Posts by Tom Vander Ark

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Value-Added Data Adds Value

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 15, 2010

Value-added data should be added to teacher evaluations. Then we should make the whole system smarter with personal digital learning.

Personalized Learning

If you can afford to, give away a core feature, let it grow virally, use customer feedback to make improvements, wait to turn on revenue streams until you’ve gained some traction (and 9 other hot tips)

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Are Bad Schools Immortal?

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 14, 2010

If you care about equity of opportunity, the chronic failure of schools predominantly serving low income and minority students must be job one.

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The Achievement Recession

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 13, 2010

Stagnant US achievement levels impose the equivalent of another big recession. Our kids will be the first to see lower levels of prosperity and the slide continues until we confront the PISA reality that we're being out educated.

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New Tools Transform Business Education

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 12, 2010

Social learning platform Edmodo is helping to transform business education at U of Utah

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Amazing Facts

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 12, 2010

Here's a handful of amazing facts about the brave new media world

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Riots or Innovation?

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 11, 2010

Increasing higher ed costs are squeezing budgets, increasing tuitions are causing riots. Blended learning is the solution.

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Digital Learning Q&A

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 11, 2010

Platforms with network effects are hot today. The shift to personal digital learning and a press for improved results will increase content investment. A smart recommendation engine is the killer app.

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13 Steps to Building Your Blended School

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 9, 2010

13 questions that may be helpful in planning your new/conversion blended school

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Parents Pull the Trigger in Compton and Nationwide

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 8, 2010

Parents voted—a majority of them now exercise choice. It’s time for state policies to reflect parent demand and educational opportunity—it’s time to make educational choice the norm not the exception.

	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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