Design Thinking in Action
By Michael Niehoff: Design thinking helps create future innovators and breakthrough thinkers. Michael shares a few examples of what it can look like at the high school and elementary level.
PhotoBlog | iNACOL Symposium 2015
iNACOL's Blended & Online Learning Symposium is the best opportunity to network with fellow education leaders and to learn the many ways that learning is playing out in the field. Here is a snapshot of what we saw at #iNACOL15 in Orlando.
Teachers: No More Excuses, Get Blogging
By Douglas Frankish: Blogging creates great opportunity for teachers and students. Here's the top 3 teacher excuses for not blogging with 3 reasons they should be.
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Self-Blended Learning
By: Bernard Bull. A form of blended learning that was led and designed by the students instead of the teachers. You’ve heard of blended learning. You’ve probably read about self-directed learning. Put them together and you get self-blended learning,
Smart Cities Need Great Schools, The Best Antidote to Poverty
Here are seven standout elements for creating environments, that are important when creating great schools, the best long term antidote to the cycle of poverty.
Blended Learning in New Orleans
Take a virtual field trip with us, as we dive into what school looks like in New Orleans, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina.
5 Lessons Learned in the Transition to Blended Learning
Five blended learning workshop takeaways and seven resources that support blended implementation and #raisingblendedlearners.
Improving Access and Equity in Blended and Online Learning
By: Dale Frost. Blended and online learning can leverage the talent of today’s best educators with technologies that extend their reach and can personalize instruction at any time or place. Here's five policy recommendations that states can adopt to increase access and equity.
Enriching the Path to Wisdom
By: Bob Lenz and Jonathan Raymond. Project-based learning schools are enriching the path to wisdom, ensuring that students have access to engage in relevant and authentic project based work, are exposed to work in the real world and are learning social and emotional skills that support college and career readiness.
50+ Learning Leaders at #iNACOL15
Everyone at #iNACOL15 is a leader in making the shift to personalized learning a reality. But, here are more than 50 individuals that really took the event to the next level.