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.
Leadership
Staff Picks: Danny Glover, Games for Learning, & the Virtual School Symposium
This was a busy week for the Getting Smart team! For this week's staff picks, Karen chose an article about Danny Glover at the 'Freedom Awards,' Caroline picked an article highlighting the ways games can transform schools, and Sarah picked the great iNACOL conference this week!
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.
EdTech
Personalized Learning is Ongoing Student-Led Improvement
We talk with Wendy Battino, Co-founder and Executive Director of Re-Inventing Schools Coalition in Alaska as part of our series of leadership interviews prior to the SIIA Personalized Learning Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts August 4-6.
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.
Leadership
Good Work: Grateful for 5 Signs of Progress
With a month left in 2014, it’s clear we’ve seen progress in student access, EdTech, model schools, districts on the move, and affordable higher ed.
EdTech
Popular Penguin Continues to Provide Positive Math Results For Chicago Public Schools
The nonprofit MIND Research Institute today released an analysis of 2012 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) test results showing that students using ST Math® -- a visually based, digital math program featuring the animated penguin named JiJi -- made significant gains in math proficiency compared to similar schools.