Archive: 2013
Ed Policy
Pearson Partnerships for Principal Development
Michael Fullan's most recent work is also soon to be released in partnership with Pearson as a series of 6 sequential online modules for superintendents and school leaders, and is centered on Fullan'sMotion Leadership™ concept and practices for guiding system-wide change.
Leadership
“One Size Does Not Fit All” for Online Teacher Professional Development
We spent some time talking to the passion driven professional development team at Florida Virtual School (FLVS) and were excited by the multiple different paths teachers can take to become effective, talented online teachers for today’s students. They are working to stimulate success by connecting learners to innovative and engaging learning opportunity through highly qualified teachers in a way that has never been done before.
EdTech
Edmodo – Making It Personal with 40+ Apps
The Edmodo App Store has really allowed Edmodo to reach its full potential. With over 500 apps, all educators can find tools that impact the classroom.
Personalized Learning
Allow Students to Choose… Or Lose
Choice in education comes in many different flavors. The biggest and most lasting choice students (along with their parents) have to make is what kind of school they want to attend. Historically, this has been dictated primary by geography, but other variables are rapidly emerging.
EdTech
First Ever White House Student Film Festival Launches Today
K-12 students from around the country are invited to create a 1-3 minute short video. Finalists could have their videos screened at the actual White House and posted on the official website.
EdTech
Every Student Globally Competent, World Language Fluent
My conclusion from the World Language Expo: the toolset is good enough and list of model schools is long enough that all students should have K-12 access to world language learning--and it should be an expectation not an exception.
Personalized Learning
A Maker Makeover for Public Education
MakerSpace team members are "die hard advocates of public education" and are completely immersed in a revolution from within. The MakerSpace ideas started flowing about four years ago when six 10th grade teachers were awarded an ARRA grant to create an integrated project-based block for 100 students.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Giving Thanks for Blended & Deeper Learning
We try to contribute to moving us all closer to making these types of dreams a reality for students, too. Right now we are focused on Deeper Learning. Earlier this month we released the infographic, this week we shared the executive summary and soon, very soon, we’ll be launching the full white paper, Deeper Learning For Every Student Every Day.
Personalized Learning
Design Thinking in Schools: An Emerging Movement Building Creative Confidence in our Youth
As we help today’s students build their foundation of core academic knowledge and skills, we also need to look at the ways we are helping our youth build their confidence in their abilities to create. From name badges to state economies, we need our youth to know that they can empathically and intelligently shape the world. We need to help them develop the tools to create change.
Personalized Learning
Optimizing Personalized, Blended, Competency-based Schools
Wouldn’t teachers start to have those “what if” moments at lunch or walking in from the parking lot about how they could combine different elements of the different strands of innovation. Wouldn’t students start to bring ideas between classrooms about how their project-based learning could really benefit from having access to some of the resources on-line or how they might be able to create more deeper learning projects if once a week there was a three-hour open period to work on projects so they could get o they could get 4′s not just 3′s for “grades”?