Posts by Getting Smart Staff
EdTech
Does EdTech Work? It Depends.
The shift to digital learning has greatly expanded learning options but, in these early innings of the digital learning revolution, it has become much harder to figure out what works. Lea(R)n is helping educators figure out what works.
Personalized Learning
Getting Smart on Out of Class Student Support Services
Getting Smart and Fidelis Education partnered to share more about what it takes to support students outside of class and to take the luck out of the higher ed success equation.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Thank You For Coming Back
Here are 10 edtech stories about tools and resources we hope will help teachers out a bit this year, so they want to continue coming back and dedicating their time, energy and passion to the growth of our students.
Project-Based Learning
Preparing Students for a Project-Based World
"Preparing Students for a Project-Based World" describes how the new economy and growing inequities are impacting students and schools, and explores what we need to be doing to better prepare students for future success.
EdTech
Smart Review | Education App Gets Kids AND Parents Engaged in Learning
Our staff tested out the new mobile learning app Epic Heroes of Knowledge, which gets both children and parent engaged in learning fun through traditional and non-academic subjects.
Project-Based Learning
Getting Smart on Assessing and Measuring Social and Emotional Learning
A new consensus is emerging in K-12 education today: social and emotional learning (SEL) is essential not just for its own sake, but for its wide range of outcomes in academic and life success. The demand is clear, the tools to measure it are here and the time to implement it in schools is now.
Ed Policy
EdTech 10: Going for Gold
In this week's EdTech 10, we’re going for Olympic Gold with updates on everything from a mastery-based school district in Idaho to Snapchat and learning to code.
EdTech
7 Ways to Maximize Student Engagement
Once you have your students’ attention on the first day of school, how do you keep it? Here are a few best practices from teachers and administrators across the nation to help keep that engagement level all year.
EdTech
2017 SXSWedu PanelPicker is Open!
The SXSWedu PanelPicker is open from now until Friday, September 2. Take a second to register, click to give these sessions the thumbs up and share your vote on Twitter!
EdTech
EdTech 10: Reflections
To move forward it's important to look back and reflect on lessons learned, inspiring innovations in education like those listed in the stories included in this week's top ten list.