Series
Personalized Learning

Common Choice: Thin Test Prep or Deeper Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Higher expectations and engaging learning experiences are compatible. New college and career ready expectations will yield better preparation for American students if education leaders value deeper learning rather than resorting to stifling test prep.
EdTech

EdTech 10: Bush, Boston and Bukowski

Getting Smart Staff

Team Getting Smart spent the back half of the week in Boston at #EIE13, the National Summit on Education Reform (and Bukowski Tavern enjoying a huge selection of beer, epic microwaved cheese dip and our favorite Bukowski poems).
Personalized Learning

Leading for Powerful Learning: Observations & Pictures from Danville

Tom Vander Ark

The pictures attached tell a great story! The first three are from Bate where students created furniture from cardboard. Talk about something that required thinking ...WOW! What's also really cool about this is that the kids have included their original design sketches and plans with the furniture, so you can really see their thinking processes.
Personalized Learning

Getting Out of the Way of Learning

Susan Davis

I have learned from implementing design teams with students the importance of stepping back and letting students learn for themselves. Some teachers think of this more in terms of letting go of control. I think of it more in terms of getting out of the way.
EdTech

Using Avatars to Teach Digital Citizenship

SusanOxnevad

Using educationally appropriate online tools with students opens up a world of possibilities for engaging them in leaning experiences that incorporate the 4 C's; communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity.
Personalized Learning

Infographic: Deeper Learning

Getting Smart Staff

While the schools may look different from the outside, they most definitely share a common purpose—to give ALL students the opportunity to learn in a Deeper Learning environment. And the schools are...