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Personalized Learning

5 Categories Where Private Investment Will Help Edu

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 19, 2010

Private investment in learning technology will be key to driving improvement and creating new options for students

Personalized Learning

Investment & Enterprise, Not Protectionism

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 18, 2010

US Congress made America look pathetic and less relevant this week with protectionist rhetoric. Instead, we should build infrastructure and encourage enterprise

Personalized Learning

Thinking Big with Chopra

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 14, 2010

Aneesh Chopra, White House CTO, is a tech rock start at home and in India. Here's a couple big bus ride ideas that would make a world of difference.

Personalized Learning

Boredom Dampens U.S. Achievement

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 13, 2010

I'm in India this week observing education innovations and styles. Newsweek's Samuelson claims lack of motivation in US high schools results in lost elementary gains. Hard to change society, but we can add cool learning games to the daily student playlist.

Personalized Learning

Ditch Textbooks and Go Online

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 11, 2010

Netbooks & tablets are cheap enough and content is good enough, that it's time to ditch textbooks

EdTech

Back to School, No ESEA, No Textbooks, Hold the Fries

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 10, 2010

2 back to school stories; ESEA politics deteriorating; textbooks will become libraries; hold the fries

Personalized Learning

Why Solve Old Problems When a New Problem is Easier?

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 7, 2010

Conventional Wisdom is working the old problem: how to get a great teacher in every classroom? The right question is: what sequence of learning experiences will help individual students succeed?

Personalized Learning

Assessment Grants Chart Course for Decade to Come

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 4, 2010

ESEA didn’t get reauthorized this year, but the new framework for US education was initiated this week when the Department awarded $330M grants to two state consortia.

Personalized Learning

Happy 2nd Bday: Chrome & Edmodo

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 2, 2010

Google's browser Chrome is about to overtake Firefox as the top TechCrunch reading browser. Edmodo added user number 500,000 today--what a cool birthday present. Teachers love Edmodo because it makes it easy and safe to share the web.

Personalized Learning

Digital Learning Questions

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 1, 2010

Q&A on digital learning

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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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