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Professional Development Powered By Edmodo

Oct 4, 2013

While most of the adult learning on Edmodo has been teacher-driven, there are some good examples of administrators leading by example. The SUPES Academy integrated Edmodo into a professional development program for superintendents.

EdTech

ST Math Ready To Go Full Scale

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 3, 2013

Great news for STEM education! Change the Equation announced that ST Math and three other excellent STEM programs are ready to easily enter any classroom in the nation.

Personalized Learning

New White Paper: The Future of Learning

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 27, 2013

This digital shift we are experiencing in education right now is exactly what prompted Tom to author the new white paper, The Future of Learning: Personalized, Adaptive, and Competency-Based.

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Activate Ed’s Next Rockstar: Sajan George

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 26, 2013

The next Activate Ed Education Rockstar is Sanjan George, founder and CEO of Matchbox Learning.

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Infographic: How to Implement Blended Learning 2.0

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 25, 2013

Today we released the updated Blended Learning Implementation Guide and How to Implement Blended Learning Version 2.0 infographic.

Ed Policy

Blended Learning Implementation 2.0 Released!

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 25, 2013

Today with Digital Learning Now! (DLN), a national initiative under the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd) and The Learning Accelerator (TLA), we released “Blended Learning Implementation Guide Version 2.0."

Personalized Learning

Meet Generation Z, Revisited

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 21, 2013

Using Adam's original post, we created a Haiku Deck to compliment his astute insights and descriptions of the students we work to help change the education world for everyday.

Leadership

4.0 Schools Will Offer Launch Program 3 Times a Year

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 19, 2013

Candler describes 4.0's work as a kind of 'farm league’ for later stage accelerators. Their programs (Launch is 2-months, Essentials a 1-day intensive) bring together people who can imagine what learning in the future should look like, and give them a platform for turning their ideas into new education solutions.

Personalized Learning

FLVS Students Outperform State Averages

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 17, 2013

Based on the Spring 2013 EOC assessment results provided by the Florida Department of Education, FLVS Part Time students performed higher than the state average on the Algebra I EOC assessment by 20 percent, on the Geometry EOC assessment by 24 percent, and on the Biology EOC assessment by 3 percent.

EdTech

New Anywhere Anytime Site Wants to Help You LearnBIG

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 14, 2013

LearnBig launched last week. It’s an anytime anywhere learning site seeking to build communities around open and proprietary content. LearnBig wants to help you organize your learning.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
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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