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Personalized Learning

Digital Learning Q&A

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 11, 2010

Platforms with network effects are hot today. The shift to personal digital learning and a press for improved results will increase content investment. A smart recommendation engine is the killer app.

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The Digital Learning Mantra for Success

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 9, 2010

According to Digital Learning Council's Gov. Jeb Bush: "Effective teaching is the most important factoring student success – digital learning does not change this. It will help teachers be even more effective. It can also extend the reach of effective teachers beyond their classroom."

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Top-Ranked Questions for Digital Town Hall

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 6, 2010

Here is the list for the top ten questions for the Intel-sponsored Digital Town Hall, which will be running on Tuesday morning. You can tune into edReformer.com tomorrow morning at 8.45 am to watch the live streaming video.

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Ten Tools for Innovative Educators

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 6, 2010

The Innovative Educator shows teachers a few ways they can use technology to bring viable and dynamic learning opportunities to their students. The ideas are locally implemented in the classroom, but can also produce an impact globally.

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Startl Founders Host Ed Tech Event

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 2, 2010

Startl is hosting a digital learning innovations event. Companies like Kno, Neverware, and Easel will be there.

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Tapscott Refutes Richel: Smartest Gen is Multi-tasking

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 24, 2010

Dan Tapscott posted a brilliant rebuttal of Richel's NYTimes 'the Internet is making kids dumb' article

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What I Want to Be While I'm Growing Up

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 18, 2010

During the Virtual Schools Symposium, I met some parents who are working very hard to rally other parents and families to gain access to virtual education, something that is quite hard to do in districts that have worked hard to take that choice away from them. We coined the phrase, "What I Want to Be While I'm Growing Up," which we thought accurately described what learning online enables their kids to do.

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Boldly Innovate or Be Badly Irrelevant

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 17, 2010

Here is a summary of a presentation given by former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise at the Virtual Schools Symposium in Glendale, Arizona.

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Video: Jim Shelton, Deputy Asst. Sec., DOE

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 16, 2010

Jim Shelton, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education speaks to the attendees at Virtual Schools Symposium in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Video: Julie Young, President & CEO, FLVS

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 16, 2010

Julie Young, President & CEO of Florida Virtual School tells the story of how the school became such a respected nationally-available system.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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