EdTech

The Ed Games We Play

The rise of mobile phones usage has prompted discussions about augmented reality and its impact on retail marketing, privacy and reality. We found a blog where the discussion is focused squarely on education and how these types of developments will effect students. Her final point is crucial. Why are these games so boring, if they are really so helpful?

Personalized Learning

Edu-Innovation, an Oxymoron?

In preparation for the New Schools Summit, following are a few thoughts for a great group. Acknowledging the difficulty of penetrating the complex decentralized maze of US public education, a New Schools regular asked a dinner gathering of notable reformers last week if education innovation was an oxymoron.

Personalized Learning

Success at New Tech Academy

Elizabeth Bryan, Principal of New Tech Academy @ Ft. Wayne, shares a passion for great education with the leaders of the Ft. Wayne business community. “It was the local business community that became very aggressive when looking for ways to better educate our students,” said Elizabeth.

Personalized Learning

BPLC: There’s Something Happening Here

By: Laura Jackson. Teachers and schools are coming to the Blended & Personalized Learning Conference is April 4-6th, in Providence, Rhode Island to share their lessons learned.

EdTech

Pearson Helps Johns Hopkins Launch Eval Tool

Pearson, a global education, technology and services provider, has announced a collaboration with Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Technology in Education to bring to market Teacher Compass, an easy-to-use online evaluation tool for collecting, organizing and analyzing teacher performance data, and providing personalized professional development plans for teachers.

Ed Policy

ExcelinEd Summit Focused on Students

The sessions at this year’s National Summit on Education Reform reflected growing recognition of the potential of personalized, digital learning to improve student access to high-quality educational options across the board.