Bootstrapping a Knowledge Consulting Practice
13 strategies, best practices and tips for leaders of niche knowledge consulting practices that includes partnering with nonprofits, knowing your audience, advancing your brand, and improving your web presence and graphic standards.
Your Planning Process Signals What’s Important to You
Designing a retreat? Building a budget? Making a plan? Think about what the process will signal to your community. We suggest a process that is simple, transparent, and inclusive. Remember, how may be as important as what you decide.
Smart Parents are Involved, Informed, Intentional, and Inspirational
From this year long investigation into parenting for powerful learning, particularly the stories contributed by 60 parents, we concluded that Smart Parents are involved, informed, intentional, and inspirational.
Experiencing the World, Designing my own Learning Plan
By: Caleb Silverman. While my family travels to Ethiopia, Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Spain, Italy, and Eastern Europe, being away from school for six months means I must find alternative ways to learn on the road.
Learning is Personal for Your Child
By: Barbara Bray. To really personalize learning, the roles of the teacher and learners change. The learner owns and drives their learning with the guidance of a teacher as partners in learning. The learner may also seek others to support their learning as mentors or advisors.
NAFTrack Certification Combines School and Work
NAFTrack Certification is what a high school diploma should be--credible evidence of college and career readiness. The standards behind this program were developed by both business and education.
When Diplomas and Credits Send False Signals
By: Karla Phillips. As goals and expectations for students rise across the nation, our approach to education must change when it comes to determining mastery of content. Parents, students and educators are being misled by inconsistent expectations of proficiency.
Good Schools for the World’s Poorest Neighborhoods
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 10: High Stakes, Greater Opportunities for Impact
As the G7 summit wraps in Germany, NBA and NHL Finals continue, and students and teachers wrap the school year, this is the time of year that will set the tone for the upcoming summer months. This week’s news features high impact stories, exemplary of the importance of this time of year.
Declara: Smart Natural Workflow Learning
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.