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Education Technology is a multi-billion dollar sector of companies innovating in both software and hardware for teaching, learning, and running schools, districts, and state and federal education departments. We document some of the most essential technical innovations and companies that support learning, teaching and more.
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Q&A: Dan Rothstein & Luz Santana On Make Just One Change
Last week, we reviewed Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana’s new book Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions, a book that outlines the ways teachers can improve students’ ability to formulate effective questions for learning. This week, Rothstein and Santana have answered some additional questions for us about where the Question Formulation Technique™ (QFT™) originated and how it’s an ongoing discussion among educators today.
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10 Cool Ideas at iNACOL’s Virtual School Symposium
The Getting Smart team enjoyed the iNACOL Virtual School Symposium (VSS) this last week in Indianapolis. Below, we’ve compiled a list of 10 ideas that caught our attention.
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Michael Wesch Discusses the Potential of Online Learning
Michael Wesch, Ph.D. discusses the potential of online learning if we harness it in education at the Future of State Universities Conference, which was hosted by Governor Jeb Bush, Governor Jim Hunt and Academic Partnerships in Dallas, Texas this October.
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Ed Leaders Meet to Discuss Auburn’s Kindergarten iPad Program
Is your kindergartner using an iPad for reading and math? If not, it may not be long before he or she does. Education leaders and educators across the U.S. and globe meet in Auburn, Maine this week to discuss iPads for kindergarteners.
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Another Great Virtual School Symposium
More than 2,000 educators, school administrators and education policy leaders met in Indianapolis this week for the three-day 2011 Virtual School Symposium hosted by the International Associationg for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). The conference was full of forward-thinking speakers and ideas, the release of iNACOL’s new study and the announcement of the iNACOL awards.
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Infographic: Textbooks of Tomorrow
Online Education published another great infographic! This week, the focus is on the Textbooks of Tomorrow: Digital Textbooks Will Take Off as Print Dwindles. The infographic points out many evident truths about textbooks in education today and the ways that digital technologies provide increased benefits.
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Enspire Learning Simulations Develop Better Managers
People learn by doing, yes? Why then do we conduct learning in an inherently passive way through lectures and reading materials? This is where "serious games" come into play. Simulations and games can rev up engagement and learning comprehension while making learning more - well - fun. While this persists in being a controversial issue in education, many businesses are jumping on board with simulations and games to develop better managers in the workplace.
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Steve Murdock Discusses the Implications of Demographic Changes in Education
Steve Murdock, Ph.D. spoke at the Future of State Universities Conference in Dallas, Texas about how changes in U.S. demographics will affect the structure of universities and the success of America on the whole in the future.
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10 Big Advances in the last 12 months
Susan Patrick, iNACOL Fifteen years ago when I was a superintendent, online learning was a new idea in K-12. Six years ago when Susan Patrick joined iNACOL as Executive Director, it represented a small but growing fringe. And now, while many reform groups continue to fight old battles,…
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iNACOL Releases New Online & Blended Learning Study
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) released the new study Online and Blended Learning: A Survey of Policy and Practice of K-12 Schools Around the World today at the Virtual School Symposium in Indianapolis.