Archive: Aug 2013

Personalized Learning

Mozilla Open Badges to Show Career Readiness

Professional Examination Service has issued a white paper, Digital "Badges" Emerge as Part of Credentialing Future, examining the history of how digital badges have been "used to represent accomplishments, skills or knowledge" and how that will evolve in the near future.

Personalized Learning

Ordering a Teacher: Suggestions from Students (Part 2)

Honestly, this concept is a bit scary and threatening to me. I mean, seriously, have you seen me dance? I make Elaine Benes from Seinfeld look like Michael Jackson performing “Billie Jean” live. All kidding aside, thank goodness this idea of dancing teachers is only a metaphor.

Leadership

Fortified Environments Turnaround Impacts of Poverty

Dr. Pamela Cantor, Turnaround CEO, believes it is becoming clear in research and practice that mindsets and self regulation “are both highly malleable and responsive to positive influences, including well designed classrooms, the most powerful of which include meaningful connections with adults.”

EdTech

“Remix” Apps From edshelf

A remix is the act of combining two or more things into one. This week's selection of six notable tools added to edshelf are all a remix or can be used in a remix. Enhance your classroom instruction igniting your students' creativity with these inventive tools.

Personalized Learning

STEM Summit: Learning in the Digital Age

Scientific American and Macmillan Science and Education hosted the STEM Summit: Learning in the Digital Age to discuss the ever changing landscape in education and how to better support STEM and science programs in schools.

Ed Policy

Reform as a Platform for Innovation

Across a half a dozen states in the last week I've listened in on edreform chats with an eye on innovation. Embracing the world of digital opportunity will take new governance models, stronger state capacity and new relationships between districts and statewide providers.