Personalized Learning

2020 Forecast: Implications

The KnowledgeWorks Future of Learning map points into the fog with the following identified implications: ·          Resilient School Communities: I’ll buy the need for better connections and more transparency ·          Amplified Educators and Learners: agreed—innovation will emerge from outside the formal…

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i3 Reviews

Had five conversations about i3 in the last 24 hours: Three focused on applicant eligibility.  There is a very high bar for applicants.  Read this section carefully.  It requires a very strong track record of student achievement with a couple exceptions for nonprofits producing results leading to achievement.  Don’t apply…

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RTT, data and teachers

The National Journal question of the week was, “Are Race to the Top Criteria Fair?”  More specifically, “states that prohibit linking student achievement data to teacher and principal evaluation will not be eligible to apply. Is this fair?”  The short answer is yes! Thank goodness that Jon…

EdTech

Our 10 Favorite Websites & Blogs

This week, we’d like to showcase some of our favorite websites and blogs for information around innovations and learning. Taking Note Taking Note, written by former PBS and NPR reporter John Merrow, is an extension of Learning Matters, which is an independent media production company…

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Bloomfire Formalizes Informal Learning

Here’s an article with a little western MI love for  Bloomfire , a Kalamazoo start up creating groups “of informal, social-learning opportunities can be dedicated to anything from sales strategies to fishing.” Bloomfire Manefesto is a little groovy, but if you’re not thinking about the future of…