Posts by Tom Vander Ark
Metacog: Management, Mode, Motivation, Mastery
Learning to learn: becoming metacognitive of management, mode, motivation, and leading to mastery
Innovation Stack
Big partnerships for learning mash-up space & app store based on research and open API data/assmt/content
Dreambox Acquired: More Blended Charters Coming
Reed Hastings of Netflix makes a move. Acquisition opens pathway to blended learning models
Less Deliberation, More Leadership
Tom Vander Ark looks for signs of leadership in the newly formed Senate HELP Committee.
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.
The New Learning Landscape
No more lowest common denominator bargaining. That world no longer exists and it's time to learn.
Who Will Build the iPhone for Edu?
Tom Vander Ark heads to Arizona State University to moderate a panel on mobile technology in education
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?
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.