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Personalized Learning
8 Key Elements to Supporting Online Educators
Managing an online classroom can be a departure from traditional teaching methods and teacher preparation needs to be customized to meet the specific needs of online educators. Here are 8 ways to effectively support online educators.
Personalized Learning
Innovative Primary School Puts Down Roots in Denver
New and innovative primary school in Denver reimagines what the learning environment should look like for students. Check out, Roots Elementary.
Personalized Learning
Design Thinking for Personalized Learning: 5 Strategies for Effective Whole School Design
We need to encourage schools and districts to think differently when it comes to personalized learning especially when it comes to whole school design. Here are five things to keep in mind as you seek to transform the way that you do school.
Personalized Learning
Baby on Board: You are Never Too Young for a Maker Faire
Bring it on Maker Month - no matter what the age. Shared experiences are prime for learning. Even when it seems like more work than it is worth, do it anyway. You never know what your kids will remember!
EdTech
15 Content Recycling Strategies to Extend Your Impact
Whether you’re a teacher blogger, a district or university CIO, a or an EdTech executive you should be creating and sharing great content to build your brand and extend your impact. Here are five content creation gems and 15 content recycling tips to extend your impact.
Leadership
How to Give Students a Chance at the Game
As Putnam describes in his new book, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, it is key that we move towards a collective responsibility, and a “return to being a nation where there are only ‘our kids,’ not just ‘my kids.’”
Personalized Learning
5 Math Activities to Do with Your Kids Before School Starts
Brain science tells us that movement is good for learning, so get out and get moving with your kids this summer. Check out these 5 math activities to get moving and make memories that fun, engaging, and productive.
Personalized Learning
Understanding Middle Schoolers: 4 Tips for Success
Whatever the contradiction is in your household, it is important to remember that the journey that these soon to be adults are traveling is a difficult yet AWESOME one. They are in a constant state of learning and discovery and as parents and guardians, we GET to be along for the ride!
Personalized Learning
From Formative Assessment to Tracking Student Mastery: The Road to Competency-Based Instruction
Mastery tracking, fed by formative assessment, is fundamental to competency-based learning and any attempt to personalize. Here, we dive into 10 reasons why it is so important.
EdTech
100+ Education Twitter Accounts to Follow
We love Twitter. Whether you are new to the Twitter-sphere or you are looking to build an EdTech savvy feed, here is a breakdown of Team Getting Smart’s Twitter accounts + over 100 more we are currently enjoying in our feeds.