digital learning
Personalized Learning
Connectivity is Critical: 33 Ways Broadband Boosts Learning
Connectivity powers personalized learning, makes connections with the world, helps meet special needs, powers professional work products, supports professional learning, boosts productivity, supports community and collaboration, and saves money.
EdTech
New Horizon Report Insists Teachers Use Tech
Aside from being great content for your next Twitter chat, this year’s iteration of the NMC Horizon Report is a must-read for 21st century educators and education policy makers alike. Following is a summary of major points.
Personalized Learning
Teachers Drive Instruction; Technology Accelerates Learning
As we’ve grown, we’ve refined a model that features high-quality, small-group instruction combined with targeted use of instructional technology to ensure that every student can learn at his or her own pace, and achieve at the highest levels.
Personalized Learning
Boise – An Emerging Ecosystem for Education Innovation
People in Boise don’t spend a lot of time talking about themselves or their accomplishments. They just get on with the work at hand, and in their free-time enjoy the state’s abundant natural beauty.
Ed Policy
EdTech 10: Staying Connected
This week has been all about connectivity. As students head home for the summer and teachers plan for the next school year, the education world is preparing to find new ways to keep us all connected. For more on what connectivity matters check out this blog and see the top stories of the week.
Ed Policy
Aspen Report Validates and Accelerates Shift to Connected Learning
Last summer the Aspen Institute launched a task force commissioned to better understand the potential of connected learning. After a year of research and outreach, today the Aspen Institute Task Force on Learning and Internet released a new report that describes a vision for an approach to teaching and learning that places the student at the center.
EdTech
EdTech: Extending the Teacher
Over the past few years I have begun to integrate a lot of technology into my first grade classroom, data analysis, and family engagement strategies. I have seen some real wins, and also have seen some real weaknesses.
Leadership
The Renaissance of Public Education
Public education is in a renaissance. Some districts are on the cutting edge of this transformation, others are sitting back, concerned about funding and just not prepared to attack this new so-called digital revolution in education.
Leadership
Why Connectivity Matters
Blended classrooms and innovations in education technology are changing the way students learn. As educators, we can teach our students how to utilize online connectivity in ways that support individual interests and passions, and help students meet their own academic and personal goals.
EdTech
New Virtual Education Conference On The Block: Momentum
A new virtual education learning conference is making it’s public debut. The Foundation for Florida Virtual announced on Thursday, they are opening their annual virtual education conference to a national audience.