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Alumni Engagement | The Next Innovation

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Aug 6, 2013

We realized the College Summit alumni were the missing piece to complete the peer-to-peer experience and make a huge impact with our current high school students.

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Innovation Happens at the School House

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Aug 6, 2013

Creating good governance and culture can’t just fall on the principal. A school needs governance to innovate. The Governance Councils can connect with the school’s community and offer support and insight.”

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Fun New Apps for Learning From edshelf

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Aug 5, 2013

From enabling memorization through multimedia to practicing social skills via simulated situations, here are six notable tools that were added to edshelf in the past week by educators such as yourselves.

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Changing to a Competency Based Grading System: A Student View

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Jul 25, 2013

My New Hampshire high school made the shift to a competency-based grading and reporting system two years ago. Educators who talk to me about that experience often want to know what that change process looked like from a student’s perspective.

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Post-Industrial Pedagogy

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Jul 19, 2013

Quality and access to education continue to top the list of education priorities in countries across the world. But finding balance between both access and quality is something policy makers, educators and community leaders have wrestled with for decades.

EdTech

Coding Is Not Just For Computer Programmers

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Jul 17, 2013

If the thought of learning how to code has ever crossed your mind (more likely it hasn't, but that's alright), good news: the current climate for programmers in America couldn't be better.

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Carving a Place for Blended Learning in the Era of Teacher Evaluation

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Jul 13, 2013

You and I are focused on blended learning — why should we care about teacher evaluation? Value-added teacher evaluation and blended learning are in their early stages, however the space between them will shrink in the coming years as both define and redefine the practice of teaching.

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The Value of Market Experiments in Economics Classes

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Jul 10, 2013

With Moblab, it’s easy to design your class so that a variety of different experiments can be conducted over the term, allowing students to learn, first-hand, important economic principles based on their own decisions and experience in these experiments.

EdTech

Augmented Reality: The Future of EdTech

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Jul 5, 2013

Augmented reality is transforming the educational landscape. It gives students an up close look at objects like never before, and gives them the platform to be creative in their learning

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Activate ED: Using Data in Education to Raise Student Achievement

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Jul 1, 2013

A new collaboration of education organizations matches top business and data analytic talent with Fellowships in schools nationwide. Hear one Fellow’s story on why Activate ED can help transform education in America.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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