EdTech
Don't Disrupt, Improve
David Martz, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Muzzy Lane, speaks to edReformer about distribution, the golden egg of edtech. Part of a series of interviews ahead of the Berkery Noyes VC Investment Summit in NYC June 8-9.
Personalized Learning
The end of the university as we know it
Read End of the University As We Know It , a great forward looking piece on higher ed by Mark C. Taylor, the chairman of the religion department at Columbia. Here’s a couple excerpts including recommendations: GRADUATE education is the Detroit of higher learning. Most graduate…
EdTech
Gates: “We Need Even More Risk-Takers”
SXSWedu Executive Producer Ron Reed’s introduced Bill Gates as a “passionate, articulate voice for modernizing teaching and learning.” The standing room only crowd agreed. Gates delivered the closing keynote to a packed house at the Austin Convention Center on Thursday morning and left the attendees feeling inspired to take the week’s lessons back home to our own corners of the world.
Personalized Learning
Roadtrip Nation Releases Deeper Learning Report
Roadtrip Nation launched into the education field in 2008 as a school-based program for students to “define their own roads in life”. To date, over 100,000 students from over 1,800 schools across 22 states have participated in the Roadtrip Nation Experience.
EdTech
Startl Founders Host Ed Tech Event
Startl is hosting a digital learning innovations event. Companies like Kno, Neverware, and Easel will be there.
EdTech
Webinar: Discover How to Get Involved In Digital Learning Day
The Alliance for Excellent Education (Alliance) plans to host the webinar "Countdown to Digital Learning Day: District and School Perspectives," which will feature the power of digital learning at districts and how to participate in the first-ever Digital Learning Day, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.
Personalized Learning
Online Learning in Danger in WA
The Internet Academy was a leader in the online learning revolution in WA and now online learning may be in danger for all students due to major budget cuts.
Personalized Learning
Naughts Not So Bad for Education
The papers have been full of editorials expounding on why the past decade was disastrous for America. There is much to forget and regret about the last decade but it wasn’t so bad for education. We should have made more progress than we did, but here’s 10 big advances that…
Ed Policy
How To Choose The Best Tools To Successfully Transition To Common Core
Here, a leading educator proposes a few questions that school leaders need to ask to ensure they’re locating and using the most innovative and appropriate tools for managing this sweeping transformation.
EdTech
Stop the Dropout Churn
We found this interesting report by Richard Lee Colvin at the Hechinger Institute at Teachers' College at Columbia University. Read through.