Personalized Learning

Are Textbooks Transitory?

Tom Vander Ark

Are textbooks transitory or will the value of curation, organization, and narration survive through second gen tablets?
Personalized Learning

Bringing Schools Into the 21st Century

Guest Author

By: James Walker. Web based tools are creating market shifts like never before. As online schooling opens for all ages, learn how to figure out which online offerings are right for your school.

EdTech

CNN Interviews Bush and Wise on Digital Learning Now

Getting Smart Staff

Here is the CNN interview with Governors Bush and Wise that aired this morning. The two former governors released a quality guide to digital learning. They will be releasing a grading report of state uptake of the initiatives later in 2011. Keep watching for more updates of the Excellence in Action National Summit on Education.

Personalized Learning

Bill Gates: beginning of tech revolution

Tom Vander Ark

“Technology can pull the United States out of recession and help the world’s ailing financial markets work better, Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) Chairman Bill Gates told a high-level business summit at the company he co-founded” reports Reuters.  “The drug companies will get back in high productivity mode.
Leadership

Broad Suspends Prize and Personalized Learning

Tom Vander Ark

As reported by the New York Times, the Broad Foundation has suspended the $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education stating, “It had become more difficult to identify school districts that were pushing test scores or graduation rates up.”