Posts by Getting Smart Staff
Don't Put Education Reform at Risk
Are education programs really a luxury that we can afford to lose? No. They are the means towards changing status quo politics, and the status quo is getting in the way.
Tech Re-Design in Maryland?
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley wants to spend US$1 billion on school construction. How about thinking smarter about what goes on inside the building? Technology for students is certainly part of re-design efforts. His competitor is geting there. Bob Ehrlich wants to ramp up the number of charter schools.
Blended Learning Singularity
This is another in our continuing series of online learning posts in advance of the SIIA Innovate to Educate Symposium on Personalized Learning, to be held August 4-6, 2010 at the Harvard Club in Boston, Massachusetts.
2010 Innovation Through Interoperability Forum
Agilix is holding an Innovation through Interoperability Forum in Washington, DC July 14-16, 2010. Look inside to find out how you can be a part of it, and secure you spot with leaders in data management and content for education.
Reducing Dropout Rates
Bob Wise, former West Virginia Governor and President of Alliance for Excellent Education, is giving another webinar today about the benefits of reducing the dropout rate among students of color.
Ron Packard's Ed Future
This one is an oldie but goodie from when I arrived unannounced at K12's offices in Virginia and secured 35 seconds with K12 CEO Ron Packard. I ask him about the future of online learning.
Putting Science in the Cloud
I'm totally stealing this from ReadWriteWeb, but I think the graphic is worth a look as we begin to talk about how K12 education can lead science into a generation of virtual software and cloud computing that taps into distributed communities.
One-to-One Leadership and Learning at DSST
Our mobile phones are more powerful than desktops. Low income families are able to benefit from low-cost devices. There will soon be a one-to-one device in everyone's hands. So what will that mean education growth, school leadership and innovation in education? Bill Kurtz, CEO of DSST tells us.
A Good Story from Higher Ed
It's not all doom and gloom. Mark Kantrowitz proves that some of the brightest minds work with for-profit higher education, making it better and certifying that it helps many people improve their position in life.
50 Open Source Tools that Replace Ed Apps
You can use these 50 open source tools to build your education ecosystem. Here are a few from the list that I like, with some thoughts on how I think it would work.