blended learning
Personalized Learning
“Digital Learning Transition” MOOC
A brand new, free, Massive Online Open Course or MOOC focusing on “Digital Learning Transition” was announced today by the Alliance for Excellent Education and Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.
EdTech
EdTech 10: EdTech Equinox
This week brought us the official arrival of Spring. In honor of the Vernal Equinox - with its equal amounts of day and night, we thought we’d deliver this week’s Top 10 - with equal parts education and technology. Enjoy!
Innov8
Carnegie Supports New High Schools that Recuperate & Accelerate
Carnegie Corporation launched a $15 million grant program for next generation high schools and a report that details the rationale: Opportunity by Design: New High School Models for Student Success.
Personalized Learning
Mesa Showcases Tech, Supports Innovation Teams
Mesa Public Schools is hosting a Tech Expo to boost exposure of their staff (and area educators) to innovations in learning. The district will make grants to 10-20 Innovation Teams next month.
Personalized Learning
CK12 Challenges Students to “Get-Real” with Competition
CK12 Foundation is challenging students to develop and submit applications that showcase K-12 STEM concepts in the Get Real Competition. Awards will be given to the top three teams and they will have the opportunity to chose one of the following devices for their classrooms; Apple iPad 2, Chromebook, NOOK HD tablet, or a Kindle Fire tablet.
Personalized Learning
Students Talk about Blended Learning at #ASCD13
Mickey Revenaugh, Connections Education, hosted a student panel at #ASCD13 titled Why I Hate High School, but the conversation was really about "LovingHighSchoolNow. The five students now enjoying the benefits of #BlendedLearning represented Nexus Academy in Columbus, VOISE Academy, and Chicago Virtual.
Leadership
#ASCD13: Whole Child, Whole Teacher
The teaching and learning association, ASCD, gathered in Chicago this week--nearly 11,000 strong but the conference seemed swallowed by the giant McCormick Convention Center. It's not the crazy crush of SXSWedu or the ASU Summit.
Ed Policy
PARCC Provides Advice on Access and Test Administration
The 22 state assessment consortia PARCC issued administrative guidelines this week and they included more advice about access. Previously, PARCC issued updates the design of both the assessments and released item prototypes. District and school administrators should pay attention to the The PARCC Assessment Administration Capacity Planning Tool.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Popes, Particles & Personalized Learning
This week’s global headlines included the appointment of new Pope (with #newpope knocking #sxsw from the top spot in trending tweets) and the confirmation of the Higgs Boson “God particle” (a pretty cool return on the $9B investment in the Large Hadron Collider). Were you too busy with…
Leadership
Investing in Productivity: How to Pay For Blended Learning
We’re seeing more CapEx thinking in education (as I first pointed out in 2010). You may recall from Finance 101 that capital expenditures are funds invested to produce future benefit--positive cash flows (costs savings or net revenues) resulting in a return on investment higher than the cost of capital.