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Howard Fuller Steals the Stage This Morning at NSVF Summit
Howard Fuller steals the stage this morning at the NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF) Summit in San Francisco California this morning as he candidly makes hard hitting points on the importance of saving the lives of children today by rethinking a broken system of education. He says, we've come a long way, but we have such a long way to go. "We should claim no lies or easy victories as we move forward for our kids," says Fuller.
EdTech
OER Brings Affordable Learning to More Students
The average college student pays more than $1,100 every year for textbooks, reported the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). PIRG also reported that textbook costs are 26 percent of tuition at public universities and 72 percent of tuition at community colleges, according to estimates by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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Knewton Engages Students With Personalized, Adaptive Math Courses
Big data, personalized learning, and adaptive learning have been buzzing conferences around innovations in learning for the last year. Yet, who's on the right track? We've had our eye on Knewton who is developing quality, online math readiness courses with compelling results.
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Music Students Overcome Stage Fright With Automated Digital Audience
I was asked by Professor Michelle Gingras, clarinet faculty, and Dr. Harvey Thurmer, violin faculty, at Miami University to create a tool that would help reduce stage fright for their students. Music students perform fine in the comfort of their own home or in the professor’s office. Yet, on stage students are fine until an audience member causes a slight distraction. Student performers lose their concentration causing them to miss a note. The student is so mindful of the miss that suddenly, all focus is gone and catastrophe unfolds on stage.
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Connections Learning Supports Network of Innovative Blended Schools
Connections Academy plans to open Nexus Academy of Lansing and Nexus Academy of Grand Rapids, two new blended learning charter schools in Michigan for high school students.
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SmartTech Roundup
On the edu-innovation calendar, we’re shifting from the market-focused ASU summit to the Sundance of edReform, the NewSchools Venture Fund-Aspen Institute Summit. There’s a big overlap between the two but there’s more innovation at ASU and a stronger equity focus at NewSchools. Rahm Emanuel, Sen. Michael Bennet, Harvard’s…
Personalized Learning
Automating AND Humanizing Education for The First Time In History
While many parents and teachers lament over the amount of time today’s youth spend on video games, the truth is that these high-tech “toys” can be used to revolutionize education and training. Think of it this way: The games our kids are playing take them into a highly immersive, interspatial, 3D world. They learn how a wide variety of tools operate, including sports, futuristic vehicles, and various machines. They develop sophisticated strategies and tactics they can use to accomplish goals and win the game.
Leadership
Staff Picks: Digital Annotation, Data & StumbleUpon
Tom Picks “Digital Annotation: Don’t Just Own a Book, Possess It” Tom says, “I’ve been looking a digital highlighting companies and wasn’t convinced this was an important category, but Adam Renfro makes the case in ‘Digital Annotation: Don’t Just Own a Book, Possess It.'” Karen Picks…
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Ed Leaders Meet in CA for NewSchools Venture Fund Summit
Education entrepreneurs, funders and leaders meet in San Francisco, Calif. May 1-2, 2012 for the NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF) Aspen Institute Summit, produced in partnership with NBC News. The summit, which is invitation only, will feature more than 100 speakers, more than 20 session and new opportunities to connect with other attendees.
Personalized Learning
What I’m Seeing: Apps Reinventing Learning Experiences
There are apps that are reinventing the learning experiences. Here's a few examples of how video is revolutionizing teaching, how apps are making science more engaging, and how mobile technology helps students navigate higher ed.