Posts by Alison Anderson
Super Power Physics Lessons Debut on TED-Ed
Calling all science teachers! Today, TED-Ed launches a new series of physics lessons, Super Power Physics Lessons, and these are definitely lessons worth sharing!
ISTE’s Top Ten Conversations
It seems safe to say that no one will be wrapping up the ISTE conference tomorrow without having met someone new, learned something new or had a conversation about trying something new during the next school year.
Going to Summer Camp to Create a New School
Christine Ortiz has been been asked many times, “How do you start a school?” She is the person to ask because Christine has actually founded a school and feels confident others can do it too.
#Edtechchat: Summer Plans
In this week's #Edtechchat we covered summer plans, for both learning and relaxing.
Defining STEAM at Bracken Academy
What do you get when you add an “A” to STEM? You get an artistic and creative look at science, technology, engineering and math while creating an environment where students thrive.
Summer Learning, Happens So Fast
This is the time, whether you are a student, parent or teacher, we know summer is approaching and it is time to plan how we will spend the next three months. All of us at Getting Smart, in true Blended Learning fashion, would like to offer recommendations to students and teachers on how they can leverage technology over the summer to meet their personal learning needs.
EdTech Women Dine at ISTE 13
Join us for an evening of dining and networking with other women in education technology, including a stellar group of ISTE panelists and attendees.
Think Outside the Box for Las Vegas Schools
The Getting Smart team led a school design workshop for The Executive Leadership Academy, hosted by The Public Education Foundation in Las Vegas last week. Teams of principals designed next-gen K-8 and high schools and taught lessons on blended learning components.
Shrinking the Digital Divide
As more and more students gain access to personal devices, the exposure to personalized learning is becoming readily available to those lucky students who can lay claim to their own digital learning device.
Playdate13: Giving Teachers the Gift of Time
Most teachers I know don’t ask for much, but I know that if they could ask for something, it would be more time! More time to plan and prepare, but really more time to connect, learn, and get better. We, as teachers nowadays, can’t get by with just knowing the content. We have to learn the tools... the most effective ways to transfer that content knowledge to our wily little tech savvy digital citizens -- AKA our students.