blended learning
We Had to Personalize Teaching to Personalize Learning
By: Michael Fauteux. Blended and personalized learning holds tremendous promise for meeting the individual needs of our students and deepening their learning, but we also need to focus on the needs of those responsible for putting these concepts into practice.
Bridging the Digital Divide: Strategies to Ensure Student Access to Technology at Home
By: Shannon LaBree. How can educators make sure that students have access to the technology they need outside of the classroom? Here are a few helpful resources and strategies.
Smart Review | A Daily App for Improving Math Skills
With continuous practice on the Smartick app, students ages 4-14 can master major math concepts and demonstrate improvement in both math grades and test scores.
EdTech 10: Innovation for Equity
To continue the buzz around innovation for equity recently generated at the iNACOL Symposium and Educause conference, this week’s top ten represents innovation in classrooms and campuses across the nation.
3,500 Educators Committed to Innovation for Equity
Our team spent a week with 3,500 educators and leaders in San Antonio, Texas, at iNACOL 2016 learning from and inspiring one another. Here is a Storify that we feel captures the spirit of #iNACOL16.
Giving Every Student a Mobile Device
By: Dr. Darryl Adams. Coachella Valley Unified School District devised a program to improve student outcomes by giving every teacher and student a device, which we found significantly boosted our attendance and graduation rates.
EdTech 10: iNACOL Edition
In honor of the innovation being shared at iNACOL 2016, this week's top ten stories share several new resources, guidebooks, platforms and toolkits created to help edleaders continue their transformational work in education.
On Balancing Improvement & Innovation
Innovations such as personalized and competency-based learning mean doing things differently, which can be hard work. Here are 10 tips to help EdLeaders balance improvement and innovation.
Blended Learning Engagement: Are the Students Paying Attention?
By: Ron Drabkin. OpenEd has K-12 resources assigned to students in a variety of platforms, a unique position that gives its team the ability to share hard-to-find data on how many students are actually engaging with their online assignments.
Leading Online and Offline: New Book Offers 6 Tips for EdLeaders
Blending Leadership, the new book from Stephen Valentine and Reshan Richards, is a quick, story filled, illustrated set of six suggestions for school leaders.