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Surgical Teaching

Jun 11, 2010

By changing the paradigm for studying laptop schemes, we could accelerate surgical teaching.

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Remembering that it was difficult to find a future in the education he was receiving, Andy Russell started Launchpad Toys, a company that brings suites of content creating tools and platforms to kids to share worldwide.

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You Wouldn't Inhibit Amazon, Why Education?

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 7, 2010

Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise talks with edReformer about equity strategies and policy for education in anticipation of the SIIA August 4-6 Personalized Learning Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Dan McGuire, Teacher, Minneapolis Public Schools

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 6, 2010

The solution is to expand the market, include more than just public education in the market of the 'service provider.' For-profit businesses need much the same kind of 'training' and support as teachers need, writes Dan McGuire, teacher.

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Why Learning is Like the First 10,000 Feet after Takeoff

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 6, 2010

Seneca was a little off when he said if you are everywhere at once, you are nowhere. Digital learning changes that.

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11 Important Blogs: Teachers & Technology

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 5, 2010

These are the ten education and technology blogs not to miss. I missed this meme because I was traveling, so I've added one more to make it eleven.

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The Teacher Salary Project

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 2, 2010

Here's a brief clip that compares the start of the working day of Jamie, a 1st grade teacher, and Johnathan, a former teacher who now works as a real estate broker.

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Take This Job and Understand It

Getting Smart Staff

May 19, 2010

Guest blogger Jason T. Bedell, a librarian with a jones for technology, gets ready to leave his library media specialist role in a public school. He leaves his staff and admin with some thoughts about what it really means to mix tech with literacy efforts.

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We Need New Routes to Teacher Certification

Getting Smart Staff

May 16, 2010

Alternative teacher certification is no longer a badly maligned idea. New York State and other areas are pushing ahead to bring different skills into our nation's public schools.

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Interview: Steven Adamowski, Superintendent, Hartford Public Schools

Getting Smart Staff

May 14, 2010

Steven Adamowski agreed to answer a few questions from edReformer about the district's policies on education, improvement and raising the standards for excellence in its schools.

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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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