Personalized Learning
Innovations High: Tour the Future of Education
This May I had a personal tour of the future of education. I toured Innovations High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. I left supercharged by the potential and, honestly, a little bewildered that a traditional school district had actually created this blended learning marvel I witnessed.
EdTech
The Promise & Practicality of Entrepreneurship Alliances For Students
The prospect of finding employment for the recent graduates has become increasingly more difficult and desperate in today’s economy. The majority of college and university programs are designed for students to take a job when they graduate with a degree. A much more exciting, and practical, alternative exists when those same students are able to create a job after graduation.
Leadership
Good Work: A Dose of Reality
Mission-driven organizations are susceptible to avoiding market realities. Outside consultants can help impose a dose of reality during a planning process. Organizations are a lot like people when it comes to self-evaluation. It is hardest to tell yourself the truth.
Personalized Learning
When Glee Meets FIRST for Coffee and Leaves With an AA
College Board should develop CBFlex, a school-in-a-box offering featuring all the stuff in CBSchools but in a high access flex format. Imagine a school that looks more like Starbucks with a black box theater and a project lab—Glee meets FIRST Robotics for coffee. When students attend competitions, no problem, the school goes on the road. The whole school is cloud-based and completely portable.
Personalized Learning
Staff Picks: Coleman, Parent Website, Flex Schools, Writing Feedback, College Readiness
Tom says, "This weeks most exciting news was that Common Core co-author David Coleman will be taking the helm of the Common Core in the fall--a great thing for the organization and for America."
Personalized Learning
10 Reasons Every District Should Open a Flex School
Using a flex model, every community can afford to have a great high school. Every community should have a flex option that provides a fully supported individualized pathways to graduation. Every community should use a flex model to leverage local resources and meet specific needs. Every district should open a flex model so that everyone can visit and experience the future of education.
Personalized Learning
SmartTech Roundup
Blended Schools & Tools Online learning is on its way. Results from the SREB Educational Technology Cooperative survey suggested that three-quarters of all districts in the SREB region will offer online learning options by 2015. Avoid the little spinning wheel, get more broadband now! Â The State Educational Technology…
Personalized Learning
10 Elements of Competency-Based Learning
Students should meet learning expectations and show what they know. Competency-based systems are fundamentally different than traditional batch processing by birthday. Here's 10 elements of a blended and performance-based system.
EdTech
Create a Website to Connect With Parents
To connect with parents, your class needs to be transparent. The easiest way to kickstart this process is to have your own web site.
Personalized Learning
High Schoolers Game Their Way To College Math Readiness
It’s expected that a significant percentage of college-bound students will fail their first college math course. That dramatically reduces the percentage of students who earn a college degree particularly in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).