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.
America’s Best Idea and America’s Best Classroom
By: Mike Mahalik. Not only are our National Parks "America's Best Idea" but they might just be our best classrooms as well, offering a wide variety of content areas to teach today's students.
Olympic Dreaming: 5 Ways to Connect Kids Globally
Talking with students about global connectedness while the Olympics are still relevant is a great way to begin the school year and a perfect time to participate in “The Great Global Project Challenge.”
EdTech 10: Practice Future Now
We're committed to exploring important education topics that aren’t yet “front of mind” and sharing what we’re learning, including these new education ideas and innovations to help us all "practice future now."
The Next Step to Paul Tough’s ‘Helping Children Succeed’
By: Barbara Chow. Paul Tough’s excellent book “Helping Children Succeed" sparks an important conversation about doing so to scale, a more realistic possibility now that ESSA has restored a degree of agency to state education systems.
Batch of One: How AI & Robots Will Bring Manufacturing Home to the U.S.
The age of smart local manufacturing is just around the corner, and today's students will need to be prepared. Here are next steps for educators to provide manufacturing and coding pathways for their future career success.
Beware the Iconography Trap of Personalized Learning: Rigor Matters
By: Betheny Gross. Supporting both rigor and personalization in the classroom is the key to the successful implementation of personalized learning. Here are how some schools are meeting both of these goals.
For The School Supply List: 25 Ways to Promote Effort, Attitude and Respect
Parents and teachers can do a lot of things on a daily basis to encourage positive mindsets. Here are 25 ways to help send kids back to school with positive attitudes, effort and respect.
Parenting, Learning and The Power of Place
My husband and I recently decided to put the “4 I’s” of Smart Parents into practice during this year's family vacation. Here’s what we learned about parenting and the power of place while exploring and adventuring with our daughters.
Professional Grade: Magic Happens When Students Own High Standards
High expectations are an important part of a school model, culture and community. Here are several examples of schools and programs that are helping students learn to deliver on professional grade expectations.
EdTech 10: Pure Imagination
In honor of our favorite Willy Wonka of all time, this week's top edtech stories share a new view of the world from the imaginations of education leaders.