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Edmodo Adds Premium Enterprise Features

Feb 3, 2015

Premium Enterprise Features announced by Edmodo, the LMS used by 300,000 schools, 47 million teachers and students and 93 of the largest 100 districts in America.

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EdTech 10: Super Bowl XLIX Edition

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 29, 2015

The NFL, Super Bowl and football in general might seem completely unrelated to the world of ed and EdTech. However, after this week’s top stories you’d be surprised how similar they really are.

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Communicating Across Generations

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 27, 2015

Boomers, Millennials, Gen Xers and the Greatest Generation... Which generation are you trying to reach? More than one I bet. How to communicate across generations to ensure that your message is received, appreciated and acted on.

Personalized Learning

I Received This Email from My Son’s Principal

Guest Author

Jan 24, 2015

By: Jason Stirman. How an email from my son's principal sparked thinking, a response, and confirmed my belief that "letting my kids stay young as long as they can" is not a parenting goal of mine.

Ed Policy

EdTech 10: SOTU and Beyond

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 22, 2015

With the spotlight on Tuesday’s pomp and ceremony in the House Chamber, there was also big developments from mobile learning apps to blended partnerships, LX advancements to opportunities for parents.

Ed Policy

How Entrepreneurship Can Save the American Dream

tyler

Jan 16, 2015

Can startups save the American Dream? This is the driving question and title of a report that makes the case that they can. The report shares a five action and impact focused ideas to improve the middle class through policy involving the entrepreneurial community.

EdTech

EdTech 10: “And the EdTech 10 Goes To…”

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 15, 2015

Between the NCAA National Championship football game, the Golden Globes and frigid temps in most of the country, this week had many of us thinking where the week went with all happenings. The latest and greatest from this week. Or, should we say à la the Golden Globes, “And the EdTech 10 goes to…”

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EdTech 10: Optimism, Opportunity and Opinions

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 8, 2015

Finally, 2015. This week’s news signaled what is expected with any new beginning: optimism, opportunity and opinions.

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The Procurement Tightrope Shouldn’t Tie Districts in Knots

Guest Author

Jan 7, 2015

By: Robin Lake & Steven Hodas - Done right, procurement reform is a way for school districts to reimagine the role of stakeholder engagement, school-level decision making, strategic purchasing, research and development, and risk management.

Marketing & Communication

Social Media & Strategic Communications in 2015

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 5, 2015

Visual, mobile and personal... The realities of social media and strategic communications in 2015.

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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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