blended learning
EdTech
Study Confirms Gains From Game-Based ST Math
A WestEd study released this week confirmed gains tracked by schools using the innovative ST Math program from MIND Research Institute. More than 1,700 schools use the supplemental math games.
EdTech
KnowRe Launches Campaign Offering Free Access to Pilot Programs
By launching a national campaign, KnowRe an online adaptive math learning program is searching for schools and programs to pilot the Pre-Algebra and Algebra I program this fall. Once schools are selected they will receive free access to the blended program for the entire school year.
Ed Policy
Improving Teacher Conditions & Careers
As the nation celebrates National Teacher Appreciation Week, we couldn’t think of a better way to honor National Teacher Day than with a paper that highlights the positive impacts that blended learning is having on the teaching profession.
Ed Policy
DLN Paper Shows How Blended Learning Can Improve Teaching Profession
Digital Learning Now! (DLN), a national campaign under ExcelinEd, today released the seventh white paper in the DLN Smart Series -- “Improving Conditions & Careers: How Blended Learning Can Improve the Teaching Profession.”
Personalized Learning
What Teachers Really Want
If teachers are to transition to the kind of blended learning that has been found to work best for today’s kids, we need trust, time, and trained mentors to work out what what we need to do.
Personalized Learning
Nexus Lansing: A New High School Experience
Nexus Academy, supported by Connections Learning, is a personalized competency-based environment--a great example of a flex blend with lots of extra features. It's worth a visit.
Personalized Learning
Shrinking the Digital Divide
As more and more students gain access to personal devices, the exposure to personalized learning is becoming readily available to those lucky students who can lay claim to their own digital learning device.
EdTech
Infographic: Selecting Digital Content for Your School
As blended learning content continues to grow it has become increasingly difficult for teachers and administrators to decide what content to use. We appreciate this infographic put together by EducationElements on the 4 steps schools can follow when making the decision on which digital content to implement.
Personalized Learning
Pondering Urban High School Improvement
“We want people to be perplexed—to embrace the paradox of starting new schools,” said Larry Rosenstock in the opening to the A+ Urban High School Summit in Denver Wednesday. As usually Larry has a rich list of quotes on the subject.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Spirit of Youth
Shakespeare, who would’ve celebrated his 449th birthday this week, famously noted that April puts “a spirit of youth in every thing.” The Bard was right. (One of our Smart Teachers even celebrated Shakespeare’s birthday with her class.) We’re seeing lots of new ideas springing forth in k-12 and…