EdTech
Seeking the Disruption-Seeking Missiles for Education Tech: Lessons from a VC
First in a series of excerpts from the recent Startl meeting in New York City. I look at the comments from Albert Wenger, Partner, Union Square Ventures and coyfully coin a phrase -- Disruption-Seeking Missiles
Video: Gregg Betheil, NYC DOE Describes Ubiquitous Tech in a NYC Learning Environment
Gregg Betheil chats with edReformer after the Startl event in NYC tonight. He talks about his eight year old daughter and what her use of tech means for the quality and the method of education in the nation.
Interview: John Danner, CEO, Rocketship Education
John Danner, CEO, Rocketship Education does away with the myth that charters "skim from the top" and sets out architecture for bringing great charters to national scale.
Reviews of: Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology
A group of reviews and links to information about Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology by Allan Collins and Richard Halverson
Video and Q&A: Barbara Dreyer, CEO, Connections Academy
Barbara Dreyer talks with edReformer in the curriculum headquarters at Connections Academy, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Group Knowledge as a Byproduct of a Distributed Organization
Blogging is an active learning process found in blended learning. With blogging, you combine active search for information with the discovery of new friends and information sharing networks that broaden your mind.
Interview: Steven Adamowski, Superintendent, Hartford Public Schools
Steven Adamowski agreed to answer a few questions from edReformer about the district's policies on education, improvement and raising the standards for excellence in its schools.
@NewSchools Summit, Three Reasons We Can Never Turn Off the Web
At the first day of the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit, a question about schools being safe havens from the wired and wireless world made me think of the three reasons we cannot steer kids from a wired learning environment.
Hewlett Launches Deeper Learning Initiative to Promote Improved Curriculum & Assessment
The Hewlett Foundation team calls their new scope deeper learning – a combination of the fundamental knowledge and practical basic skills students will need to succeed in a fiercely competitive global economy.
Sleepless in Seattle…and NYC, San Francisco
Students deserve a generation of tools that make learning engaging, personalized, and effective. That's why it would be really great if i3 were venture investing.