Joining Clubhouse: Innovative PD for Educators
Rachelle Dene Poth shares the new Clubhouse audio platform app and how it can be used for professional development.
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.
Your “Passion” Probably Isn’t Your Passion
By: Aaryan Harshith. If there’s one thing that matters in life, it’s what you are passionate about. But, is that right?
Children’s Books That Focus on Climate Activists Help Us Appreciate Our Planet on Earth Day and Beyond
For Earth Day, the Getting Smart team's families reviewed a few Earth and climate-themed kids books.
The Rise of Skills-Based Hiring And What it Means for Education
The pandemic broke some old conventions and accelerated other trends. One convention that, for many tech employers, fell by the wayside was requiring degrees for every position. A trend that accelerated during the pandemic was skills-based hiring. For decades, degree requirements have been added to more and more jobs. The…
Launch of Open-Source Library at SchoolPatterns.com
Randy Fielding introduces the launch of Schoolpatterns.com which aims to solve a common problem encountered by schools working to create vision-aligned learning environments.
Turning Points: New Mental Models, New Learning Models
Tom Vander Ark explores six turning points that paradoxically signal crisis and opportunity for youth to make a difference.
New Connected-Growth Platform inspires Learning through Small Group Journeys and Stories of Impact
There needs to be a different way of thinking about unlocking human potential, one that treats knowledge as fundamentally linked to practice, people as having rich potential, and any designed innovation as just one component – rather than the sole focus – of an empowering ecosystem.
Mind the Artificial Intelligence Gap
Educators do not need more data. Educators need usable data and the AI solutions that use data as it currently exists, rather than how we imagine it to be.
Imitation Is Inspiration: Copy-Paste Your Way to Success
Angela Duckworth pens her latest tip on how imitation is inspiration.