Posts by Getting Smart Staff
Q&A: Students Appreciate Proficiency-Based Learning, Says Coach
Jessica Smith, a proficiency-based learning coach in the Portland, Ore. area today shares insight into what it's like to teach teachers, make the shift, and adjust students to proficiency-based teaching and learning (PBTL).
Happy Holidays From the Getting Smart Team
We've appreciated the conversations and dialogue we've had with all of you over the course of the last year. We're looking forward to continued discussions in 2013. From the Getting Smart Team, Happy Holidays!
Best of 2012: Top 10 Reads on Getting Smart
A New Year is quickly nearly and as we look back and reflect, we pulled 10 of the top articles from Getting Smart in 2012. Here's the most read topics from the year.
21 Months (and Counting) to Online Assessments
2012 is quickly drawing to a close. When the calendar page flips to 2013 in just a couple of weeks, we suspect that the 2014 implementation of the next generation of online assessments is suddenly going to feel much closer. That realization is sure to provoke a wave of high blood pressure fanning out across the land. But - have no fear - the new DLN Smart Series white paper is here!
SMARTtech Top 10: Quick Headlines Before the Holiday Break
Quick! Hurry! Before your head fills with sugar plums and presents, read the top 10 news headlines you need to know at the close of 2012.
Infographic: The Countdown to Next-Gen Assessments
Digital Learning Now! (DLN) today released “Getting Ready for Online Assessments,” the third interactive paper in the DLN Smart Series, which provides recommendations for states and districts to prepare for new, online assessments in the wake of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation in the 2014-15 school year. Here is an infographic that describes the shift to the online assessments over the course of the next 21 months.
Digital Learning Now! Offers Advice to States & Districts Preparing for Online Assessment
Digital Learning Now! (DLN) today released “Getting Ready For Online Assessments,” the third interactive paper in the DLN Smart Series, to plan a pathway of administering new, online assessments in the wake of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation in the 2014-15 school year.
Seattle School Breaks Down Language Barrier to Improve Math Proficiency
Personalizing and engaging students in math is an ongoing challenge in schools across the country. In Washington State, where countless organizations are working diligently to improve access to quality math learning for students’ futures, some schools are implementing a blended learning math program that draws upon game-based learning to increase math proficiency.
Infographic: Who Is the Online Student?
Who is the online student? According to OnlineDegrees.org, the online student falls into two categories: for-profit and non-profit institutions. These students are typically over the age of 35 earning less than $15k to $40k a year.
SMARTtech Top 10: Happy Holidays
Wow, it was a big week in education news. During this busy (most wonderful) time of the year, we’re helping to save you time by pulling together the Top 10 stories from this week, wrapping them up and tying them with a big red bow. Just for you. Enjoy!