Archive: 2013
Personalized Learning

Surviving the Holidays, New Teacher Advice

Aimee Bartis

Ask for help - you have parents that want to help in your classroom, many are just waiting to be asked. If you are feeling overwhelmed, send out an email or Remind 101 text asking for help. Be specific about what you need and when you need it. Parents will come through.
Personalized Learning

205 Trillion Online Instructional Resources – Feeling Overwhelmed?

wkehl

As an educator, have you ever felt overwhelmed by the plethora of educational resources and techniques available - on top of and including state and national standards? If so, this news will either make you cry or jump for joy. Perhaps both. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon and Temple University have found that there are "more than 205 trillion instructional options available" for educators to choose from.
Personalized Learning

Teaching Common Core Through Integrated History and Language Arts

Courtney Hanes

We will walk participants through the websites to highlight how we use them in our integrated History/Language Arts model, focusing specifically on the Zoot Suit Riots and Scopes Monkey Trial. As an English teacher, it is my responsibility to support literacy across the disciplines. If History is an account of the past, Language Arts is how we tell the stories.
Leadership

Seaford Leaders Build “Pipeline of Success” For Students

Guest Author

Just like leaders in so many school districts with similar stories across the nation, Seaford educators knew things needed to change. They knew it was time to transform the system to better meet the needs of their changing demographic, while still maintaining a high expectation of academic rigor and student success.
Ed Policy

Stock Market & Real Estate Boom–What Does it Mean for Edu?

Tom Vander Ark

Does the recovery mean good news for for K-12 schools? It depends: in some places yes--for now. In other places, it’s still tough sledding. In every state, it’s time for state leaders to make a plan for the shift to personal digital learning--and back it up with smart investments.
Personalized Learning

Infographic: Are MOOCs The Future of Online Education?

Getting Smart Staff

As the price of higher ed rises, the big question is will MOOCs be the viable alternative that makes education after high school more affordable? This infographic draws out some of the statistics known about the development of MOOCs so far, as well as plotting out the pros and cons of taking a MOOC today.
EdTech

Online Learning Boasts Bright Future Thanks to Virtual Reality Platforms

Guest Author

A high-end virtual world presents new great aspects of an educational experience, and combines this achievement with the greatest aspects of the real world classroom. Before getting deeper into the fantastical possibilities of world exploration, it's important to realize that the “home room” of these virtual worlds can very well be a virtual classroom.
EdTech

MangaHigh Launches New Math Game in This Post-Flash World

Alison Anderson

Talking to Toby Rowland CEO and founder and CTO, Jon Webb, of MangaHigh, the company took on a the challenge and decided to create a game outside of the confines of Flash. Knowing that within the education space, users are on every type of device now, from desk top, lap top, Android or Windows tablet, iPad, even a smart phone, they were determined to create a game that had the appeal of flash, but would not be limited to simply being played on a desk top computer.