Archive: 2012
EdTech
Charters, Common Core & EdTech Headline Education Nation
Mayor Bloomberg kicked off the morning with a growling defense of Chicago mayor Rahm Emauel. He said, "We should evaluate and pay teachers as skilled professionals." He announced expanded access to full day K next year and the first Eeducare school an early childhool leadership institute thanks to Susan Buffet.
EdTech
Arizona Schools Nearly Double Math Proficiency Growth With ST Math
Arizona schools nearly doubled math proficiency growth in 2011-12 using ST Math® -- a visually based, digital math program featuring the animated penguin named JiJi -- as a result of a recent partnership between education nonprofit MIND Research Institute and CiscoFoundation.
Personalized Learning
Embracing the International Experience
Our global community depends on recent university graduates and current students to lead us into the future. Institutions of higher learning play a critical role in equipping students with the lifelong skills and perspectives necessary to thrive in an interdependent world. By fully embracing the international experience – sending U.S. students abroad and welcoming international students to our campuses – institutions recognize how truly connected the world is, and they provide a wonderful learning opportunity for students, faculty, and communities.
Leadership
Good Work with a Loudspeaker
The Harlem and Williamsburg (Brooklyn) film festivals featured a trio of TEACHED shorts from Loudspeaker Films. Kelly Amis is former TFA teacher with serious edreform credentials now using film to build support for transformation and education equality.
Personalized Learning
Vittra International: Personalized Swedish Network on a Mission
Vittra International is a network of high tech elementary schools in Sweden. Vitta has 12 schools were every student has an Apple laptop. Architecturally and academically it's clear that there is an underlying design--a clear intellectual mission that makes these schools a great place to learn and work. Vittra expresses the design principles through six promises.
Personalized Learning
ShowMe Personalizes Learning Abroad
“I think that personalized learning will have more influence in the future,” said C. Harun Boke, an educator at the Applied Technology High School in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. “Students enjoy learning at their own pace.”
EdTech
Q&A: EverFi Launches Open-Source Badging Platform
Executive Vice President of Product Development at EverFi, Inc., Kara Hedges, joins us today to discuss the significance of EverFi's recent launch of its first open-source badging platform.
Personalized Learning
Maps, Playlists, & Badges: Key Blended Learning Themes
On Tuesday we co-hosted OpenBlend, a blended learning conference with the Tacoma Public Schools and the Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) featuring a full-day track of Khan Academy workshops as well as other innovative and open tools.
Leadership
When Teachers Strike Nobody Wins
It seems everyone has an opinion about the teacher strike currently taking place in Chicago. I do too, but it’s not about who’s to blame. There’s plenty of that to go around. What I do know is that regardless of how this strike ends, nobody will have won.
Personalized Learning
Staff Picks: Digital Learning, Innovation, Games
Tom says, "Philanthropy Roundtable does a great job of informing foundations of sector developments. A great examle is the keynote that Alex Hernandez delivered at last week's meeting. He concluded, 'The state of blended learning is early–but it’s good enough to get started. We can have better schools, for our own children, in our lifetimes.'"