digital learning
Summer Learning, Happens So Fast
This is the time, whether you are a student, parent or teacher, we know summer is approaching and it is time to plan how we will spend the next three months. All of us at Getting Smart, in true Blended Learning fashion, would like to offer recommendations to students and teachers on how they can leverage technology over the summer to meet their personal learning needs.
Mythbusting: Q&A with K12 Leadership
Following up on the release of a candid academic report in February, Tom Vander Ark visited K12 Executives last week and shares a recap of their conversation.
Campus Tech: NYU Tests New Mobile App to Drive Enrollment, Provide Authentic Learning
NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies created a mobile course-prep app as a marketing tool. Here’s how your school can do the same.
Shrinking the Digital Divide
As more and more students gain access to personal devices, the exposure to personalized learning is becoming readily available to those lucky students who can lay claim to their own digital learning device.
Extending Museum Learning with ARIS
A dozen museum educators stand nervously and watch a class of elementary school kids pour into the Minnesota History Center, iPods in hand.
Infographic: Financing the Future of Education
Today’s current system was simply not designed to allow for the flexibility that will be needed as students seek out increasingly online and blended learning opportunities. The infographic, Financing the Future of Education recommends four design principles that will get us there. The infographic is a complement to Funding Student's, Options, and Achievements released today by Digital Learning Now!.
7 Student-Tested Digital Storytelling Tools
Last month, in my classroom version of DIY BYOD, my fifth-graders dove into the world of digital storytelling.
What Sort of Research Should We Be Doing on Blended Learning?
A foundation advisor asked, “Is there a smart approach donors might take with blended learning research?” Following are seven areas that could use some attention.
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).
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.