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25 Leading Thoughts from Tom Vander Ark in 2012
Trends Better Learning Online Maps, Playlists, & Badges: Key Blended Learning Themes Grouping, Tracking, & Personalizing Why Aren’t There Any Next Gen Learning Platforms? From Chronology to Competency Better Tests, More Writing, Deeper Learning A Turning Point for Personal Digital Learning…
Personalized Learning
Supporting High Access Environments
When I visit with superintendents, principals, teachers, and school board members, I always ask them what they are worried about. With plans for high-access environments, tech support is on everybody's list. So, I called Keith Krueger and Denise Shorey from CoSN.
EdTech
SMARTtech Top 10: Hello 2013
Happy New Year from the Getting Smart team! Is your resolution to stay in better touch with current events in education? We can help. Each week we do the work for you and compile our Top 10 SMARTtech stories - leaving you with more time to dedicate to other resolutions. So, take a look at this week’s news, then hit that treadmill. You’re welcome.
EdTech
Two Pathways to EdTech Impact
Shelly Blake-Plock wrote an impassioned blog recently claiming, "edtech doesn't exist." He argued for a "thrust of imagination and creativity" that combines semantic web and "new forms of interaction between the Internet and humans."
Personalized Learning
Moving to a ‘Split Screen’ Strategy for K-12
Education|Evolving – a long a source of challenging analysis and new ideas for public education -- is circulating a proposal for a fundamental change in the way America goes about redesigning K-12 education. Tom Vander Ark has cited it. Here is a summary. You can read the full text at http://www.educationevolving.org/strategy.
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Ed.gov Advocates for New Approaches to Capturing Evidence
Expanding Evidence Approaches for Learning in a Digital World is a new report from the EdTech Office at the Department of Education. "The report discusses the promise of sophisticated digital learning systems for collecting and analyzing very large amounts of fine-grained data ("big data") as users interact with the systems," said Karen Cator, the outgoing EdTech Director. "It proposes that this data can be used by developers and researchers to improve these learning systems and strive to discover more about how people learn. It discusses the potential of developing more sophisticated ways of measuring what learners know and adaptive systems that can personalize learners' experiences."
EdTech
12 Wishes for a Creative New Year
Call me hopelessly Romantic in the 19th-century sense, but I believe deeply in creativity as the wellspring of a meaningful, productive, and happy life. I am never more joyful than when I am fully engaged in puzzling out a challenging problem, making something with my hands (including wiggling my fingers on a keyboard to craft something digitally), or building on the work of others to invent new ways for my students to learn. My philosophy of teaching, then, stands on a foundation of creativity.
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3 Lessons on Faculty Development from an Education Innovator
Oregon State University went from not offering formal tech support to its faculty to having the director of its faculty tech training program named one of this year’s top 50 innovators in education. What can we learn from the success of OSU’s program?
EdTech
10 Exam Studying Tips For the 21st Century Learner
Studying for an exam is not exactly the most exciting time in a student’s life, but it is a great excuse for gadget-loving 21st century teenagers to combine work and play. There is no “right” way to study and it is important that you study in a manner that suits your individual needs. Take advantage of the incredible technology available to today’s society and pass your exam with flying colors with this step-by-step guide.
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Infographic: How Will We Reinvent College?
Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), free online universities, and more are disrupting the traditional collegiate experience -- forcing universities and colleges to reinvent the delivery of courses and degrees to remain competitive in the market of higher education. Recently, OnlineUniversities.com shared "15 Ways to Reinvent College."