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Developing 21st Century Skills and Content Knowledge Through Dance

David Ross

Mar 25, 2019

David Ross explores how dance experiences assist children in cultivating the 21st-century skills of creative thinking, collaboration, communication, global awareness, and self-direction.

Future of Learning

The State of Digital Play in Preschool

Guest Author

Mar 23, 2019

By: Katrina Youdale. Katrina explains how teachers and parents are able to use digital technology to quickly create a fun learning environment at a relatively low cost.

Leadership

Differentiating Family Engagement

Amanda Winkelsas

Mar 21, 2019

Amanda Winkelsas discusses how we can do more in our schools and classrooms by preparing educators to differentiate family engagement.

Future of Learning

Blending Engineering, Entrepreneurial Mindset, and an Appreciation for the Variety of the Human Condition

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 20, 2019

The rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning is an opportunity to show up at the formation of a new era and ensure equity and empowerment for all. Here’s a look at how Dr. Amon Millner and his team at Olin College are doing just that.

Network Effect

The Shift to Innovation Through the Power of Networks

Getting Smart Staff

Mar 19, 2019

Our latest report, How to Innovate: Options for School Districts explores innovation opportunities and identifies New Tech Network as an exemplar design partner for comprehensive school change.

Future of Learning

Organizing Your School As A List Of Courses Doesn’t Work for Learners

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 18, 2019

A list of courses will not help young people (in high school or college) find and begin to make their unique contribution. It’s time to move beyond the historical structures and practices what we inherited in education and start doing the right thing for kids.

Future of Learning

How Learning Works: 10 Research-Based Insights

Guest Author

Mar 18, 2019

By: Babe Liberman. Digital Promise and the Institute for Applied Neuroscience teamed up to synthesize findings from the growing field of learning sciences research into 10 key insights about how people learn.

Personalized Learning

BPLC: There’s Something Happening Here

Guest Author

Mar 16, 2019

By: Laura Jackson. Teachers and schools are coming to the Blended & Personalized Learning Conference is April 4-6th, in Providence, Rhode Island to share their lessons learned.

Future of Learning

Six Tips, Three Whys: A SXSW EDU Reflection

Getting Smart Staff

Mar 13, 2019

The Getting Smart team was grateful to be an SXSW EDU 2019 partner and are back home from Austin, ready to share our learnings from the conference.

Place Based Education

Place-Based Education Anchors Learning in the Community

David Ross

Mar 11, 2019

David Ross explains how in Place-Based Education the nature of a place determines the culture of the classroom to an extraordinary degree.

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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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