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EdTech 10: Trick or Tweet

Oct 31, 2014

Happy Halloween! In celebration of día de los muertos we are dressing up EdTech 10 by sharing stories through tweets from Team Getting Smart. No tricks, just sweet treat tweets.

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Smart List: 30 STEM Networks & Maker Resources

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 31, 2014

The second annual "Smart List" awards continue with ten great state STEM networks, ten STEM networks and resources and ten maker resources.

Personalized Learning

Shifting from Persuasive Writing to Argumentative Writing: Where do you start?

Courtney Hanes

Oct 30, 2014

By: Courtney Hanes. We are asking our students to do much more challenging and meaningful writing. There are many ways to start. In the Riverside Unified School District in California we began with purposeful argumentative essay writing.

Personalized Learning

Smart List: 30 Ways to Learn Almost Anything

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 29, 2014

Round of applause! Today we are recognizing 30 open resources for K-12, postsecondary, and anytime learning.

Personalized Learning

12 Reasons Every District Should Open a Flex School

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 28, 2014

Using a flex model, every community can afford to have a great high school. Every community should have a flex option that provides a fully supported individualized pathways to graduation. Every community should use a flex model to leverage local resources and meet specific needs. Every district should open a flex model so that everyone can visit and experience the future of education.

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Smart List: 30 Innovation Investors

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 27, 2014

Smart Lists continues! This time with 30 investors, incubators and new school engines powering the learning revolution.

Leadership

Don’t Wait: 5 Ways to Boost Your Career Karma

Caroline Vander Ark

Oct 26, 2014

In this week’s Good Work series we share five ways to create your own karma through setting goals, building a network and empowering others.

Personalized Learning

Former Lumberyard Transformed to Blended Learning School

Guest Author

Oct 25, 2014

At Intrinsic Charter School's new Chicago campus, spaces for blended learning didn’t have to get retrofitted into a traditional school. A former lumberyard, was a much better starting point for a permanent school designed specifically for blended learning.

Innov8

EdTech 10: Smart Lists and Stories

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 24, 2014

They’re back. Alongside these top 10 EdTech and education innovation stories we relaunched the 2nd Annual “Smart Lists” Series.

Leadership

Teachers Taking Next-Gen Learning to Scale

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 24, 2014

The path to next generation learning for every student is bottom up, top down and sideways in. With teachers and leaders sharing a vision, putting it on a timetable, and building a supported path that allows everyone to be part of the vision.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
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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