Archive: Feb 2012
EdTech
Parents & Teachers Speak Up About Digital Learning In Ohio
This Wednesday, Tom Vander Ark, students, teachers, and parents testified in front of the Ohio House of Representatives' Education Committee in support of digital learning. Four students wowed the audience with their stories while several teachers and parents stood in strong support of students learning digitally today.
EdTech
4 Students Impress Ohio House Reps’ Ed Committee In Digital Learning
Lisa Duty, the Director of External Affairs at KnowledgeWorks, reported from the Ohio State Capitol during Wednesday’s first-event Digital Learning Day: On February 1st, 2012 Chairman Gerald Stebelton and the Ohio House of Representatives’ Education Committee heard testimony from Tom Vander Ark, Ohio education leaders, parents and…
EdTech
Q&A: Ohio Educators & Students Talk Digital Learning With House Education Committee
Yesterday I joined colleagues from KnowledgeWorks and testified before the Ohio House Education Committee chaired by Gerald Stebelton. They already passed HB153 expanding online options for students in Ohio, but they have work to do as I outlined in my testimony. I followed for very articulate students well served by online and blended schools. The committee asked great questions.
Personalized Learning
A Bold Approach to Cultivating Tomorrow’s Teachers
Denver is on the leading edge of a national movement in teacher preparation—one that is has the potential to transform our classrooms and unlock a key to success in our schools.
Personalized Learning
Technology Transforms Teachers Into Master Chefs of the Classroom
A teacher is like a chef of the classroom, creating recipes for learning, devising experiences for students the way an expert chef composes a dining experience. A skillful teacher processes an almost constant stream of micro-decisions, juggling many lessons, as they plan, carry out, and adapt.
EdTech
Idaho Parents, Students Show Support for School Choice at the Capitol
Hundreds of parents and students attended today’s 2012 Capitol Day event in Boise. Run annually by the Coalition of Idaho Charter School Families, the day stands as a fun and educational way to introduce children to the workings of state government and the legislative process.
EdTech
39 States Celebrate Digital Learning Day Today
Today marks the first-ever Digital Learning Day (DLD), a day to celebrate outstanding teachers who leverage technology in the classroom to increase student learning opportunities in the 21st century. Governors, education chiefs, lawmakers, and policymakers across the nation look to DLD as game-changing reform for student-centered and competency-based learning.
EdTech
Ohio Should Expand Digital Learning Opportunity and Promote Innovation
The following is a testimony was prepared for the Ohio House of Representatives Committee on Education Hearing on Digital Learning on February 1, 2012.
Personalized Learning
Ohio Should Remove Digital Learning Barriers for Innovation
Ohio should remove barriers to digital learning, encourage innovation, promote equity and create accountability for a new era of learning.