digital learning
EdTech
Governors Assist on Idaho's Technology Task Force
Former Governors Jeb Bush and Bob Wise assist Tom Luna on the Students Come First Task Force meeting on June 13 & 14. There they shared the 10 Elements of the Digital Learning Now! campaign.
EdTech
Youth Connection Charter School Powered by K12
The Youth Connection Charter Virtual High School is powered by K12 and is changing lives in Chicago. Watch this powerful video to learn more about the unfortunate statistics and what this school is doing to change them.
Personalized Learning
Digital Learning with Innovators
Last night I led a Q & A session with two digital learning innovators, Shantanu Sinha of Kahn Academy and John Danner of Rocketship at UW. Both are paving the way for innovation in the market and turning around great results.
Personalized Learning
The Inevitability of Personal Digital Learning
Over the past two decades there has been a variety of reform but the inevitability of personal digital learning is unavoidable.
Personalized Learning
10 Megatrends Shaping the World
Expanding access to personal digital learning is one of the most important world shaping megatrends. People, schools, states, and countries will be connected to the global economy through education and learning.
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Differentiated Instruction
Lisa Nielsen offers an alternative to differentiated instruction: great idea, hard to practice–at least the way most schools and classrooms are organized.
Personalized Learning
Online Learning in Danger in WA
The Internet Academy was a leader in the online learning revolution in WA and now online learning may be in danger for all students due to major budget cuts.
Personalized Learning
3 Reasons This Time is Different
The post-recession "new normal" requires that we invent new ways to do better for less and I believe that there are three reasons I am optimistic about the shift to personal digital learning.
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Minnesota Dreamin'
I visited the Minnesorta Senate Education Committee and spoke on online and blended learning. I advised them on the optimistic opportunities that personal digital learning would be better meet the needs of individual students and would be cost effectively extend the day and year.
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In the CUE
Last week, Tom attended the CUE edtech conference in Palm Springs, CA. The conference focused on the expanding shift to cloud computing as well as the development of customizable students desktops options. Also in attendance was the ever present smartboard technology along with the notion of mobile student technology and online assessment. This conference clearly demonstrates the progression of digital learning and its implications.