-luik50zp-1e5027adfe35e7a6708a957db3fc9458 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-luik50zp-1e5027adfe35e7a6708a957db3fc9458 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-22201 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-22201 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bassam-WWW.png\" alt='In a black suit, light purple shirt and red and blue tie, Bassam poses for a photo in front of a bright green bush.' title=''  height=\"375\" width=\"500\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bassam-WWW.png 500w, https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bassam-WWW-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-luikjxt5-7049a7b96ba6538a862bdf74518e9a90'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df6e621 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df6e621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #002d72;\">Student Spotlight: Taking Personalized Learning to a New Level<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-681b834 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"681b834\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>For\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/university-prep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University Prep<\/a> student Bassam I., <strong>technology is at the forefront of his learning.<\/strong>\u00a0Since elementary school, he\u2019s loved computers, playing around with Scratch and Google Slides at nine years old. At twelve, he started programming with Java, eventually learning different programming languages like Javascript, HTML, CSS, Lua, C#, C++ and Python. By sixteen, he wanted to learn electronic design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love electronics. I sometimes will just take something apart to figure out how it works,\u201d says Bassam.\u00a0\u201cWe live in an age where anyone can get information, any time, anywhere.\u00a0I am grateful I live in a time where I can learn pretty much anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>From deconstructing Chromebooks, calculators, pedometers and power strips to building prototypes of USB hubs and touch screen phones,<\/strong>\u00a0Bassam has explored the ins and outs of a variety of tech items. Despite his innate skills with technology however, learning these things didn\u2019t happen overnight for Bassam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI built a prototype for a USB hub you could connect to via Bluetooth.\u00a0<strong>It took several months of looking through documentation and learning about things like impedance, RF design, micro-soldering and more,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Bassam explains.\u00a0<strong>\u201cI still have a lot to learn.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #002d72;\">Customizing His Experience<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bassam\u2019s interest in technology has continued to be explored here at Visions through things such as his Directed Project, where Bassam was able to focus on subjects that he was passionate about, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/support-services\/career-and-technical-education-game-simulation-pathway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game Design CTE Pathway<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0This passion has even taken root in his everyday experience with instruction through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolsplp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SchoolsPLP<\/a>, which is the\u00a0learning management system that students like Bassam use to access courses, assignments, grades and more.<\/p>\n<p>Using SchoolsPLP every day made Bassam familiar with the program\u2019s basic functions, so when they made an update at the beginning of the school year, he noticed that the change added an extra button to click in order to access his student portal. To mitigate this, <strong>Bassam began creating\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chromewebstore.google.com\/detail\/plp-mod\/bamdaepecnmomimoaihllpikdbhgkddb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PLPMod<\/a>\u00a0(pictured below), which is a Google Chrome extension that can be used to personalize a student\u2019s SchoolsPLP profile both aesthetically and functionally.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo develop for PLPMod, it starts with something to change,\u201d explains Bassam. \u201cLet\u2019s say people want to change the background. First, I add a setting into the menu. Next, I use the inspect window. I find the HTML element I want to change inside of this inspector, then I figure out how my program will find the same element. Then I code PLPMod to find this element and modify it or add things there.\u00a0<strong>Just like that we have added a new feature!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Brayden-collage-www-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1406\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Brayden-collage-www-4.png 1406w, https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Brayden-collage-www-4-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Brayden-collage-www-4-1030x241.png 1030w, https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Brayden-collage-www-4-768x180.png 768w, https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Brayden-collage-www-4-705x165.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1406px) 100vw, 1406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bassam has added numerous features to PLPMod,<\/strong> including the ability to: create a custom profile picture, create a custom background for the home screen, toggle the GO button for classes, click a \u201cWhat-If\u201d calculator button that shows what students\u2019 grades will be if they get a specific score on an assignment (according to Bassam, \u201cThis was arguably one of the most popular features.\u201d), show grade letters as numbers and vice-versa, show assignments in list form when entering a class rather than going to the latest assignment, click on submitted links to view teacher feedback instead of having to copy and paste the link into the search bar, pin Discussion Instructions, update Logs to keep users updated of new features, and customize the settings menu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI have learned quite a lot,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0says Bassam. \u201cThis was my first ever chrome extension. I learned how to create a manifest (a document describing the extension), how to publish an extension, how to save data in an extension, how to get some feedback and how to fix some bugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bassam\u2019s amazing work has impressed not only his fellow students, but his teacher, Toby Spencer, and even SchoolsPLP themselves.<\/strong>\u00a0SchoolsPLP summarized Bassam\u2019s skills with their program in an article of their own, writing:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt size-medium wp-image-119729 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wire.viedu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-300x95.gif\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wire.viedu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-300x95.gif 300w, https:\/\/wire.viedu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-100x32.gif 100w, https:\/\/wire.viedu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-150x47.gif 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn an interview with SchoolsPLP, Bassam discussed how he enhanced the user experience of the student dashboard by developing a Chrome extension mod for SchoolsPLP! The mod allows students to customize their profile pictures and backgrounds, as well as allowing the user to remove the GO button and change the grades from letter grades to number grades, [which] improves both the functionality and aesthetics.\u00a0<strong>Bassam\u2019s innovative approach to the student user interface showcases his talent for UX [user experience] and endeavors in the programming field.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Spencer praises Bassam\u2019s \u201ccreativity, ingenuity and computing prowess,\u201d and Bassam credits Mr. Spencer and his CTE teacher, Kim Grant, for\u00a0<strong>supporting and encouraging his passion for technology.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019ve never met a single teacher that wouldn\u2019t help me learn the material,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0says Bassam. \u201cI\u2019ve also had some really good teachers like Miss Grant! Her class is very flexible, and she likes our creativity on assignments and our own personal projects we share in her Video Game Design class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the future, Bassam wants to go into a career centered around programming or computers. He thanks his family, friends, and teachers for making him the person that he is, and he thanks Visions for <strong>giving him the resources and opportunities to explore what he loves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c[Visions] offers much more than any other high school. <\/strong>The schedule is very flexible and not as rigid as other schools. 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