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10 Coding & Computer Science Blogs to Bookmark
In celebration of Hour of Code and Computer Science Education Week (December 7-11) we dug into the Getting Smart vault to share our top 10 favorite coding and computer science blogs. They are packed full of resources for educators, parents, students and thought leaders.
KnowledgeWorks Forecast 4.0: Partners in Code
Exponential change is the theme of the fourth KnowledgeWorks forecast subtitled Education in the Era of Partners in Code. The report outlines five drivers of change: Optimized selves, labor relations 2.0, alternate economies, smart transactional models and shifting landscapes.
Moving From ‘Gotcha’ to ‘Growth’: Using Video in the Classroom for Effective Teacher Feedback
By: Vanessa Belair. To keep up with the pace of change, professional learning and resources must evolve to address individual abilities and interests and help educators meet their goals. New video technology provides opportunities never before possible for teachers to receive the personalized, objective feedback they need to grow.
Powerful, Personalized Professional Development
To move from a vision for transformative professional development to reality hinges upon the ability to deliver quality PD at scale. An approach like the one described by Alvin Crawford in 5 Steps to Transformative Professional Development delineates a path forward.
Can Great Public Education Be the New Normal?
By Lydia Dobyns: Students, educators, philanthropists and entrepreneurs will head to Washington to discuss reimagining the high school experience as part of the White House Summit on Next Generation High School. Lydia Dobyns shares her excitement, her hope, and 5 ways to support meaningful change.
Game Based Learning: Serious Educational Play
Real game based learning has learning as a side effect of achieving the game’s main objective and gaining skill at the actual game mechanic. In this blog we talk gaming with a number of academic experts and practitioners of game based learning.
New Competency-Based Professional Learning Model for Educators
A new approach to blended, competency-based professional learning aims to give teachers "access to the right materials, to support the right competency development, at the right time, through a shared system for competency-based educator development" across seven skill areas.
Multiple Pathways to Competency-Based Education?
Competency education is a paradigm shift – it is a change in the underlying assumptions. This means there has to be a way to shake off the old assumptions, which is tricky to do when all of us have grown up in the traditional education system.
Education Innovation: In US & Across the Globe
Innovations in learning are transforming education for children around the world, both in formal and informal learning environments.
Protecting Data Privacy with Thoughtful Policy
Data privacy is an issue that is coming to your backyard...if it hasn’t already. It was that sentiment that echoed through the Data Privacy Challenges and Opportunities panel at ExcelinEd’s 2015 Summit on Education Reform (#EIE15).