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Podcast: Anant Agarwal on Extended Access to Education

[…] space. Mentioned in This Episode: Anant Agarwal edX MIT Harvard University The Education Commission Coursera MOOC MIT OpenCourseWare Khan Academy The Power of Place: Authentic Learning Through Place-Based Education, by Tom Vander Ark, Dr. Emily Liebtag, and Nate McClennon MicroMasters Programs — edX For more, see: Competency Tracking Tools Are Overdue  Pre-K.com: Using Technology to […]

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Podcast: Julia Freeland Fisher and Mahnaz Charania on Social Relationships and Networks

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by Micro-Collegiate Academy powered by TEL Education. In today’s episode, Tom is joined by Julia Freeland Fisher and Dr. Mahnaz Charania. Julia is the Director of Education Research at the Clayton Christensen Institute and the author of the important 2018 book, Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand […]

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Fred Dust on Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication

[…] should be something that we’re teaching. The importance of being context-aware. What constraints have to do with conversations. About Screencastify, the leading K-12 screen recording solution. How education can teach conversations and real dialogue in high school. In writing, formative feedback is quite important. Is the same true for conversation? And if so, where […]

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New Pathways

Jennifer. D. Klein and Kapono Ciotti on Designing Student-Centered Experiences for Cognitive and Cultural Inclusion

[…] Kapono bio Recent Getting Smart Blog by Jennifer D. Klein American International School of Egypt NAIS People of Color Conference The Power of Place: Authentic Learning Through Place-Based Education Ken Kay and Yong Zhao on Portrait of a Graduate  The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis Rightful […]

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Future of Learning

Michelle Weise on Long Life Learning

[…] serving as an Entrepreneur In Residence and Senior Advisor at Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group and was formerly the Chief Innovation Officer of Strada Education Network’s Institute for the Future of Work, and Sandbox Collaborative, the innovation center of Southern New Hampshire University. She also co-authored Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and […]

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Green Schools

Jennifer Seydel and David Sobel on Whole School Sustainability

[…] on sustainability as a core part of their mission.  In a lot of cases, it starts with just a couple of teachers who are really passionate about place-based education. David Sobel A 10000 mile journey begins with one step. Jennifer Seydel Links:  Trailblazers for Whole School Sustainability David Sobel Green Schools Town Hall Green Schools […]

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Green Schools

Aaron Schorn and Trinity Asing on Sustainability and Youth Entrepreneurship

[…] make our school more sustainable. This made me fall in love with entrepreneurship and sustainability. Trinity Asing When you when you work with others you care about the problems they face, the communities they’re in Making entrepreneurship place-based is so vital. Aaron Schorn Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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Learner-Centered

David Rogers on Dual Language Education

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by David Rogers from Dual Language Education of New Mexico.

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New Pathways

Town Hall Recap: Agriculture Technology Pathways

[…] City, Missouri that brings youth into a summer ag program to develop skills and make mentorship connections. Boys Grow is a great example of the power of place-based education.  Lastly, we heard from Ian Kitajima, an innovator and design thinker in Hawai’i doing important work to show educators what’s possible in leading cities like Seoul.  […]

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Portrait of a Graduate Gallery

[…] where they’re going, and having the support to get there.” Unique Callout: Participates in the Democratic Process Learn More Teton Science Schools Competencies Teton Science focuses on place-based education to develop young people’s creativity, science, community and wellness skills. Unique Callout: Innovation Learn More Network Examples Building 21 Building 21’s set of student competencies was […]