EdTech
Dive Into TheBlu, a Digital Ocean for Artists, Students & Organizations
The ocean houses roughly 230,000 known species in waters that cover nearly 71 percent of the Earth's surface. The wildlife of the ocean carries an abundance of information and knowledge around ecosystems, animals, plants, pollution and more. How often do students get to dive in to explore the expansive ocean? Today, we're going to do just that - digitally. We're going to dive into the depths of theBlu.
Leadership
10 Roles & 7 Recommendations for Leading Toward Deeper Learning
By: Tom Vander Ark & Karen Cator. If we want more students to experience powerful learning, school and district leaders need to benefit from the same blended, competency-based and deeper learning experiences that they seek to create for students.
Uncategorized
6 Things That Learning Professionals Can Learn from Marketers
By: Todd Kasenberg. Here are six critical points that learning architects, designers and developers can borrow from marketing’s body of knowledge and practice.
Personalized Learning
Magnifying the Power of Learning with e-Portfolios
Over the years, one of the major problems in higher education has been our inability to provide evidence of what students learn, particularly those broader skills and attributes critical to students’ future success. At a time when employers, parents, students, and society are demanding a new level of accountability for the rising costs of college, institutions that help their graduates present solid proof of what they learned will be at a competitive advantage.
EdTech
New Face of Interviewing and Polling: 4 Online Resources for Schools
By: Ray Mina. we have narrowed down some of the top web resources for interviewing and polling for that can be used in the classroom, with the yearbook committee, for project based learning and more.
Personalized Learning
DIY: Building a Team
Recently, folks at the Pearson Foundation asked me to write about " Five Things I've Learned About Startups" and I listed building a great team as a key to success. Whether launching a startup or leading a school district change initiative, building a team is important but difficult work. As I noted, "When you get the talent, trust and focus right, the results are extraordinary."
EdTech
Cooney Center Finalist Motion Math Gets Nod
An application that combines the accelerometer-enabled motion sensing in an iPhone gets a fractions overlay that teaches kids math.
Personalized Learning
Pressure for more RttT winners
Eduflack reflects on pressure to expand the number of RttT winners.  To his observations I’d add growing White House and Congressional pressure to spread the peanut butter and to make more awards in phase 1.  Patrick’s post made me re-read the application and eligibility requirements and the selection criteria (…
Personalized Learning
Collaboration, Really?
When I think of instances of true collaboration, Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir comes to mind: a blending of individual voices, each making his or her best effort to interpret the phrasing to contribute to the breathtakingly beautiful whole, all with the common goal of rendering a beautiful piece of music together. This extraordinary accomplishment suggests to me a metaphor for what we need to be doing as educators.
Innov8
EdTech 10: The Big Easy and Beyond
Feeling inspired and empowered from last week’s iNACOL 2014 Symposium, we returned to Getting Smart World Headquarters and immediately took off to NOLA for the Louisiana Smart Growth Summit. This week’s top EdTech news includes news from The Big Easy and abroad.