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Cleveland Portfolio Plans Promising–With Digital Overlay

Tom Vander Ark

Feb 16, 2012

Richard Lee Colvin, EdSector, posted a good summary of Cleveland's struggle to make the portfolio approach work. We'd suggest a digital overly with more and better online and blended options for Ohio students.

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Ohio Digital Learning Day

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 13, 2012

Getting Smart Founder and Blogger Tom Vander Ark discusses digital learning in Ohio for the first-ever Digital Learning Day February 1, 2012.

Leadership

Staff Picks: Digital Playlist, Blended Learning, Mobile Learning

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 4, 2012

Tom picks digital playlists by Adam Renfro, Karen picks NEA support for blended learning, Caroline picks student Digital Learning Day testimonies, and Sarah picks a presentation iPad app.

EdTech

TASC Reports After-School Programs Equalize Tech Access For Students

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 3, 2012

Recently, The After-School Corporation released "Where the Kids Are: Digital Learning In Class and Beyond," a white paper that looks at the benefits of expanding technology-enabled learning time in after-school programs, and a video that reinforces the ways that students can gain access to learning opportunities at school and in community organizations.

EdTech

Parents & Teachers Speak Up About Digital Learning In Ohio

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 2, 2012

This Wednesday, Tom Vander Ark, students, teachers, and parents testified in front of the Ohio House of Representatives' Education Committee in support of digital learning. Four students wowed the audience with their stories while several teachers and parents stood in strong support of students learning digitally today.

EdTech

Idaho Parents, Students Show Support for School Choice at the Capitol

Guest Author

Feb 1, 2012

Hundreds of parents and students attended today’s 2012 Capitol Day event in Boise. Run annually by the Coalition of Idaho Charter School Families, the day stands as a fun and educational way to introduce children to the workings of state government and the legislative process.

EdTech

Digital Learning Day in Utah

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 1, 2012

EdTech

39 States Celebrate Digital Learning Day Today

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 1, 2012

Today marks the first-ever Digital Learning Day (DLD), a day to celebrate outstanding teachers who leverage technology in the classroom to increase student learning opportunities in the 21st century. Governors, education chiefs, lawmakers, and policymakers across the nation look to DLD as game-changing reform for student-centered and competency-based learning.

EdTech

Ohio Should Expand Digital Learning Opportunity and Promote Innovation

Tom Vander Ark

Feb 1, 2012

The following is a testimony was prepared for the Ohio House of Representatives Committee on Education Hearing on Digital Learning on February 1, 2012.

Personalized Learning

Ohio Should Remove Digital Learning Barriers for Innovation

Lisa Duty

Feb 1, 2012

Ohio should remove barriers to digital learning, encourage innovation, promote equity and create accountability for a new era of learning.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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