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Richard Boyd: Chief Architect, Virtual World Labs – Lockheed Martin

Nov 10, 2010

Performance is about situational awareness and having the right information at the right time to perform the optimal action. We interview Richard Boyd, who works as the Chief Architect at Virtual World Labs, Lockheed Martin.

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5 Challenges Faced in Competency-Based Design

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 10, 2010

These challenges from the Chris Sturgis report, "When Failure is Not an Option," will be discussed in Phoenix next week at the Virtual Schools Symposium. You can find the full report at the iNACOL web site.

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How the U.S. will Blend (2 of 2)

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 9, 2010

Over the weekend, I sketched out how U.S. Education will adopt online and blended learning over the next 10 years. Thanks for your comments and constructive follow up conversations. Here's a little bit more.

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Obama Encourages Students to Communicate in "Smaller" World

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 8, 2010

Discussions about self-awareness in a global marketplace and in an increasingly smaller world are not just diplomatic touches during another visit to a foreign country. These communications points are ever more important when technology and the Internet keep bringing primary, secondary and post-secondary students closer on a global level.

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K12, Blackboard Among Rush of M&A Activity in Ed Tech

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 4, 2010

Bigger M&A activity seen in the education technology sector, and there are hints that there is an upswing in the creation of new education companies, with some attention being paid to Chile.

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K12 Announces Acquisition of American Ed Corp

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 2, 2010

K12 has purchased American Education Corporation.

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Five New Areas for Market Study and Investment

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 29, 2010

Nelson Heller, President at EdNET, had some interesting points in the most recent newsletter. Here's a recap of the five points for further investment and market study in education.

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Carmel Henderson: Boot Up

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 29, 2010

Imagine a world in which the parents were up to date on their students’ homework assignments via Twitter. The class had a blog where students participate from home in meaningful conversations, and long-distance, long-term learning projects with each other, and peers from around the world.

Personalized Learning

Why Standardize When We Should Personalize?

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 26, 2010

Follow up on yesterday's National Journal post with great questions from Chad.

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ARIS in the City: Using Data Effectively

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 26, 2010

Education Sector looks at Data and Practice in New York City and highlights the great job that New York City Public Schools are doing in using teacher inquiry teams to build up a useful examination of data.

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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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