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6 Steps to Becoming a Highly Effective Leader: Your Personal “SWOT” Analysis
Getting Smart Team Member, Jennifer Aalgaard, reflects and shares her leadership development tactics she learned through Western Governors University.
Innov8
EdTech 10: Getting Connected
This week's EdTech 10: Connected Educator Month, the launch of the new "Empowering Parents" EdTech 10 topic, and news on updates on the Gates Foundation, Lynda.com, Google Drive and more.
EdTech
Crowdsourcing Hashtags for Connected Educators Month
Celebrate Connected Educators Month by sharing the hashtags you use to to stay connected, engaged and smart in all things EdTech with #SmartCE on Twitter.
EdTech
3 Smart Twitter Chats for Connected Educators Month
Announcing the 2014 Getting Smart Connected Educators Month Twitter Chats: Getting Smart on Social Media, Smart Cities: Talent Development, and TwitPic Your Connection Tools. Mark your calendars and ready your handles for Wednesdays!
Innov8
EdTech 10: Smart Cities, Competitions and Investments
This week’s top stories show evidence of folks “getting smart” about cities, competitions and investments.
Leadership
Getting Smart on Big History Project
A Getting Smart bundle on a free, online, open source curriculum featuring units of study from 13.8 billion years in the past until today that seeks to expand our knowledge of history, the natural sciences, and the impact humans have had on the universe, in partnership with Big History Project.
Innov8
EdTech 10: #SchoolInfo Challenge
Calling all designers! This week's EdTech 10 features an open challenge to redesign and reimagine report cards, as well as news for Minecraft users, the announcement of 11 Blended Master Teachers, and more must know EdTech news.
Ed Policy
Design Challenge Launched to Reimagine School Report Cards
The Foundation for Excellence in Education launched a design challenge today to reimagine school report cards.
Smart Cities
Smart Cities That Work for Everyone
The Smart Cities book was created from a two year investigation project launched to discover the civic formula required to dramatically boost learning outcomes and employability. Tom shares the 7 Keys to Education & Employment and a framework for creating cities that work for everyone.
Personalized Learning
Seeing What is Possible Makes Possibilities Exciting
An interview of former Napa Valley Unified School District Administrator, Dr. Laura Ryan, on why her school district chose Scholastic's READ 180/System 44 to help their struggling readers achieve.