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How Online Learning Prepared Me for University Life
Choice is a basic fiber of Western Civilization. Today, a growing number of students and parents when given a choice are leaning towards virtual learning experiences rather than the more traditional options. As a graduate of an online public school and a current member of the class of 2014 at the University of Washington, I have spent some time reflecting on the ways I benefited from having the option to attend an online school and the unique ways it prepared me for college.
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Encouraging Innovation in Curriculum: Strategies for Support and Implementation
Educators strive to equip students with the tools necessary for enlightenment, self-empowerment, and success. Once students begin their college experience, it becomes the responsibility of that institution’s professors and administration to prepare those students for future endeavors.
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Students Thrive in Blended Math Program
by Jane Roberts, first appeared on Commercial Appel on 2/15 Early afternoon math class at Presbyterian Day School (Memphis) looks unusually like a think tank. Wifi work stations are scattered around a large room. Boys of all ages are working individually or in groups. Some are sprawled…
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Why Education Should Be Free
For most, the single greatest barrier to accessing higher education is cost. In the last decade, tuition has skyrocketed across the United States. Crippling student loan debt in America has now surpassed a staggering $1 trillion. Many students find the return on investment just isn’t there and they’re walking away from college without graduating, disenfranchised and deeply in debt. The international community is even less likely to attend college, with less than five percent of the world’s population ever achieving post-secondary education of any kind.
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Connecting Smart Cities
For several months now, Tom Vander Ark has been issuing rich installments in his Smart Cities series, building a detailed map of where innovations in learning are happening. Here, we profile an organization connecting Smart Cities—the Cities for Education Entrepreneurship Trust (CEE-Trust)—and its work helping city-based organizations support the emergence of high-quality blended learning.
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Making the Campus Cloud Matter to Your Users
IT professionals have been spending more and more time designing an information architecture for their schools. What goes in the cloud? What must stay on campus to make it effective for users?
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Finding the Right Level: Adaptivity in Learning Games
One of the things that keeps game players engaged is the presentation of exactly the right level of challenge at exactly the right time. Keeping the game play at a level that is challenging but not overwhelming appears to be key to engaging players.
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Three Reasons For High Schoolers to Use Peer-Reviewed Journals in Research
If you’ve taught students to improve their researching and writing skills - or even graded your share of research papers - you’ve probably noticed that students have the whole process down to a system: Google a few articles or grab them from the library, look for keywords related to their topics, then write about a viewpoint or two. In college and graduate school, though, expectations will get higher as classes get more advanced.
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Education Entrepreneurship and Reflections on LearnLaunch
Anthony Kim, Education Elements, keynoted the inaugural LearnLaunch event in Boston last week. He discussed blended learning and challenged edtech companies to show growth similar to other sectors.
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A Digital Toolkit for the Common Core
The new Common Core State Standards, which are being phased in by school districts in most states, are designed to reflect the skills and knowledge that will be most critical to success beyond high school. The benchmarks focus on developing skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and media and technology.