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ShowMe Personalizes Learning Abroad
“I think that personalized learning will have more influence in the future,” said C. Harun Boke, an educator at the Applied Technology High School in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. “Students enjoy learning at their own pace.”
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Q&A: EverFi Launches Open-Source Badging Platform
Executive Vice President of Product Development at EverFi, Inc., Kara Hedges, joins us today to discuss the significance of EverFi's recent launch of its first open-source badging platform.
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Staff Picks: Digital Learning, Innovation, Games
Tom says, "Philanthropy Roundtable does a great job of informing foundations of sector developments. A great examle is the keynote that Alex Hernandez delivered at last week's meeting. He concluded, 'The state of blended learning is early–but it’s good enough to get started. We can have better schools, for our own children, in our lifetimes.'"
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Blended Learning: Iterating Toward Better Learning At Scale
"Instead of 'fixing' K-12, let's build something better," said Alex Hernandez fromCharter Growth Fund (@ThinkSchools) who opened a conversation among experts in the future of learning. "Blended learning is not about technology, it's about personalizing learning for students. We can give students the instruction they need, when they need it."
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14 High Schools Worth Visiting
An international school administrator recently wrote on U.S. high schools and education reform. Here, Tom Vander Ark, shares a list of a baker's dozen high schools worth visiting.
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Smarterer Just Got Smarter: 3 Enhancements
Smarterer today announced three new project enhancements that will improve learning for users, which continues a trajectory to support lifelong learning.
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Secretary Arne Duncan Speaks at Hamilton Project Forum September 27th
On September 27th, The Hamilton Project at Brookings will host a forum to discuss new approaches to promoting attainment and achievement in K-12 education. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will give featured remarks, highlighting recent progress on education reform, the difficult work still ahead, and the need for innovation to help advance reform efforts. Following his remarks, Secretary Duncan will take audience questions.
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3 New Teaching Methods Improve the Educational Process
The traditional “chalk and talk” method of teaching that’s persisted for hundreds of years is now acquiring inferior results when compared with the more modern and revolutionary teaching methods that are available for use in schools today. Greater student interaction is encouraged, the boundaries of authority are being broken down, and a focus on enjoyment over grades is emphasised.
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Technology Helps Students Find Comfort In the Classroom
Incorporating technology in the classroom has been an education initiative for some time now. For many years, educators, school boards, and administrators have been working to find ways to incorporate technology more fluently within the modern day classroom. As educational technology only grows and evolves, its role within the classroom has shifted and changed as well.
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Steve Hargadon Takes Education Hacking On the Road
Steve Hargadon, the creator of Classroom 2.0, Future of Education and Web 2.0 Labs, is taking "Your Learning Plan," "Hack Your Education," and "Beyond Testing" workshops to cities around the United States to generate local conversation on education.