Archive: 2012
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.
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.
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.
Digital Learning Day Is More Than a Pajama Party
As with many school choices, digital learning has a perception problem. The kids are lazy. The parents are lazy. They want to sleep in. They want to play video games. They want to listen to music. They're anti-social. They're taking the easy way out. The reality is so very different from the whisper campaign to discredit a rapidly embraced choice for parents and students for whom a one-size-fits-all system just didn't – fit all.
The Coming Education Revolution
In the worst economy since the Great Depression, Americans are struggling to earn a living, raise their families, and get an education. How will Americans adapt to learn, work, and connect in the future? A new book with findings from Apollo Research Institute describes how technology and the new job skills that will be required in the 21st century will transform higher education.
Helping Teachers Move from Digital Learners to Digital Leaders
By: Dr. Idit Harel Caperton As we celebrate the first, national Digital Learning Day today, Wednesday, February 1, 2012, let's recognize the masters of this great profession and provide educators—young and experienced, tech-savvy and tech-novices—with all the supports they need to be successful as learners first, and leaders second.
How Will Personalized Learning Really Work?
“How will personalized learning really work?” The question was asked today by someone who should know the answer—the strategy director for an educational software company. But that’s the nature of the dynamic shift underway.
Louisiana Supt of Education Becomes Newest Member of Chiefs for Change
Chiefs for Change announced today that Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White is joining their coalition of bold reformers. This group of state education leaders provides a strong voice for student-centered reform that will increase student achievement and prepare students for success in colleges and careers.
SMARTER Balanced and PARCC to Launch New Technology Readiness Tool to Support Transition to Online Assessments
The SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) in assistance with the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) announced today a contract with Pearson to develop a new, open source Technology Readiness Tool with federal Race to the Top (RTTT) Assessment Program grants.