Posts by Getting Smart Staff
Leadership
10 Reasons To Attend The iNACOL Symposium
It's that time of year again! Time to register for the iNACOL Symposium. Here are ten reasons why you don't want to miss the industry’s leading event for K-12 competency-based, blended and online learning.
Early Learning
35 Must-Read Children’s Books for Back to School
Today is National Book Lovers Day! Do you know a kiddo who loves books? Or a kiddo who doesn’t love books, but you think they just haven’t found the right ones? Check out these 35 great options.
Leadership
A Back-To-School Toolkit For a Learner-Centered Culture
It's back-to-school time, and this toolkit from KnowledgeWorks provides tools to help education leaders get their school and their community ready to sustain a learner-centered culture year-round.
Leadership
2018 SXSWedu PanelPicker is Open!
The SXSWedu PanelPicker is open from now until Friday, August 25. Take a second to register, click to give these sessions the thumbs up and share what you voted for on Twitter!
Future of Learning
Getting Smart Podcast | Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Things Are About to Get Interesting
In this episode of the podcast, Katie King of KnowledgeWorks interviews Tom Vander Ark about EdReform, EdTech, EdLeaders and what learning will look like a decade from now.
Smart Lists
Smart List | 75+ Great Blogs and Email Blasts
Blogs and email newsletters are a great way to keep up to date on the latest ideas, trends and technologies in education, and they can be a breath of fresh air on days that seem to be grinding away particularly slowly. Here are 76 of our favorites.
Competency-Based Education
Smart Review | MasteryTrack: Powering Competency-Based Learning
Mastery-based progression is challenging to consistently define much less track. The newly debuted MasteryTrack, a free online mastery-based dashboard system, is designed to solve these challenges.
Smart Lists
Smart List | 40 Ways to Learn Almost Anything
Where do you go when you want to learn something, but it’s not a simple question that Google will be able to quickly answer for you? These 40 free resources are a good place to start.
Competency-Based Education
Next Generation Learning Models for ELL Students
Next Generation Learning Models for English Language Learners: Promising Practices and Considerations for Teaching and Learning highlights the promising practices and trends in personalized learning and competency-based education for ELL students.
Leadership
125+ Education Twitter Accounts to Follow
Whether you are new to Twitter or well on your way to building your following there, finding a good base of people and organizations to follow is key. Here are some of our team’s recommendations in education.