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EdTech

EdTech 10: It’s The Final Countdown To SXSWedu

Mar 5, 2015

10 doses of EdTech news to be in the know about prior to another epic SXSWedu to avoid "CBS" aka "Conference Behavior Syndrome."

EdTech

MobLab Brings Interactive Experiments To The Social Sciences

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 28, 2015

Students learn by doing experiments and experiencing how things work first-hand in the natural and physical sciences. In 2011, two Caltech scientists, Walter Yuan and Stephanie Wang, founded MobLab to bring such powerful game-based learning experiences to economics, management, and all of the social sciences.

Ed Policy

My School Information Design Challenge

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 26, 2015

The Foundation For Excellence In Education reports that developed a new, 21st century reporting strategy that better presents important school performance information.

EdTech

EdTech 10: Warming Up

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 26, 2015

With New England, much of the midwest and now the south experiencing a record breaking winter, this week’s EdTech news was anything but cold as stories were hot off the press as ever.

Personalized Learning

Bringing 21st Century Skills Into High Schools

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 23, 2015

By 2020, connected devices are projected to outnumber connected people six to one. But, with great access comes great responsibility, and Learning.com's Project NextTech can help develop those needed 21st Century skills.

EdTech

EdTech 10: Teamwork Makes The Dream Work

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 19, 2015

News stories of companies teaming up, reports on opportunities for potential collaboration and overall happenings of people coming together, be it through sharing resources or opinions, towards the common goal of enriching learning and teaching experiences.

EdTech

EdTech 10: Valentines or Singles Awareness Day Edu

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 12, 2015

It’s that time again. Whether you consider it Singles Awareness Day or Valentines Day, Team Getting Smart is here for you every week as we share the latest EdTech news we know that you’ll love to know.

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EdTech 10: Groundhog Day Edition

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 5, 2015

Punxsutawney Phil may have seen his shadow, which means 6 more weeks of winter, but we're thinking warm thoughts and bringing you the latest in hot EdTech news!

EdTech

Edmodo Adds Premium Enterprise Features

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 3, 2015

Premium Enterprise Features announced by Edmodo, the LMS used by 300,000 schools, 47 million teachers and students and 93 of the largest 100 districts in America.

EdTech

EdTech 10: Super Bowl XLIX Edition

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 29, 2015

The NFL, Super Bowl and football in general might seem completely unrelated to the world of ed and EdTech. However, after this week’s top stories you’d be surprised how similar they really are.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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