Posts by Tom Vander Ark

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Good Work: Serendipity

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 10, 2011

Fortunate to be able to spend a good deal of my time visiting schools, I am never sure what I will find and often go simply hope to wonder into something wonderful. The coincidence of connection is always at work.

Personalized Learning

2x Time with Digital Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 8, 2011

Personal digital learning and partnerships with community based organizations have the potential to double learning time for kids that need it most

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More on Assessment: Revolution not Evolution

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 6, 2011

A state testing director said “We need assessment revolution not evolution" but he and his colleagues are in a tough box. It will take leadership and support to launch better assessment systems.

EdTech

Coalition Advocates for 100k Excellent STEM Teachers

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 4, 2011

100k in 10 is a new coalition planning to help US schools attract 100,000 excellent science and math teacher in the next decade.

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Talent Masters

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 4, 2011

OpenEd will be supporting a talent development initiative starting next week. The goal is to identify and share best practices in K-12 teacher development, particularly STEM.

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Good Work: What You Leave Behind

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 3, 2011

We each have the chance to leave something very special behind. Perhaps best of all is reliable hope; it is hard to build, difficult to maintain, easy to destroy, but the most valuable gift that can be given.

Personalized Learning

HigherEd Innovation: Reengineer or Replace?

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 2, 2011

College cost inflation is unsustainable and threatens the US economy. Higher ed is increasingly competing against free anytime anywhere learning.

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More On Assessment

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 1, 2011

I don't want one big cheap end of year test used for more than it should be. I don't want it to lock in the teacher-centric age cohort model for another decade. I don't want simple assessments, I want complex performance based assessments.

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Education leaders urge assessment innovation, not super test

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 30, 2011

60 educational leaders released an open letter today calling for testing consortia to support emerging models of innovative schooling

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A Letter to Principals About Levers

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 29, 2011

Principals have seven historical improvement levers: culture, goals, instruction, materials, hiring, parents, and partners. Blended learning is an emerging lever that creates new degrees of freedom

	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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