digital learning
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.
Juilliard and Connections Join Forces
The Juilliard School in New York City and Connections Education today announced the launch of Juilliard eLearning, the conservatory’s first-ever group of online courses for students in grades K-12. The partnership brings together Juilliard’s expertise with Connections’ reach to bring a world-class music education to students everywhere.
I Want to Learn When I Want to Learn
The schools that are open to instituting real blended learning environments will see the myriad benefits of self-directed student learning, while others deploying digital learning using a less evolved instruction model will likely realize some, but not all, of the benefits that broader blended learning can offer.
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.
Design Your Digital Classroom
I will be presenting a workshop titled Design Your Digital Classroom at the Illinois Computing Educators Conference on February 26th and 27th. I’m looking forward to #ICE13 once again this year because of the energy that surrounds an event like this. It’s so much fun to work with educators who are excited to participate and eager to leverage the power of technology as a tool for learning.
K12 Report Shows Growth, Calls for Better Measures
Thirteen years ago, when his daughter was six, Ron Packard was a dad searching the Internet for math lessons. He started what became the world’s largest online learning provider, a public company with annual revenues close to $1 billion serving 110,000 full time students in 33 states.
EdTech 10
The shift to blended learning is getting a bit easier. Digital Learning Now! has provided a roadmap. New tools and schools show the way forward.
Magical Transformation to Digital is not Magic
Huntsville City Schools deployed 1:1 access to technology this year in partnership with Pearson. Scott Drossos leads Pearson's 1:1 team and visited Huntsville on Digital Learning Day.