Posts by Tom Vander Ark

Leadership

Good Schools for the World’s Poorest Neighborhoods

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 11, 2015

Have you ever thought about bringing great education to the world’s poorest neighborhoods? Now may be time. Low cost schools like Bridge International Academies are expanding access to affordable quality.

EdTech

Declara: Smart Natural Workflow Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 11, 2015

Declara takes a very different approach to personalization, it auto-generates ontologies rather than relying on engineered sequences. Core features include content collections, curation, annotation and measures of content efficacy, and collaboration.

Ed Policy

Charter Schools Turn 24, What’s Next?

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 9, 2015

Tom reviews 10 trends and developments of charter schools over the past two dozen years.

Personalized Learning

Drop Everything and Sail the World

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 6, 2015

Sailing the world may seems like an impossible dream for you and your family but with the connected, quantified, anytime anywhere world, it’s more possible to do what seemed impossible a few years ago.

Personalized Learning

Five Trends Demand Smart States

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 2, 2015

Innovation is sustained by advocacy and policy, and that makes the role of state leadership and policy essential. Smart Cities focuses on urban areas, but these keys apply to states as well. State leaders should aspire to creating an environment that works for everyone.

Leadership

Modeling Good Work

Tom Vander Ark

May 30, 2015

Howard Gardner suggests that children need to see their parents modeling good work; here are 7 tips.

EdTech

Smart Planet: 20 Inventions Boosting Global IQ

Tom Vander Ark

May 29, 2015

Technology and learning innovations are in the process of boosting global IQ. 20 categories where new tools are beginning to, or likely to, make a big difference in access to quality learning opportunities.

EdTech

Thinking, Fast and Slow: How We Process and Respond to the World

Tom Vander Ark

May 27, 2015

Daniel Kahneman unpacks the research into human being’s processes and responses to the world by drawing a distinction between our automatic and involuntary response and controlled and reasoned decision making.

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The Case for Boundary Breaking Education

Tom Vander Ark

May 21, 2015

It’s the boundary spaces between sciences, countries, systems and people where conflict, innovation and education frequently happen.

Ed Policy

The End of the Big Test: Moving to Competency-Based Policy

Tom Vander Ark

May 19, 2015

The use of assessment pilots and innovations zones where groups of schools apply and become authorized to operate alternative assessment systems will soon replace the frustration surrounding NCLB and end of year tests.

	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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