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SMARTtech Roundup: Blended Learning, Common Core & STEM
Check out who’s blending. Our friend Marina Ballantyne Walne published a summary of blended models and school profiles—a mix of familiar and new comers. It’s worth a look.
Personalized Learning
4 Ways PBS is Innovating For Students’ Futures
PublicBroadcastingService(PBS) has a long standing reputation in the education community for providing quality news, media, material, and more for engaged learning. Today, PBS is leveraging front-edge tech -- the flipped classroom, learning playlists, online professional development, games, and more -- to research and refine quality content and delivery of learning for students, parents, and educators. Here are four ways PBS is innovating for students futures.
EdTech
Math Software Unleashes the Power of Touch Devices to Improve Student Learning
This week, the education non-profit MIND Research Institute announced that its ST Math® instructional software is now available to students and teachers using tablets in the classroom. MIND Research has re-engineered its research-based software games to capitalize on the powerful learning capabilities of touch technology.
EdTech
Arizona Schools Nearly Double Math Proficiency Growth With ST Math
Arizona schools nearly doubled math proficiency growth in 2011-12 using ST Math® -- a visually based, digital math program featuring the animated penguin named JiJi -- as a result of a recent partnership between education nonprofit MIND Research Institute and CiscoFoundation.
Personalized Learning
Vittra International: Personalized Swedish Network on a Mission
Vittra International is a network of high tech elementary schools in Sweden. Vitta has 12 schools were every student has an Apple laptop. Architecturally and academically it's clear that there is an underlying design--a clear intellectual mission that makes these schools a great place to learn and work. Vittra expresses the design principles through six promises.
Personalized Learning
ShowMe Personalizes Learning Abroad
“I think that personalized learning will have more influence in the future,” said C. Harun Boke, an educator at the Applied Technology High School in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. “Students enjoy learning at their own pace.”
Personalized Learning
Maps, Playlists, & Badges: Key Blended Learning Themes
On Tuesday we co-hosted OpenBlend, a blended learning conference with the Tacoma Public Schools and the Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) featuring a full-day track of Khan Academy workshops as well as other innovative and open tools.
Personalized Learning
Blended Learning: Iterating Toward Better Learning At Scale
"Instead of 'fixing' K-12, let's build something better," said Alex Hernandez fromCharter Growth Fund (@ThinkSchools) who opened a conversation among experts in the future of learning. "Blended learning is not about technology, it's about personalizing learning for students. We can give students the instruction they need, when they need it."
Personalized Learning
SMARTtech Roundup: Digital Developments and More
The need for speed. The Education Super Highway National School Speed Test is now underway. The group aims to Ensure that every K-12 school in America has 100MB+ of broadband infrastructure, starting with this inventory. Click here to check your school’s speed.
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Staff Picks: Edtech, Online Learning
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