Digital Learning Now
“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 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!
Time to Modernize Education, Some States Leading the Way
“High-quality digital learning has the power to customize learning for each student’s unique needs, ensuring an education that is challenging, engaging, and relevant,” said Jeb Bush, former Florida governor and chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd).
Digital Learning Now! Releases 2012 State Report Cards
Digital Learning Now! today released the 2012 Digital Learning Report Card, which measures each of the nation’s 50 states against the 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning as it relates to K-12 education.
EdTech10: A Weird Good Week
Seven letters dominated the news in our world this week - S X S W E D U. (Well, six letters technically, but you get our point.) The Getting Smart team had a great time in Austin. It was the perfect balance of informative sessions and engaging conversations before and after them.
Leading Edge Certification
The system of education certification is badly out of date and benefits schools of education more than K-12 schools. The rise of blended and online learning has accelerated the obsolescence of traditional employment barriers.
Digital Learning Day Recap
The second year of Digital Learning Day was a success. The momentum from last year carried over and created expanded options for students, teachers, and education leaders to participate. Its been a month since the event took place and the success stories are still flowing in from around the country. Below is a recap from the folks that bring you Digital Learning Day.
8 Implementation Challenges and Solutions
The Digital Learning Now! Smart Series is a group of collaborative papers that bring together top thinkers on the current trends in teaching and learning to explore the implementation challenges at the intersection of digital learning and the Common Core.
Flipped Foreign Language
Moss Pike was raised in Las Vegas, studied Physics at Cornell University, and after a summer class in the classics found himself working on an M.A. in Classics at UCLA. He teaches Latin at the Harvard-Westlake School (HW), is the Middle School Dean of Faculty, and a regional leader in Greek and Latin linguistics and pedagogy.
Padlet: Today’s Digital Sheet of Paper
Even if you had only attended one class in your entire life, more than likely you have been asked, “Can I borrow a sheet of paper?” Some laid-back, often-tardy-to-school classmate probably gave you some excuse just as the rest of the students began diligently scribbling down resemblances of the teacher’s key lecture points. If you are anything like me, you half-reluctantly handed over a sheet of paper and chalked the very minor loss up as no big deal.