Personalized Learning
Personalized learning is a mindset and approach to teaching that focuses on meeting each learner where they are and tailoring a curriculum that considers their interests, prior knowledge and skill level, and pace. Such a demand on the teacher requires sophisticated usage of technology in a combination of personalized, blended and online learning.
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Digital Learning Day Is More Than a Pajama Party
As with many school choices, digital learning has a perception problem. The kids are lazy. The parents are lazy. They want to sleep in. They want to play video games. They want to listen to music. They're anti-social. They're taking the easy way out. The reality is so very different from the whisper campaign to discredit a rapidly embraced choice for parents and students for whom a one-size-fits-all system just didn't – fit all.
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How Will Personalized Learning Really Work?
“How will personalized learning really work?” The question was asked today by someone who should know the answer—the strategy director for an educational software company. But that’s the nature of the dynamic shift underway.
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Digital Learning Day–A Great Day to Expand Access in Michigan
The Digital Learning Now report card on Michigan specifically calls on the state to remove the cap on its cyber charter schools. Michigan policymakers should celebrate Digital Learning day by lifting the cap on its cyber charter schools.
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Digital Learning Day: Ohio Celebrates Education Innovation
Digital Learning Day marks a nationwide celebration of innovative teaching and learning through digital media and technology that engages students and provides them with a rich, personalized educational experience. More than 30 states, hundreds of school districts, thousands of teachers, and more than a million students will encourage the innovative use of technology by trying something new, showcasing success, kicking off project-based learning, or focusing on how digital tools can help improve student outcomes.
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CTB Helps States Shift to Online & Common Core Assessment
It’s a tough time to be a state or district testing director: your budget has been cut, you’re supposed to align with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and you’re trying to get your state ready for new online assessments from PARCC or SBAC but they won’t be out for three years. CTB McGraw-Hill has a three prong strategy to help states make the transition to online assessments aligned with the Common Core.
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K12 & Project Tomorrow Say Tech Can Improve Critical Edu Challenges
K12, Inc. and Project Tomorrow recently published "Leveraging Technology to Close the Achievement Gap: A Critical Peer Survey," a white paper in a two-part series that examines results from the SPEAK UP national survey and ways edleaders are targeting critical challenges in education.
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Kickin’ it old school and inventing the future
Most edreformers want the best version of old school for every student: talented teachers, high expectations, quality instruction, curriculum alignment, strong accountability, and enough standardized tests to verify all of the above. The problem is that it's really hard to pull off and scale. As Bob Wise has pointed out, digital learning is the solution to the teaching gap, the achievement gap, and the fiscal gap. Schools need to balance old school reforms while they phase in the future.
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10 Findings That Will Shape Students Today for the Workforce Tomorrow
In the worst economy since the Great Depression, Californians are struggling to earn a living, get an education, and raise a family. How will we adapt to learn, work, and connect in the future? A new book with findings from Apollo Research Institute describes how businesses and workers will compete for jobs and opportunities in a global, technology-driven marketplace.
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Key Predictions for the K-12 Education Sector in 2012
As William Gibson has noted, “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.” Innovative districts facing the challenges of the “new normal” will increasingly step forward to adopt some of the most promising edtech innovations of the last few years, turning early stage proofs of concept into large-scale solutions that hold promise for helping teachers be more efficient with every child.
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Review: The Networked Teacher
The Networked Teacher: How New Teachers Build Social Networks for Professional Support by Kira J. Baker-Doyle evaluates the ways online social networks are reshaping culture around personal learning networks and digital learning networks among educators today. Baker-Doyle delivers a strategic approach to utilize crowdsourcing to its fullest capabilities to deliver ongoing learning, answers, and advocacy for the classroom.