EdTech
Personalized Learning for Every Student with Highlight
Highlight from Education Elements is a cloud based personalized learning platform (PLP) being used in over 100 schools across the country serving more than 60,000 students.
Startup Weekend Education Now Powered by 4.0 Schools
4.0 Schools announced this week they will be operating Startup Weekend Education and Workshops across the US.
Build Your Brand: How a Positive Social Media Presence can Lead to a Career
By: Haley Osborne. Social media is an ever-changing entity, but we’re finding there are a few things about it that stay constant. Here's how to not only create the best personal brand possible via social media, but how to use it to boost your career as well.
Personalization: The New Frame
With the end of NCLB, a new frame is emerging that includes personalization, a competency focus, and work readiness. This new frame is evident in EdTech startups, new school grant programs, school district strategies, and emerging educator preparation programs.
Infographic | What is student data?
Just what do we mean when we say “Student Data?” A new Infographic and video shares the types of data that can come together—under requirements like privacy and security—to form a full picture of student learning.
Customization is Key to Turning Around Bottom 5% Schools
By: Sajan George. Policy makers at all levels, from school districts to the White House, should look at technology-infused, student-centered models for teaching and learning – as a way of turning around the most challenged schools in America – and for the lessons it can provide for improving education overall.
How to Use LinkedIn to Build a Student Portfolio
Well-designed learner portfolios provide students an opportunity to chart their growth and tell their story. That's why every student should have a digital portfolio. A great place to start is on LinkedIn.
What ISTE Meant for EdTech Operational Leaders
By: Daniel Greenblatt. Operational leaders are constantly faced with organizational process challenges. It can be difficult to remember that systems and tools are only valuable in the extent to which people adopt them and use them with fidelity.
Making Sure People Don’t Get Lost in the EdTech Shuffle
By: Albert Kim. It’s easy to lose sight of the people as you wade through hundreds of new products, tools, and practices at ISTE. So how do schools and nonprofits make sure that people don’t get lost in the EdTech shuffle?
EdTech 10: ISTE… The Superbowl of EdTech
Be it the high profile edurati presenting on the latest and greatest, the attendees swapping notes and jokes, or the production of demos and panels big and small, ISTE really is the Superbowl of EdTech.