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About Schools, Tech, Poetry & Justice

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 7, 2010

LAUSD doing some of the right things to turnaround failing schools; selling edtech now; and Merwin's ode to mistakes

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Blended Learning Singularity

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 7, 2010

This is another in our continuing series of online learning posts in advance of the SIIA Innovate to Educate Symposium on Personalized Learning, to be held August 4-6, 2010 at the Harvard Club in Boston, Massachusetts.

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2010 Innovation Through Interoperability Forum

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 7, 2010

Agilix is holding an Innovation through Interoperability Forum in Washington, DC July 14-16, 2010. Look inside to find out how you can be a part of it, and secure you spot with leaders in data management and content for education.

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Don't Derail Reform

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 7, 2010

Old news by now, but Obey's midnight raid of RttT is a terrible idea and likely to be killed by Senate

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Ron Packard's Ed Future

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 6, 2010

This one is an oldie but goodie from when I arrived unannounced at K12's offices in Virginia and secured 35 seconds with K12 CEO Ron Packard. I ask him about the future of online learning.

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Putting Science in the Cloud

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 6, 2010

I'm totally stealing this from ReadWriteWeb, but I think the graphic is worth a look as we begin to talk about how K12 education can lead science into a generation of virtual software and cloud computing that taps into distributed communities.

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One-to-One Leadership and Learning at DSST

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 5, 2010

Our mobile phones are more powerful than desktops. Low income families are able to benefit from low-cost devices. There will soon be a one-to-one device in everyone's hands. So what will that mean education growth, school leadership and innovation in education? Bill Kurtz, CEO of DSST tells us.

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50 Open Source Tools that Replace Ed Apps

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 5, 2010

You can use these 50 open source tools to build your education ecosystem. Here are a few from the list that I like, with some thoughts on how I think it would work.

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Blended Components

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 3, 2010

Review of Viswanath Shankar's blog post and summary of blended learning environment components.

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Students Know

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 2, 2010

A collection of notes taken during a student panel about personalized learning. What do students think about using virtual education to

	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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