blended learning
Getting Through
An Opportunity to Disrupt Education for the Better: Lessons From Starting a School in a Pandemic
By: Tom Woelper. The disruptive forces at play in American education due to COVID-19 present challenges, but they also provide an opportunity for us to rethink the educational experience we’re delivering. For a startup school, the pandemic has presented lessons that can be extended to better education for all.
Future of Learning
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.
Personalized Learning
ACT’s ScootPad Scoop-Up
Through acquisition of ScootPad, an adaptive learning platform, ACT further expands their footprint as a personalized, competency-based learning organization.
Personalized Learning
Playing With Purpose: Using Games to Enrich Learning & Engage Students
The Getting Smart staff explores how Curriculum Associates recently announced new Learning Games focused on creating a more engaging, accessible and motivating experience for students.
Schools Worth Visiting
Four Emerging Trends in Learning
Imagine going to school in a museum and studying real artifacts. Imagine a sustained relationship with an advisor who helps you figure out what you’re good at and care about, and where you can make a difference. Imagine high school students designing practical solutions to community problems. Visit an innovative…
Future of Learning
ASU Prep: Blended College Prep with a Little Extra Kick
The Getting Smart team had an opportunity to visit two of the six ASU Prep Academies. Learn more as we share insights on ASU Prep Casa Grande, Prep Poly and their approach to personalized learning.
Future of Learning
How a Texas School District Took Personalized Learning From Vision to Reality
By: Vickie Vallet-McWilliams and Melissa Mccalla. Pasadena Independent School District was on a journey to find personalized learning plans that work and implemented Summit’s educational approach.
Future of Learning
Top Education Trend of 2018: Active Learning Spaces
A look at active learning spaces from around the globe and why they help power high-quality learning experiences, plus a look at what Tom thinks is coming in 2019.
EdTech
Active Learning, Data-Informed Decisions and Security Headline Educause
Tom recently attended the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference where he spoke with Cisco’s Education Advocate, Dr. Lance Ford, about active learning, data-driven supports, and flexible secure learning.
EdTech
El Paso Schools: How the NTN Partnership Accelerated Progress
In 2015-2016, El Paso Independent School District formed a partnership with New Tech Networks. Our latest Case Study shows how this partnership fostered real progress and real results.