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Leadership
What’s Your Teacher’s Story? Share it In Our Contest!
By: Amy Threewitt. Our organization, which empowers parents and students to advocate for choice in public schools, kicks off the annual American Pioneer of Teaching Award contest on April 1. What makes our competition unique is that it spotlights teachers who’ve selected the education profession’s road less taken, those who teach at charter, virtual charter, blended or magnet public schools.
EdTech
To “Dream Big” Was More Than A Chromebook in Every Students Hands
By: Ernie Delgado. The great thing about technology is that there is always something new on the horizon that will be amazing for teachers and students.
EdTech
Slow and Steady Wins the EdTech Race
Much has been written about L.A. Unified’s $1 billion iPad initiative, which has generated a heated national debate about what a school or district needs to consider before starting a blended learning program of its own.
Leadership
Building Innovation Partnerships
Guest Author: Greg Butler. We can no longer count on education systems to ‘fix’ education in isolation, the challenge will require multiple stakeholders working across organizational and sectorial boundaries to collaborate and innovate in continual inquiry based cycles of improvement.
EdTech
Yik Yak, Geofencing and the Future of BYOD
By: Kirsten Winkler. But if we take Yik Yak as a precedent there will be voices who call for more and better control over devices that are brought into school.
Uncategorized
Get Out of the Way
Learning alongside our peers, we experimented with Visible Thinking strategies, tweeted “headlines” representing our individual SXSWedu experiences, thought about what we want our students to be like and reflected on a shift in our thinking about what needs to take place in order for educational innovation to occur.
Personalized Learning
Digital Learning Should Focus on Depth vs. Speed
Are you satisfied with the shallowness of learning that’s needed to beat the current system? Is what you want from digital tools to rip through inch-deep learning much faster?
EdTech
LinkedIn In Class For Career Advancement
By James Walker. LinkedIn is home to untapped avenues. Introducing LinkedIn in class can make students more approachable, and cultivate an atmosphere that engages them side by side along with professional development.
Personalized Learning
The Future of Personalized Learning
By: Student Correspondent. This technology is unique because it focuses on how the students learn. As the students develop, the technology develops with them. Artificial Intelligence systems (AI) are being tested at the University of Phoenix as well as in kindergarten classrooms.
Personalized Learning
Military Families Band Together Education Options
Just like other parents who aren’t in the military, our families want school options too. For some, the educational consistency they long for comes in the form of virtual public education.