Posts by Tom Vander Ark
Personalized Learning
The Inevitability of Personal Digital Learning
Over the past two decades there has been a variety of reform but the inevitability of personal digital learning is unavoidable.
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Tom Watkins 10 Personal Recommended Action Steps Innovative Learning
Tom Walkins argued that personal digital learning made obsolete the existing confinements of 180 days, 6 hour days, 4 walls of a classroom, and the 2 covers of a textbook. Tom concluded with 10 recommended action steps to innovative learning.
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Desmos Introduced at TechCrunch Disruptive Conference
Yale student Eli Luberoff wanted to build a tool that would connect and engage learners. This product was a virtual whiteboard and is being unveiled today in New York at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference.
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A New Normal Summit
The New Schools Venture Fund Summit took place this week in San Francisco and had more tech, more digital learning, more focus on productivity and more people. Yet, there are still a few things that I would like to see before the next summit.
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John Dewey to Farmville: 3 Decades of Learning
More children are learning from Farmville and other games, which is becoming the "new normal". Bing Gordon, a leader in the gaming industry believes that games are becoming a source to connect and engage with students in a way that is constantly teaching them new lessons.
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Online Learning Growing Faster than Expected
A recent Ambient Insight report suggests that online learning is growing even faster than expected and now over 4 million students are currently participating in some kind of formal virtual learning program.
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Carpe Diem: the best of school leadership and management
Carpe Diem uses an online learning system called e2020 for primary instructional delivery and it is a strong management and monitoring system.
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John Super, AdvancePath President
Q & A with John Super of AdvancePath a dropout prevention/ recovery network.
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P2P
Many innovations in learning outside the formal system and the pathway into the system and peer-to-peer networks are on the rise.
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5 Ways to Unleash Education Innovation
I spent Thursday at the Harvard Graduate School of Education discussing the learning experiences and environments most likely to support development of high quality work products and real college and career readiness.