Archive: 2017
EdTech
All Sides Agree: It’s Time For Educators to Embrace Technology
By: Mike Silagadze. Rather than feeling overwhelmed by technology and the booming EdTech industry, educators should embrace the opportunity to reduce costly barriers and improve the in-class experience for students.
Personalized Learning
Four Iowa Schools Getting Personalized Learning Right
By: Meredith Allen. Today, I’d like to showcase a few Iowa schools that I think are absolute gems of personalized learning, with some key takeaways for educators and administrators implementing personalized learning in their own classroom, school or district.
Equity & Access
Afterschool Programs a Solution to Technology Access and Learning for Young People
By: Gina Warner. With the support of a $500,000 grant from Google, the NAA will be able to help both students and educators access necessary tools to maximize technology-based learning after school. Learn more here.
EdTech
Balancing Choice, Collaboration and Community
As the facilitator of my student’s learning, I do need to retain ownership of some aspects of their learning. But if I am to truly create writers who write things that the world will want to read, I’ve got to open the world up to them.
Equity & Access
How Schools Around the World are Tackling Social Justice – Part 1
Are there social justice issues going on within your community, and how do you address them within the context of your school? In our new #SmartPlanet series, we're seeking and sharing the voices of schools and educators striving for equity and social justice.
EdTech
How Blockchain Will Transform Credentialing (and Education)
While still in it's infancy, Blockchain has the power to transform education by increasing learner ownership and control over data, reducing institutional data costs, ending paper based certificates and more.
Equity & Access
So Done with 2017? Take Heart: Positive Policies, Practices, and Programs Persist
By: Betsy Brand. These three examples are but a tiny proportion of the many programs that serve traditionally underserved youth across our states and communities. I draw hope from the policymakers and practitioners that support and sustain them.
Personalized Learning
Analysis: Teaching, Technology, Transformation — 5 Ways to Talk (and Think) About Personalized Learning
By: Beth Rabbitt. Personalized learning is gaining momentum; it deserves scrutiny, rigorous implementation and testing. Here are 5 ways we can begin to give it the thought and planning it deserves.
Competency-Based Education
How Idaho Is Moving Towards Mastery-Based Education
Kelly Brady is Director of Mastery Education for the State of Idaho. In this post, she shares more about the journey Idaho is taking and the results they are seeing so far.
Leadership
Montour Schools: Home of the Evolving Educators
Post four of our 6-part #RemakeLearning series takes you on a virtual field trip to Montour School District, "home of the evolving educators."