blended learning
10 Teacher-Tested Tools for Flipping Your Classroom
Stripping away all the hype and trendiness of “flipped classroom” movement, we must take a moment to acknowledge that it has brought two important changes to the way many of us think about education and instruction...
Calling All Science Teachers! New MasteryConnect App is a Must.
Check out the MasteryConnect goodies page for the view of our suite of apps. Download the Next Generation Science Standards App (as well as MasteryConnect’s other free apps) by searching “MasteryConnect” or “Next Generation Science Standards” in your app store.
Blog Premise: What Getting Smart Means…
We started this blog five years ago and have posted more than 4,000 blogs. The underlying premise is that investment in great teaching and edupreneurship leads to innovation which holds the promise of excellence and equity at scale. We think social media can expand impact and increase serendipity.
3 Ways to Encourage Higher Order Thinking with Technology
Here are three ways for teachers to prepare to design learning experiences that encourage higher order thinking through the use of technology as a tool for learning.
10 Signs From NGLC Winners
Next Generation Learning Challenges award applications for “new, personalized, blended, mastery-based school capable of generating dramatically higher outcomes for students.”
NGLC Makes 8 Launch and 30 Planning Grants for Next-Gen High Schools
Next Generation Learning Challenges announced another round of grants today: 8 pre-opening grants of $450k and 30 planning grants of $100k.
Why Wyoming Should Be a Digital Learning Leader
Wyoming has the opportunity to make a digital leapfrog--a quick advance that will benefits its students and economy. Strong digital learning and charter policy will allow choice and innovation.
Carving a Place for Blended Learning in the Era of Teacher Evaluation
You and I are focused on blended learning — why should we care about teacher evaluation? Value-added teacher evaluation and blended learning are in their early stages, however the space between them will shrink in the coming years as both define and redefine the practice of teaching.
What Blended Learning Looks Like in Kindergarten
Last year, Barbie Gossett volunteered to turn her Kindergarten classroom into a blended learning environment. Along with 7 other teachers from elementary to high school, these pioneers introduced blended learning to their students as well as to the entire Lawrence district.
New Tech Network Boosts College Enrollment & Persistence
Recent data from New Tech Network (NTN), a non-profit project-based STEM-focused school developer, showed that their alumni stay in four-year and two-year colleges at 17% and 46% higher rates, respectively, than the national average; with NTN college enrollment rates 9% greater than the U.S. average.