Communicating with Your Teacher Will Never Be the Same
The way students and parents communicate with teachers will likely never be the same once schools re-open. Apps like Remind are making it easier to communicate whether learning is happening in-person or online.
Getting Smart Town Hall Recap: Let’s Talk About C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything
On the most recent Getting Smart Town Hall, Let’s Talk about C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything, we brought in a few of our friends to serve as guests and lend their valuable expertise to the audience’s wonderings about competency-based education (CBE). We were joined by Claudette Trujillo of Westminster Public Schools, Laura…
Learning Coach Academy: Supporting the Role of Parents or Guardians in Remote Learning
By: Heather Hiebsch and Cheryl Fenlason. Heather and Cheryl share hybrid, personalized, and blended learning tips to develop and support Learning Coaches to help students adapt - and even thrive - in this uncertain educational landscape.
Difference Making: What Needs to Be At the Heart of Learning
Difference Making at the Heart of Learning, the new book by Tom Vander Ark and Emily Liebtag is out now!
The Adult Learner: Understanding Their Variability to Customize Their Learning
By: Barbara Pape. In partnership with educators, researchers, and training providers, Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Project has developed an evidence-based Adult Learner Model.
Schools Can Give America a Shot At Vaccine Equity
Today, up to 1 in 4 Americans say they won't get vaccinated. Public institutions can help curb worries about safety and side effects to promote equitable access to COVID 19 vaccinations.
Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Action
A new book offers a blueprint for elementary and secondary education. Tom shares insights on Design Principles for Schools: Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Action.
Minerva University: Personalized, Global, Affordable and Now Independent
Minerva University offers the world’s smartest young people a reconceptualization of the ends and means of higher education at an affordable price.
Play-Based Learning and Weekly Porch Chats
Michael Niehoff explores the power of play-based learning and Porch Play Chats.
Can’t Miss Education Conferences in 2022
The Getting Smart Team has curated a list of our favorite conferences that we think everyone should attend in 2022.
