EdTech
Staff Picks: Chromebooks, Small Schools, Social Learning
Tom picks "Why Three Districts Chose Chromebooks Over Tablets" in response to this year's FETC. Karen picks "Study Validates Replacement of Big Bad Schools With New Small Schools," saying this is long overdue proof. Sarah picks guest blogger Kristen Swanson's post on making online learning social.
Ed Policy
EdTech 10: October Optimism
From the announcement of our nation's graduation rates being at an all-time high to the U.S. Dept. of Ed's release of long-awaited teacher preparation regulations, this week's stories make us even more optimistic about the future of education.
EdTech
Live Chat: Michael Horn, Disrupting Class
Michael Horn, co-author of "Disrupting Class" and Executive Director for Education and the Innosight Institute, has agreed to do a live chat with me and Andrew Barras on Wednesday, September 29. Right now the time is looking like 12Noon EST. Stay tuned for more details and links for the chat.
EdTech
Moving From En Masse Learning to One-to-One
A missive from one of the many learning professionals out there reminds us that New York State is at least one state in the union that is moving from looking at learners and students as a massive group to individuals that have unique problem sets and needs.
EdTech
Q&A: Alison Johnston Discusses InstaEDU & On-Demand Tutoring
We live in a world where you can buy plane tickets, a car, or even publish a novel instantly online. “Why shouldn’t learning be this convenient?” asked Alison Johnston, CEO of InstaEDU, an online, instant tutoring company for high school and college students. With $1.1 million in seed round funding from former Facebooker Chamath Palihapitiya’s The Social+Capital Partnership and several angels, Alison’s company is off to a strong start.
Personalized Learning
WI Welfare is to LA Edu-Employment Bargain?
All Hess all day at EdReformer. In addition to his greenfield article debuting today, Rick wrote an EdWeek tome yesterday bemoaning all the things that could go wrong with rapidly drafted laws the goal of improving teacher evaluation and winning a RttT grant. As he loves to do, Hess…
EdTech
Ten Global Trends in ICT and Education
Robert Hawkins, Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank, spoke at the MIT LINC Conference about the 10 global trends in ICT and Education. It's a must see for teachers, edupreneurs, administration and thinkers.
EdTech
Susan Patrick and Michael Horn Video Presentation
Susan Patrick, President, iNACOL and Michael Horn, Executive Director of Education Policy at the Innosight Institute were in Lansing, Michigan last week giving presentations on the benefits of online learning
Personalized Learning
Math Game Transforms Classrooms in 3 Critical Ways
Recently, Colorado Springs School District 11 was honored to receive the Rising Star Award from MIND Research Institute for our implementation of Spatial Temporal Math (ST Math or “JiJi Math”). Our experience of leveraging JiJi Math across 36 elementary schools for our 13,000 students has proven to be a valuable opportunity for systems learning, and our partnership with MIND is a story of improvement by the numbers.
Personalized Learning
Thoughts for Charter School Authorizers
Dear Charter Authorizers, 1. Some of you are becoming school districts–bureaucratic and directive. What happened to ‘autonomy for accountability’? Reading some of your renewal reviews, it’s like having a boss all over again. 2. Timelines are so long and apps are so big and expensive to prepare,…