EdTech
Los Alamitos Elementary Wins National Facebook Contest
MIND Research Institute, a neuroscience and research-based education non-profit, today congratulates Los Alamitos Elementary School for winning the “15 Years of JiJi Contest” on Facebook.
Personalized Learning
Fidelis Launches Pre-MBA Bootcamp to Support Vets
Last Thursday, Fideslis launched a pre-MBA Bootcamp program for the prior military MBA class of 2014 (courses delivered by UCLA ext). Fidelis provides an end-to-end solution for the military-to-civilian career transition. The collaborate with leading universities, companies, and military organizations.
Leadership
Some Choose Wisely
Chad Wick’s contribution to Cincinnati, Ohio, and American education were celebrated on Wednesday at the Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Chad is stubborn, he just won’t accept the injustice that he sees in Ohio. Chad lives in the future, he’s just waiting for the rest of us to catch up with him. Chad lives as if “All means All.”
Personalized Learning
Blended Learning: New Solution to an Old Problem
Digital Learning Now offers a state policy framework that is America’s best hope for attacking education inequity. We have the roadmap, we have examples, and we have the technology to provide every American student with a good education. The question is do we have the will?
Personalized Learning
Staff Picks: Hewlett Winners, Blended Universe
Tom says, "Maker Faire have lots of cool exhibits this weekend in San Mateo, but it's more than that for edu--the maker movement is connected to open content, viral adoption, any where anytime, and blended learning. Time to stop asking kids to 'turn in work' and time to help them make/publish/produce/create."
SEL & Mindset
Defining (and Driving) Collaboration
By: Jordan Lippman. In today's world, both employers and educational institutions place a high value on soft skills that are transferable across professional, academic, and social situations. One of the most frequently cited skills is collaboration.
Personalized Learning
SmartTech Roundup
iNACOL is not only the online learning association. Susan Patrick has made the organization the leading advocate for competency-based learning. Susan and unusually competent sidekick Chris Sturgis launched CompetencyWorks yesterday. Check it out and contribute. Here's our summary. (Tom is an iNACOL director.)
Personalized Learning
Conclusions from the Ohio Digital Learning Summit
The Ohio Digital Learning Summit in Columbus was sponsored by KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Fordham Institute, and Nord Family Foundation. Karen Cator, Bryan Hassel, and Susan Patrick spoke about the shift to online and blended learning. Tom closed the session with six observations.
Personalized Learning
NSBA Virtual Schools Report & The Questions Of “True Costs”
Overall, it’s nothing new; a rehash of reports from years past. Much of this information has been presented, discussed and debated in state capitols across the country. The report does, however, draw mostly negative conclusions about online schools, which is not a surprise given the policy views of NSBA and aggressive lobbying by its state chapters against charter schools, multi-district online schools, and parent choice.