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The Internet is What We Make It

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 10, 2010

David Brooks rehashs Carr's 'the Internet makes us dumb' argument but ends in the right spot--it's up to us to build powerful learning experiences that harness the web.

Personalized Learning

STEM Taking off at Aviation HS

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 9, 2010

Secretary Duncan and Sen Murray visited Aviation HS to see a great STEM school.

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Stop the Dropout Churn

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 9, 2010

We found this interesting report by Richard Lee Colvin at the Hechinger Institute at Teachers' College at Columbia University. Read through.

EdTech

Don't Put Education Reform at Risk

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 9, 2010

Are education programs really a luxury that we can afford to lose? No. They are the means towards changing status quo politics, and the status quo is getting in the way.

EdTech

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley wants to spend US$1 billion on school construction. How about thinking smarter about what goes on inside the building? Technology for students is certainly part of re-design efforts. His competitor is geting there. Bob Ehrlich wants to ramp up the number of charter schools.

Personalized Learning

About Schools, Tech, Poetry & Justice

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 7, 2010

LAUSD doing some of the right things to turnaround failing schools; selling edtech now; and Merwin's ode to mistakes

EdTech

Blended Learning Singularity

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 7, 2010

This is another in our continuing series of online learning posts in advance of the SIIA Innovate to Educate Symposium on Personalized Learning, to be held August 4-6, 2010 at the Harvard Club in Boston, Massachusetts.

EdTech

2010 Innovation Through Interoperability Forum

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 7, 2010

Agilix is holding an Innovation through Interoperability Forum in Washington, DC July 14-16, 2010. Look inside to find out how you can be a part of it, and secure you spot with leaders in data management and content for education.

EdTech

Reducing Dropout Rates

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 7, 2010

Bob Wise, former West Virginia Governor and President of Alliance for Excellent Education, is giving another webinar today about the benefits of reducing the dropout rate among students of color.

Personalized Learning

Don't Derail Reform

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 7, 2010

Old news by now, but Obey's midnight raid of RttT is a terrible idea and likely to be killed by Senate

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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