PE Programs Move from Competition to Inclusion With a SPARK of Technology
Wow – physical education (PE) has changed! Do you remember waiting in a long line hoping to be one of the lucky few chosen by a team captain? Or painfully enduring names being called until you were finally chosen as one of the last participants?
Infographic: Are eBook Readers Reading More?
eReaders allow you to carry your latest interests around on one small device, which often also houses your email, documents, photos and more especially if you're working off a device like the Kindle Fire or iPad. So if you can carry around all your books and pick up the latest bestseller with a few taps and swipes, will you be inclined to - read more?
An Odd Couple of Measuring 21st Century Skills
The morning session at the Technology Enhanced Assessments conference hosted by the K12 Center at ETS and CCSSO featured what Michael Russell, Measured Progress, called a formative assessment odd couple—a messy science virtual world and a math homework helper.
Innosight Institute Classifies K-12 Blended Learning In New Report
Innosight Institute released "Classifying K-12 Blended Learning," a report written by Heather Stake and Michael B. Horn defining blended learning and providing context for the models and methods in which it's used in the classroom.
Improve School Safety Training With Online Flexibility
In many of today’s schools, staff safety training and management of the process is handled with in-service workshops and pen and paper sign-offs. Besides the frustration associated with manually keeping track of all those who attended, it also requires that administrators hold follow-up sessions to ensure everyone who did not attend receives training.
5 Characteristics Connecting Montessori Ed & the Personalized Learning Movement
At first glance, the intersections between Montessori education and high-quality digital learning are not immediately apparent. To those of us with some knowledge about Montessori methods—based on formal training, general awareness or, as in my case, the observations of a parent whose children attend a Montessori school—its natural materials and deep traditions seem to stand in opposition to the vision of a futuristic, technology-rich digital or blended learning environment.
Time for More Simulations in Class & On Tests
John Behrens is an assessment guy that doesn’t like to talk about items. “Items pose questions and have specific answers.” Behrens adds, “Items don’t tell us much about the learner, items are a relic of the pre-automated world.”
How P2PU is Reshaping Professional Learning for K-12 Teachers
Professional learning for K-12 teachers is an exciting space with great demand and high payoff for successful models. However, much of the professional development currently done for in-service teachers reflects old, industrial-era models of learning: rows of desks, teachers standing front and center, seat time, and lecture. Current models of granting credit to teachers are similarly antiquated and are rarely designed to prompt innovation in the classroom.
Gamification: Accelerating Learning For Business & Education
Anyone who has children or who has been around them for a while knows that kids, as well as young adults, are attracted to video games like flies are attracted to light. And while older adults may think the kids are being lazy or using their time idly when they’re connected to their Wii or Xbox using a Kinect, in reality the kids are paving the way for business training and education.
Good Work: Future Project Pushes Passion-Driven Learning
Good Work: Future Project Pushes Passion-Driven Learning #url#