Post-Secondary

Post-secondary is a shifting space — four year degrees may not always be the fit and new alternatives are being created at an alarming rate. This topic encompasses everything from higher ed to adult learning and workforce pipelines and development.

Personalized Learning

Student Guidance for College and Career Readiness

Guest Author

Jun 2, 2014

By: Michael Dunn. Assuring that students are college and career ready by the time they graduate is a discussion in every school district, school and legislative body in the nation. And it is a deeply important one.

Ed Policy

Career Education: Even College Grads Should be Employable

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 1, 2014

Parents with boomerang kids in the basement have learned that even college graduates should possess skills and dispositions that make them employable. Young people need access to postsecondary learning and work experiences that will help them develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions for employability.

EdTech

Robots Are Not Just for Computer Labs Anymore

Alison Anderson

May 31, 2014

The Hummingbird Duo may be the first electronics kit that is fun and educational for a fourth grader, a high school student, a college engineering student, and an adult maker. The Hummingbird Duo provides several levels of engineering and technology learning.

Personalized Learning

5 + 1 Summer Reads to Challenge and Inspire

Greg Garner

May 30, 2014

Lazy mornings, afternoons by the pool, and no agenda. Summer must be here! Of course, we all know this describes maybe 5 days of your summer break with the rest of your time attending trainings, conferences, figuring out what to do with your seemingly permanently-bored children, and a litany of…

EdTech

Canvas Catalog: New Platform to House Online Courses

Getting Smart Staff

May 30, 2014

Instructure, through its Canvas learning management system (LMS) launches Canvas Catalog- a white-label platform that enables any institution, government entity, university or K-12 school to create a branded index of online courses.

Post-Secondary

Infographic: College and Career Readiness GPS for Every Student

Getting Smart Staff

May 27, 2014

This infographic previews the next DLN Smart Series paper, “Core & More: Guiding and Personalizing College & Career Readiness” being released Thursday.

EdTech

EdTech 10: Winding Down

Getting Smart Staff

May 22, 2014

The end of the school year is almost here- but the #EdTech news keeps on coming. Here are the week’s top 10 stories…

Personalized Learning

4 Tips to Graduate College-and-Career-Ready Students

Guest Author

May 21, 2014

By: Katie McClarty. As problems are identified and addressed, the same data can help track student response to interventions and inform teachers, students, and parents of progress.

EdTech

Udemy: Online Learning Marketplace Serves 3M Students

Getting Smart Staff

May 18, 2014

Leading online learning marketplace Udemy serves 3 million students, up from 500,000 16 months ago. Udemy is adding 1,000 courses a month--and has 16,000 in total.

Innov8

EdTech 10: New Stuff

Getting Smart Staff

May 15, 2014

We wrap up the week’s top events, hoping to help you feel like maybe you have one less thing “to do” this week.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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