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7 Essential Tools for a Flipped Classroom

Guest Author

The flipped classroom uses technology to allow students more time to apply knowledge and teachers more time for hands-on education. It’s a continually changing strategy that evolves with technology.
EdTech

I Want to Learn When I Want to Learn

Guest Author

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.

EdTech

Gates: “We Need Even More Risk-Takers”

Carri Schneider

SXSWedu Executive Producer Ron Reed’s introduced Bill Gates as a “passionate, articulate voice for modernizing teaching and learning.” The standing room only crowd agreed. Gates delivered the closing keynote to a packed house at the Austin Convention Center on Thursday morning and left the attendees feeling inspired to take the week’s lessons back home to our own corners of the world.
Personalized Learning

SXSWedu Halftime Report

Tom Vander Ark

The Getting Smart team is live from Austin, TX this week covering the SXSWedu conference. The event, in its third year expects up to 5,000 attendees this week, a large jump from the 800 its first year. We took a break from breakfast tacos for a first half recap.
Personalized Learning

The Classroom as Makerspace

wkehl

Given the popularity of "maker culture" - think Maker Faire, Etsy, and all manner of Do-It-Yourself websites and television networks - it's interesting that maker culture doesn't seem to be common in the classroom yet. It may seem counterintuitive, but classrooms and maker culture might just turn out to be a perfect match for each other.
EdTech

Edmodo Adds Staff, Makes Acquisition to Enhanced Student Experience

Tom Vander Ark

Edmodo, the leading social learning platform, announced the acquisition of Root-1, developers of OpenMinds. COO Crystal Hutter said, “The acquisition will allow developers to focus on the student learning experience and for teachers to customize for what she’s teaching.” In short, it will be “easier to build cool experiences” on Edmodo.
Leadership

Q&A: Monica Jordan, Memphis City Schools

Getting Smart Staff

As part of professional development and growth for Memphis City School Teachers, video resources are being added into schools. Teachers will gain experience, support and professional development for use of videos in their classrooms. Support for the video solution in schools is being provided by Teachscape, a pioneer in classroom video use.
Innov8

EdTech 10: In Like A Lion

Carri Schneider

You know what they say – March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb. While you’re waiting for that transition in your corner of the world, take a break from your basketball brackets and annual hunt for all the green things in your wardrobe to dive…
EdTech

One Game Fits All?

wkehl

Is gamification the solution to student engagement? Gamification – the addition of game elements such as points and badges to non-games like ad campaigns, household chores, or public education – would seem to offer schools the perfect blend of engagement, entertainment, and education.