8 Implementation Challenges and Solutions
The Digital Learning Now! Smart Series is a group of collaborative papers that bring together top thinkers on the current trends in teaching and learning to explore the implementation challenges at the intersection of digital learning and the Common Core.
Infographic: How Are Students Using Smart Phones?
Did you know that 53 percent of college students own smart phones? And it's their lifeline to the greater world. Students are pulling up news articles, headlines, feeds, and alerts at home, work, class, and elsewhere.
Frustrated Poets
Gotham Gal goes to the Berkery Noyes VC Summit and believes tech can help women enter the education investment workforce. True, but let's take it further.
AEE Policy Brief Points to Deeper Learning Assessments With Technology
"Assessing Deeper Learning," new policy brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE) points to new assessments that measure a broader range of knowledge and skills to indicate students' understanding of challenging content, critical thinking, problem solving and success for the future.
Finishing School: Taking On the Half-Finished or Never Started
This is the working title of a new book I am working on. In the New Learning environment, it will be the task of students, parents, teachers and leaders to take on new challenges that we are only now beginning to see. I welcome you to help me write this book.
Diversifying Global Education to Diversify Global Leadership
The impact of international education is profound and this is what drives the work to build a network of study abroad public high schools that provide students from historically underserved communities access to education overseas.
Five Things Students Want Their Teachers to Know about Online Learning
Kids love having the opportunity to learn online but it’s not merely the medium or the technology that students enjoy. At the recent iNacol Virtual Schools Symposium I listened to high school students who have experience learning this way as well as teachers who have experience with these students, share some advice for making this type of learning even better.
Big Levers
There are plenty of theories about how to improve education. Most focus on what appear to be big levers—a point of entry and system intervention that appears to provide some improvement leverage. These theories usually involve ‘if-then’ statements: ‘if we improve this, then other good stuff will happen.’ Leading theories…
ARRA Report Shows State Efforts to Aid Students
The report, which is the first and only of its kind, offers a preliminary snapshot of how states and school districts are using funds from the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Program under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
How To Choose A Blended Learning Professional Services Partner
By: Luis Rodriguez. Whether you call them implementation experts, technical assistance providers, or consulting partners, how should you pick the right blended learning professional services partner for your district?