Posts by Tom Vander Ark

Personalized Learning

Innovation Stack

Big partnerships for learning mash-up space & app store based on research and open API data/assmt/content

EdTech

Interview: Marc Porter Magee, COO, ConnCAN

Interview with Marc Porter Magee, ConnCAN Chief Operating Officer. Building upon his experience leading the communications, development, research and government affairs teams at ConnCAN, Magee is launching a new venture called 50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now. Starting with a campaign in Rhode Island this spring, 50CAN hopes to reach one-third to one-half of the 50 states by 2015.

Personalized Learning

RTTT Phase Two Slog

We're not seeing a rush of significant new thinking in the effort to make up for Race to the Top Phase One shortfalls. What's next?

Personalized Learning

Flipping Florida: The New Employment Bargain

The only thing at stake is the future of American. Two big dramas involving teachers and testing are at play in education. My last post discussed the $350m federal grant program that is likely to lock in another decade of bubble sheet tests rather than a forward leaning framework open to the flood of keystroke data telling us more than we ever knew about achievement, motivation, and learning modality.