Posts by Getting Smart Staff
EdTech
EdTech 10: International Education Week
In honor of International Education Week 2016, here are ten stories showing different ways education leaders are helping ensure today's students are prepared for success in a rapidly changing world.
Project-Based World
Preparing Teachers for a Project-Based World
In the paper, Preparing Teachers for a Project-Based World, we explore how teacher preparation and professional learning can be aligned to--and modeled after--the types of deeper learning environments we also seek to create for students.
EdTech
Smart Review | A Daily App for Improving Math Skills
With continuous practice on the Smartick app, students ages 4-14 can master major math concepts and demonstrate improvement in both math grades and test scores.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Innovation for Equity
To continue the buzz around innovation for equity recently generated at the iNACOL Symposium and Educause conference, this week’s top ten represents innovation in classrooms and campuses across the nation.
Leadership
3,500 Educators Committed to Innovation for Equity
Our team spent a week with 3,500 educators and leaders in San Antonio, Texas, at iNACOL 2016 learning from and inspiring one another. Here is a Storify that we feel captures the spirit of #iNACOL16.
Innov8
EdTech 10: iNACOL Edition
In honor of the innovation being shared at iNACOL 2016, this week's top ten stories share several new resources, guidebooks, platforms and toolkits created to help edleaders continue their transformational work in education.
Personalized Learning
Blended Language Learning Toolkit: Classroom-Based Implementation
The Rosetta Stone Blended Language Learning Toolkit is designed to help educators implement blended language programs, and many of the ideas are applicable to blended language learning at large.
Personalized Learning
Restructuring the Classroom to Create an Integrated Learning Environment
By Kelley Tanner. Rather than just incorporate technology, we need to think about the new ways our students learn and build the best environments to support creativity, critical thinking and future learning.
Ed Policy
EdTech 10: October Optimism
From the announcement of our nation's graduation rates being at an all-time high to the U.S. Dept. of Ed's release of long-awaited teacher preparation regulations, this week's stories make us even more optimistic about the future of education.
Leadership
Closing the Opportunity Gap at University Academy
K-12 charter school University Academy in Kansas City has become one of Missouri's most elite public schools by focusing on bridging both the opportunity gap and achievement gap for its students.