The Shadow Education System
With the launch of Skillshare, it seems likely that there is a shadow education system working in America. Who are the entrepreneurs running it? Michael Karnjanaprakorn, the CEO for Skillshare, is one.
MangaHigh Launches Physics Gaming Site
The successful math games online learning site MangaHigh.com jumps into the fray again with the launch of Physics Games, an online gaming site for physics education.
10 Music & Art Resources
During August we will spotlight about 500 people and organizations--not in order, not exhaustive, just people we appreciate. Today we’re recognizing music and art apps and resources.
SMARTtech Roundup: From Blended Learning to Big Data
Blended Schools & Tools Blended Schools Sprouting. Vail Blended Learning is a new blended middle school in Arizona that uses laptops as its main learning tool using online content developed by K12 Inc., e2020, and VBL Curriculum and Instruction. Students have a flexible daily schedule and move through…
10 Roles for Leading Toward Deeper Learning
As schools shift to personalized, competency-based deeper learning, how will the roles of leaders change? What sorts of skills, habits and mindsets will support these significant changes in education? What roles do leaders play to create and support deeper learning environments? The answers.
Social media guidelines
Steve McKee blogs about marketing and business growth on Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Â He recently posted his guidelines for dealing with marketing on social media platforms. Â Education innovators sart-ups would be wise to take a look at Steve’s list. Â Below is an excerpt of his blog post on keeping marketing meaningful on…
Digital Learning in Kentucky
KY Commissioner Terry Holliday By Terry Holliday Kentucky was one of the early leaders in virtual learning. Today, we are struggling to find the appropriate methods for funding, support and innovation. Over the past two years, we have been working first…
New Access to Appropriate Lit for Autism Spectrum Students
A seven-week intervention studied 43 students in total, ages 12 to 21, with diverse ethnicities and exceptionalities. The result: appropriate literature for the autism spectrum leads to improvements.
UK opens 200th sponsored academy
One of Tony Blair’s reforms that I’m fond of is the Academy program–the equivalent of a sponsored charter school in the US.  The BBC reports that the 200th opened with 67 more to come this year.    They’re dropping a feature that I liked–the requirement to invest at least 2 million…
FCC & ED Push Digital Textbooks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Department of Education is hosting a meeting today with the goal of getting digital textbooks in every child’s hands in five years. Karen Cator, the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, helped organize the meeting and provides energy and insight to the Departments focus on the shift to digital learning.