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.
Deeper Learning: Engaging Students Across the Humanities
Personalized math products are becoming more common in classrooms from kindergarten to college. These tools are really promising for building math skills and fluency. But I hear a growing number of people that compartmentalize learning technologies to skill building. Since raising my kids on Dr Brain, Oregon Trail, and Sim…
How the Best Math Software Avoids the Worst Teaching Mistakes
Like many of us in the education community, my first year of teaching was a disaster. Five periods of Algebra I with 10th and 11th graders at an urban Los Angeles high school was a tough start, and on top of it I made pretty much every mistake in the book. Classroom management was one thing, but the bigger frustration was that I knew I was making no headway in actually teaching math to my students.
Evolution of Edu-Business Models
I’m meeting with an LA nonprofit today. One topic will be building a sustainable and scalable business model–an important topic regardless of tax status. It deserves white paper treatment (point me to one if there is one you like). We’ll be discussing four dimensions: Inside or outside: will…
Equal Access to College Preparatory Curriculum
By: David Haglund. The California Student Bill of Rights Initiative, a project of Education Forward, seeks to remedy this inequity in access through an initiative slated for the November 2012 ballot.
SKYRIM: How far r uu??!!
Pretty far, compared with typical learning environments. Not just for kids either: according to the Entertainment Software Association, the average age of video-gamers these days is 37, with 29% over the age of 50! (You know who you are.
Free, Mobile, Clouds and Other Innovation Topics
We can’t reform our way to the education our kids need for their future. The gap between what they need and what our Bismarckian schools can produce is widening. This is a problem of obsolesce not effort or intent (at least in most places). Telling one teacher to differentiate instruction…
Innovations for Student Success Working at ASU
With budget cuts, most state universities are just retrenching: raising tuition and reducing enrollment—anything to protect the current model. But the model is bankrupt—costs are spiraling out of control and outcomes are weak. ASU president Michael Crow speaks the language that every state university head should these days: There…
Uniting Online Learning and Self-Directed Learning – A New Relationship
The concept of self-directed learning has long fascinated researchers in the field of education for quite some time. Becoming a self-directed learner is found to be most important as we develop into adults. It is often cited as being one of the most important functions of education. However, research has shown that there needs to be a readiness for self-directed learning that comes with maturity.
So, You Want to Be Governor? Here’s Your Platform
The 2012 campaign season is in full swing for national and statewide races. Gubernatorial candidates are raising money and shaping messages. Other than a few states where new drilling technology has unlocked a new round of oil drilling, most states are broke and it won’t change for years. …